Fred

Fred

Image by Larah McElroy

Sirius

Image by Larah McElroy

Arenia

Image by Larah McElroy

Kitten in a Tree

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4/27/2007 - Kitten in a Tree

While home for lunch Donna and I were walking around the yard, when I looked up to an old tree in our side yard. Inside a hollowed out tree limb I saw this little orange head peek out of the hole. I thought it was a squirrel, but to my surprise it was a kitten.

"How did a kitten get way up there?" we both asked.

The hole was too high for me to look in, and I'm 6' 4". We quickly grabbed a folding chair from the kitchen. This added stepped gave me enough reach to poke my camera up there to take a picture inside the hole.

As I moved my hand over the hole, out flew the momma cat like she was shot from a cannon. Unfortunately out flew with her was a tiny white kitten with black tipped years. The little one tumbled out of the hole and landed on the chair a good six feet below.

Both Donna and I gasped as we hoped the little one wasn't hurt.

To our relief the little one wasn't hurt. Just stunned and frightened.

So I reached up to the hole and gently placed the little one back with the siblings.

Judging from the pictures, we think there are at least three kittens up there. We also believe the little one may have been the runt of the litter.

Since we found this hiding place, we expect the momma cat to come back and move her kittens somewhere else.

Male Tabby Kitten

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This is our new 10 week old kitten named Quattro. The picture is a little fuzzy since this kitten doesn't stay still for long but you can see the he is about the size of our Comcast remote.