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I work at a small pet store, and a woman contacted me this past summer about a stray and her (feral) babies that she had been feeding. The children around her neighborhood had been chasing them off, and the kittens would sometimes get separated, thankfully only temporarily. She feared for their safety and was hoping someone at the pet store would want them.

I told her that if she could catch them and get them all to me, I would gladly give them the care they needed before finding homes for them all. She was successful and passed them on to my care.

The shock from the capture, full body inspections, flea baths, tick removals and dramatic environment change seemed to demonstrate how feral the kittens were. The next few weeks, they scattered when I would enter the room, and one in particular would growl, slash, and hiss at me as I approached her. She was smaller than the rest, hence the name 'Runt', and was always right next to Mom. She left a few good marks on my hands and arms as the other kittens warmed up to me.

Runt was the last to come around, finally approaching me as I fed her, her sisters and her mom. Just over a month after they'd all been taken in, she would come to me and sniff my hand. Eventually, she became less hesitant towards my touch.

Today, she is the first to greet me at the door with loud meows and begs to be carried around the house like a baby. Runt sleeps by me every night and has transformed from sassy little feral kitten into my indoor lap cat. Other than snuggling with me and being in my arms, one of her favorite things to do is drag away large pieces of food (particularly, pizza!) while we are trying to eat it so she can have it all to herself!

Story submitted by Alie H. from Sussex, Wisconsin.

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