Koa Kitty
Koa Kitty was found on the side of a busy highway looking as if contemplating crossing. She was barely a pound and covered with fleas. We took her in and fostered her until she was ready for her new home. Now she is a busy, beautiful and happy kitten, far from the kitten she was on the side of that highway.
Going down the highway Fuzz
I love happy endings.
Koa Kitty is very sweet. I have a weakness for ginger fuzzbutts! I am sure she is bringing lots of laughter and joy to her new family. :))
She looks like she just woke up from a nap. Thank you for rescuing this precious little bundle of sweetness. Many blessing to you and yours.
omg ! ur a life savr ! koa i dont think she wood evr be alive rite now if it wasnt 4 u! u savd her she mite have got hit bye a car n no i dont think it wood b a very happy day 4 koa but im glad shez safe n alive ! but thanx 4 saving this little kittenz life…THANK U!
What a cutie! Many years of happiness to come!
A female ginger cat? Well, she was worth saving. Don’t know how you could foster, though. I would end up keeping every one!
Ginger females are INDEED rare! My best friend had one named “Gracie”. A real sweet loveable and social little gal. Disappeared. She thinks that Gracie went off in someone’s car. She would jump in our van whenever we came to visit. We hope that’s what it was and not some errant coyote. KEEP YOUR FUZZBUTTS INSIDE!
Yes! Absolutely! Keep them inside because there is NO SAFE WAY anywhere to let pet kitties roam!
That little ginger girl is a beautiful, lucky little kitty. Bless all people who rescue these wonderful dear animals! ! !
Yes, she is special and should be inside. I had a giner tom that was stolen when I tied him outside and went to answer the phone. I saw the people take him, but, I couldn’t run fast enough after the car to get a license number. Never leave them outside alone for a second. Believe me, it is not worth the pain of not knowing if they’ll be mistreated or cared for. I’ve learned a very hard lesson in responsibility at a young age of seven.
Ginger females are not that rare. About 40% of total. I had one, Sandy, for many years.
I had one called Honey. She was great. A guy at work once told me my cat was NOT female, because only toms were ginger (like I didn’t know what sex my cat was). I just agreed and said in that case, it was a ginger tom who’d given birth to 3 kittens.
Not extremely rare, no. However, they are usually far and few between…. NOW, if you can find a MALE CALICO?
What a little darling!
Now, if we could just find the….person who put her there and tie them *to* the Freeway, I’d be happy
Hear, hear!! (or is it here, here?)
I agree with that too! Who in their right mind would do that to a poor kitten. All those nosy cars whizzing by! Put the person in the desert with no food and no water for 30 days and see how they like it.
A little ginger snap - now it looks like the only thing she’s contemplating is whether to continue with her nap or get up for some quality playtime. As it should be. Thank you for rescuing her!
what a pretty kitty!
I adore that precious tiger face. I’m sure she’ll grow up to be an awesome kitty pal. Was she named after a KOA campground? I remember staying at those when I was a kid. (over 25+ years ago)
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She’s adorable! A rare orange girl!..
I liked Aubrey’s comment of “ginger snap”.. cute.
God Bless you for rescuing this adorable little Koa Kitty! I love to hear wonderful stories like this and hope you have many great memories together…
She’s precious. Thank you so much for saving her.
looks like my cat, Socks, did when he was a kitten.
She is such a sweetie! God bless you for saving her and cleaning her up and getting her a new home. How hard that must be to give something so sweet up. I have a male that looks like her. He is very old now but still my best buddy!
Ginger cats are so much fun. My neighbor’s ginger cat use to come when you called, played fetch and loved to just hang out with all of us in the garden. God bless you for saving this wonderful kitten. Bad kharma to the person who dropped her off.
Awe…Such a cute kitty. And bless you for getting rid of the fleas. I have recently started adopting kittens (3 of them) only to discover that one of them came with fleas, and now they all have them! And nothing I do seems to keep them away for more than a day.
Bless you for saving this kitten!
Tara, take the “kids” to your vet for check up, etc, he/she will be able to advise you on the proper treatment for fleas on kittens. Please don’t use anything “store bought” as these are usually too toxic for cats and kittens in general, plus they don’t really work but still cause kitties to get sick from them. Treatments bought at the vet’s office are far and away more safe than anything store bought, plus will be the right dosages for their sizes.
Tara, I am sorry that your cats have fleas. My
cats had the same problem two years ago. My
veterinarian recommended FRONTLINE PLUS
for cats. I got a package of 6 treatments
which will last for one month each. Not a flea
since. It is rather expensive at about $75.00
for the package of 6; however, it was well
worth the cost. It is much easier to get
rid of fleas in cold weather. Good luck.
I use a flea wash on my cat. She is odd though cause she likes baths. I bath her once a week. Only thing is she dosnt like the blow dryer so i have to keep her from struggling while im drying her.
Chey, I read somewhere that you should NOT bath cats often because that causes the oils in their skin to dry up and make problems. Try Advantage or Frontline instead.
It’s usually fine to bathe them once a week, just try using a moisturizing shampoo. Unless you notice dryness or flakiness, it should be fine
Thank you for rescuing this pretty baby. You are to be commended*
Turnpikin’ FUZZ
YAY! Koa is now safe and sound with lots of love…thanks for being her angel.
Another one — I have a cat named Koa, too, and thought I had picked a rather unusual name. I picked it because my kitty is extremely anxious and Koa means “courage” in Hawaiian.
What a sweetie!!!! Looks like my Tiger only much much smaller.
Koa, yew da dahling. Her coat/coloring is nice!
poor kitty… i have a cat of my own that i got at the A.P.A. and i wonder where my cat was found. she is a cute little 4 year old and she is a calico/tabby. her poop really stinks! but just recently we got Tidy Cats, and i highly recommend it! it smells like strawberry candy, no kiding. I guess here nickname can’t really be Jessie Poo-Poo anymore…
Oh, she looks like my ginger boy… thank you so much for saving her life! Such a brave little sweetie.
Koa Kitty I am so glad that you were found and now are healthy and have a forever home to be loved in. God Bless all that were involved in your rescue. What a sweetie you are.
I got misty from this story. What a sweetheart she was, and I’m so glad she found a good home, but I wouldn’t of been able to give her up
We have a ginger girl named Forrest, she’s a great cat!!
I needto find the person how did this to there cat!!!!!!!!!!! I would yell at them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1then i would be happy:)
that kitten is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is soooo cute I wish I can see her
Very cute kitten. I think Koa is going to be spoiled rotten!
I inherited one just like Koa under the same circumstances!
:D, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww thst is 1 of da cutest cats i’ve ever seen:)
She looks exactly like the ginger cat I used to see in my dreams when I was younger. What a sweetheart!
*What’cho lookin’ at? FUzz?
(stop makin’ that ‘Marigold’ face.)
She’s very cute; I’m so glad she has a good home.
Koa Kitty is such a beautiful kitty probably some horrible person left her on the side of the highway. God Bless You for taking care of her
Oh god shes such a sweety!!Shes so lucky to be saved by someone so caring like you!!!
very cute kitten
poor baby - hope she has a great life now - what a cutie
Bless you for rescuing this beautiful little angel.
I really just love this picture. i know i already commented, but she looks just like my Tiger probably did at that age. Since he was 7 when I adopted him I never got to see him as a baby, so I just adore this picture.
What a cutie! Her story brings back sooooo many memories!
The kitty currently snoozing on my shoulder had been abandoned by her mom (a barn cat) at 4 weeks old. The mom’s owners took her in and bottle fed her w/the human baby formula they had on hand. She was not doing well, and they asked us to take her, because they had a pair of human 2 year olds, who were enough work at the time.
When we brought her to the vet, she had 2 types of worms and was crawling w/fleas. She weighed 4 oz. The vet muttered all sorts of things about how she should be with her mom (like we could do anything about that), but eventually got her bathed, treated for the worms, and gave us all the paraphernalia to feed her properly.
We called her our Half Cup O’ Kitty. For the first few days, she often slept in my husband’s shirt pocket (she was that tiny). I worked from home for the next 2 weeks, keeping her wrapped snug and warm in a blanket on my lap, and feeding her from a bottle every 30 minutes.
She improved day by day, and eventually did become a strong healthy kitty. She’s still going strong 14 years later!
We also have a stray from a gas station at the off-ramp of a major highway, where it intersects one of the busiest roads in the Northeast. He had been there for 2 days when I stopped for gas late one night. I asked the station owner if it was the station’s kitten, but he said no, and asked me to please take him, because he didn’t want the poor thing to be run over. The owner had put a bowl of milk out for him, but the little sweetie totally refused to come into the store. I went over toward him, slowly, and just sat down nearby until he was willing to come close enough for me to catch him, then brought him home. Since we didn’t know exactly how he got to the station, we called all the local vets and put up some signs. We had named him Visitor, so the kids wouldn’t get too attached if he had to go away, but no one ever claimed him. So Vizzie is still with us. He never became an indoor cat. I wonder if he had been either feral or a barn kitten before he found his way to the gas station. He is very aloof with most people, and would rather be outside or in the neighbor’s barn than anywhere else. But on those rare occasions when he’s in the right mood, he is the cutest, sweetest little snuggle bunny of a cat you could ever imagine.
May the Lord bless you always for rescuing this sweet baby! She is just SO precious. God bless her always, too.
fluffey littel thing
fluffy
aww how cutw i love your cat pic
thats my nickname!!! i lost my cat!may he rest in peace!!!