Stupid CAT trick

[jtexas]

Keep the boat at a storage yard. Behind a local-family-owned vacuum cleaner repair shop in an old part of town. Some of the family actually live on the premises. A lot of cats in the yard, which I never complain about, because I've never seen any evidence of rodents around inspite of all the pecan trees.

Last time out (over a month ago, jeez I'm working way too much) preparations for a 3-day camping trip included charging the trolling battery. Something out of place in that compartment caught my eye just as I'm lowering the lid - black, furry, about the size of an adolescent rat.

Yup it was a kitten, so new its eyes were still shut. Lucky I discover it when I did instead of 6 hours and 100 miles later. Wrapped it up in a towel & took it back to the vacuum shop - hopefully they were able to reunite it with mamma.

How it got in there is no real mystery - I built that cabinet and haven't got around to glassing in around the sides, there's enough of a gap for a mamma cat to tuck a baby in out of the way.

No evidence that any actual birthing took place on board - must have just been a good place to wait out t'storms the night before.

 

[JB]

Re: Stupid CAT trick

For thousands of years a boat/ship had to have a cat aboard. There is a hilarious story in my great grandfather's diary about one of his fellow Midshipmen being unkind to the "ship's cat" while on patrol for slavers off the west African coast in about 1854. He was flogged and sent ashore to acquire a new cat for the ship.

Here you had a gift from Davey Jones and you left him/her behind. You will be fortunate if your vessel is not plagued with rats.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Stupid CAT trick

Ol Davey has quite the sense of humor, then - my kitty was too young to survive without mamma.

Wait a sec - I guess I have it coming - what other kinda cat would you put on a boat named "Reservoir Dog", what has a big yella hound for a first mate?

Must a ceremony of some kind. What else does grandpa's diary say?

Does sound like interesting reading......