At about 6:30am I was driving to work.
There wasn't much traffic, but I always go slow - about 60km per hour.
Then ahead I saw a little lump on a road ahead and started braking as I could, but the mini bus was overtaking me, and I had to drive on. That enabled me to see that it was a small kitten, and it was alive, just sitting frozen in the middle of the slow lane.
Bad news for me: I was in shock as I was driving over the kitten hoping not to touch it with my wheels.
I then stopped, reversed with emergency lights on to pick up the kitten or what's left of it.
Good news for the kitten: It was so frozen and still, so he/she didn't move and was left untouched by my car when I passed over placing the kitten between my wheels.
I picked up the baby and it then showed some resistance, kitten didn't like to be picked up. It scratched and bit and thrashed in my arms, but I held it close and managed to let it out in my car. No need to say that my coat was smelly then. Poor scared little one!
I then turned around and came back home. I couldn't go to work that day.
I parked under the carport in the shade with windows just enough open for kitten not to get out.
I couldn't let kitten out in my yard, because it could have ran out again, or perhaps would have greatly upset my six cats and two dogs, and who knows what else!
I gave it food and water in the car, but the kitten didn't even eat.
By the look of it - the kitten is about 6 to 7 weeks old and should be able to eat on its own.
It took the whole morning for my DH and myself to organize delivery of the kitten to our rescue place.
During this time the baby went around the car, settled, but with approach of us humans it would run and hide.
Then the kitten ended up inside the dashboard of my car and I had to unscrew all there is to open the space for it to get out.
Eventually I managed to catch the kitten with my coat and put it in the carrier and my DH took it to the vets, where the kitten was sedated and had the routine treatments against ticks, fleas, worms, and vaccinated.
I couldn't come with him, for I was already attached to kitten and can't say goodbyes.
After that he/she was picked up by Friends' Foundation for Animals (our local rescue organization).
Kittens like that always find good homes from Friends Foundation after being tamed, so I'm happy about this little one.
And if some rescued cats don't find homes - they live forever in that place - they never destroy any animal.
I so wish I could have a very large place and good income to make a good home for as many cats as need saving, but only I can do is make sure they survive and with help of others find other good homes.
Here are some pictures of this kitten I took whilst it was in my car:
There wasn't much traffic, but I always go slow - about 60km per hour.
Then ahead I saw a little lump on a road ahead and started braking as I could, but the mini bus was overtaking me, and I had to drive on. That enabled me to see that it was a small kitten, and it was alive, just sitting frozen in the middle of the slow lane.
Bad news for me: I was in shock as I was driving over the kitten hoping not to touch it with my wheels.
I then stopped, reversed with emergency lights on to pick up the kitten or what's left of it.
Good news for the kitten: It was so frozen and still, so he/she didn't move and was left untouched by my car when I passed over placing the kitten between my wheels.
I picked up the baby and it then showed some resistance, kitten didn't like to be picked up. It scratched and bit and thrashed in my arms, but I held it close and managed to let it out in my car. No need to say that my coat was smelly then. Poor scared little one!
I then turned around and came back home. I couldn't go to work that day.
I parked under the carport in the shade with windows just enough open for kitten not to get out.
I couldn't let kitten out in my yard, because it could have ran out again, or perhaps would have greatly upset my six cats and two dogs, and who knows what else!
I gave it food and water in the car, but the kitten didn't even eat.
By the look of it - the kitten is about 6 to 7 weeks old and should be able to eat on its own.
It took the whole morning for my DH and myself to organize delivery of the kitten to our rescue place.
During this time the baby went around the car, settled, but with approach of us humans it would run and hide.
Then the kitten ended up inside the dashboard of my car and I had to unscrew all there is to open the space for it to get out.
Eventually I managed to catch the kitten with my coat and put it in the carrier and my DH took it to the vets, where the kitten was sedated and had the routine treatments against ticks, fleas, worms, and vaccinated.
I couldn't come with him, for I was already attached to kitten and can't say goodbyes.
After that he/she was picked up by Friends' Foundation for Animals (our local rescue organization).
Kittens like that always find good homes from Friends Foundation after being tamed, so I'm happy about this little one.
And if some rescued cats don't find homes - they live forever in that place - they never destroy any animal.
I so wish I could have a very large place and good income to make a good home for as many cats as need saving, but only I can do is make sure they survive and with help of others find other good homes.
Here are some pictures of this kitten I took whilst it was in my car:
