Hi Frankie,
Her full name is Dipstick (Dippy for short).
We were at work one day when we had a delivery of a large number of parcels. The delivery truck was huge and before he left us the driver asked if we could help him check the engine bay as he thought he had heard something moving around.
We opened the bonnet and found a young, oil-covered and dehydrated kitten.
The driver informed us that he had visited various towns that morning and had no idea where the cat had come from. I said that he could leave her with us and we would sort it out for him. Big relief on his part!
Fortunately, one of my clients is a vet, so we took her along for a check up. The vet said she was fine but needed water and food. He also told us that we needed to remove all the oil or she would poison herself if she tried to clean her coat. He also said we would need thick gloves as she would not be happy having a bath and she has sharp claws!
We took her back to our office, filled a bowl with warm water and washing up liquid and put her in.... well, she just rolled onto her back and laid there purring! We then wrapped her in a towel, rubbed her dry and .... poof... she turned into a puff ball and you could not tell which end was which!!
We then called the vet again and asked what was going to happen next. They said they would put her in a cage in the surgery and if she was not claimed in ten days, she would go to the cats home.
We said no chance she was going in a cage! She could stay with us until her owner came forward.
Despite a lot of searching, nobody came forward to claim her and she is now a much loved member of our team and family. So, we named her Dipstick as that was where she was in the engine bay when we first found her.
Her full name is Dipstick (Dippy for short).
We were at work one day when we had a delivery of a large number of parcels. The delivery truck was huge and before he left us the driver asked if we could help him check the engine bay as he thought he had heard something moving around.
We opened the bonnet and found a young, oil-covered and dehydrated kitten.
The driver informed us that he had visited various towns that morning and had no idea where the cat had come from. I said that he could leave her with us and we would sort it out for him. Big relief on his part!
Fortunately, one of my clients is a vet, so we took her along for a check up. The vet said she was fine but needed water and food. He also told us that we needed to remove all the oil or she would poison herself if she tried to clean her coat. He also said we would need thick gloves as she would not be happy having a bath and she has sharp claws!
We took her back to our office, filled a bowl with warm water and washing up liquid and put her in.... well, she just rolled onto her back and laid there purring! We then wrapped her in a towel, rubbed her dry and .... poof... she turned into a puff ball and you could not tell which end was which!!
We then called the vet again and asked what was going to happen next. They said they would put her in a cage in the surgery and if she was not claimed in ten days, she would go to the cats home.
We said no chance she was going in a cage! She could stay with us until her owner came forward.
Despite a lot of searching, nobody came forward to claim her and she is now a much loved member of our team and family. So, we named her Dipstick as that was where she was in the engine bay when we first found her.
