When Mindy Brocato, an employee at Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control, heard of a stray being attacked by a dog, he knew exactly what to do. He rushed her to the shelter and gave her a second chance at life.
As the cat named Toodles arrived at the shelter in early April, staff quickly noticed that she was a new mom. “She had all the signs of being a nursing mother, but her kittens could not be found,” Chris Weinstein, a volunteer at the shelter, told The Dodo.
The shelter staff quickly alerted residents living in the area to be on the lookout for kittens because they wouldn’t survive without their mother’s protection.
Fortunately, neighbors discovered five kittens under a mobile home later that week and contacted the shelter to call for help. The shelter employees rushed to reunite the five kittens with their mama cat.
Once the kittens arrived at the shelter, they were brought to meet their mom. As soon as Toodles heard the tiny meows, she perked up and started to look around. A shelter employee carefully placed the first baby in her cage, and after a few sniffs, Toodles meowed with joy and started purring, comforting, and licking her kitten.
However, the adorable family reunion still wasn’t quite complete. A few days later, a sixth kitten was found crying for her mom under the same mobile home where the five kittens were discovered.
The staff quickly reunited the last baby with the rest of the family. Toodles is so happy to be reunited with her kittens in a comfortable home.
“Toodles seemed much more relaxed when this new baby arrived. She and her babies are thriving, thanks in no small part to her attentive and experienced foster (family),” the shelter said.
Soon, the kittens will go home with their adopters. Once Toodles is safe, she will look for her forever home.
However, the very first one to find a family was Toodles herself. “How great is that to have the mom selected first for once,” they wrote.
“Toodles and Percy were the first to find a home together. That warms all our hearts, as moms are so often the last to be adopted.”
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Image Credit: FRIENDS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL
h.t: the Dodo