Mama Cat Braves Storm To Bring Her Kittens To Safety

This is the sweetest story! Kate Collins’ son had been feeding a stray, a hungry little cat that had been hanging around his house in the Indianapolis area. He called her Mabel. Mabel was too shy to come in the house, and soon she disappeared –  for a whole month. He had been planning to take her to the vet and hopefully get her adopted, but now she was gone.
Cat in Rain

About a month later, she showed up again, hungry, and looking differently somehow. This time, she cautiously came in the house, ate a lot, looked around a bit, and then left again. She did this for about a week, and then disappeared again – this time for two months.

Now this is where Mabel will start to pull at your heartstrings:

“Two months later I heard a loud cry from outside my window. It was six in the morning during a bad thunderstorm. I had decided to sleep with the windows open that night to hear the storm come in. When I heard the crying again I quickly dressed and went to the living room. I opened my sliding glass door and saw Mabel, soaking wet, meowing her heart out.”

Poor Mabel, out there in the pouring rain! She must have been scared to death of the thunder and lightning. But there was more to it than that:

“Then behind her I saw the reason why. There was a very small kitten following her. She led the shivering kitten to my door and disappeared back into the storm. Thirty minutes later she came back, with another kitten. Every thirty minutes Mabel went back into the storm, until, one by one, she had led eight little four-week-old kittens to my door.”

Talk about a mother’s love! Mabel had trekked back-and-forth through the raging storm to get her kittens to safety. If it took 30 minutes to get each one, that means she spent 4 hours in that storm! She brought them to the only person she knew she could trust.

(These are Mabel’s kittens, Cole, Quinn, and Ellie! Click to them see full-sized)

“In that moment when I stepped outside and I looked into that cat’s eyes, there was an exchange of information. She had successfully communicated to me that she needed help. And somehow, over the weeks and months that I had cared for her, she had come to know that I would. Mabel had struggled for hours to bring her kittens to safety, and I owed it to her to make sure they end up in a good loving home.”

(This is Casper and Lilly. Click to see them full-sized)

The kittens have all been named, taken to the vet, are litter trained, and are ready for adoption. Kate Collins also wants to thank her heroic son, who has taken the kittens into his home and is taking such good care of them.

“My son is determined not to  turn them over to a shelter but instead find homes for them and their brave little mother.”

Bless your hearts! We think you and your son are both wonderful people, and we’re so glad that Mabel had a place to take her kittens!

(Monty, Leo, and Killian. Click to see them full-sized)

If you live in the Indianapolis area, and are interested in adopting the mama cat Mabel, or any of her kittens, you can contact Kate here. Tell her we sent you! Also, the top image, the cat in the rain, is NOT Mabel. We don’t have a picture of her, but she is a calico kitty. The pictures of the kittens, however, are the real deal!

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Update!!

Happy ending!!! Just heard from Jason and Kate. Jason says homes have been found for all of the kittens, and he is keeping Mabel!

From Jason:

I am happy to announce that all eight kittens have found wonderful, loving homes. We have decided to adopt Mabel ourselves, along with three of her kittens. Thank you so much for sharing this story! It brings me to tears and I lived it! : )

From Kate:

Imagine 8 kittens, their mom, and my son’s own rescued cat in a one bedroom apartment! But he was too kind-hearted to shut his door that stormy morning. I’m so proud of him.

You have every reason to be proud of him, Kate. You raised a wonderful, kind-hearted son! And Jason, it brings us to tears that it brings you to tears! But thank you both for letting us know the end of this heart-warming story. We couldn’t be happier that Mabel gets to stay with the person she trusted most in this world. We wish you, Mabel, and the kittens all the best!

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Comments

  1. Reply

    happy this cat was fed and safe.

  2. Reply

    you and your son are angels!! bless you!!

  3. Reply

    Amazing! Mabel is beautifull and the kittens sweet

  4. Reply

    awesome story

  5. Reply

    Bless her & her babies x

  6. Reply

    nice.

  7. Reply

    Cats are the best mothers. Some people could take lessons from them

  8. Reply

    You are truely a wonderful person xx

  9. Reply

    Wonderful story! Trust from the cat is so dear…

  10. Reply

    people to be proud of.

  11. Reply

    Gh

  12. Reply

    God bless.

  13. Reply

    hermoso

  14. Reply

    : ** ) ♡

  15. Reply

    Thank you very much for being so kind to this Mom and her Kittens.

  16. Reply

    Touching story!

  17. Reply

    Aww. Such a lovely lil mama and some angels in the flesh! Thank you! May they all find great forever homes!!

  18. Reply

    God bless the hearts, that have taken care of this cats, sweet story

  19. Reply

    What a heroic kitty!!! What caring people you are!!!

  20. Reply

    Chloe Condon … Meow

  21. Reply

    We have the same situation in our trailer park too and with winter coming soon, we are worried and she will eat food we put out for her, but she will not let us close to her. Put lined totes out in case they need shelter….

  22. Reply

    What a wonderful story. God bless people like you for having a caring heart.

  23. Reply

    So heartwarming. Bless her heart and bless the kind man who took Mabel and her babies in. Hope they will all find good forever homes.

  24. Reply

    My lst cat was brought to my front porch by his momma because he was sick and we saved him. His momma visits here every day to eat breakfast and dinner. Soo sweet. Tried catching her to get her spayed but she is way to smart. We have to keep trying her babies all die which makes me sad. It would be better if she could just be spayed.

  25. Reply

    A mothers love! ❤️

  26. Reply

    if i lived closer i would adopt in a heartbeat

  27. Reply

    Awesome Story…animals know who they can trust!

  28. Reply

    such a good mommy

  29. Reply

    This is indeed a true story, a Momma cat will undergo great danger to herself to assist her kittens. Hope all will be adopted as they are all adorable. Mabel is a great name for the Momma of this tribe. Cheers to a very humane person for his caring.

  30. Reply

    so sweet!!

  31. Reply

    Cats are good mothers

  32. Reply

    Brave little Mommy.

  33. Reply

    Thanks to the son and the Mama cat knew who cared…There was a cat, who came to my deck and each time, I stepped outside she scattered. finally winter time came, and I bought a bag of cat food and had an old TV cabinet with a glass front. I put a pillow in it. She at the food and slept in the cabinet. I called her Shadow because that is mostly what I saw. finally one day, she decided I was okay, she came into the house and inspected every room.She fell in love with my husband who was blind. She would sit on his shoulder and have her face on his. We took her the vet, our neighbor and said she had been fixed and at one time was taken care of. I have had her fourteen years and lives with my daughter, since I can’t have her in my apartment. now.

  34. Reply

    Dogs trust easily,but you truly have to earn a cats.They are great moms.She is so pretty…

  35. Reply

    Love this story!

  36. Reply

    Beautiful Story!!!!!! Great People!!!!!!

  37. Reply

    What a touching story! Bravo to all!

  38. Reply

    God Bless you.

  39. Reply

    SHADOW!

  40. Reply

    Sweet Mama.

  41. Reply

    If you can get a cat to trust you, you know you’re something special.

  42. Reply

    What a touching story! Strong brave mama cat

  43. Reply
  44. Reply

    SUCH a beautiful story…….hope the precious kittens adopt people soon!!!

  45. Reply

    What a wonderful story! Mabel is an excellent Mom…and so smart! I’m so happy that this smart Mama brought her babies to her favorite, trusted human…bless that man for taking them all in too!

  46. Reply

    holy cow..eight!!

  47. Reply

    Thank You!!

  48. Reply

    <3

  49. Reply

    Love this

  50. Reply

    Bless her sweet precious heart <3

  51. Reply

    Mabel is a great Mom better than some human Mom’s!!!!!!

  52. Reply

    that is one of the most touching stories i have read in a long time mol

  53. Reply

    All the babies are so beautiful. God bless your son for saving all these babies and their Mama from the storm and for trying to find them homes rather than taking them to a shelter.

  54. Reply

    Cats are awesome

  55. Reply

    These kittens weren’t in the shelter that lost all their cats were they? Does anyone know?

    • Lori
    • November 8, 2014
    Reply

    I heard that there was a shelter in Indy that had to PTS all their cats. Please someone tell me these beautiful babies were not in that shelter!

    Kate Collins: Thank you for raising such a wonderful young man and thank you for helping him care for these babies and their Mamma.

  56. Reply

    Lori says:
    “I heard that there was a shelter in Indy that had to PTS all their cats. Please someone tell me these beautiful babies were not in that shelter!

    Kate Collins: Thank you for raising such a wonderful young man and thank you for helping him care for these babies and their Mamma.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-2/#comment-4627

  57. Reply

    That’s a sweet story, Kay! You’re a good person.

  58. Reply

    Lori Choman no, these babies were not in a shelter. Kate’s son takes care of them in his home. But I have heard about that shelter – 20 cats pts so far, 80 more scheduled. So sad. But a few survived, they were taken in by other shelters and put in isolation to be watched for symptoms.

  59. Reply

    Barbara this SPCA has some info on how to trap, maybe it will help: https://caspca.org/communityferal-cats/trapping-community-cats-for-spayneuter-surgery/ And bless you for caring about those kitties 🙂

      • Roxie
      • November 11, 2014
      Reply

      Kittens Whiskers… also on fb,, Alley Cats has some wonderful ideas… along with housing for winter for the ferals… I have done feral rescue for over 14 yrs now… we fought to have the rights here in Nebraska to set up colonies for these lovelies at a low cost of owning a 2yr permit … we work closely with our local shelter and all cats are spayed/neutered for free and ear tip to prevent them from being pts … wish I was closer,, those babies are so cute…all 3 of mine were once feral..now indoor cats and happy.. Blessed be to rescuers and animal lovers

  60. Reply

    cats are the best mammals….period

  61. Reply

    God bless her and her kittens

  62. Reply

    What a sweet mama cat!

  63. Reply

    The things we do to keep our kittens safe and protected; no matter which storm we may find ourselves in.

  64. Reply

    <3

  65. Reply

    I agree some animals are better parents than some people!

  66. Reply

    cats became pets after a mama cat in ancient Egypt brought her starving kittens to the grain bins to catch mice thank goodness they still do. my little dog caught a mouse the other night did not want to eat it but the kitties were willing snoopy pulverized the little devil. and when he went out to pee I think ginger ate his mouse he looked and looked and she was licking her chops quite a little dog good boy

  67. Reply

    He is a son any mother would be proud to have – what a wonderful thing he did and cats know….they just know <3

  68. Reply

    Not even mother nature can stand up to a mama’s love!

  69. Reply

    Such a sweet story of a Mother’s love for her babies.

  70. Reply

    11 years ago, I noticed a female cat hanging around my condo. She would come and go, disappear for awhile and then come back. I thought maybe she belonged to a neighbor. One day my son looked out onto the patio and started laughing. When I looked to see what he was enjoying, there was mama cat with 4 tiny kittens! The kittens were frolicking in the sun, and I realized that she had given birth in a tiny hidey hole under my patio! I began leaving out food for them and soon mama cat disappeared for good. The kittens stayed. I made a house for them for the winter and brought them all inside when it was really cold. The next spring I was making plans to take all of them to get fixed when 2 of them disappeared. Two left….Bubba and Milo. Bubba was a male brown tabby, Milo a female long haired black cat with a white spot on her chest (my niece named her when we thought she was a he). Got them both their shots and got them fixed. They were indoor/outdoor cats (I had a full house of cats at the time) and were thriving. One day Bubba didn’t come for breakfast. But little Milo, who stayed pretty much close to home, stayed. Ultimately, and to make a long story short, something bit her on her back one night and I soon discovered the bit when it abscessed. Back to the vet, treatment and recovery, and Milo was now an indoor baby. 11 years later and she is still with me…..

  71. Reply
  72. Reply

    I’ve had that happen. Was feeding a stray and few weeks later, she moved her babies into my garage! I felt kinda happy she picked me. I took care of that little colony until they all had homes.

  73. Reply

    Such a good mom

  74. Reply

    What a great mom…God bless her, her kittens, and those helping her!!!

  75. Reply

    Many years ago, someone found a mama cat and several kittens nested in leaves in a window well at our church. Mama was in bad shape from lack of food, but she and the kittens were taken in and cared for. The babies were all adopted by church members, but mama, since named Stormy, became the Church Cat! Free to roam as she pleased, Stormy would sometimes attend Sunday services, and she was the mascot of the church’s school!

  76. Reply

    My sister had a dog that rescued 3 kittens in a storm.

  77. Reply

    AWWWWWWW so glad she found safety for her babes

  78. Reply

    What a wonderful story! Such a good person you are…..and good momma kitty too.

  79. Reply

    nice little kitty

  80. Reply

    Stephani Olmos Goria Torres Dani Dare

  81. Reply

    This is so cute !!!! I wish they lived close by I would have token one in

  82. Reply

    Thank you for helping mama and her sweet babies.

  83. Reply

    Omg brought tears !Great story

  84. Reply

    Lukas Osmundsen Melissa Lot Caitlin Lawson MaryJo Orbegoso awww read this story

  85. Reply

    Awe

  86. Reply

    How sweet

  87. Reply

    I irritated my neighbors while living in a small rural town by feeding a raccoon every evening one summer. I took some guff then one day the c**n disappeared. I thought it was a pretty messed up situation until over a year later, when I was sitting out on the step and these little c**n cubs walked up to near where I was. I called for my wife to come look and when I did here came momma c**n out of the ditch to formally introduce her babies.

  88. Reply

    Wonderful story

  89. Reply

    They are very good mothers from what I have seen…

  90. Reply

    Wonderful tale 🙂

  91. Reply

    Whats the story at the end here?Some lady posted under the link they were taken to that bad shelter after all.

  92. Reply

    Roxie says:
    “Kittens Whiskers… also on fb,, Alley Cats has some wonderful ideas… along with housing for winter for the ferals… I have done feral rescue for over 14 yrs now… we fought to have the rights here in Nebraska to set up colonies for these lovelies at a low cost of owning a 2yr permit … we work closely with our local shelter and all cats are spayed/neutered for free and ear tip to prevent them from being pts … wish I was closer,, those babies are so cute…all 3 of mine were once feral..now indoor cats and happy.. Blessed be to rescuers and animal lovers”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-2/#comment-5014

  93. Reply

    Shows what a mother’s love for her kitties will do!

  94. Reply

    This is a wow story for both the cat kittens and her rescuer <3

  95. Reply

    Jon Ernst I’m mad we didn’t keep the cat…those kittens would have acted like dogs….. And I could of had one at Brentons

  96. Reply

    I shouldn’t read stories like this after I put on mascara.

  97. Reply

    PRECIOUS CAT

  98. Reply

    Yes how true this is.

  99. Reply

    Yup…that’s how much mama cat loves her kittens.

  100. Reply

    I hope they’ll find a loving home. I have 10 of my own all stray and abandoned. I adore and love all my cats.

  101. Reply

    some people restore a little of my faith that there still exists AWESOME people in this world ^..^<

  102. Reply

    Go Mama Go ! <3 😀

    • Karen
    • November 17, 2014
    Reply

    LOVE the story. It warms my heart and reminds me of a young cat that I had fed, and cleaned a wound in the summer. The owner’s mother would not let this cat into the house in the winter (another cat could though). One bitter cold, below zero temp in MN this same cat came to the door. Scratching, making noises. My roommate looked out and saw nothing. Again the noise—he looked again and saw a cat. He called me downstairs asking if I “knew” this cat. I DID! He was freezing, his paws frozen, ice on his fur. I had three cats that did not like him in the house, so I put him on the porch, put in a heater, got out a sleeping bag, and warm blanket, warm food, dry food, and water. Then I sat and cuddled with him for a long time. The next day I took him to a shelter in a different, larger town where I was from. I didn’t want any chance of the previous owner getting him back. The animals just know—he knew I would protect him, just like Mabel knew this guy would take her and her babies in. He is a hero and has a warm, kind heart. KUDOS to him!!!

      • Kittens Whiskers
      • November 18, 2014
      Reply

      Kudos to you, too, Karen! I’m so glad you took that kitty in, and got him away from those people!

  103. Reply

    They are so cute. I love little Casper!

  104. Reply

    Kittens Whiskers says:
    “Kudos to you, too, Karen! I’m so glad you took that kitty in, and got him away from those people!”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-3/#comment-6213

  105. Reply

    Such a brave mommy god bless u meow mommy!!!!!!!!1

  106. Reply

    Love this story. Hope they all find a loving home.

    • Bobbye Moore
    • November 18, 2014
    Reply

    Ohhhh…….what a great story with a happy ending. TY for caring.

  107. Reply

    Beautiful Story, I LOVE a Happy Ending ❤

  108. Reply

    A very similar thing happened to me about 30 years ago. A stray suddenly jumped up and clung to my window screen and meowed very loudly. I let her in and made her feel at home for weeks, letting her outside during the day but in at night. I named her “Squeaky” because her “meow” was very squeaky — not the same sound I had heard on the first night’s encounter. Then one day she disappeared. I thought she was gone forever — that she had moved on to greener pastures. Then, on evening, during a torrential downpour, there she was — suddenly clinging to my window screen again and meowing very loudly. I let her in, toweled her off, made her warm and fed her. I thought she had come back forever. The next day, she disappeared again however. But over the next two days she reappeared — each time bringing a new born kitten with her. How far she traveled to bring them to me, I’ll never know. She brought 6 in all. Squeaky stayed with me, inside during the night but outside during the day, for a few more months. I raised the kittens and found good homes for them after they were weaned and running about. Once the last kitten was taken for adoption, Squeaky left and never returned. I so wonder what happened to her.

  109. Reply

    Bobbye Moore says:
    “Ohhhh…….what a great story with a happy ending. TY for caring.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-3/#comment-6374

  110. Reply

    Wonderful story. I’ve helped a few ferals and they know who they trust. Hoping they all fine great homes including Mabel.

  111. Reply

    We saved this cat, Mamma Mia, 10 years ago. She was living in a garbage dump near a bar. She had kittens and a dog killed three, but she moved two under a board near where we were feeding the strays there. We were able to trap her by putting the kittens and tuna in a carrier. We found homes for the kittens and Mamma Mia has lots of health issues, but is happy along with five other rescues that live here.

  112. Reply

    Yes, I know that conversation with the eyes. Cats are quite good at communicating through their eyes.

  113. Reply

    So emotional!

  114. Reply

    great story! A mother’s love knows NO bounds.

  115. Reply

    These kid has a humble heart…God Bless him and Mama cat and her babies

  116. Reply

    Beautiful story of a cats love for her kittens

  117. Reply

    beautiful babies wish i was closer

  118. Reply

    What a sweet story. I have 3 rescued cats and love them to death, even my husband who never liked cats 42 yrs ago when we married now loves all the kitties I rescue (and he’s become a softie as well- one of our cats is 4 and he rescued her). If I were in Indianapolis I’d sure take Mabel or any of the kittens. I pray you find them all a very loving home.

  119. Reply

    What a lovely story and what a brabe mommy.

  120. Reply

    Thank you for giving mom and babies a good chance in life. I also rescue a 5 week old kitty Tobey..Mom did a great job of raising him. I see her now and then walking by and I woud love to love her..soon I hope. She has the most beautiful deep sea blue eyes. Tobeys changed colors. He now has a great family, but I and my family miss him..he was such a goof ball!!!

  121. Reply

    What a beautiful and heart felt story! God bless her and her babies!!

  122. Reply

    Mama cats are very protective.

  123. Reply

    Mabel is an amazing mama cat to have braved the storm many times to bring her 8 little kittens to safety. I hope Mabel and her 8 kittens are find furever homes where they are loved and well cared for.

  124. Reply

    God bless you for saving these poor beautiful babies and their mum, literally brought tears to my eyes, you have restored my faith in human nature, hope they all find wonderful homes, thank you so much and god bless you xxx

  125. Reply

    Kitties are smart and know where the love and help is. Bless her heart for bringing all her babies to a place she thought was safe. What a perfect mommy!! <3 <3

  126. Reply

    Carol Robinson-Yee looks like chewy

  127. Reply

    What a amazing kitty and true mother

  128. Reply

    Wonderful!

  129. Reply

    Looks like Chewy and Hally

  130. Reply

    Aww what a great story but the sad part is they won’t be together after all that

  131. Reply

    Dusty says thank you for caring

  132. Reply

    shared…

  133. Reply

    Bless your son. She new he was a safe place to come to. Thats love.

    • Sueetta
    • November 23, 2014
    Reply

    Takes a good mother to raise such as good and compassionate son so kudos to you both. Lovely to read this vs. stories of kids gone wrong who torture animals which sadly fills too many headlines. God bless you for doing this. I’ve had a similar experience with a feral cat. Cats are special too.

  134. Reply

    Beautiful story of a good mother raising a compassionate son who in turn helps a brave mother cat and her kittens. Love this vs. so many stories of kids gone wrong who torture animals.

  135. Reply

    get a doctors note saying that the cat is therapeudic 4 u or ur blind husband. they cant deny u. sorry abt my words being choppy. holding my 4month old son and only have one free hand…lol

  136. Reply

    Awesome. Praying that you find good homes for mama and her babies.

  137. Reply

    Awesome

  138. Reply

    What a wonderful story! What a wonderful Cat! What a wonderful boy!!! God Bless!

  139. Reply

    So great. Hope they got good homes. Such a sweet mom and baby’s. Family does it for a lot of animals and humans. Debbie.

  140. Reply

    Such an amazing story!!!!!

  141. Reply

    sometimes you can get your cat allowed if its a companion to you…..but, a great story Kay!!

  142. Reply

    Aawwww

  143. Reply

    Look how many have gone into burning buildings to get their kittens out.

  144. Reply

    I’m so glad she found refuge….my heart breaks for all those poor kitties out there who don’t…..

  145. Reply

    Poor sweetheart, good momma

  146. Reply

    I love cats!

  147. Reply

    AWE i knew there were still people out there with good hearts Bless them all

  148. Reply

    this has been around before, but it is a good ‘un…………

  149. Reply

    Truly awesome!

  150. Reply

    awww sweet momie.

  151. Reply

    Absolutely beautiful story.

  152. Reply

    This warms my heart & got me a lil teary. A real mother will die for you!

  153. Reply

    Sueetta says:
    “Takes a good mother to raise such as good and compassionate son so kudos to you both. Lovely to read this vs. stories of kids gone wrong who torture animals which sadly fills too many headlines. God bless you for doing this. I’ve had a similar experience with a feral cat. Cats are special too.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-3/#comment-6622

  154. Reply

    joanne webb says:
    “God bless you for saving these poor beautiful babies and their mum, literally brought tears to my eyes, you have restored my faith in human nature, hope they all find wonderful homes, thank you so much and god bless you xxx”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-3/#comment-6574

  155. Reply

    A wonderful Momma .God bless her !!!!

  156. Reply

    What a wonderful story

  157. Reply

    Awesome story!!

  158. Reply

    Do you realize how incredible this story is!!!!!! This is the best thing I’ve read! I can’t believe how beautiful this is ♥

  159. Reply

    That’s awesome! I’m just hoping maybe the mom got a home by now? I hope…

  160. Reply

    That is so great and awesome!

  161. Reply

    What a great story!

  162. Reply

    Wonderful young man! Thank you for helping Mabel and her babies!

  163. Reply

    Beautiful story and thanks forf helping them out. If I lived near Indianapolis, I would give one a home, but unfortunately, I am far from there. Hope you managed to find them all good homes. Thanks again.

  164. Reply

    Were is Mabel? Is she okay?

  165. Reply

    God bless you❤️

  166. Reply

    sharing! I hope all of these sweet kitties find purfect forever homes

  167. Reply

    So glad that she and her babies were saved. My feral used to be terrified of me too, but now he rolls around on my feet and loves on my legs. He’s come to know he can trust me and that I love him.

    • Frank sansone
    • December 5, 2014
    Reply

    I live in Chicago…if there’s a way to get one here, I’d love to adopt of these gems if any are still available

  168. Reply

    I love this story. You are a wonderful person for doing this…..

  169. Reply

    Bless her sweet heart.

  170. Reply

    Aww the workd needs more people like him. I love my cats and wish I could adopt one.

  171. Reply

    Such a great story. SUch a great guy to help out

  172. Reply

    Beautiful god bless you

  173. Reply

    Mothers love thank you

  174. Reply

    This is a really cool story! If I lived in the area I would have adopted one!!

  175. Reply

    Thanks for sharing your story!!

  176. Reply

    We had 2 feral mommas that we fed come into our house when they went into labor. A very joyous time for me since I never had kittens before. 8 kittens between them and they shared the Momma duties. Cats are amazing. <3

  177. Reply

    made me cry

  178. Reply

    Paige Cohen.

  179. Reply

    Frank sansone says:
    “I live in Chicago…if there’s a way to get one here, I’d love to adopt of these gems if any are still available”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-4/#comment-7057

  180. Reply

    This is how I came to have Boomerang (RIP) in 1990.. in a terrible cold thunderstorm his Mom brought him and his sister to me.. I had my feral baby for 17 years.. <3

  181. Reply

    poor baby

  182. Reply

    amazing

  183. Reply

    And people say animals have no souls. This is a lesson the responsibility that every human could learn from.

  184. Reply

    Oh awe that just brought me to tears! What a wonderful mommy and person for being the one she could trust! Praying for all!!

  185. Reply

    i love that about them!

  186. Reply

    Cats are great Moms till they get them grown and then they let go.

  187. Reply

    Good Human:)

  188. Reply

    awesome story!

  189. Reply

    Beautiful…<3

  190. Reply

    awww

    • Mary
    • December 12, 2014
    Reply

    I DO hope all the kittens and Mabel are now neutered, so no more kittens result!

  191. Reply

    I DO hope they ALL got fixed, so the problem ends there!

  192. Reply

    Oh my goodness reminds me of a mama cat I had fed for a couple of years. She would never let me get near her. I knew she had a litter of kittens somewhere close & it started snowing really bad that night. I told her to go get her babies & bring them back. She was an all white kitty so she disappeared out in the snow. About 20 minutes later I seen her heading back with 3 little all white bundles of fur hopping though the snow. They all came in that night & never left. Little did I know she was pregnant at that time so we had more little kitties that winter. It took along time before she really trusted me to even touch her, but she eventually came around. I found good homes for some of the kittens & still have the rest. Sadly I lost her a few years ago, but I’ll never forget that night or her motherly love to protect her babies.

  193. Reply

    I love cats , we have 12

  194. Reply

    I put it on my time line and how wonderful to hear about this caring young man who took care of God’s creature God Bless.

  195. Reply

    Wonderful, loving story.

  196. Reply

    Yes you can have them if the are therapeutic! I’m sure your husband must miss that wonderful bond terribly! Please try and get approval from the apartment! Such a sweet sweet story. 🙂

  197. Reply

    Aww happy story

  198. Reply

    She looks like my nana

  199. Reply

    Mary says:
    “I DO hope all the kittens and Mabel are now neutered, so no more kittens result!”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-4/#comment-7431

  200. Reply

    Aww poor homeless kitties it seems people still don’t understand spay and neuter

    • Monica Daniel
    • December 15, 2014
    Reply

    This is an amazing story. We are animal lovers as well. So happy this story had a happy ending.

  201. Reply

    <3

  202. Reply

    Amen.

  203. Reply

    We had a very small cat show up under our carport severely scarred and near starved to death, it took months to get her to trust me enough to pet or pick her up but she finally let me tend to her wounds a little. She was pregnant by then and we were living on Guam with a typhoon coming in that we thought might hit the island. I went out and found her and not long after she nearly gave birth on my lap to four adorable little boys who all quickly got adopted. We were at our two pet limit so Bella went to live with my mom when we moved back stateside. Perfect timing since she arrived just one week before my mom’s elderly cat passed away. My mom is a stroke survivor of 19 yrs and Bella has become a wonderful sympathy pet for her. She is missing some teeth and has scars, but she is the most lovable cat imaginable and only 6.5 lbs so easy for my mom who has right side paralysis to pick up. Purrs like crazy too, her and the kittens were worth every bit of the near 2k it cost for vet and travel expenses. All my kitties are strays and rescues, they appreciate the value of being loved more deeply.

  204. Reply

    And they call them animals.

  205. Reply

    such a good momma

  206. Reply

    blessings

  207. Reply

    Moms are awesome

  208. Reply

    that young man is an awesome guardian angel for Mable and her babies and thankfully she knew she could trust them to care for her precious babies…good luck with getting them adopted…

  209. Reply

    Awwww. .she will always have a special place in your heart.

  210. Reply

    ♡♥♡♡♡♥♡♥

  211. Reply

    I love happy endings!

  212. Reply

    Yen Yen

  213. Reply

    Thanks to your son for showing compassion to Mabel. Without her trusting him, who knows what would have happened to Mabel and her kittens. I hope Mom and her babies all are taken care of and are in god homes! Thanks to you and your son for caring for all the cats.

  214. Reply

    Monica Daniel says:
    “This is an amazing story. We are animal lovers as well. So happy this story had a happy ending.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-5/#comment-7534

  215. Reply

    so wonderful, thank you! Please update us about their adoptions!

  216. Reply

    How sweet, this reminds me of a feral I had been feeding for over a year, she recently had kittens and had started bringing them to my house, I knew I was moving and was worrying about what would happen to her, the year before I was able to catch her kittens and take them to our shelter so they would be able to find homes. Unfortunately, this year I was close to moving and they were too young, suddenly Cali stopped coming around, for over two weeks there was no sign of her, though I did spot her kittens at another house down the alley from my old home. I can’t say what happened to Cali, maybe she moved on, I’m hoping she didn’t meet a worse fate, she too was a tiny little calico.

  217. Reply

    ❤️❤️

  218. Reply

    I hope mama and her babies get a wonderful loving home and get treated just as good as she treated her baby

  219. Reply

    That shows A Mothers Love!

  220. Reply

    ❤️

  221. Reply

    Wonderful!!! Bless her and prayers!!!!

  222. Reply

    (Y) (Y) up for Kate’s son. 3 of my 4 kitties are rescues. Bitty is going to be 14 next year, my how time flies. When we first got her she was roughly the size of a Beany Baby and would ride around on my shoulder. She now weighs around 15 pounds, yes she is healthy, and still likes to ride on my shoulder.

  223. Reply

    <3

  224. Reply

    So happy, good momma

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  226. Reply

    You seem to be her home why can’t she stay the one place she trust? Can you not keep her?

  227. Reply

    We had a stray Mom let me feed some that had kittens next door. Rain started pouring & I looked out to see her bringing one over the fence to our house. I ran for Mom, she worked till she got them all to our house. We fixed her up in a cardboard box on the porch. Mom ruined my childhood cause she didn’t let creatures in the house.

  228. Reply

    Lovely story! Wish I could help. Here are my rescue kitty & cat! Both was less then 4 weeks! The best ever!!!

  229. Reply

    Bless you for taking care of mama Mabel & her little ones. Cats know who’ll be good to them.

  230. Reply

    Is mama ok too dhes a good mama
    And you snd your son are

  231. Reply

    I hate spell check
    Mama ok
    You and your son sre heros in my book

  232. Reply

    So many homeless kitties. I brought one inside 4 years ago. Feral cats need extra attention. Don’t think that they naturally take to you because you feed them. Sometimes they will never let people hold them.

  233. Reply

    I agree!

  234. Reply

    This same thing happened to me. I was feeding a ferel for like 2 yrs tried to trap her and get her fixed but she was just to wild, after a bit I could kinda pet her head but not dare to pick her up ..One night it got cold here in FL I had my utility door open because I was cooking and it was getting warm in the apt…Next thing I know, I here a little meow…In the back of a corner was a baby kitty. I kept looking over and saw the mommy bring another. I just stayed back, she looked up at me with the kitten in her mouth as to say (is this ok) I said to her awwww what a good mommy you are these little guys hadnt even opened their eyes yet.. She ended up bringing 4 babies. I had my own cat Fat Albert and he was so good with her and the babies…I found them all homes ….

  235. Reply

    Smart cat she knows who to trust and she chose this home which says you’re a really good person.

  236. Reply

    Thanks for proving her right.

  237. Reply

    Ceecee /-/) them feels

  238. Reply

    Awesome awesome

  239. Reply

    No updates as usual!!!

    • lisa
    • December 24, 2014
    Reply

    Did Mabel find a home?

  240. Reply

    Beautiful story. Beautiful person. Kate you should be so proud of the man you raised.

  241. Reply

    Beautiful and so glad she trusted you so much

  242. Reply

    you are too cool, i wish there were more people like you out there. Merry Christmas.

  243. Reply

    I love this story. Wish I was closer to adopt them. 🙂

  244. Reply

    Too coooool

  245. Reply

    GOD BLESS HIM we need more people like him

  246. Reply

    Great story!

  247. Reply

    like a lot

  248. Reply

    Perfect baby mama

  249. Reply

    Awesome!

  250. Reply

    thank you to the son and the mamma cat hope the best for her and her kittens shared

  251. Reply

    Such a sweet story all the way around … God bless Kate Collins’ son for having a kind heart to this beautiful kitty mom … You were there when she needed you 🙂 … Her kitties are adorable 🙂

  252. Reply

    How amazing

  253. Reply

    I hope this is a true story… 🙂

  254. Thank you for today’s happy tears by sharing this.

  255. Reply

    What a great story.

  256. Reply

    Our lovely Celeste came to us one dark and stormy night, a wet little Lab pup. We shared her love and affection for 14 years. She was a real joy ..

  257. Reply

    They know who they can trust….

  258. Reply

    What a Wonderful Msama Kiyyy, Wishing they all get Furever homes soon.

  259. Reply

    We have a cat colony that we feed on our deck. We had a carrier next to our door with blankets in it. Woke up to find 4 newborns and their feral mom in the crate. We were never able to pet her but she let us handle the kittens. Three of them died at 2 weeks old. We went against nature and brought the last one in. She was very dehydrated and weak, to the point we thought she would die too. Massive amounts of Goat milk, and many sleepless nights later, we have Ivy!! She 7 1/2 months now and the sweetest black cat around. 🙂

  260. Reply

    wonderful story!!

  261. Reply

    What a story.

  262. Reply

    what wonderful cat mom thank you for helping her and her babies

  263. Reply

    What a wonderful story, sweet mama kitty taking care of her little ones.

  264. Reply

    great story!!!!

    • Tammy
    • December 29, 2014
    Reply

    what a wonderful Momma Cat!!! So Awesome your son took this girl and her babies in when she needed a human! Cats Know who to trust and so obviously she chose the right one! Reading this makes me day!! Blessed Be

  265. Reply

    I think I have something in my eye… *sniffle*

  266. Reply

    That is so true

  267. Reply

    Sweet Mama! <3

  268. Reply

    <3

  269. Reply

    Bless these people for caring for Mabel and earning her trust. What a heartwarming story!

  270. Reply

    good story

  271. Reply

    ❤️

  272. Reply

    Bravo.

  273. Reply

    Sniffle….Awwwwww

  274. Reply

    Sweet.

  275. Reply

    Looks like my mama cat…total feraln now we can pet and love them like they should be…we have a little house for them that they sleep in…just time and trust,,,these are the best cats

  276. Reply

    oops Feral

  277. Reply

    And they are worth the time and LOVE….

  278. Reply

    awww

  279. Reply

    Sweetie, brave tough mama

  280. Reply

    Bless you for taking special care.

  281. Reply

    Beautiful babies. Wonderful momma kitty!

  282. Reply

    My husband is gone now. but I see Shadow ever once in awhile.

  283. Reply

    Thanks for sharing and caring.

    • Dawn Vandevander
    • January 1, 2015
    Reply

    Such a great story…God bless him for taking care of mama & her kittens. I hope they find wonderful loving homes

    • Dawn Vandevander
    • January 1, 2015
    Reply

    Such a great story…God bless him for taking care of mama & her kittens. I hope they find wonderful loving homes

  284. Reply

    this sweet boy must keep this Mabel cat- they are truly bonded

  285. Reply

    it took me 6 months, twice a day of feeding, to finally win over my mamma cat. the kittens I could never catch, and so grew up referral. mamma cat is still with us! very long-haired girl. one day I came to feed her, she looked at me then just rubbed all over me and followed me home! it was the first time I even got to touch her! from then on she’s been with me -9 years

  286. Reply

    that is such a wonderful story!

  287. Reply

    That is so loving

  288. Reply

    What a heart warming story!!! I love cats!!

  289. Reply

    Dawn Vandevander says:
    “Such a great story…God bless him for taking care of mama & her kittens. I hope they find wonderful loving homes ”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-6/#comment-8164

  290. Reply

    Tammy says:
    “what a wonderful Momma Cat!!! So Awesome your son took this girl and her babies in when she needed a human! Cats Know who to trust and so obviously she chose the right one! Reading this makes me day!! Blessed Be”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-6/#comment-8047

  291. Reply

    Dawn Vandevander says:
    “Such a great story…God bless him for taking care of mama & her kittens. I hope they find wonderful loving homes ”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-6/#comment-8163

  292. Reply

    I sure hope that the momma cat gets a terrific home (one indoors) and her kittens also get wonderful homes. Would be nice if Momma could keep one or two. I have 2 momma cats. One is a nurturing momma; the other no longer wants anything to do with her family. I kept all because I didn’t have the heart to break them up. When the kittens were small, I didn’t see that the one momma wouldn’t be good when her young grew. I did see that she was pretty rough with them. Whereas the other momma was always nurturing. The good momma has three now adult cats. The other momma has two sons — I have to keep them separated, otherwise the fight would be on. The non-nurturing momma is a shock, because (like the cat in this article) she went back and forth taking her kittens to a lady who gave them shelter. The lady then asked me to take them. I’m wondering if it isn’t because her kittens grew to weigh 3 times as much as herself. I don’t know what the boys’ excuse is to want to kill their mother! All of my cats have been fixed and living in luxury! I was never a cat person, but never knew what I was missing!

  293. Reply

    How kind these people are!!

  294. Reply

    Thank God for great people!what a lucky cat!

  295. Reply

    <3

  296. Reply

    Precious story!

  297. Reply

    sweet

  298. Reply

    Amazing story of a loving momma cat. This also a great story of the person who cared for this cat at any given moment. Especially in momma cats desperate time of need.
    God Bless you

  299. Reply

    awww thats so sewwt of wt you are doing i all so feed a stray cat i named him homless n we gave him a bed to sleep in out in the garage

    • Victoria Duncan
    • January 3, 2015
    Reply

    There are only five kittens showing with names. Did three of them not make it? Or are they keeping them? Wish I lived down there and was able to take one. But I have a 13 yr.old Senior who still doesn’t get along with our 1 1/2 yr.old previously homeless boy.

  300. Reply

    Aw, what a sweetie.

  301. Reply

    Wow you are an angel. Thanks for saving them. God bless this whole family

  302. Reply

    This might make you cry Ronni Denny you crazy cat lady

  303. Reply

    https://www.gofundme.com/Buttercup-fund Please share my tripod kitty’s link. Thank you! <3

  304. Reply

    How wonderful

  305. Reply

    Beautiful touching story!! <3

  306. Reply

    what a wonderful story blessings to all who cared for mamma and babies

  307. THat’s how I got all 9 of mine over the past 5 years…I love them…

  308. Reply

    Beautiful story so glad they are all safe and in loving care

  309. Reply

    Mable…Mom always brings extra love…

  310. Reply

    This story touched me more than any, I think., It’s almost a carbon copy of the way our cat came into our lives, along with her six newborns.

  311. Reply

    Beautiful momma cat…hope they all survived.

  312. Reply

    such a lovely story of trust and human/animal communication! Thanks for sharing…hope all have been happily adopted to furever homes!

  313. Reply

    What a story!!!! Thank you to this wonderful young man for what he did for Mabel and her babies. What a great mama cat!

  314. Reply

    I had a stray mama cat do this in both a tropical storm and right before Hurricane Like. I was the only one she truly trusted out of all the people that fed her. Good job, guys! I applaud you!

  315. Reply

    I hope Mabel is okay too!!., after saving her babies going out in the cold rain she should be having a lotta loving too!

  316. Reply

    A kitty hero and a human hero!

  317. That’s how we got our Mama cat during a snow storm

  318. Reply

    10 pound moma cat will whip a 100 pound dog over her kittens; or die trying.

  319. Reply

    Mabel! Fits her perfectly.

  320. Reply

    My stray cat Lucky brought her 5 kittens to our backyard when they could barely climb the brick wall, but she kept after them until all of them made it over. Took longer for the little tripod to make it. A month later the feral Saphire had her kittens on our porch and the neighbor brought 3 orphan kittens for me to bottle feed. I couldn’t say no I have too many right now. We had 11 kittens total in 2013

  321. Reply

    What a wonderful story of true love of a Mama and good Samartian.

  322. Reply

    looks like my cat marlie

  323. Reply

    How sweet.

  324. Reply

    What a wonderful mother she is

  325. Reply

    Kittens had a good mom,and you have a good son.

  326. Reply

    So heartwarming. Bless each one of these little kitties. And bless the mother cat that put complete trust in someone that cared for her. This is very cool.

  327. Reply

    Beautiful

  328. Reply

    Scarlett’s spirit lives!

  329. Reply

    Great storie. Love it heartwarming

  330. Reply

    What a wonderful mama cat!!

  331. Reply

    Thank you for rescuing all 9! Why don’t you keep mamma and a couple of her kittens?

  332. Reply
  333. Reply

    What a beautiful story!

  334. Reply

    I LOVE Casper!! This story brings tears to my eyes!

  335. Reply

    This just re-afirms, they know who to pick out & when. Good for Mabel, I hope she gets a furever home SOON!!! =^:^=

  336. Reply

    God bless this sweet loving precious Mama cat and her precious kittens with lots of love everday and always

  337. Reply

    What a purrfect ending and new beginning!!

  338. Reply

    That is a good mama.

  339. Reply

    omg tears in my eyes so sweet

  340. Reply

    God bless you and your son and for all the love and safety of all the kitty’s

  341. Reply

    Barry Stumpf…you should read this..amazing

  342. Reply

    That was a amazing, story thank you for sharing and thank you for caring for the little darlings and thier. ,mother

  343. Reply

    She looks just like my shy kitty beautiful cat

  344. Reply

    What a great story.. 🙂 <3

  345. Reply

    awesome!!!just all baout love and trust!!

  346. Reply

    God bless you, Mabel, and all your beautiful kittens. I hope you all find wonderful homes.

  347. Reply

    Such a great ending! Bless you for taking care of Mabel and her babies!

  348. Reply

    Good Moma

  349. Reply

    glad she had someone to trust & bring her babies there!!

  350. Reply

    I love this…….you have a loving son !!!!

  351. Reply

    God bless the family and all the kitties!

  352. Reply

    Can’t you keep at least one kitty and give it a forever home? I have 4 and its so easy!

  353. Reply

    She looks determined!!

  354. Reply

    I mama will do anything for her babies.

  355. Reply

    Poor things

  356. Reply

    Thanks for saving them all!

  357. Reply

    God bless you for raising such a wonderful human being… It says so much about you ….

  358. Reply

    Gob Bless you softie 🙂 so nice

  359. Reply

    Very nice! When people do the right thing we all win!

  360. Reply

    Shared to Nanny Bow Wow Rescue Page

  361. Reply

    It’s things like this that give you faith in humanity. <3

  362. Reply

    <3

    • Kathie Tietze
    • January 12, 2015
    Reply

    This is a wonderful anecdote, and I loved reading about this darling little Calico. There are so many heroes in the animal world with so many unknown stories. They do the right thing naturally. Thank you for sharing!

  363. Reply

    My beloved mama did the same. Mothers know best.

  364. Reply

    this is so awesome and bless you and your son for caring for this precious mama and her babies.

  365. Reply

    very smart cat.. i love her..

  366. Reply

    Beautiful story.

  367. Reply

    I love Tabby cats…they are the most loving and caring of the breeds. The only cats that I have ever had were strays besides the Tabbies and those ..the worst acting, were those Siamese and Persians even though I went through the expense of neutering, etc.

  368. Reply

    Bless u

  369. Reply

    That is so amazing.. What an awesome story, strength and trust Mabel is

  370. Reply

    My daughter and her boyfriend just adopted a little black cat that is recovering from the abuse of some SOB who broke all 4 of her legs. She has some serious trust issues, (for good reasons), but is finally warming up to them poor little thing. Always heartening to hear the happy ending stories 🙂

  371. Reply

    Amazing and inspiring story!

  372. Reply

    They tell me that my companion, Lucy, was living on the streets with her kittens shortly before I adopted her. She was terrified of people. I should say all people except me. That’s how I knew she was for me, and I was for her. She is still scared of almost everything, but she is the smartest, most loving cat I have ever had. We both really needed each other. Four years later we still do.

  373. Reply

    I’ve had my cat seven years and she is still scared of humans

  374. Reply

    Loving son, He learned it from his mom.

  375. Reply

    This story is very closely related to our cats story. We just had 4 babies.

  376. Reply

    <3

  377. Reply

    What a good mama cat 🙂

  378. Reply

    bless her furry little heart

  379. Reply

    i would love to adobt one or two kittens only

  380. Reply

    They eat their young.

  381. Reply

    Thank you and God bless you for helping mama cat and her littens!!You are a wonderful caring person!! Thank you!!

  382. Reply

    This is from October. What are their situation s now? Update please!!

  383. Reply

    Heart of gold

  384. Reply

    Cynthia 🙂

  385. Reply

    tearjerker! What a wonderful momma kitty!

  386. Reply

    God Bless you for caring.

  387. Reply

    Such a sweet and heroic story good luck finding homes for the rest.

  388. Reply
  389. Reply

    wonderful <3

  390. Reply

    Amazing story and so wonderful of you and your son to take care of them. I wish I lived closer as I would love more 4 legged children to love!

  391. Reply

    oh, love this story..

  392. Reply

    Omg tears!! That’s a great story!

  393. Reply

    ♡ A mother’s love ♡

  394. Reply

    Wow what a story , what bravery

  395. Reply

    we need heroic stories like this to keep our spirits up

  396. Reply

    I’m practically crying my eyes out this is so sweet & sad.

  397. Reply

    The son should keep Mabel-she trusts him, and he is gonna betray that trust by giving her to someone she doesnt know or trust-I was so surprised to find out he wasnt keeping her

  398. Reply

    Very heartwarming!

  399. Reply

    Brave & Loyal Mommy.♡

    • Jason Eberhardt
    • January 16, 2015
    Reply

    I am happy to announce that all eight kittens have found wonderful, loving homes. We have decided to adopt Mabel ourselves, along with three of her kittens. Thank you so much for sharing this story! It brings me to tears and I lived it! : )

  400. Reply

    What a story!

  401. Reply

    Imagine 8 kittens, their mom, and my son’s own rescued cat in a one bedroom apartment! But he was too kind-hearted to shut his door that stormy morning. I’m so proud of him.

  402. Reply

    Thank God for animal lovers like this!

  403. Reply

    Wonderul humans, and sweet mama cat.

  404. Reply

    So great. I have always had cats and can understand the mom doing that for her babies.

  405. Reply

    This story brought tears to my eyes & made my heart feel really good.

  406. Reply

    Wonderful story!! Thank you and your family for all you have done for Mabel and her kittens!!

  407. Reply

    What a good mommy! I hope she and her babies
    Find wonderful loving forever homes who deserve such a special
    Cat and her miracle
    Babies she risked
    Her life for‼️

  408. Reply

    Sweet mommy

  409. Reply

    Didn’t he originally want Mabel? He should keep her since they already have a bond! >^.^<

  410. Reply

    Tear jersey she is so special

  411. Reply

    Yes he should keep Mabel

  412. Reply

    Tears tears

    • cindy
    • January 18, 2015
    Reply

    he should keep Mabel she already loves him

  413. Reply

    Cute.

  414. Reply

    Thank you so much to the beautiful people that made this all happen, especially to the son! may we please see a photo of Mabel, our real hero/super mom?

  415. Reply

    That’s such a beautiful story. Thank you for taking them in and help them find homes. God Bless

  416. Reply

    Mommys Love

  417. Reply

    I too have ferral moms who bring me their kitties. I feel like a grand mom.

  418. Reply
  419. Reply

    You guys are heroes for turning them away.

  420. Reply

    Kathie Tietze says:
    “This is a wonderful anecdote, and I loved reading about this darling little Calico. There are so many heroes in the animal world with so many unknown stories. They do the right thing naturally. Thank you for sharing!”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-8/#comment-8448

  421. Reply

    Victoria Duncan says:
    “There are only five kittens showing with names. Did three of them not make it? Or are they keeping them? Wish I lived down there and was able to take one. But I have a 13 yr.old Senior who still doesn’t get along with our 1 1/2 yr.old previously homeless boy.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-7/#comment-8227

  422. Reply

    Jason Eberhardt says:
    “I am happy to announce that all eight kittens have found wonderful, loving homes. We have decided to adopt Mabel ourselves, along with three of her kittens. Thank you so much for sharing this story! It brings me to tears and I lived it! : )”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-9/#comment-8520

  423. Reply

    Kate Collins says:
    “Imagine 8 kittens, their mom, and my son’s own rescued cat in a one bedroom apartment! But he was too kind-hearted to shut his door that stormy morning. I’m so proud of him.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-9/#comment-8525

  424. Reply

    Takes care of her little ones better than people do.

  425. Reply

    Love this story

  426. Reply

    What a sweet kitty, and a wonderful mom to not give up on her babies! Very heartwarming story. ^..^<

  427. Reply

    Amazing story!!!!

  428. Reply

    Wonderful.

  429. Reply

    This restores my trust in human beings. There are still good ones out there. 🙂 Thank you for giving Mabel and her family shelter and making sure the little ones went to good homes.

  430. Reply

    So Beautiful. Reminds me of my Cooey. I lost him last July. Still miss him so much.

  431. Reply

    What a great story! So glad Mabel had Jason and Kate to help her!!

  432. Reply

    So sweet. That mother and son are heroes for sure.

  433. moj si <3

  434. Reply
  435. Reply

    Beautiful story!

  436. Reply

    This is truly a beautiful story. Beautiful momma cat & a beautiful young man. Touches your heart. He should write a short story about this!

  437. Reply

    Wonderful. A very good man and a very good mom. Can’t beat that.

  438. Reply

    Cats are awesome!

  439. Reply

    Love, love, love this story–wonderful, kind people & a beautiful cat that would not let her babies be without her !!

  440. Reply

    <3

  441. Reply

    This Is An Awesome STORY!!!

  442. Reply

    God Bless you, it’s good for the soul to know there are still kind compassionate people in the world.

  443. Reply

    great ending!

  444. Reply

    What a wonderful story, thank you Jason and Kate!

  445. Reply

    Awesome!

  446. Reply

    Animal instinct and intelligence never ceases to amaze me!!!

    • Suzan Reece
    • January 21, 2015
    Reply

    Beautiful story, you must be so proud. My sister and I started feeding a feral tortoise shell cat a few months ago, she was very shy, skinny and rough looking. She started looking better but wouldn’t come anywhere near us. One day she suddenly turned up on our front porch, just laying there until she had my attention. I followed her around to the side of our house where we have an enclosed side yard the dogs can’t get to and discovered four kittens. We immediately began to feed her better food and to keep an eye on the kittens. As soon as they started climbing out of the yard, way earlier than I expected, my niece and I caught them, we have coyotes and were afraid they would be killed. We fed them, had them neutered, wormed and gave them their shots. We found homes for three of the four and kept one do we now have three dogs and two inside cats. Mother a Kitty is still shy but we trapped her, had her fixed and got her the various shots she needed. She still lives outside but we live in CA so that’s ok and we feed her twice a day. She’s beautiful and I wish I could cuddle her but know that may never happen but her kitten, Squeeky sleeps with me and my older cat every night.

  447. Reply

    <3

  448. Reply

    Such a beautiful tale loved it xox

  449. Reply

    this true story moved me so much, wish i could have one, I live in Australia…

  450. Reply
  451. Reply

    At times animals show more love than us humans.

  452. Reply

    Looks just like my precious,.Charlie

  453. Reply

    brought tears to me eyes, it did, cats are amazing

  454. Reply

    Brigita Woodford says:
    “this true story moved me so much, wish i could have one, I live in Australia…”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-10/#comment-8642

  455. Reply
  456. Reply

    Suzan Reece says:
    “Beautiful story, you must be so proud. My sister and I started feeding a feral tortoise shell cat a few months ago, she was very shy, skinny and rough looking. She started looking better but wouldn’t come anywhere near us. One day she suddenly turned up on our front porch, just laying there until she had my attention. I followed her around to the side of our house where we have an enclosed side yard the dogs can’t get to and discovered four kittens. We immediately began to feed her better food and to keep an eye on the kittens. As soon as they started climbing out of the yard, way earlier than I expected, my niece and I caught them, we have coyotes and were afraid they would be killed. We fed them, had them neutered, wormed and gave them their shots. We found homes for three of the four and kept one do we now have three dogs and two inside cats. Mother a Kitty is still shy but we trapped her, had her fixed and got her the various shots she needed. She still lives outside but we live in CA so that’s ok and we feed her twice a day. She’s beautiful and I wish I could cuddle her but know that may never happen but her kitten, Squeeky sleeps with me and my older cat every night.”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-10/#comment-8636

  457. Reply

    Beautiful. Thanks to all that rescued them

  458. Reply

    My cat was feril and had kittens. I saved her and loved her into my pet. I found homes for all her kittens and now she is 15 years old and indoors all the time. She will always be a wild and free hunter in her dreams…She is alive to dream.

  459. Reply

    Kisses to Jason and the mom who raised him right 🙂

  460. Reply

    Bless you !

  461. Reply

    An pawsome story!

  462. Reply

    My kind of people…..GOD BLESSED YOU BOTH-already with kind souls and empathy! You are lucky indeed….and rich “in the Right Stuff!”!

  463. :'(

  464. Reply

    Nothing braver than a mama cat.

  465. Reply

    This is a heartwarming story. Please make sure all of the kitties have been neutered or spayed so this won’t happen again.

  466. Reply

    All my cats are rescues from the outdoors, all had been abandoned kittens, vinnie in dark park parking lot along with his 2 brothers, bubba in a dumpster,mr, hoppie,in the desert brush,miss kittie left on doorstep in box at place of buissness.

    • Patty Hernandez
    • January 23, 2015
    Reply

    this story brought tears to my eyes, what a kind and loving man you are Jason, and Kate you have done a beautiful job if raising a son who cares about these precious creatures!! My mom and I had many years ago rescued a mama cat and her new born kittens and their daddy one hot summer day. The best decision we ever made!!

  467. Reply

    I am so happy to know this …I had seen this story but not the happy ending. Wonderful ! <3

  468. Reply

    JAN 1 2015 UPDATE: All kittens and Mama adopted and being loved.. (You can read detail further down thread) <3. <3

  469. Reply

    Thank goodness that there are Kind people in this world!! God Bless!!!!

  470. Reply

    Lovely caring man.

  471. Reply

    Awesome story 😉

  472. Reply

    *°*love*°*

  473. Reply

    This is a wonderful, heartwarming story of a fine young man rescuing a mama cat and her 8 kittens.

  474. Reply

    Thank you for adopting her. Her kittens look adorable and of course, they would get homes.

  475. Reply

    Wonderful story kate should be very proud of jason. They both have a great heart and generous spirit. Happiness to mabel, her people and all her babies. Shes a wonderful mother

  476. Reply

    I take in homeless cats, too. I had a few pregnancies with my former stray. She would burst out of the house after caring for her kittens inside with me and immediately get pregnant again until I could finally catch her and take her to get spayed. When she would go into labor she would put her paw up and touch my arm. She had two litters next to me on the couch! I would get a blanket and let her alone as I sat next to her. Even though she was a stray, she wanted my companionship. It’s been several years and she has come out of her shell and loves to be pet and sits next to me as I am on the computer a lot. They are wonderful creatures and friends when they trust you.

  477. Reply

    thats so sweet i feed a stray cat n named her homless she stays in the garage n we made a bed for her

  478. Reply

    Aw great story of a mothers love and a wanderful ending thank u

  479. Reply

    to bad all moms were not like here

  480. Reply

    Wonderful story of bravery thank you so much for caring for those babies and that wonderful mommy! She deserves a beautiful home.

  481. Reply

    heartwarming

  482. Reply

    Beautiful story. A wonderful son. 3 of mine were strays and 3 from shelters. All are indoor only and are amazing cats

  483. Reply

    God’s Blessings on you and your son.

  484. Reply

    If I had been in Jason’s shoes I would have 9 more cats now. lol I’m now providing food, water and shelter for 2 stray cats in my neighborhood. So far I am the only human each of them trust. I have seen others trying to coax them to themselves to be petted but neither cat will go close to them. I pet them and hold them sometimes just for security and comfort to me and the cats. They love the attention and the love. My reward -many head butts and lots of purring.

  485. Reply

    Patty Hernandez says:
    “this story brought tears to my eyes, what a kind and loving man you are Jason, and Kate you have done a beautiful job if raising a son who cares about these precious creatures!! My mom and I had many years ago rescued a mama cat and her new born kittens and their daddy one hot summer day. The best decision we ever made!!”
    From: https://www.kittenswhiskers.com/mama-cat-braves-storm-to-bring-her-kittens-to-safety/comment-page-10/#comment-8692

  486. Reply

    What a blessing you are for taking her. And what a great mama kitty for knowing she had to do something for her babies.

  487. Reply

    Awww

  488. Reply

    Bless her and her babies. Glad to hear Pati Bannister that they’ve been adopted. ♡

  489. Reply

    At my apartment building we have numerous strays. Our former manager tried to prevent residents feeding them but thank goodness we have a new manager who approves it. An organization recently gathered up 10 of them (there was one that could not be captured), spayed and neutered them, and returned them. They clip the ears to show this has been done. They also provided some small houses that the manager okayed as long as they’re not visible, so they’re hidden behind the bushes along the front of the building. I’m so happy this has been done and that for the first time they have shelter from the cold this winter.

      • Pam Phillips
      • February 3, 2015
      Reply

      I can show you and inexpensive way to provide shelter for them if you would like. I don’t know what the weather is like where you are but in Colorado I always worry about the feral cats I take care of.

  490. Reply

    Thanx for sharing a great story

  491. Reply

    Aw

  492. Reply

    Love this.

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  494. Reply

    My father adopted me and my three. HE SAID, I was like a chicken who hides her nest. This cat hid her nest, probably got flooded out.

  495. Reply

    There is a cat that I discovered actually belongs across the street who showed up to be fed and might stay weeks on end at my place. Then she would disappear and later show up with 4 week old or so kittens. Did this several times – I’d try to find homes or they just hung at my house to eat and stay awhile. After her last litter of 2 which one died, I kept the small white and black kitten as I think it was a present from her dying father- an extremely affectionate but in horrible shape stray kitty who showed up on day and stayed til he died a short while later. Later caught mom – at that time not super socialized but could be petted a little, took her to one of our fosters at the shelter I work at because she was pregnant. We were going to let her have kittens and then work on getting everyone adopted. Well something happened at the foster, suddenly she wasn’t pregnant any longer and was more wild. My medical director asked if I would take her back after being fixed to be a feral in her home turf. I said sure. She suddenly was more friendlier, liked to be petted, is well fed. I really couldn’t take her in because she still goes back and forth to her home across the street. But she is fixed so no more kittens esp with the coyotes in area and jerk neighbors who speed down their hill not caring who is in the way. She is plump and adorable. I still leave food out for her so she has crunchies and water whenever she visits and gets spoiled with a can of wet food now and then if I see her here.

  496. Reply

    Wonderful story. Renews my faith in humanity. Thank God there are still good, kind hearted people in this world.

  497. Reply

    Love this story!

  498. Reply

    Once you build your trust with a cat, that’s it! She is such a good kitty mommy to brave that storm to bring each one to safety. So happy everyone is doing well and have found homes! You are wonderful people to take on that many kitties and help them out!

  499. Reply

    Thank you for being so kind this mom and her kittens

  500. Reply

    Animal Mothers are the best! ♥

  501. Reply

    This is a beautiful story.

  502. Reply

    I found a “Momma Cat” laying in the ditch with her “Littles”, trying in vain to keep them warm & dry. We took her in (this “Stray” & “her Litter”). She became part of the family & all of her “babies” were saved & found wonderful homes, then She “asked” to be returned to the Outdoors & we granted her wish (after she healed from her spaying). She continued to come to our door, to greet & eat, & she continued this until we moved & the neighbors took over. She “passed” some years later. We called her “Sunshine Suzy” & she left her “pawprint” on the hearts of those who knew her for a lifetime.

  503. Reply

    It takes a very kind wonderful person to take such loving care of a “stray cat & kittens” – you have “pawprints on your heart” & animals know this – Thank you for saving this wonderful Mother & her family – Blessings to you & your new “family”. I hope that it will be a long & lasting relationship that you can tell your Grandchildren & they tell their generations that follow. May God Bless You & Yours.

  504. Reply

    He reminds me a little of my cat I lost almost 2 years ago

  505. Reply

    Same thing happened to me , then I had Mama cat fixed .

  506. Reply

    Good mama beautiful babies. You are a blessing for saving and helping these babies and mama you have Angels surrounding you

  507. Reply

    We need more people in the world like this woman and her son. Thank you for having wonderful hearts..

  508. Reply

    Heartwarming story❤❤

  509. Reply

    God bless those who love animals enough to do something like this. And for Mabel…she deserves “mother of the year”…

  510. Reply

    How precious!

  511. Reply

    What a wonderful story…she knew where to go for help and she must have been exhausted at the end of it….what a mommy!

  512. Reply

    Thank You for caring for Mabel and her Babies!! I am so glad you adopted her!!!!!

  513. Reply

    Great story! Mabel is a lucky cat.

  514. Reply

    Brave “lady” and a survivor…..☺

  515. Reply

    Thank you for sharing your loving story. the loving hearts of humans and cats

  516. Reply

    This is such a sweet heartwarming story. God bless you for caring enough to be her hero and love her kittens.

  517. Reply

    Every cat I’ve owned except for 1 was a stray. 🙂

  518. Reply

    OMG! They are amazing!

  519. Reply

    Wonderful person and great Mabel

    • dody
    • February 2, 2015
    Reply

    it must fill the soul with quite a feeling to know you are the only person that holds the trust of a fear filled animal in its moment of greatest need to travel so far to seek you out.. but at the same time realize you are the only person in the entire world that the animal has ever experienced enough care from to give that animal opportunity to know and develop trust for

  520. Reply

    Read this story before had to read it again to bad some ppl can’t love their kids like she loved her babies

  521. Reply

    What a great mama cat

  522. Reply

    Where is this cat!? Why is ours retarded?

  523. Reply

    The same thing happened to us. Pamela James is right. Cats are amazing mamas.

  524. Reply

    This made me bawl. Again. So absolutely heart melting.

  525. Reply

    Thank-you so much Jason! Mama kitty deserves you!

  526. Reply

    Loved the story had tears in my eyes. Mabel picked a good caring family

  527. Reply

    Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing!

  528. Reply

    Nice

  529. Reply

    You are awesome!!! Thanks so much for your kindness:) I have 12 cats myself and I rescued each and every one. Such a great feeling.

  530. Reply

    God bless .. <3

  531. Reply

    bless hew loving heart. some people should care so much.

  532. Reply

    Just love how animals communicate without ever saying a word. Thank you Kate and your son for taking in Mabel and her kittens. So glad to hear that homes were found for all of them.

  533. Reply

    God bless you Jason for saving Mabel and here kittens and your mother did a wonderful job raising an amazing man. <3

  534. Reply

    Thank you for taking such good care of Mabel and her kittens. I wish you many happy years together.

    • Susie
    • February 5, 2015
    Reply

    Bless You Jason. I wish you could have kept the whole family together. That is quite extraordinary that all 8 kittens were born and survived out in the harsh elements, and that Mabel could produce enough milk to feed them, when she herself was probably not eating or being fed. My Cat had her kittens under my bed in an Apt. she had 5, but only 2 survived, and the other 3 were stillborn, too underdeveloped I guess. If you were not a Cat Person before, I hope you are now, because Cats and Kittens truly are a blessing and will give you unconditional love. You don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn to go outside to walk a Cat, or hear a Cat’s loud Barking, etc. Dogs are great too, but I’m a Cat Person, and am down to 6 from 10, that I had taken in over the past 10 years.

      • Susie
      • February 5, 2015
      Reply

      Please post a picture of Mabel with the three kittens you kept. You and she are my Heroes.

  535. Reply

    Love this story. I am crying, and posted a long comment on Jason’s article.

  536. Reply

    Precious Mommy

  537. Reply

    Awesome story:)

  538. Reply

    Oh my goodness!!! So precious!!

  539. Reply

    tHIS MAN WAS WONDERFUL!

  540. Reply

    Bless you!

  541. Reply

    I love to see that he is now keeping Mabel-good man

  542. Reply

    Love to see that he is keeping Mabel now-awesome-good man

  543. Reply

    I loved this story when I first read it so much I didnt know this had the update that he decided to keep Mabel-I just wanted to read it again-it was awesome to see that he decided to keep her-love it

  544. Reply

    lovely story

  545. Reply

    Beautiful story with a beautiful ending!

  546. Reply

    Wow – great story!! Eight kittens is rare. So happy that all now have loving homes, and kudos to Kate’s son for keeping Mabel.

  547. Reply

    Terryann Santiago. Lisa Peralta

  548. Reply

    I had a similar experience, except it was a stray male that I fed, and one day he brings over a semi grown female kitten, that we brought in until she was fixed, then a few weeks later he brought another female all white younger kitten….did the same with her, then again, except this time he brought a very young orange male kitten to our porch, probably in his mouth….they know….

  549. Reply

    You are truely wonderful and she is one lucky cat to have you!

  550. Reply

    Momma cat spends 4 hours in storm for her babies while a woman abandons her newborn son, humans suck

  551. Reply

    <3

  552. Reply

    Wonderful story with such a happy ending! My smile for the day. Thank you.

  553. Reply

    God Bless You. & And God Bless Mabel’s Little Kitty Heart. And I Am So Glad That They All Gotten Loving And Great Homes. 🙂

  554. Reply

    Glad you found each other. Too bad about not being able to keep her but at least you can go see her when you visit your daughter.

  555. Reply

    Thumbs up what a wonderful story with a bright and happy ending. Kudos to you this is a beautiful story.

  556. Reply

    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥

  557. Reply

    you are a real man thanks great job

  558. Reply

    Love him.

  559. Reply

    That is so awesome ❤️

  560. Reply

    Awesome story and even better ending!!!

  561. Reply

    I would’ve done the same thing

  562. Reply

    Loved this story

  563. Reply

    I wish everyone was as kind hearted as these people!! A Wonderful story with a wonderful ending!

  564. Reply

    What a wonderful story so nice to see happy endings – not like some I see here on fb – lots are not as lucky. We need more people like Jason.

  565. Reply

    love those mama cats!

  566. Reply

    Omg

  567. Reply
  568. Reply

    Wonderful story!

  569. Reply

    we would take one but we already have 4 indoor baby’s hope you can find homes.

  570. Reply

    Such a beautiful story.

  571. Reply

    What a sweet story. Animals are so awesome.

  572. Reply

    Wonderful story and what comes around goes around and she will be the most loving loyal cat in the world because he saved her babies . Good man

  573. Reply

    Beautiful story with a happy ending!! Thank goodness Mable found your son! Cat’s are very smart, and know who to trust!! She adopted YOU!! thanks for letting her…now her and her babies are finally home!

  574. Reply

    ❤️❤️❤️

  575. Reply

    Back in spring 2000, my brother and I would always play with and set food out for this black and white cow spot stray we called Baby. Never knew she was pregnant since she was just skin and bone when we found her. Even with the food wed leave out, she never seemed to gain much weight, and wed overfill the bowl three times a day for her to make sure she had something even if our shi tzu had the outdoor munchies. One day, I was standing right outside my garage door letting Max out when Baby came trotting up to me with something in her mouth. I thought it was another shrew she killed as a “gift”! But when she dropped it at my feet, she looked at me and gave me this helpless meow. I looked down and there was this little 3 day old kitten, hadnt even opened her eyes yet. About an hour later, there were a total of 3 kittens and Baby in my garage snuggling. We built them a little house/playpen area over by the workbench out of refigerator boxes and filled it with a litter box, food, water, blankets, pollows and as many toys as we could find. Baby and her son and a daughter, Tigger and Stephanie Jr (my fathers idea. Stephanie was actually a boy but he would rather be an evil child like me and bite Babys tail mercilessly instead ofnurse like his sisters!) were adopted out to two very nice families. To this day, I still have the runt of the litter. Fat old Rocky. Shell be 15 this summer. Beautiful tortoise shell kitty, but in her age, has grown herself a pretty magnificent white moustache. 🙂 love my kitty!

    • CTC
    • February 12, 2015
    Reply

    Please spay and neuter!!! 🙂

  576. Reply

    God bless your dons loving heart.

  577. Reply

    Wow.

  578. Reply

    Great people to do this for Mabel and her babies. He is a REAL MAN!!!

  579. Reply

    Beautiful, wonderful story. Thank you. Wishing Mabel and all her babies well wherever they are in theit new homes. <3

  580. Reply

    such a good little mom and to the guy who took her in you are truely a great person

  581. Reply

    I love this story

  582. Reply

    Wonderful story and what beautiful kitties! Bless that young man<3

  583. Reply

    Love it

  584. Reply

    What a beautiful story, so sorry about your husband. Bless you heart!

  585. Reply

    what a fantastic story, such a brave mother cat.

    • Paula Estrada
    • February 13, 2015
    Reply

    She’s such a heartwarming story it brought tears to my eyes thank you Mabel brining your Kittem s to the door to be rescued. such an amazing story god bless you all

  586. Reply

    I love this story.

  587. Reply

    What a wonderful story and si happy for the ending. God bless you both. You are amazing.

    • Bonnie Carollin
    • February 14, 2015
    Reply

    Please find an organization or start one your self to help these neighborhood kitties.its called Trap Neuter Return TNR for short. The kitties are trapped fixed vaccinated and returned to their colony.
    And just like this wonderful guy did the kittens and mom are given safe haven – the kittens socialized and adopted (fixed of course as fixing can be done at 10 weeks) and mom is then fixed and returned or as is the case many times they were someones pet who was dumped and is friendly and can be adopted herself.

    Please get involved- the need for protection of these sweet animals has never been greater.

  588. Reply

    I am so very happy to learn of this story of trust , love and determination Mabel is a wonderful mommy and cannot thank the you g man who cared enough to let love in .

  589. Reply

    Sweet story!!!

  590. Reply

    What a beautiful story…………Thanks for sharing with us…

  591. Reply

    you raise a wonderful and caring son!