A cat the size of a palm of a hand received timely assistance and was able to advance in his life. The kitten was so little that when he was five weeks old, he seemed like he had only recently arrived in the world.
Through the TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) operation in Boston, the Charles River Alleycats rescued a litter of kittens from a wild cat colony.
There was one kitten in particular that stood out among all the others they had saved that day because of its diminutive size.
Heather Fontaine-Doyle, a volunteer with Broken Tail Rescue, contacted the little boy as soon as the news broke.
“I was taken aback when the litter was delivered to me. The kitten was roughly half the size of his brothers and had the appearance of a little squirrel.”
‘Pill Bug,’ they named it. He weighed just eight ounces at five weeks old, yet despite his diminutive physique, he showed a battling spirit.
Pill Bug tried to participate in all of the things that the other cats performed, but he did them at a slower pace.
Heather expressed herself as follows:
“We ruled out the possibility that she was younger than the other three kittens based on her teeth.” His limbs were incredibly short and he was very little.
Pill Bug’s health condition got difficult after a week in the foster home, and he required a lot of attention. Heather worked all day, syringe-feeding him, keeping him hydrated, and showering him with affection to show him he was cared for.
