Kittens Saved From Nor'Easter Floods Now At Morristown Rescue

Morristown NJ

03 November, 2021

1:49 PM

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MORRISTOWN, NJ — Had a good samaritan not taken action, five kittens caught in a flash flood wouldn't have had much time left. Now, the kitty quintet has a new lease on life at a Morristown rescue. A Clifton resident found five lumps floating Oct. 26 on her inundated street, following the nor'easter. She realized they were kittens, so she and her boyfriend ran out to grab them and drove them straight to the city's Veterinary Emergency Group. Their feline mother and one of their siblings had drowned. But VEG was able to save the five 20-week-old kittens. "It really required getting them dried off and getting their temperatures back up to normal," said Emily Thomas, a certified veterinary technician. Their temperatures were so low that the thermometers weren't even able to read their temps." Once their temperatures reached about 100 degrees, they stopped actively warming them and gave the hungry felines some food. They began to play and act like normal kittens again. The VEG team named the kittens Jalapeno, Cajun, Aioli, Lettuce and Tomato. They're now resting comfortably at Smitten by Kittens, a Morristown cat rescue. The kittens will become available for adoption in a couple of weeks, Thomas says. Anyone interested can visit the Smitten by Kittens website. "We get updates all the time from the rescue," Thomas told Patch. "They sent us a bunch of pictures. They're doing really well." Thanks for reading. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site. Have a news tip? Email [email protected]. Subscribe to your local Patch newsletter and follow the Morristown Patch Facebook page.