Found a cat in my engine

[blueriver]

Yrs ago my grandma from Minnesota went a short one mile drive to town on a cold winter morning she got back home shut down and was having coffee... My aunt called and ask her to drive 30 minutes to have lunch .. About half way there she stopped at a service station and told the guy there was a strange noise coming from her car .. He popped the hood and hollered shut it off !! Her cat was clinging to the radiator just in front of the fan screaming his head off ... The guy pulled him out and "Boots" spent the rest of the ride inside the car ... Crazy.

 

[MossRoad]

Does that cat have extra toes or are its paws just huge? Its a cutie, that's for sure.

 

[radioman]

I'm amazed the cat managed to be ok inside the engine bay. Well - at least cat is safe and sound and wonder if oscar is okay with another pet around your place?

 

[pilotman]

Friendly cats are hard to come by and this one will become your buddy. I had one that was more dog than cat, would come on a run when you called her and follow you around.

 

[forgeblast]

What type of truck do you have name it after the truck

 

[charlz]

I recently ended up with a new kitten as well. Came back from a day of working at the range and was unloading tools etc at my shop. Suddenly a little kitten came trotting up to me out of the dark. I looked all over to see if there were more or if a mom was around but found nothing. What else do you do with a stray kitten? She is our house cat now.

 

[EddieWalker]

She is very friendly and extremely curious. We also have an Akita that is mostly indoors, but has killed a couple of raccoons while she's been outdoors. She is very aggressive to everyone new, and it takes awhile for her to adjust to new people. She does, and when it happens, she is your best friend. So far, she is doing fine with the new kitten, but we are not taking any chances and letting them get too close to each other.

We haven't named her yet. Destiny was a top contender, but now it sounds like a band name. We've been searching online for similar names without much luck. Now I'm searching for a name that is synonymous with Fearless, or Lucky, or Meant to Be.

My truck is a 2012 Ford F150 with the 5.0 V8 engine. From what I can guess, she sat on top of the intake manifold all the way home and didn't' move once I got going, and then stayed there after I got home.

Eddie

 

[dave1949]

Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; a fortunate mistake. Specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful while not specifically searching for it.

 

[Western]

How about "Kitty":laughing: That will be the :default" anyway here kitty kitty!!

I have seen cats take "road trips" several times, never ended that good!

 

[Soundguy]

neat. when i go over to a friends house ( with many cats ). i have to do a cat check before I leave. they get in my truck bed and cab if the door stays open too long.

 

[Bird]

One of our daughters has always loved cats and has always had one of her own. But they recently had to let the vet put down a very old cat that she'd had for a lot of years. Well, we went over there Thanksgiving Day and found she'd gotten a new kitten the day before. She had just put it loose in the car, Toyota Camry, to go home and it managed to crawl up under the dash and she and her husband had been unable to get it out. Fortunately, it was cool weather so they closed up the car, went in the house, and waited awhile. Sure enough, when they went back out, the kitten was in the car seat and as soon as they opened the door, it made a dash (no pun intended) back to its hiding place under the dash.:laughing: So our daughter had called the lady who gave her the kitten and that lady had a live trap that she loaned our daughter. So when we went over there Thanksgiving Day, there was that live trap in the back seat of the car, baited with tuna. No sign of the kitten all day. But then later that night, the daughter called and told my wife, they had finally caught the kitten in the live trap, so they got it into the house.:laughing:

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Reminds me of the story of my wife's first cat.
One day the cat disappeared.
That night her Dad made a remark that all the way to work he kept smelling something good cooking.
Sure enough, they went out and opened the hood and that poor cat was a burnt mess on the engine.

 

[Bird]

In the early 70s a neighbor across the alley had a big black tom cat named Midnight. And as some others have said, she started the car one morning, heard the cat squall, and turned off the engine as quickly as possible. Old Midnight had gotten into a fan belt. Personally, I'd have had the poor thing put down, but she took Midnight to the vet and he did eventually pretty well recover, but I know they spent more than a thousand dollars at the vet. And of course a thousand dollars 40 years ago was a lot more than it is today.

 

[Western]

In the early 70s a neighbor across the alley had a big black tom cat named Midnight. And as some others have said, she started the car one morning, heard the cat squall, and turned off the engine as quickly as possible. Old Midnight had gotten into a fan belt. Personally, I'd have had the poor thing put down, but she took Midnight to the vet and he did eventually pretty well recover, but I know they spent more than a thousand dollars at the vet. And of course a thousand dollars 40 years ago was a lot more than it is today.

The times I've seen that happen, you couldn't have put it back together with all the "thread" in the world:laughing:

 

[Danno1]

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Baby cat. Now what? :laughing:



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[Danno1]

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Actually, I liked the Felix/Oscar suggestion...



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[dave1949]

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Actually, I liked the Felix/Oscar suggestion...

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If you remember, Felix was a bit psychotic. All cats are borderline psychotics. I wouldn't tempt fate with that name. :laughing:

 

[Red Horse]

My vote....."Mani"....short for Manifold-that would not ring well. In any case good looking cat and by the look on your wife's face-you'll go before the cat

 

[charlz]

She is very friendly and extremely curious. We also have an Akita that is mostly indoors, but has killed a couple of raccoons while she's been outdoors. She is very aggressive to everyone new, and it takes awhile for her to adjust to new people. She does, and when it happens, she is your best friend. So far, she is doing fine with the new kitten, but we are not taking any chances and letting them get too close to each other.

My wife's dog *hates* cats, *loves* to chase them all over the yard. So far I have the upstairs blockaded and that is where the cat stays. Was hoping the dog would get used to having her around but that is not happening. She sits on the other side of the blockade and growls every time she thinks she hears or sees the cat.

We haven't named her yet. Destiny was a top contender, but now it sounds like a band name. We've been searching online for similar names without much luck. Now I'm searching for a name that is synonymous with Fearless, or Lucky, or Meant to Be.

I just saw this article the other day if you are looking for a popular cat name. The funny thing is Bella (#1) is the name of my wifes dog and we went with Stella for the cat which turns out to be #22 most popular

http://shine.yahoo.com/pets/most-popular-kitten-names-2013-135900760.html