Last night M and I went for a walk around the neighborhood.  This is more favorable then going to the gym especially on nice afternoons. I like out afternoon walks, when we get them, because M and I get to just talk about our days and what’s going on in general. It’s nice to just have that time to spend together. I know that probably seems odd since we don’t have kids yet. But our afternoon walks are just nice. 🙂
Anyway as we were walking yesterday I heard a kitten crying, loudly. I told M I heard a kitten and he was like, what? No you don’t. So I turned around and headed towards the noise. As I got closer to the corner I realized the sound was coming from the storm drain. I immediately began calling the kitten trying to get him to come out so I could see him. M walked over and started shaking the keys and I went to drain across the street. After a few minutes the little kitten finally moved so I could see him. Finally he came out and I see these big blue eyes look up at me and then he went back in the hole. M walked to where I was and we proceeded to lift up the storm grate. (Please note apparently it is against the law to lift these things ;))
I climbed down the stairs in to the drain, yes I know, and tried to coax the little guy out. After several minutes with no success M said we needed to go. We could call animal control at home and they could get him. I wasn’t happy about this but I knew we probably weren’t going to get the kitten out. Plus a older man walking his dog said there were tons of ferrel cats in the neighborhood. But this was a cute sweet kitten right?
Once we got home I called the Raleigh animal control office to report the kitten. They promptly sent an officer out to take a look. I met her at the spot and the kitten was still crying. She had to take a call and when she finally walked over the kitten had stopped crying and I hadn’t seen him again. :( With that we decided it was time to go. The officer said they get numerous calls about ferrel cats in that particular area and the kitten would be fine. So I returned home kitten free.
Side note: M told me before I left to meet animal control “You BETTER NOT bring a kitten home.” Who me? ;) I kid I kid. I know another kitten is not in our immediate future. I’m just such a softy and wanted to make sure the little kitty was okay.
~k