5pm yesterday began a trapping (injured mum and 2 kittens).
They were living in a disused garage in a really rough area opposite a pub. We trapped mum outside the garage within minutes and Grumpy rushed her to the vet; I was accosted by a couple as I climbed out of the window,fortunately they were very nice but were Polish and didnt speak English, I only know one Polish word Kotz (cat) and somehow made myself understood that I was helping cats rather than being a cat burglar
The kittens just reaching 6weeks were inside the garage and only way in to ensure their safety was through a tiny window; the garage was full of building materials and junk with not an inch of floor to be seen,so my first task after climbing in through the window was to clear a space to fit the trap,not so easy when you need to lift scaffolding frames , window frames and huge slabs of glass, slate and rotten clothes but somehow after much huffing and puffing and using muscles I didnt know I had the trap was passed through the window and set. It was a long night as we realised kittens didnt have enough bodyweight to spring the trap and this morning realised the only hope of getting these kittens was by the scruff of the neck.
That was like looking for 2 very angry needles in a haystack; I prayed hard as I searched and after a couple of hours scruffed the little girl; I kept having to move rotten clothes in my search and at one stage got covered in maggots; Grumpy had by this time squeezed himself in through the window to help and eventually we had little boy cornered and as I took his scruff he bit and scratched for all he was worth.I cried so much Rob thought I was seriously injured,the tears were those of joy because our 3 lives were saved.
Major pen re organisation yet again and picked up mum cat (Sherbet ) from vets,she has had her eye removed and I have had her spayed and microchipped too,she is back with her kittens and when I looked in a short time ago one happy family. Incidentally mum is not feral after all,just a domestic who has lived out quite some time.
Sorry for long post, I am just overjoyed for these little ones.
