Excellent Scrap the Kitten news!

[blamebrampton]

For those who were reading more evocative material that day, the other week, I found a kitten! He (as it turned out) was very small and adorable, and went straight to the vet for care (and so I wouldn't add to the cat collection at The House of Brammers). Here he is, over at our nice local vet surgery.



I called the kitten Scrap, and worried terribly about it, but the people at the vet assured me that it had gone to a very good home (after I stalked them by phone and visits for several days).

Tonight, we were over at the vets' picking up worming tablets for our two cats. B, our fave vet nurse, was back. For anyone who remembers the tragic tale of losing Minnie the cat, B was the vet nurse that came to our place and made Min's end as good as it could be. She was the one who coined the phrase 'Bright within herself' for Monster, our rather thick cat, and is one of the few strangers liked by the Cookie Cat. All in all, she is a fabulous vet nurse and friend to animals everywhere. We hadn't seen each other in about 20 months as she had left to have a baby.

After a brief chat about what we'd all been up to, I said 'You know, I found a kitten the other week and brought it here.'

'What did it look like?' she asked.

'Very little, and thin. White and with silver and red-brown tabby patches on its head and back.'

'And fluffy? And with a bit of a bite on his tail?' she asked.

'Yeah!'

She laughed in amazement. 'I took him home! That's so funny! I was wondering who brought him in, because he's such a special little cat and it's so good that he was rescued, how strange that it was you! He lives in my bedroom and he's in the cage at night because otherwise he's just leaping all over me, the naughty little scrap.'

'Scrap?' said Mr Brammers and I together.

'Yeah,' said B, embarrassed. 'That's what I call him. I know he needs a proper name ...'

'That's what we called him, too!' we said.

'Now that's just spooky.'

I shall sleep very well tonight knowing that Scrap has gone to a truly spectacular home. A very happy ending indeed!

Comments

[vaysh11.livejournal.com]

Now ... that story left me with tears in my eyes. ♥ ♥ ♥ Scrap. And Brammers. And vet nurse B.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

We were all tremendously excited about this discovery. B is terrific, and she thinks that we have a bit of a gift when it comes to cats, too (given the miracle we worked on Cookie), so if one is a believer in omens, they are all looking good for Scrap!

Apparently he is a fiend for food stealing, though, so it's just as well he went to live with B rather than here as Cookie would have been continually running to us and sitting down doing her plaintive silent mewl of 'The Universe is working against me!'

[complications-g.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's awesome!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Such a good string of coincidences!

[banbury.livejournal.com]

Spooky indeed :-)
I'm not a cat-person, but I like to read cat stories, we have a cat named Klaus, who lives with us now, we wage an endless war with or without reasons, but he's still funny and entertaining :-)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

They're largely mental, but often highly entertainingly so ;-)

We've had another local cat start appearing on the front porch of late, demanding pats. I think there are little signs scratched into the fence saying 'Miaow over here: you'll be treated well!'

[penguin474.livejournal.com]

Aww, Scrap. What a lovely story!
♥

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Mr Brammers and I keep bursting into cheery giggles about the whole thing. All very satisfactory!

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Awwwww! Scrap is absolutely ADORABLE, and thank you for the wonderful heartwarming story. *snuggles you*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that B the vet nurse could instantly see that Scrap was a special kitten, too. Such a good result! *Snuggles you back*

[curia-regis.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's an adorable story!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

VERY happy making :-)

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the tiny furball found a good home. :)

In a cage? Seriously? I didn't know you can - or actually are even allowed - to do that. But if a lovely vet nurse does it so will I. I'm SO going to lock my two cats in cages during the night time! They run around 3 AM or 4 AM and make a LOT of noise. They used to chase each other over me (to the bed, to the floor, to the bed etc.) until I learned to keep the bedroom door closed. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Well it is a tiny kitten in a three foot-plus cage ;-)

Not sure how a big cat would go in a cage if it had not been in one in the past, you might need to introduce the idea slowly. But at the vets we have often had our cats in three by two by two foot cages when they were in for treatment over the years, and they coped quite well! Monster has her own version of a cage when things are a but hectic here: she jumps up to the shelf where her carrier lives and hides in it: I think she thinks it's a penthouse.

[quill-lumos.livejournal.com]

Awww so sweet! Lucky Scrap.

*hugs*

Lucie x

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know! It made me very happy!

[lyras.livejournal.com]

Aw, yay! Very much an "all's right with the world" moment.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

B is one of those people who, the minute we met her, we liked and thought of as a Person Like Us, so it is the best result!

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Nwwwwwwwwwwwww.... happy kitty stories make the best last reads at night :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I was just wishing I knew where he ended up, but I never expected to actually find out! Now I am wishing for scads of cash and world peace, it can't hurt.

[scabbyfish.livejournal.com]

Aww, what a happy story - I'm so glad he found a good home =B I can't have a kitty myself (allergies *sob*) so I need kitty stories like this to get my fix ;3

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It has really made my week immensely better. Have you tried a Devon Rex? Some people are not allergic to them, though my friend who had one was forever having her neighbour call the animal welfare people because she was 'cruelly perming' her cat. No matter how often she explained it just had a funny coat naturally, she was not believed.

[scabbyfish.livejournal.com]

xD Ah, stubbornness!

I actually haven't looked into non-allergenic breeds - I just developed the allergy 18 months ago and only recently considered replacing my last kitty. It's definitely good to know they exist, though, and worth looking into; I won't be affording a pedigree breed anytime soon, but I don't think I could survive a completely feline-free life *g*

... Also a quick google search for "Devon Rex" just threw up some insanely adorable pictures x3

[brissygirl.livejournal.com]

Aww thats a cute story! I dont think there is anything wrong with calling him scrap, you should hear half the names our cars have had over the years.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

And he is such a little scrap, so it makes sense!

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Wonderful!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It made me so very happy!

[lotus-lizzy.livejournal.com]

Awww yay!! :) *cuddles you and Scrap*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am cuddling you back. Scrap, apparently, is raiding your pockets for snacks ;-)

[lotus-lizzy.livejournal.com]

Hehe, or he smells my other cats!

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

How wonderful. And how magical, too, that you both named him the same. &hearts

What a nice story to start into the weekend. :-) And a very beautiful kitty, too.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's such a coincidence that she took him in and that I thought to mention it: I had been wishing just yesterday that I knew where he had gone. Though when you look at him, Scrap is a very obvious name ;-)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

You're a super hero, BB! What a sweet story ♥

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Nurse B is the real superhero, she has now six cats, plus a few dogs, chickens and a toddler! Wonder woman!

[who_la_hoop]

Eee, what a lovely story! And I'm so glad that it wasn't about scrapping kittens, as the title suggested at first glance :DDDD

♥

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

EW! HOOPIE! Yeah, it's had me grinning merrily since last night. Yay Scrap and B!

[ladyjaneva.livejournal.com]

THat is such a spectular good ending of the story! Wow, the little thing really got lucky with you and then the nurse!

Gives me the warm fuzzy feelings :-)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

He did indeed! She is such a lovely woman, so we can stop worrying about what happened to him now. I have to confess that I had been a bit concerned ...

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

Scrap!

Is this post fiction or non-fiction? *happy sniffling and smiling*

This story so made my day, I almost believe it's B's patented anti-stress solution. Such happy-making stories can be addictive. That kitten needs his own reality show.

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

It was fate!

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

BB! Thanks for posting this! My sister had been in tears when I told her about the kitten you rescued... she kept nagging me to ask you what happened next to the kitten. So, I relayed this post to her and she's jumping in joy. :D And we both love the name, Scrap. But wow. It's eerie how you and the vet nurse have given him the same name! Eerie, but wonderful. I'm happy now. :)

[thisgirl-is.livejournal.com]

Yay for Scrap! So glad to know he's gone to a good home. :o)

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who felt moved to name a cat 'Monster'. Although mine officially retains the name she came with as her Doorstep Name.