Jan. 18, 2024 KATIE HAS BEEN ADOPTED! OK….I DID IT!
KATIE, the little orange kitten that road home from a guy’s workplace in the engine of his big work truck, has found her new home….at my house! The wife called me when she heard the kitten crying in the truck engine. I told her to put food out for her. Sure enough, she came out of the truck to eat and then quickly ran back up into the engine. This couple lives on a really busy road!
Since Kristy, FURR Volunteer, lived somewhat close, I asked her to loan her trap to catch the baby. It worked (thank goodness) and I went to pick her up! She was feral and quite skittish, but warmed up quickly.
When I took her to the vet, the date that they put down for her birthday was THE DAY my big orange boy, Sebastian, passed away. I couldn’t believe it…I had Sebastian for almost 19 years. Mike and I were so sad when we had to say goodbye to him in August 2023.
Katie appeared to have been born for a reason (in my mind) and my saving her was not just coincidental. I have officially adopted her and she is the first cat that I’ve ever adopted that wasn’t sick, injured, feral or just because no one else wanted it!
KATIE will have a good life with Mike & me. She already sleeps with us and our other cats AND she likes our dogs! Woo hoo!
Terry >^,,^<
Nov. 22, 2023 Meet Katie our new kitten! Watch her video! Here is her amazing survival and rescue story!
Please note: FURR ensures all kitties are vaccinated, spayed and microchipped at the earliest appropriate age.
A sweet young lady called me to tell me that there was a kitten inside the MOTOR of her husband’s truck!!! With no cats or animals anywhere around their house, the feeling was that it came from a ride in the truck motor!
This couple lived right on busy Castle Hayne highway. They didn’t know how to save the kitten because it would only come out of the truck for food, then it would go right back inside the truck motor!
I had her call Kristy, on her side of town. Kristy loaned her a trap and showed her how to use it.
The kitten was trapped in a matter of minutes. I asked the lady if she could please put it in the bathroom for the night and that I would try to call around the next day (yesterday) to find a rescue with room (and money) or a foster.
Of course I found NO help.
The lady said her boyfriend would not let her bring the kitten in the house, so it spent the night in the trap with no water or litter box.
She told me she was going to have to let it out of the trap. This poor kitten had already survived getting killed in a truck motor, but with the house being right on the highway, the kitten would surely be killed.
I finished up my chores and headed out to Castle Hayne. The lady said the kitten was scared and she didn’t want to touch or scare it.
When I got there, it was a tiny orange female a couple of months old. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen.
I just grabbed her out of the trap by her scruff, looked her over good and put her in my carrier. The sweet girl wanted to keep her, but she said they couldn’t afford it and the boyfriend said “no”. She was in tears, but she had done the right thing by saving her life until I could get there.
I named the kitten after the lady: “Katie”.
I took Katie to Sound Cat and had her tested, shots, etc. I dewormed her and treated for fleas, etc.
She at at FURR in the ferret cage & needs LOTS of love! She was shaking and scared, but when I held her to my chest, she started purring up a storm! She’s just freakin’ adorable!!!
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For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.
Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes.
If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
