“What we think happened was the mom had the babies and she put them in a safe spot … and she left. Then they got boxed up and they got shipped.”
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I have a rear entry garage and a metal driveway gate. I used to leave the door open in the Summer when I went to work, so the heat wouldn’t build up in the garage and transfer to the house.
Came home one day and when I got out of the car I heard a strange noise. Thought it was just the car cooling down. After changing clothes, I went back to the garage and still heard the strange sound.
Tracked the sound down and found 3 tiny kitties behind a box. I have been owned by cats since I was of single digit age, so I figured the mama had stashed them there. Sure enough, there was a strange cat lying out on my cement pad behind my garage later that day.
I put the recently born kitties in a box layered with paper towels and a bowl of water on my patio where I could watch them through a French door. .....Wasn’t long before mama was there and picking one up. She went across my backyard, down the side and under a decorative fence on a courtyard.
In short order, she transported all the kittens the same way; taking them to whatever her intended destination was.
Gave me a good feeling.
Awww, sweet.
Maybe your story (and the one with the article) will encourage a long time FReeper to retell the story of Wallter (it was a live freep thread many years ago!).