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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTiny Kitten Brings His Dragon To The Vet To Help Him Feel Braver
They made sure it never left his side ❤️️By Caitlin Jill Anders
When Samantha Smart and her family heard a tiny kitten meowing around their Florida neighborhood for days, they knew they had to help him.
It wasn't just a meow, it was a sad little cry, Smart told The Dodo. He had the whole neighborhood working together to find and trap him. We have one cat already so we weren't really looking to add another, but it felt like Ponyo was meant for us!
The family knew right away that Ponyo wasnt going anywhere, and they officially adopted him. They quickly went about helping him get settled into his new home, and Smarts daughter decided he needed his own special stuffed animal to make him feel cozy and safe.
Ponyo went to Operation Catnip, a spay-neuter organization that focuses mainly on unowned, free-roaming community cats, to get neutered. As soon as he arrived, everyone there fell in love with the tiny kitten hiding behind his beloved stuffed dragon for comfort.
When Ponyo arrived at the clinic, he was very nervous, Melissa Jenkins of Operation Catnip told The Dodo. We all noticed his sweet dragon friend in the carrier with him, so we put the dragon in the kennel with him. Ponyo hid behind the dragon at first and clearly took comfort in it.
Everyone could see that Ponyos stuffed dragon made him feel a little safer while he was in a new place so they decided to make sure his toy stayed by his side the entire time.
We thought it would be really great to send the dragon on the same journey through the clinic as Ponyo, so we had fun giving the dragon the identical services, Jenkins said.
Every step of the way, Ponyos dragon was right there with him, and as soon as he woke up from his surgery, his beloved dragon was the first thing to make him feel better.
As Ponyo was waking up from anesthesia, he meowed and was understandably confused, so we made sure his dragon was close by to offer him some comfort, Jenkins said.
Ponyo was understandably nervous when he first arrived at the vet, as hed already experienced so many new things in such a short time, but his dragon helped him stay calm and brave and theres no doubt that Ponyo and his dragon will be best friends for a very long time.
https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/rescue-kitten-takes-stuffed-dragon-to-vet
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Tiny Kitten Brings His Dragon To The Vet To Help Him Feel Braver (Original Post)
catbyte
Jul 2020
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Doodley
(9,163 posts)1. How cute is that? Will show my wife later. We have two Persians. Thanks for posting!
Dem2theMax
(9,658 posts)2. The very first picture of the kitty - I am in love!
Oh my gosh, that is one adorable kitty! I'm so glad that sweet little thing had some comfort while he went through his surgery.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. Too squee. You have broken the squee meter.
niyad
(113,774 posts)4. You almost broke the awwwwwwwwww ,meter as well. What a gorgeous
Little being. And the dragon. . .