Orphan Squirrel Learned How To Purr From Mama Cat!

Cats are amazing creatures. There are so many positive stories with cats adopting babies from other species like this cat adopting a baby Pitbull. These stories are a good reason to make us keep smiling.

Jim and Karen Watkins are helping the stray animals in their corner of the world. The two are fostering neighborhood cats who have no owner and need help. They have now 18 cats in foster. When they didn’t expect to take in any other animals, Jim found an orphan baby squirrel who had no chance to survive alone outside. He fell out of a tree and was too young to know how to help himself.

Jim and Karen had a mama cat named Emmy and Karen come with the idea to put the newborn near Emmy and her kittens. Emmy adopted the little one immediately and she started to treat him like one of her own. She even nursed her like her kittens.

The Watkins decided to keep Emmy and also the little squirrel, now named Rocky, as could never rejoin the wild. Another amazing thing is that Rocky learned how to purr from his cat mama! You have to watch the video!