ENGINE PURRIN Cat trapped in car
A TRAPPED pussy had to be freed from the engine of a car – owned by a Ms Slocombe.
Just like her fictional namesake from classic TV sitcom Are You Being Served? Ms Slocombe had a problem with a fur-legged friend.
Zoe Slocombe’s near kitastrophe began when she heard pitiful meowing outside her home. She investigated but could not see anything.
Eventually, she tracked down the noise to the engine of her Fiesta.
Zoe, 25, said: “My dad came out but he couldn’t see anything either.
“It was dark but, by torchlight, we finally saw a tiny furry bum inside the grille. We took a wheel off and saw right into the engine.”
“It was trapped and we had to remove both headlights. Then we managed to pull him out.”
The six- week- e od old kitten, tte , nickck named Sparky, , was riddled with fleas and very hissy and spitty but Zoe, of Huntingdon, Cambs, wrapped him in a blanket and d called Cromwell Vets, who collected ected him.
Practice manager Julie Eastham said: “He was a stray who had got separated eparated from his mother and had ad climbed under the bonnet for r warmth.
“If it wasn’t for Zoe it would have been a very ery different outcome for or Sparky.
“Even if he did manage to wriggle e free, chances are e he wouldn’t have ave survived away ay from his mum m because he was s so young.”
“If the en- gine had been n started up he could have been very bad- -
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“W “We handed him over to the RSPCA after worming him.”
Nur Nurse Megan Slack, who ca cared for Sparky, said he has q quickly settled into his new ho home. “He’s a lovely play playful kitten and alr ready living up to his new name of Turbo,” she said. “He also gets on with their other cat, Ginge,”
“It’s a fabulous h home and everyo one’s very happy.”
And Ms Slocombe ha has an amusing cat tal tale to entertain her col colleagues with.
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