Megan and Kodi Noort with the rescued cats

A successful rescue mission for a cat with six kittens

Contributed By: Mohammed Alsulaiman

On a cold snowy night, Second Chance 4 Pets Network recently rescued a mama cat and her six new-born kittens in Portage, Ind. The cat and her babies were found and rescued by a neighbor family. They were hiding in the mulch where it was hard for them to survive.

“I had just gotten home from a Second Chance 4 Pets board meeting,” said Stacy Mosca, board member. “It was about 8:30 p.m. when I received a Facebook message from a local family in Portage saying that they found a mama cat and her babies in the yard.”

The mama cat with her beautiful two-day-old kittens were under a bush. The family had put a box covered with a blanket next to them to protect them from the snow and the low temperature. “We needed to get the babies inside for warmth,” said Mosca. “They were separated, and their mother was not near them.”

Mosca then got the kittens inside a box at the finder’s garage with a can of tuna next to it. The mama cat slowly walked around the box very insecure. After a couple of unpeaceful attempts, the mama cat and the babies were reunited the next day.

Megan Noort, a board member, is now taking care of them, because she has a degree in animal science and worked as a veterinary technician for over 20 years. The mama cat and the six babies are healthy, happy and safe in Noort’s home with her husband, Terry Noort, and her three kids -- Kali, Korbin and Kodi.

“We love them just like they are our own babies. We want to make sure that they are safe for the rest of their lives,” said Noort. “The mom is pretty young herself and having babies at that age is pretty rough. That is why it is important for you to spay and neuter your pet.”

“The mama cat and the babies will be ready for adoption when the babies turn three months old,” said Noort. “The dumb things we do for love,” said Terry Noort, who is allergic to cats but continued to help his wife Megan with fostering for SC4Pets.

“We go through a lot of ups and downs, but we have a wonderful group of volunteers that I am grateful to work with,” said JoAnn Palko, president and founder of SC4Pets. “The animals are loved and cared for before they go to their adoptive homes.”

Second Chance 4 Pets Network is a 501(c) (3) non-profit animal rescue organization committed to helping people help animals.

More information can be found on their website SC4Pets.org. /p>

Story Posted:03/27/2020