'Can we go now? I'm over this outside thing': Friendly woodpile kitten decides it doesn't want to be an outside cat anymore, demanding to be brought inside before a big summer storm

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  • Not so feral kitten decides the wood pile just won't do

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  • I'm in a pretty rural area and my roommate and I sit out front watching the birds and stuff. Today we saw the feral cat we see sometimes running
  • across the yard and under a pile of telephone poles at the edge of our property with something orange in her mouth...
  • Then back with something black, then grey tabby and another orange.
  • So we're like cool! Kittens! Under the poles is a great little den area and we'll put out food for her. We've had mice, so feral cats would be kinda welcome honestly... Plus
  • no mice means no rattlesnakes and that's always a good thing. A storm was coming in, about to get heavy rain and it got cold. I decided
  • to take the trash to the dumpster next to the pile and what do I see? Little orange man on top of the pile screaming at me. Guess he climbed
  • up through the den to the top. Impressive at this size considering it's a pile of like 15 full telephone poles.
  • So roommate climbs up to grab him with the intent of sticking him back into the den for momma.... Kitten just looked up at him like "can we go now? I'm over this outside thing".
  • He screamed until roommate picked him up then climbed up and burrowed into his hoodie. He looks maybe like 6 weeks old, pudgy and active.
  • The rain started hard, so in the house with us he went.
  • His eyes were fully gooped closed so we got em cleaned and he has the sniffles too, so vet appointment already set for tomorrow and roommate is fully in love.... Kitten is in love too. This is Toby.
  • pashed_motatoes ⚫ Can you please check on the other kittens as well by any chance? If this one has the sniffles and goopy eyes, it's very likely the other babies do, too. I'm sure there are local rescues
  • that could help you get mama cat and the kittens safely trapped if needed. A vet visit and neuter/spay for all of them would probably be a good idea as well.
  • Toby is adorable and seems like he's already feeling completely at home! Congrats on your new friend
  • mistegirl OP. He is fully at home and passed the heck out all warm and happy
  • Lower_Preference_112 I agree with getting the other kittens if you can! And love the name Toby, such a classic ✔
  • admseven ⚫ One of my family members has a kitten from their woodpile too! Theirs was left behind when mama moved all the other kittens.

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