Received an email from a lady who lives just up the road from me. She had a feral mom and four kittens and couldn’t find anywhere to place them. Apparently, CATS Inc., is on the ASPCA site as that is where she said she found me. I didn’t put me there!

I have two more cats leaving tomorrow so I have room and I told her I would take them. I think she was stunned because she didn’t talk for a minute or two after we connected on the phone. LOL The kittens she had just gotten into the house and they were under the bed in her spare bedroom. The mom was outside, screaming for her babies and the woman was pretty concerned about the family being out in the weather and on the street.

I go over there and the house is beautiful. Sometimes when I rescue, I cringe at the conditions these cats are surviving in but not this time.

The spare bedroom was full of misc. items, furniture, paintings, all sorts of things. I peered under the bed and saw the eyes peering back, of course they were all squished into the corner.
We moved some of the stuff on the bed and then I moved the bed. The woman had stepped out while I tried to catch them- well, one thing I forgot in my haste to get them into the carriers on my own that “I” can’t do anything.

I called the woman back in, we cleared off the rest of the bed, moved some of the stored household goods and I made a trap in the corner of the dresser to corner them in if they went over there.

Then I took a deep breath, knelt down and prayed out loud to God asking Him to allow me to capture them without further frightening them or causing them harm. I also added that they not trash the room in their fright as there were some beautiful pieces on the dressers.

We lifted the mattress and boxsprings and within 20 minutes all four babies were captured and in the carriers!

They are gorgeous, scared and unsocialized. I set the trap for mom who was still on the deck screaming for her babies. I told the woman when the cat goes into the trap, to call me immediately and I would come and get her too. Then I drove away and by the time I reached our driveway, I had to turn around and go back and get the mom.

So the family is together and in hiding right now, but they are set up with everything they need. I am going to leave them alone for 24 hours so they can decompress- they have plenty of food up there and five litterpans.

Here are three of the babies and aren’t they just stunning? I did manage to get flea treatment on all of them but one has a bad eye with drainnage. Getting my hands on him to dose him proved impossible so I will just pray in the next few days I can win their trust and get him treated- Mom is Siamese mix as well-

I think Fog might have had his paw on God’s hand today regarding this capture