From the files of "awww...poor thing" Kitten found swimming 3 miles offshore

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Boaters find kitten swimming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico

Associated Press
Posted July 9 2004, 9:37 AM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG -- When Maggie Rogers spotted something bobbing in the water three miles into the Gulf of Mexico while on a scalloping trip with friends, she assumed it was a turtle, or a piece of sea kelp.

But as the boat got closer and slowed down, she found it was a tiny, apricot-colored kitten. Nine inches long and screaming at the top of its lungs, the cat was paddling furiously.

`We scooped him up and he sat on the boat with me for eight hours,'' said Rogers, who is the finance director at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

``He was exhausted and stressed,'' Rogers said. ``His heart rate was high.''

The boaters on the 17-foot Scout Current Drift did not know how the kitten arrived in the Homosassa Bay. There were at least 40 boats in the crowded area where he was found, they said.

On Tuesday, three days after he was found, a veterinarian found the 10-week-old, 1-pound kitten had worms, but was otherwise healthy.

He was adopted by Rogers' sister-in-law _ and named Nemo.

very very sweet....

 

[DKSuddeth]

must have been practicing to swim the english channel.

glad the little kitty is safe though.

 

[freeandfun1]

Originally posted by DKSuddeth
must have been practicing to swim the english channel.

glad the little kitty is safe though.

my wife and I once stopped to clear a box out of the middle of a MAJOR road in Portland, OR after I almost slammed into the box. Inside the box was a kitten infested with fleas and skinny as can be. We took it home and he was a wonderful pet until a coyote got holt of im. I guess his fate was determined from day one and we just delayed it.

 

[lilcountriegal]

Originally posted by -=d=-
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very very sweet....

a 10 week old kitten survived paddling in the ocean three miles off shore?

Nemo sure is an appropriate name. What a great story!

 

[krisy]

That is wonderful!!!I'm so glad he is o.k. Poor little thing!!

 

[Said1]

I'm such a sucker for animals. Is it any wonder people call me to unload their unwanted animals on

Poor kitty, some asshole probably threw in there to get rid of it grrr.

 

[krisy]

Me to,Said1. If I bring anything else home,I will probably be kicked out of the house!!! Just kidding,but I work with animals and have a habbit of bringing sick or injured ones home. My hubby loves animals too,but in the apartment it was too much. Now that I have my house,I can have whatever I want!!! yipeeee!!!