Last night me and Dean were in the hot tub and after we were done, I decided to drop by the apartment’s convenience store to get some items. On my way there, I saw a group of 3 older people (60s maybe?) with an animal trap hovering around the “bridge” that connects the pool area to the apt office and store. I smiled and said. “I know what y’all are doing”. They said that there was a kitten down there and they had caught the mother and the other 3 kittens 2 days ago. I offered to help and filled them in on my experience of kitten catching.

I crawled under the bridge (only 2 feet of of the ground) and -mind you- I was in a bikini from swimming. I brushed aside the roots and spider webs and saw the cute little thing. It was a fuzzy ball of calico that was scared, hungry, and crying for mommy. I meowed back to it, and her and I started a conversation. I am quite talented in the language of cats and can communicate what I want with meows. Yes, yes, laugh all you want, but I am very proud of being fluent in their language =)

I reached out for her, but she hissed. I have been bit only rarely in my cat catching and only when I knew it was my only hope to catch the kitten. Here, I had other options so I did not want to risk it. I placed all 3 of the people in the positions I needed them: one on either end of the bridge sides, and one 1 story down under the bridge as the kitten herder. I directed the herder to coax it over to me with a pole we had and when I went for it is ran out the other side. The person I had over there followed her with the flashlight until I could get to the bushes where it was.

By this time (only 5 min or so) Dean had joined in on keeping an eye on her. After 2 attempts to get my towel over her, I finally caught her. She was so beautiful and she did not hiss or try to bite at all, so I removed her from the towel and held her. I guess her to be about 5 weeks old. The ladies put some flea killer on her and she went into a carrier. We spoke a little while and they thanked me for the help.

They had planned to be camped out there all night long to get her and along I came and got her in a few minutes. They said god must have heard their prayers and sent me. I don’t know about god, but I am sure there was some cosmic chess that lined it all up just right for me to be there for them .and the baby kitten

It is great to know that I am not the only person out there rescuing what others throw away and catching/fixing/releasing the feral cats that can’t be tamed.