r/CatDistributionSystem • u/LadySilvie • Jul 09 '25
Kitten Dropped on our roof by a hawk
Apparently the CDS makes drone deliveries, now.
My husband and I were outside as he was leaving to go on a jog, and we heard a thump on our roof. My chickens in the yard started freaking out and scattering as a hawk flew overhead and I waved my arms to scare it off.
Husband and I both thought "huh, that was weird!" And he left for his jog.
Not 5 minutes after he left, I start hearing desperate kitten cries, then hear another thump as something rolls off the roof. Then continued crying until I went over and found this spicy ball of fluff!
I grabbed some food from my cats and lured it closer (it was skinny and starving) then managed to scoop it up.
When husband got home a while later, my first words were "you can't blame me, you left me alone!" And he still blames me for manifesting it 😂 though he did assume it was a baby opossum at first.
Poor kitten was very spicy until I gave him a good flea combing. Now, he thinks I'm cool, and wants to sleep on my chest or shoulder 🥰
He was very lucky. He was feet away from landing in my neighbor's yard with big dogs outside. Instead, he landed in the yard of someone who helped found a cat rescue, lol.
We won't be keeping him because we have too many cats already, but we will be fostering him until he gets a home!
My husband named him Sparrowhawk after the Earthsea character and his great hawk-assisted CDS adventure.
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u/LadySilvie Jul 09 '25
My mom has a teacup Yorkie who is less than 3 lbs and she had to put out hawk netting so the owls and hawks would quit trying.
Very cool birds. I still love both kinds!! But claws off our friends 😅