Thursday, June 10, 2010

Asher's Story


On Sunday 6/11 one of our volunteers was doing a cleaning and socializing shift at our adoption center when the Petsmart Manager told her a kitten was trapped under someones car. She went outside to find about 20 people hovered around a car, some with boxes, some with blankets, some wearing gloves all trying to get this kitten. Our volunteer asked the car owner to open her hood, and within seconds she had scruffed this little kitten and quickly tried to calm the visibly upset little guy. He was covered in oil, his fur seeming to be a dark gray color, and he was covered in fleas. He seemed to be somewhat in shock and was desperately trying to free himself from her grip. After giving him an hour to relax, we gave him a bath. The sink was FULL of dirty brown water. After a good meal and a nice grooming, the little kitten turned out to be a beautiful Blue Point Siamese kitten around 10 weeks. He was very sweet, and gave excellent snuggles. We were relieved he wasn't feral as we have 8 feral kittens we are domesticating. We named him Asher. He was in foster care with Amy, who said he was very talkative. Within a day of putting him online, he was adopted by a great new family!

-Mary