This little kitten is quite the traveler. My friend from Sunday School, Andrea, found her on a shipment of lumber that had recently arrived from Arkansas.
She may have travelled as much as 600 miles, tucked into a pallet of lumber on an 18-wheeler. We assume that she, her siblings and her mother had made their home in the lumber yard when the pallet was loaded. Whether the others escaped then, or at a truck stop along the way is anyone’s guess. Or, maybe she was all alone on the woodpile.
As a matter of routine, despite the obviousness of the futility, we scanned her for a microchip, and found none. Her physical examination was normal and her fecal flotation was negative.
Andrea found a good home for her, so the mystery story of the precious tortoiseshell kitten has a happy ending.
See you tomorrow, Dr. Randolph.
