A Meet Lovely Delilah (formerly known as Monster)

[QueenScoopalot]

This beautiful girl was yet another throw away cat, struggling to survive next to a VERY busy highway. The people in the neighborhood fed her, but didn't care that she had already had 3-4 litters of kittens, many of which were smashed on the highway. They had named her "Monster" due to the fact that she had one eye left. After driving and searching the area several times, I finally located her kittens, and started setting traps for them. I managed to get all 4 babies without the neighborhood having a clue, as they had fully intended to take Delilah/Monster into the vets 2 days later (and expected a rescue group to pay the bill), and then the neighbors were going to throw her back on the street. I found an access route across a small creek behind their houses, and snuck back & forth as each baby went into the traps. It was nearing midnight, and the mosquitos had about sucked me dry, when I spotted movement to my right. I flicked on the flashlight just in time to see a coyote headed toward the mewing kitten that was being used as bait for mama! It got to the point that mama was NOT going to go into the trap, so I lured her over, and started petting her while she was on top of a rotting fence, and I was balanced on a rock wall with my other foot against the shed behind me. I uprighted the trap, and got a good scruff on mama and the darn door of the trap shut not once, not twice, but 3 times until I was able to get her contained (and yes..I was covered with blood, but not letting go) and drove off into the night! Beautiful sweet Delilah had her eye enucleated when she was spayed, and is recuperating in a foster home. Her babies are being socialized in another home...without further ado...Delilah! P.S...she was from Ila Rd., and had one Eye...so the name fit purrfect!
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She wanted out in the worst way!
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Please free me from jail!
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Her lovely babies...
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Easy snacks for coyotes if the cars didn't kill them first :-(
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Delilah's cute butt...and her darling babies :-) She is such a wonderful affectionate cat...I cannot believe anyone would think it was OK for her to live outside! GRR!!!

[catfamily]

GOD She so beautiful.She looks like royalty :) I'm glad her eye is doctored :)

[orangemm]

What a darling she is! And, her babies are just too cute.

It's probably a good thing that neither you nor I carry dangerous weapons, right?

Bless you for doing this.

[Dorothy39]

Your determination to help Delilah and her latest "litter' is highly commended by all of us here on Pet Talk!!!!


You must be "The Cat Fairy" that we have heard about!!!


Thank-You for such a Heart Warming thread on Pet Talk!!!!

as well as providing us with your adventure!!!!

[catfamily]

I love the babies colors so much.She had some beautiful kittens.Just gorgous.But she herself is as pretty as Grace Kelly was :)
Were her kittens on the feral side?The biege one is gorgeous gorgeous and the white and orange is so perfect looking.Of course the white ones are darlings too.

[jazzcat]

I'm with Carla, she is beautiful! The babies are adorable too.

I have a hard time reading your stories and not getting the "I want a kitten" urge. Makes me wish I could help save them all. :( Of course I'm sure we all feel that way.

[doolittleky]

the white kitten reminds me of my Caspurr.

[sirrahbed]

Just lovely!!! It is so good to read about your newest "catches" :) Glad that pretty Delilah has had her eye taken care of. How are the skeeter bites??

Her kittens are simply beautiful. How horrid to look at them and think of them ever becoming but a snack for coyotes.

(((HUGS)))) to you Jan.