I was driving to St Severe on the back road and saw an object in the road ahead, slowing and pulling round I saw 4 wet kittens huddled together.
I hit the brakes and pulled over. The kittens were tiny, wet and shivering. Somebody ‘up there’ must be having a joke on me, given what I had threatened the children with if they brought back any more waifs and strays. I put the kittens in the back of the car for safety and looked around for signs of a nest or mother cat, there was no sign of either and given the average drivers age and eyesight in Creuse it would be certain death to leave them. I piled a spare jumper around them and finished my errand.
On the way back home there is a sharp turn into our private lane and when I eased on the brake it squealed, bang goes another cat life I thought. We negotiated the turn and stopped to open the gate, the errant kitten was under my seat and seemed none the worse for wear.
So now we have 4 tiny kittens approximatly two weeks old : Paddy (ginger tom), Treacle, comrade Pushkin and Wild thing. Steph made an emergency dash to the vets and bought some kitten milk and a feeder and we have beeen feeding them every 4 hours or so. Paddy gave us a scare yesterday and seemed to be fading but he is feeding and lively again today.
Once again we will have to start the search for new homes for the cats but we will look after the ones we can’t home, have you considered adopting a beautiful little kitten?
cute kittens
19 Sept 08
Tags: kitens