Shelter Takes Pains to Thaw Frozen Kitty

Nov 26th 2009

The workers at the Teller County Regional Animal Shelter in Colorado stopped at nothing to revive a frozen kitty who came to them on the last legs of its nine lives.

On a recent snowy Friday morning in Woodland Park, Colo., animal control received a call about a cat that may or may not have been alive under a deck. When they arrived they found the cat nearly frozen to death. According to shelter worker Sharon L. Peters, who told her story to USA Today, the black and white cat's eyes were closed and it wasn't moving. But when it let out the tiniest of squeaks, workers knew they had to do everything they could to save his life.

Over the next few hours, the workers warmed the cat up with heated towels and injected him with fluids to stop dehydration.

Their around-the-clock efforts were rewarded when the next morning the cat began moving around, wobbly at first, but visibly on the road to recovery.

By nightfall it was clear that the worst had passed, and that Icee (as he was named after his ordeal) was going to make it. He began purring affectionately and even eating a little bit.

Now the little black and white cat just needs to find himself a new home, but his battle to make it through -- and the shelter's successful efforts -- gave all the workers at the shelter something to be thankful for this holiday.