This is the rescue kitten I am now fostering. I rescued her a little over two days ago. She was trapped in the engine compartment of my car. She survived in there for gosh knows how long, in the grueling Arizona mid-day heat, after the car had been driven several miles. She was pretty traumatized from everything but she's doing much better now. It's a miracle she survived!
I was fortunate to be stopped at a Petsmart picking up supplies when I heard her howling from the front of car. I popped my hood to look for her and honked, to no avail. She was hiding somewhere behind the engine and near the tire well. Two store employees helped me to eventually coax her out. It took about an hour, a bucket of water & jacking the car up but she finally came flying out, very terrified, as you can imagine. She even bit me, when I finally caught her. When transferring her from one box to a bigger box, she actually escaped again, flying across the parking lot. She was trying to crawl back under another car through the wheel, when I was able to grab her again. Then she pooped on me.
I ended up taking her home, since I couldn't find a rescue at that moment with available space. I already have five cats but I set up a spare room for miss kitten for the time being. She's not eating wet food yet but she is taking her bottle like a champ, and drinking water.
I hadn't planned on having a 6th cat, but she's really growing on me. She was really scared at first and hissing at me, but she's doing much better now. She's spent a lot of time on my lap this weekend, mostly sleeping, and is even purring already. I've been told her age is estimated around 6-7 weeks.
But anyway, I just wanted to share her story, since I think it's nothing short of a miracle what she survived. I have no idea where her mother is or even "where" she crawled into my car. I just know she crawled into the "right" car that day and it could have been so much worst!
Looking for name suggestions ... a name that would convey how brave & fearless she is, and a survivor.
I was fortunate to be stopped at a Petsmart picking up supplies when I heard her howling from the front of car. I popped my hood to look for her and honked, to no avail. She was hiding somewhere behind the engine and near the tire well. Two store employees helped me to eventually coax her out. It took about an hour, a bucket of water & jacking the car up but she finally came flying out, very terrified, as you can imagine. She even bit me, when I finally caught her. When transferring her from one box to a bigger box, she actually escaped again, flying across the parking lot. She was trying to crawl back under another car through the wheel, when I was able to grab her again. Then she pooped on me.
I ended up taking her home, since I couldn't find a rescue at that moment with available space. I already have five cats but I set up a spare room for miss kitten for the time being. She's not eating wet food yet but she is taking her bottle like a champ, and drinking water.
I hadn't planned on having a 6th cat, but she's really growing on me. She was really scared at first and hissing at me, but she's doing much better now. She's spent a lot of time on my lap this weekend, mostly sleeping, and is even purring already. I've been told her age is estimated around 6-7 weeks.
But anyway, I just wanted to share her story, since I think it's nothing short of a miracle what she survived. I have no idea where her mother is or even "where" she crawled into my car. I just know she crawled into the "right" car that day and it could have been so much worst!
Looking for name suggestions ... a name that would convey how brave & fearless she is, and a survivor.
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