Mama Fuzzball with her last kitten, Desdemona.
We call her That Darn Fuzzball because she poops all over the house, making herself a most unwelcome guest, and it’s only her continued nursing of Desdemona not to mention the hole in the screen door that explains her presence at all anymore. I really didn’t think she could do anything to earn my admiration at this point, until–
Several days ago, we found a tiny stray kitten, only a few weeks old, too young to be motherless, and Weston has been taking care of her. Yesterday we decided she didn’t seem quite right so we loaded up to take her to the vet. Weston was supposed to hold her. She’s so tiny, you can hold her in one hand. Only he didn’t. He let go. And next thing we knew, she’d crawled up inside the dash of my car.
It was 91 degrees and a kitten was stuck in my dash. For SIX HOURS. She wouldn’t come out. We went back home. Two teenagers went to work trying to figure out how to get into the dash. We flagged a man on the road to help us. We called over a neighbor to help us. My cousin finally came home. We got nowhere and pieces of my dash were hanging out all over the place but we couldn’t reach her. We tried leaving her alone, we tried food, we tried everything. It started raining. It got dark. We’re facing a really terrible situation. Either the kitten was going to die in my dash and make my car smell REALLY NICE or we were going to open the windows, let it rain all over the inside of my car in hopes the kitten would run out sometime during the night–and we’d never see it again, never be able to take it to the vet. It might die anyway….. Weston–my big football player–sat down beside the car and cried. Then we had an idea. Last ditch effort–Fuzzball. A mother cat, not her mother cat, but still a mother cat who sounds and smells LIKE a mother cat.
I got Fuzzball, shut her up in the car.
SIX HOURS we’d tried to get that kitten out of the dash. Fuzzball got her out in five minutes.
She can poop wherever she wants today.
Mary Dunton says:
:purr: AWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! That is such a sweet story!!! Great idea about the mama cat. I hope little kitty will be ok! Make sure “14” holds her tightly next time! LOL!! Adorable! :catmeow:
On June 28, 2007 at 8:03 am
leanne says:
She looks so sweet. I hope she will be ok. Good for Mama Fuzzball for comming to the resuce. Maybe she will feed and care for the kitten. :purr:
LeAnne :biggrin: :wave:
On June 28, 2007 at 8:27 am
Nicole Reising says:
I’m so happy she came out! What a day! I bet your son will NOT not hold onto anything you tell him to after this :thumbsup:
Cole
On June 28, 2007 at 8:56 am
Becki says:
:biggrin:
Another member of the family!
What has 14 named it?
Hope it feels better.
Maybe it just needs some momma cat milk.
What does Desdemona think? :shocked:
Has Buttercup expressed his opinion? :shocked:
On June 28, 2007 at 9:37 am
Suzanne says:
He named her Gwennie.
Buttercup hasn’t even seen her since 14 keeps her in his room, but when Buttercup does meet her, he’ll loathe, despise and abhor her since that is his reaction to Every cat we bring in the house! :fryingpan:
On June 28, 2007 at 9:47 am
kacey says:
Go Fuzzball!!! :clap: (cute kitty! How many does that make now…
)
On June 28, 2007 at 10:02 am
mary beth says:
What a sweet story. Poor kitty.
On June 28, 2007 at 10:04 am
Susan says:
Fuzzball is a heroine! :thumbsup:
On June 28, 2007 at 11:11 am
Brandy says:
Woohoo Fuzzball! Poor kitty, she looks adorable even after her ordeal.
On June 28, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Alice Audrey says:
If only Fuzzball had come to the rescue sooner.
Alice
On June 28, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Lis says:
Awwww, wtg Fuzzball!! Poor Gwennie :cattail:
On June 28, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Dru says:
Gwennie looks so adorable. WTG Fuzzball!
On June 28, 2007 at 6:29 pm
catslady says:
awwwwwwwww what a story. so glad it came out well. I took my kitten to the vet the other day and it got the cage opened on the way – luckily i got the door before it got out. :catmeow:
On June 28, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Mailyn says:
Awww, that’s just the cutest story ever! Cats are gorgeous. :biggrin:
On June 28, 2007 at 7:53 pm
ericka Scott says:
Awww! how sweet. :purr:
However, tomorrow. . .she should go back outside and poop in the great outdoors where she’s supposed to!
On June 28, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Ellen says:
Go Fuzzball! Neat story. 🙂 I love the topic it’s filed under – Wild Kingdom. :rotfl:
On June 28, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Crystal G says:
:catmeow: What a great story. WTG Fuzzball.
On June 29, 2007 at 2:16 pm