I like these kinds of posts. Thanks. They are a pleasant diversion from all the fuss and bad news in the world.
Great story; many thanks.
Cats are my favorite people.
Dogs have masters; Cats have staff.
Merry Christmas, little gray kitty!
FTA “”To their surprise, the kitten made a second hiding place beneath another car.””
Surprised?? These people have never seen a cat jump on top of hood of a car for warmth? If the car was just parked, the warm spots are on the hood and under the engine. Cats do this all the time.
That said, it is great that they were able to rescue it. Keep it inside with food and it will stay. Also, while most animals HATE the car trip to the veterinarian, this cat may enjoy being in a car. I can see it curling up under the bottom heat vent. If it is an older car, make sure it cannot crawl into the engine again.
This would have been a heartwarming story if they had not named him RACCOON. WTH?
My aunt had the same thing happen. She found a kitten living under the hood of her F-150, and adopted her.
Started the car one morning. That was not a pleasant sound.
Aw. That kitten looks like our Mel, whom we lost to diabetes several months ago.
Think I’ll go give my cat a hug.
A few weeks ago i was fairly certain i heard the voice of a wookie under my car hood but topping off the power steering fluid seemed to chase it away.
Dogs warm my heart. Cats make me laugh. I love ‘em both!
Several years ago, my son and I went to a pet store and heard crying in the parking lot. It seemed to be coming from a truck. We looked around and saw a little face looking out of a hole in the front bumper. My son managed to reach up and grab the little kitten, who was maybe 8 weeks old.
We took him into the pet store and said, “Look what we found in the parking lot!” The pet store employees said they did not have facilities to keep a kitten. A woman standing in the check-out line said that she knows where a no-kill shelter is, and she would be happy to take him to the shelter. She took him from us and said, “I’m not ready for another cat. My cat died a year ago, and I’m just not ready.” But she kept cuddling and petting him. A bit later, she asked, “Do you think he’s old enough for a bath?”
I cannot know for sure, however, I highly suspect that he never made it to the shelter.
Cute Kitty!!
Hubby took our neighbors’ cat on an unexpected trip to the base Shopette one morning in this same manner. Heard a terrible noise when he parked, opened the hood and the cat shot out and ran like the Hounds of Hell were chasing it. He felt really bad about it, but the neighbor just sort of shrugged it off. The cat found its way back home a week or two later, none the worse for wear.
How did the engine know to cry out for help for the cat?
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Something very similar happened to me.
One of my kittens got stuck in the left front fender of my 1993 Saturn SL2. Drove about 40 miles wondering where that strange sound was coming from. Visited my Mom in the hospital who had a broken arm, went off to work. Finally figured out where the little guy was and called up Saturn dealer... They had the right tool...got him out. Renamed cat to “Freddie fender”.
I remember my boss coming into the store laughing his head off. He told me to lock the door and come with him.
He opened the hood to his pickup truck and told me to look at the springs in the front. One of them had a cat stuffed inside it. It looked like someone had used a plunger to get the critter crammed in there.
He said every time he made a left turn, he heard a blood curdling scream from under the hood. The spring was pinching the cat when he turned.
We jacked the vehicle up and pulled the cat out by the tail. That cat took off running and disappeared.
Good friend of mine owned a small farm but worked a full time job in town. One morning he got in his pickup, started it and heard something coming out of the engine. He popped the hood while the truck was running and one of their feral cats freaked out and jumped into the fan belt and sprayed him from head to toe. He had to back inside to shower & change.