okay, so today has been an absolute wild ride, but I wanted to make a post and share what’s happened with everyone here, because it’s kind of a big thing.
I went out with my mother this morning to get some Necessities from the store. on the way back to the house, we found one of the outdoor stray cat’s we’ve been feeding, Dahlia, on the side of the road. she’d been hit by a car and hadn’t made it.
as heartbroken as we were, there was a bigger issue.
four days ago, Dahlia had a litter of kittens in the stormage ditch just off the side of our property.
pictured below, the ditch
it’s about twenty inches around, and twenty foot long. the far end of the tunnel is crushed and inaccessible. the kittens? fifteen foot into the tunnel.
below is a series of pictures of me, crawling into said tunnel.
second post with the rest of the story to come.
below is a picture my mother took from the outside of the tunnel.
this is right before I went in so deep, the flashlight couldn’t make me out.
there were six kittens in total. unfortunately, due to the confined space of the tunnel, and how the kittens were hunkered, I could only get them out one at a time.
it took me almost a full two hours of army crawling in, and then army crawling backwards out of the tunnel, to collect all of the kittens.
all six kittens, safe and accounted for!
they’re four days old, and presently don’t have eyes or ears open.
third and final addition to come!
I’m glad you saved them but crawling into that tunnel looks terrifying
it absolutely was terrifying. I went in so deep, my mom couldn’t see me even with the flashlight. those kittens were not easy to reach!
we couldn’t stand the thought of them just staying in there and starving, though, and i was the only one small enough to fit in the drain!
This is what a hero looks like.
AN UPDATE PLEASE
Of course! Currently, they are six days old. Several of them have started opening up their eyes! They’re all very healthy. I’ll be fostering them for six weeks, and then locating homes for them. Consider checking me out on patreon.com/abalonetea if you would like to support them, or follow along with the tag “Katies cat adventure” for daily pictures and updates!
