Two kittens rescued from bushes after many hours
Sparkle Cat Rescue received a message about a kitten being stuck in a drain. “This was at Alamance Crossing Shopping Center in Burlington NC. The email stated a kitten was beneath a grate and could not get out,” the rescue group told the fine people at Love Meow.
However it turned out it was going to be a lot more than just a storm drain rescue.
After freeing the kitten from the drain, they then discovered a cat mama and four other kittens hiding in the bushes.
After a few hours of trying to convince to kitties out, at around 7:30 or 8 in the evening, the cat mama and two kittens were successfully trapped. However, two kittens remained in there and they just would not come out.
“By 9:00 pm I was finally on my way home with mom and three kittens. Christina remained behind to continue to try to trap the babies. All we could do was pray the two remaining babies could stay warm under the thick bushes and safe from the falling rain. Christina had to give up later and head home and made plans to return in the morning with kitten traps.”
The next day Christina returned to work on trapping the babies as soon as she could. “She went right to work on getting the two remaining babies. It took about an hour and with the help of a little bit of chicken, both of the babies traipsed together into a tiny kitten trap and were safe and on their way to Sparkle central to be reunited with their siblings with mom recovering from her early morning spay.”
Little Felicity, who is the runt of the litter, needed extra TLC when she was brought into the rescue center. However, thankfully, this stubborn little wee one has improved immeasurably since then.
Felicity and her siblings are now ready to be placed in forever homes!
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