I'm a life saver

[L Austin France]

Yesterday our cat brought in a very small young sparrow which I managed to get out of it's clutches. The bird was very bloody but alive with no obvious major injuries so I cleaned it up a bit with a damp tissue & spent the next few hours with it in my hand to keep it warm.
Later on it's little heart was still beating & it's eyes were now open so I 'wrapped' it in an old wooly hat & put it in a straw filled box in the open stable to hopefully recover.
This morning, fully expecting to find it dead, I went to investigate & on looking in the box the little thing flew out past my head into the garden.
What a magic experience

[Blaze]

That's wonderful, well don LAF !

[Veem]

How lovely for you to have been able to save its life and how fortunate for the sparrow that its would-be Assassin brought it in.

[MAD87]

Well done, LAF! Indeed unusual for a young 'un to recover enough to fly.

[Hotrodder]

[L Austin France]

Seems it's a week for it.
About 10 last night a 'strange' pure white cat passed by on our terrace so I went out to have a look. My wife said it had been around in the field all day.
After a few lip sucking, cat calling sounds from me it appeared from below a caravan I parked years ago.
A handfull of dried cat food enticed it out & after a few minutes it allowed me to touch it & was soon doing the very affectionate cat 'head rub' on my hand. It was obviously starving so we assumed lost or abandoned.
Our cat was hissing & spitting at this stranger so I left bowls of food & water plus a box to sleep in under the caravan & left it alone .
Our security cameras showed it still around at 4 o'clock this morning & all the food was gone.
Haven't seen the cat around yet this morning & if it's still about on Tuesday we'll take it to the vets to check it over & see if it's chipped.

[Sparkle]

This morning I went for an early morning walk the first time in months and the first thing I see is a hedgehog in the road - entrails everywhere - I hope it was a quick send off - I took a different route back home!

[L Austin France]

Cat was back again last night. Starving hungry & very friendly.
Fed him & left him yowling to come in the house where our cat was hissing at him.
Vets tomorrow if he's around in the day time.

[L Austin France]

Gor him to the vets this morning. He was very well behaved & let vet examine him. No chip & a very feint ear tattoo illegible. Vet said he's no testicles & probably about 10 yoa.
we've made enquiries localy & nobody admits to knowing a white cat.
This evening Charlie, for that's his new name, is trying hard to make friends with Chancy our cat. Nobody is fighting, Chancy's hissing seems to have subsided & the two are sitting on the terrace within a couple of metres of each other.
Seems like things are working out & Charlie will be coming to stay.

[Blaze]

Good for you LAF, lucky cat !
It's heartbreaking the number of abandoned or unwanted animals there are. There are hundreds of cats looking for homes, the refuges/associations round here are swamped.