Feral Runt Kitten Fought Me At First Then Claimed My Heart | The Animal Rescue Site

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I work at a small pet store and a woman contacted me this past summer about a stray and her (feral) babies that she had been feeding. The children around her neighborhood had been chasing them off and the kittens would sometimes get separated, thankfully only temporarily.

She feared for their safety and was hoping someone at the pet store would want them. I told her that if she could catch them and get them all to me, I would gladly them the care they needed before finding homes for them all.

She was successful and passed them on to my care. The shock from the capture, full body inspections, flea baths, tick removals and dramatic environment change seemed to cover how feral already the kittens were.

The next few weeks they scattered when I would enter the room, and one in particular would growl, slash, and hiss at me as I approached her. She was smaller than the rest, hence the name 'Runt', and was always right next to mom. She left a few good marks on my hands and arms as the other kittens warmed up to me.

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