Preface, I didn't want another cat. I like cats but I am not a pet person. I'm pretty selfish and I know that. I already have two cats also.
this is beef supreme. My work day started like any other. I got to work and saw them unloading a truck, which is bad. I went inside and it was utter chaos. And then....my boss tells me she and my small engine guy found a kitten in the cage where we keep all the outside stuff. Ok, catching a kitten sounds a lot more fun than doing my job, so let's do that.
Turns out, she's a slippery little E36 M3. Evaded all attempts at capture by diving under all sorts of pallets and machinery. Knowing none of us fit under a pallet of mulch, a new plan was hatched. A quick run to Target netted some food...a procured bowl and we had water. Let's see if we can coax her out.
She wasn't having it. Not a whiff of her furry butt. So we decided discretion was the better part of valor and left the food and water out for her, and tried to go about our business.
Later, checking in, she's definitely been eating and drinking. So she's hungry, and she likes food. This is not really surprising. More attempts to acquire her actually chase her further into the cage, and under pallets of concrete. Not sure if you're familiar, but those are very heavy. We need a different plan.
So, the cool thing about working at a hardware store is, it's a hardware store. Some of you may have already said -op you dumbass, why haven't you gone over to what I assume is your pest control section and grabbed a live trap? Well, I did. Obviously. Set up one way so she couldn't go get the food without triggering the trap. Went back inside to close up for the night.
Also fortunately for us, we have motion cameras in the cage, because crackheads CUT A HOLE IN THE DAMN THING AND STOLE OUR GENERATOR. Florida man be floridian'. So, with a little engineering, we've got a camera that will trigger when say...a live trap contains a small animal. Like....a kitten.
Sure enough less than an hour later, I get a text that I need to go get the trap out of the cage, because it has been triggered. Confirmed as I was en route, contains small kitten.
Get there, and there was a small, mildly upset, little tabby girl waiting for me. I wasn't about to leave her there til morning, especially because I was watching a lightning show on my way in and my cage is about as water tight as a mesh scuba suit.
Transferred said little girl to one of my soft sided carriers, and off to my bosses place, who happens to have been a vet tech. Came back with a surprisngly clean bill of health. One dirty ear, maybe worms, no fleas. Grabbed some food and off to home. On the way, swmbo says we need to name her. Ok, it's beef supreme. Why is it beef supreme? Because it's funny. That's why. Also it goes with cheese sandwich and pastrami on rye. (Yeah I had been thinking about that.)
At home, obviously she's scared. But, she's already given me some purrs, and is extremely food motivated, so she should warm up fine. I'm not sure if we can keep her, but I do know a few people that will take excellent care of her in any event. For now she's safe and not getting gross in my cage so there's that.
