I found a kitten in the road *video added*

jtfer1968 · 07-02-2008, 04:40 PM

tonight on the way home from work. This is a busy road too. Thank goodness that there were no cars coming at the moment. The kitten was laying the middle of the other lane. I slammed on my brakes when I saw it and swerved into the other lane to block it from oncoming cars (I know not smart) but I did not want another car to come along while I was trying to get the kitten and hit it. When the kitten saw my car swerve it ran accross the road (again thank goodness no cars coming) and I moved my car blocking the other lane. I jumped out of my car and the kitten ran to me when I called for it. Somebody either dumped or lost it. I brought it home with me and went and put out "found kitten" signs. The kitten is only about 5-6 weeks old. Ofcourse I had to go to the store to get food/kitten milk etc. I called my dh to warn him about finding the kitten so he would not get surprised when he got home.

We already have 2 cats, 3 dogs, 3 horses, fish, ducks, geese, 8 goats what is 1 more mouth to feed if nobody calls right??

Sassy · 07-02-2008, 04:44 PM

Oh my goodness ever cute!! So you have a newbie baby right on

! So what's her/his name???

BarnBum · 07-02-2008, 04:47 PM

He/She looks pretty content.

Look at them gorgous eyes !!

Congrats on your new member of the family !!

jtfer1968 · 07-02-2008, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sassy

Oh my goodness ever cute!! So you have a newbie baby right on

! So what's her/his name???

Its a boy!! No name yet, the kids are already thinking up names, but I want them to hold off in case somebody claims him.

knpaints · 07-02-2008, 04:58 PM

very cute! and very lucky lil kitty!

BabyMay · 07-02-2008, 05:01 PM

I did what you did, to save a turtle. So I can't say anything bad about doing it for a kitten. Thanks for stopping to help the little boy. Alot of people would not have, or would have done worse. I doubt anyone will claim him. Are you going to keep him, or find him a home?

DackelMom · 07-02-2008, 05:39 PM

Bless you for saving his life! I hope that he gets to stay with you

jtfer1968 · 07-02-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyMay

Thanks for stopping to help the little boy. Alot of people would not have, or would have done worse. I doubt anyone will claim him. Are you going to keep him, or find him a home?

I am sure we will keep him if nobody claims him. My husband is big toughy on the outside, but a sucker on the inside. The kitty is in my bathroom now and my husband went in and looked at him when he came home from work and came out of the bedroom and told me sister that he already knew kitty was not going anywhere

**gbarmranch** · 07-02-2008, 08:31 PM

Oh what a beautiful kitty - the name Freeway is always a good one for this type of cat..

Bless you for saving him..

cook1745 · 07-02-2008, 08:35 PM

What a cutie

breburtch · 07-02-2008, 08:42 PM

aww poor little sweety. thank goodness you found him before the tires of a car could.

arabiancowgirl · 07-02-2008, 08:45 PM

He is a cute lil' black cat . . . er . . . kitten

I like Bbar's idea, Freeway

HorseMomToSage · 07-02-2008, 08:54 PM

I vote for Freeway-he is so cute. If you don't want him I will need a few days and directions to your house via Houston

Akita it Girl · 07-02-2008, 09:06 PM

His eyes are still pretty blue, so he is under 6 weeks. Don't let him around your other guys!

DappleGrayMyWay · 07-02-2008, 09:15 PM

You did the right thing. Good job!!!

Tell Freeway his HT family welcomes him home!!

DriftwoodAcres · 07-02-2008, 09:18 PM

Bless your soul for saving the poor thing. His eyes are very pretty too. Atleast he has a good home

pasomystic · 07-02-2008, 09:26 PM

Another possibiliy: he may have crawled up to under the hood of some vehicle, freaked when it started, and leaped out when it slowed down, narrowly missing death. Have had both death and injuries in farm country from kittens doing that.

jtfer1968 · 07-02-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Akita it Girl

His eyes are still pretty blue, so he is under 6 weeks. Don't let him around your other guys!

No, he is in my bathroom until he gets some size to him and see a vet too!! My other cats would beat him up right now!!

jtfer1968 · 07-02-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pasomystic

Another possibiliy: he may have crawled up to under the hood of some vehicle, freaked when it started, and leaped out when it slowed down, narrowly missing death. Have had both death and injuries in farm country from kittens doing that.

I did not think of that possibility, that could be. But I did look around the area for any more kittens when I picked him up. When I got home my sister insisted that we go check again and we asked some people that were out in a close by neighborhood if they were missing a kitten.

Freeway is a cute name!! I will tell my kids.

**beth55051** · 07-02-2008, 09:40 PM

Beware of naming a kitten Freeway.

I did and now I have the worlds biggest freak of a cat. We now call him Freakers instead cause he's just wierd. More dog than cat because my Jasper dog raised him. My parents found our Freeway on an exit ramp out in the middle of nowhere. Eyes barely open, not enough teeth to be on any kind of solid food. No other kittens or signs of cats anywhere around. Either his mother dumped him cause he was goofy or someone dumped him there.

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07-02-2008, 04:40 PM
jtfer1968 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 976	I found a kitten in the road video added tonight on the way home from work. This is a busy road too. Thank goodness that there were no cars coming at the moment. The kitten was laying the middle of the other lane. I slammed on my brakes when I saw it and swerved into the other lane to block it from oncoming cars (I know not smart) but I did not want another car to come along while I was trying to get the kitten and hit it. When the kitten saw my car swerve it ran accross the road (again thank goodness no cars coming) and I moved my car blocking the other lane. I jumped out of my car and the kitten ran to me when I called for it. Somebody either dumped or lost it. I brought it home with me and went and put out "found kitten" signs. The kitten is only about 5-6 weeks old. Ofcourse I had to go to the store to get food/kitten milk etc. I called my dh to warn him about finding the kitten so he would not get surprised when he got home. We already have 2 cats, 3 dogs, 3 horses, fish, ducks, geese, 8 goats what is 1 more mouth to feed if nobody calls right?? __________________ Last edited by jtfer1968 : 07-03-2008 at 05:41 PM.

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Sassy Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,331	Oh my goodness ever cute!! So you have a newbie baby right on ! So what's her/his name??? __________________ A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. ~ DUKE OF ENDINBURGH ~

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BarnBum Greenbroke Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 3,541	He/She looks pretty content. Look at them gorgous eyes !! Congrats on your new member of the family !! __________________ Murphys Horse Law - A horse's misbehavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people who are watching !!

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knpaints Yearling Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 941	very cute! and very lucky lil kitty! __________________ Kris~

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BabyMay Coming two Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,874	I did what you did, to save a turtle. So I can't say anything bad about doing it for a kitten. Thanks for stopping to help the little boy. Alot of people would not have, or would have done worse. I doubt anyone will claim him. Are you going to keep him, or find him a home?

07-02-2008, 05:39 PM
DackelMom Weanling Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Penn Valley, CA Posts: 395	Bless you for saving his life! I hope that he gets to stay with you

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cook1745 Greenbroke Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 3,335	What a cutie __________________ Home of my sweet girl Cinnamon. Not fancy but she is mine!!!

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breburtch Coming two Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ennismore, Ontario Posts: 1,859	aww poor little sweety. thank goodness you found him before the tires of a car could.

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arabiancowgirl Long Yearling Join Date: May 2008 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 1,130	He is a cute lil' black cat . . . er . . . kitten I like Bbar's idea, Freeway __________________ Liberalism: A haunting fear that someone, somewhere, can take care of themselves!

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HorseMomToSage Coming two Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: A Whole Other Country-TX Of Course Posts: 1,501	I vote for Freeway-he is so cute. If you don't want him I will need a few days and directions to your house via Houston __________________ Just when the caterpillar thought it was the end of the world, it became a butterfly

07-02-2008, 09:06 PM
Akita it Girl Weanling Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Md Posts: 344	His eyes are still pretty blue, so he is under 6 weeks. Don't let him around your other guys!

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DappleGrayMyWay Yearling Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NC (Asheville) Posts: 856	You did the right thing. Good job!!! Tell Freeway his HT family welcomes him home!! __________________ My sanity is with my horse, and if you see them, please send them back to the barn. Tule Pepper

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DriftwoodAcres Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 457	Bless your soul for saving the poor thing. His eyes are very pretty too. Atleast he has a good home __________________ P.eople E.ating T.asty A.nimals

07-02-2008, 09:26 PM
pasomystic Long Yearling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,432	Another possibiliy: he may have crawled up to under the hood of some vehicle, freaked when it started, and leaped out when it slowed down, narrowly missing death. Have had both death and injuries in farm country from kittens doing that. __________________ We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.

07-02-2008, 09:40 PM
beth55051 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: East Central Minnesota Posts: 4,696	Beware of naming a kitten Freeway. I did and now I have the worlds biggest freak of a cat. We now call him Freakers instead cause he's just wierd. More dog than cat because my Jasper dog raised him. My parents found our Freeway on an exit ramp out in the middle of nowhere. Eyes barely open, not enough teeth to be on any kind of solid food. No other kittens or signs of cats anywhere around. Either his mother dumped him cause he was goofy or someone dumped him there. __________________ *Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.*