"Dan M" wrote in message
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Sammy is the one who had it rough. When he was about 6 or 7 weeks old he
was dumped by the side of the road. The road he was dumped beside was
the entrance to a grocery warehouse - the truck entrance. Fortunately
the little kitten saw a big hedge and settled in under the hedge for
protection, and stayed out of the way of the big rigs that rolled within
4 feet of him all day.

He obviously wanted to be a part of a home - whenever he would here
people coming towards him, he would crawl out from under the hedge, sit
in the middle of the sidewalk, and look cute. He was also obviously very
scared of people, because as soon as anyone got within 5 feet of him
he'd dart back under the hedge to hide. This continued for a couple
days, with several of us working at the warehouse leaving cans of kitten
food and bowls of water out for him. After about the second day I
started seeing that he was sick - runny eyes, runny nose, sneezing. I
set a trap that night after the day shift went home, and within 5
minutes I had a tiny orange prisoner.

It was actually quite amusing seeing him checking out the trap. If
you've ever looked inside a hedge you've seen that it has little
branches of varying sizes. Well, a couple minutes after I put the trap
in place and returned to my pickup to watch, I saw a cute little orange
head poking up out of the top of the hedge. The kitten had climbed up
the internal branches and poked his head out. When he didn't see any
dangers nearby, he continued his climb and emerged on top of hedge. He
then walked gingerly over the top of the hedge (a standard privet hedge)
to look over the trap. I have never ween anything quite as amusing or
cute as that little orange kitten walking the top of the hedge!

Anyhow, he decided the trap didn't look threatening so he walked in,
helped himself to the can of food inside, and didn't even notice when
the door slammed shut behind him. He didn't start to get scared until I
walked up and carried the trap away. Took him to the vet, left him there
for a couple days for intensive treatment of his various infections,
then brought him home. He had to stay in isolation for a couple weeks to
keep from spreading the remnants of his illness to the other kitties,
but he's now a fully integrated part of the family. He's now the kitty
who enjoys climbing up on my chest for a snuggle.

Dan


This is a wonderful story. Both you and Sammy are lucky to have found each
other.

MaryL