Cat saves chicken by a whisker[UK]

Telegraph ^ | 15 Sep 2008 | Sarah Knapton

[BGHater]

A farmhouse cat has adopted a chicken after she became the only survivor of a fox attack

Tiny chick Gladys was rescued by its owners and brought into the house two and a half months ago.

But it was Snowy the cat who took over the job of looking after the traumatised chicken and now the pair are inseparable.

Jane Etheridge, of Middleton, Suffolk. said the unlikely alliance began when one of her bantam hens hatched 14 chicks including Gladys.

But after just two days she found just three of the birds left and a pile of feathers after a fox paid a visit.

Two of the chicks later died but Gladys survived and was brought into the farmhouse in a box to build her strength where she was befriended by 10-year-old Snowy.

Mrs Etheridge, 69, a pony breeder who is married to Albert, 70, said: "Snowy cleaned her and washed her. Gladys is now about two-and-a-half months old and is our pet. She still comes into the house to play.

Snowy and Gladys: The best of friends

[goldstategop]

True love between a cat and a chicken! This is HUGH!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[randomhero97]

Wouldn’t happen in my house. My cats go crazy at the scent of chicken. I have to grill chicken breast I always have to grill them one too, lol.

[randomhero97]

Wouldn’t happen in my house. My cats go crazy at the scent of chicken. When I grill chicken breast I always have to grill them one too, lol.

[MaryFromMichigan]

[Biggirl]

Ping this one over to Slings and Arrows! =^..^=

[Twinkie]

If Snowy is anything like my gray cat, Stuffy, then Gladys is just simply being “fattened”. - Cats can be sweet, though.

[Charles Martel]

Gladys is just simply being “fattened”

Snowy may be hoping to wow the 4H crowd at the county fair. :-)

[adorno]

Cat saves chicken for when the need arises.

[Sacajaweau]

14 chicks...3 were left...Simple...Cat is sick of chicken.

Squirrels...BEWARE!!

[FocusNexus]

Kitty PING

[B-Chan]

While there is almost certainly some sort of natural explanation for this, let us not forget that God can and does act through all parts of the natural world, including animals. Perhaps there’s a lesson in this story for us humans.

[Chickensoup]

While there is almost certainly some sort of natural explanation for this, let us not forget that God can and does act through all parts of the natural world, including animals. Perhaps there’s a lesson in this story for us humans.

You are absolutly right. It is:

Keep your pantry full and your knives sharp

[Slings and Arrows]

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[Daffynition]

Does anyone ever think if the consequences any more?

[Slings and Arrows]

LOL! That is a GREAT photospoof. Those kittychicks are adorable!

[LucyT]

Your photo is so funny, and clever. Do those itty bitty whatchamacallems have whiskers?

Better ping Granny.

[Daffynition]

Thanks guys ... I thought I might have laid an egg. ///groan

[Biggirl]

Interesting story! =^..^=