Stray Mama Cat Leads Woman to Save Her Kitten Trapped In Storm Drain...

Lovemeow ^ | 17NOV17 | Amy Bojo

[njslim]

I remember few years back when woman called our Fire department to get cat out of tree.

Cat was about 20 feet up. WE could not ger out ladder truck in there and tree could not support a ground ladder

Someone had brilliant idea - use booster line (1 1 inch rubber hose on reel used for brush and small fires

Took coat and held it out as net, kicked on pump, aimed hose at cat, then opened nozzle

Water knocked cat off branch, landed right in coat then took off running

Mission accomplished

[Fiji Hill]

I’ve known several calico and tortoise shell girl kitties, and they all had great personalities.

[little jeremiah]

I needed to read that this morning.

Thank you for pinging the list!

[grey_whiskers]

+1

[EdnaMode]

That is one of the nicest stories I’ve read in a while. Love cats. :D

[Rusty0604]

Sweet!

[Jamestown1630]

I recently heard or read that adult cats don’t really vocalize much among each other as a means of communication; but that they have adapted to do so in order to communicate with humans. I don’t have much experience with feral cats, so don’t know if it’s true (?)

I only know that the domesticated cats that I’ve had have never ‘talked’ to each other through vocalization, unless it was the occasional spit/shriek in the midst of a big fight.

[Covenantor]

I can vouch that the feral cats in my neighorhood vocalize loudly and persistently during mating seasons. But it seems to happen only in the dead of night.

At one time a feral Siamese lived in the storm drain...quite strange to drive slowly and spot blues staring from the curb drains.

[MHGinTN]

Had a mama Raccoon do that when she had a five litter. She showed up on my back deck at three in the afternoon with ribs showing. I started feeding her and she adopted me. Brought the babies around at about ten weeks and they too made my house their first stop in evening foraging.

I'm now entertaining and being entertained by the third generation. I made a door bell at the back door for them. at least one in each generation has taken to using the chocolate can hanging bu strin from the back door handle. When the handle is pulled down the can drops and clanks against the steel door.

[csvset]

👍

[martin_fierro]

FR needs a “Like” button

[editor-surveyor]

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Cats be plenty smart!
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[BlueLancer]

Something is wrong with my monitor again ... it’s gotten all fuzzy and I can’t see the pictures clearly ...

[luv2ski]

Such a sweet story! I love reading tales with happy endings like this. There are still good people in this world!

[Jamestown1630]

Yes, I’ve heard female cats howling in heat - a very creepy sound.

But the creepiest was when I startled a red fox as I walked by an area of brush; even in daylight it’s chilling, and loud out of all proportion to their size when you’re right next to it:

https://www.popville.com/2016/05/screaming-fox-dc/

[Covenantor]

Wow...that’s on the edge of my old neighborgood. Never saw any foxes growing up there in small woods and fields at the top of the hill.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

So great to read about people of courage and conviction, so unlike the republicans in the senate.

[Slings and Arrows]

My pleasure.

[patriot08]

Wonderful story. Thank you.

[Riley]

Smart cat. Animals are smarter than they are given credit.

I firmly believe that. I have seen about six different videos shot from people's phones of wild animals coming to humans for help with some injury or issue because they know we can do things that they can't.