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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:31 PM Feb 2016

Stray Kitten Came to Couple for Help During Stormy Night

Source: LoveMeow

It was a dark, cold stormy night when a couple heard a kitten cry coming from outside. They rushed out and found a little kitten all soaked up, meowing for help.

“My girlfriend and I heard the most pitiful mewling outside our back door,” imgur user trandyr said.

They put a bowl of cat food out trying to get closer to the kitty. “We waited for over an hour, softly calling into the dark.”

It took time, but eventually the kitten decided to accept her human friends. “(She) even stooped to eating the pitiful offering we had provided.”

The kitten was wet and shivering, so the couple took her in.

“While I swept the area around our house, looking for signs of any mother cats or other stray kittens, my girlfriend got her into our bathroom where she could dry off.”

Meowing to her human friends for help!


All clean! No more fleas!


How she likes to nap now .


Stormie has grown to enjoy climbing things, even her humans.
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Read more: http://lovemeow.com/2016/02/stray-kitten-help-stormy-night/

Imgur gallery: http://imgur.com/gallery/tTqEW

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Stray Kitten Came to Couple for Help During Stormy Night (Original Post) Little Tich Feb 2016 OP
She is beautiful! n/t Blaukraut Feb 2016 #1
What beautiful pictures! chillfactor Feb 2016 #2
Can I have a SQUEEEE?? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #3
OMG Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #4
Great story - awesome pics - thank you asiliveandbreathe Feb 2016 #5
My Dinkus was a storm kitten.. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #6
My first stray was found crying in a snow storm in a trash filled lot. Not long after my Dad passed bettyellen Feb 2016 #10
D'aww!!! nt retrowire Feb 2016 #18
We were out walking late and tipsy and heard the tiniest peeps. If it had been earlier it would bettyellen Feb 2016 #22
Many years ago my friends had a feral cat hanging around their yard dflprincess Feb 2016 #7
D'aww! nt retrowire Feb 2016 #19
I tried to bring a feral kitten to my home angstlessk Feb 2016 #8
omg. that first one. OMG. I got my spike and queen that way. roguevalley Feb 2016 #9
She's a beauty! AzDar Feb 2016 #11
My cat Stinky came to us this way AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #12
ahhhhh Thank you for loving her. oldandhappy Feb 2016 #13
Good heavens! What a little cutie! So lucky to have 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #14
A wonderful ending... SoapBox Feb 2016 #15
Awwwwwwwwww shenmue Feb 2016 #16
What a sweety.......Ahhhhhhhh Duckfan Feb 2016 #17
Squee! McCamy Taylor Feb 2016 #20
k&r Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #21
What a doll. OregonBlue Feb 2016 #23
Oh my gawd what a little beauty. Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #24
Who could say no to that little face? Blue Owl Feb 2016 #25
Oh soooo adorable! This is how we got our Scout! nadine_mn Feb 2016 #26

chillfactor

(7,576 posts)
2. What beautiful pictures!
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:39 PM
Feb 2016

Thank goodness you both have kind, loving hearts and brought this little darling into your home. So nice to see a post about love for a change.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
5. Great story - awesome pics - thank you
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:41 PM
Feb 2016

Our "Penny" - found my husband on a job 3 years ago - she kept coming back to HIM over two days - she had a collar - hubby checked around the neighborhood for the owner...the neighbors said if no one claims her they were taking the baby kitty to the animal shelter - hubby said NO WAY - he called me to come get her....

Penny (yes, Big Bang Theory, Penny) is our best friend - enjoy Stormy.....

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. My Dinkus was a storm kitten..
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:52 PM
Feb 2016

cannot figure out for the life of me how such a teeny kitten ended up on my door during a bad storm, but I gave him a home, cause all fur kids find us for a reason.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
10. My first stray was found crying in a snow storm in a trash filled lot. Not long after my Dad passed
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:34 AM
Feb 2016

away. Little Girl was an awesome cat.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
22. We were out walking late and tipsy and heard the tiniest peeps. If it had been earlier it would
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:34 AM
Feb 2016

have been way too loud to hear her little cries. I don't think she would have made it through that huge storm. Poor thing was starving. I really needed a kitten, and just didn't know it.

dflprincess

(28,079 posts)
7. Many years ago my friends had a feral cat hanging around their yard
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:54 PM
Feb 2016

They put food out for her and tried to coax her closer but didn't have a lot of luck.

One morning friend looks out the window and see the cat lying in the middle of the yard. She was pretty sure the cat was dead but decided to check. She opened the back door to find a newborn kitten in front of it. Mama cat had used her last strength to leave her baby where he would be found (the cat was so thin they had never suspected she was pregnant).

Their yard and the neighbors' was thoroughly searched but no other kittens were found. They took him to the vet to find out how to care for such a tiny cat and had him for 18 years.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
8. I tried to bring a feral kitten to my home
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:55 PM
Feb 2016

but he/she had other ideas and clawed it's way out of my hands.

I often wonder what happened to that kitty

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
12. My cat Stinky came to us this way
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:14 AM
Feb 2016

Daughter found her in our driveway wet and cold. That was 7 years ago. Awesome kitty she is.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
15. A wonderful ending...
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:03 AM
Feb 2016

But it just breaks my heart, that the poor little thing had to seek help...that is SO sad.

Thank goodness there is now a happy, warm, DRY and safe place for kitty.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
24. Oh my gawd what a little beauty.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:38 PM
Feb 2016

I am in loooove.

If there is anything cuter on this planet than a kitten, I don't want to see it because I couldn't take it. I would 'splode from adorableness.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
26. Oh soooo adorable! This is how we got our Scout!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:46 PM
Feb 2016

It was a dark and stormy night in April. We were living in a rental property on some farmland in the middle of nowhere Iowa, outside of Des Moines...nearest neighbor at least 1/2 mile away. We heard this sad little noise outside, and there was this adorable black cat....wet and cold. So we brought him in - we were nervous because we had never had a cat and we had 2 large dogs.

My husband ran to Wal-mart to get "basics" for the night: cat litter, litter box, cat food, food dish, collar, cat treats and cat toys

This sweetheart has been with us for 17 years - has traveled from Iowa to Minnesota, has lived with up to 4 large dogs at one time (and still was boss), has had his own adventures he could write a book about and we are so lucky he chose our house that night to come crying. He is the most loving and cuddliest cat - who thinks he is a dog and that's ok.

I firmly believe that our pets chose us sometimes - and the OP is no exception. So sweet!

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