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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 10:15 PM Jan 2017

Family Finds Stray Kitten Cuddling Up to Unlikely Friend in Chicken Coop

Source: Lovemeow

A tiny ginger kitten wandered into a chicken coop and started snuggling with his feathery friends who kept him warm.

Meet Caramel the kitten!

It was mid-November when the kitten first showed up at a family's house. Allyson Radach's children spotted the little ginger boy underneath their trampoline. They befriended him by giving him some food, and the kitten decided to stick around.

The family has a chicken coop where nine chickens reside. Caramel took a liking to the warm shed and started spending a lot of time in the coop, cuddling with his unlikely friends.

"The kitten found his way into the coop. At first he was so tiny he could fit through the fencing of the run," Allyson told Love Meow.

They built an insulated cat house with a heating source just for the kitten, but little Caramel never used it and stayed in the coop with his friends all day long.















Read more: http://www.lovemeow.com/family-finds-stray-kitten-cuddling-up-to-unlikely-friend-in-chicken-co-2185421107.html

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Family Finds Stray Kitten Cuddling Up to Unlikely Friend in Chicken Coop (Original Post) Little Tich Jan 2017 OP
How cool! GP6971 Jan 2017 #1
My guess is that a puppy will be much more readily accepted than a grown dog. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #4
What a sweet baby! Bayard Jan 2017 #2
Animal buddies HassleCat Jan 2017 #3
Squeeee material PlanetBev Jan 2017 #5
Little fellow must have been very lonely. brer cat Jan 2017 #6
That's adorable, and just what I needed Hekate Jan 2017 #7
"The Lion and the Lamb will lay down together, but the Lamb won't get much sleep..." brooklynite Jan 2017 #8
omg. so cute IcyPeas Jan 2017 #9

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,839 posts)
4. My guess is that a puppy will be much more readily accepted than a grown dog.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jan 2017

Unless that dog had already known cats and got along with them. If you decide to go for an adult dog, the animal shelter will know which ones are already good with cats.

But if you prefer a puppy, I still think that your cat should do well with one.

Bayard

(22,038 posts)
2. What a sweet baby!
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 10:21 PM
Jan 2017

We have one barn cat that squirms into the chicken coop on occasion, but she's after the mice that are after the chicken feed.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
3. Animal buddies
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 10:21 PM
Jan 2017

My friends have a Komondor, a big herd guardian dog, and two of the chickens sleep with the dog every night. They know who keeps them safe.

brer cat

(24,544 posts)
6. Little fellow must have been very lonely.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 11:43 PM
Jan 2017

I'm glad he found some feathered friends and a warm spot to bed down.

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