Kitten found alone and too young to survive now loves rough-and-tumble

A kitten found wedged between two walls on an industrial estate in Cowbridge, too young to survive alone, has surprised carers by not only pulling through but growing into a kitten who loves rough-and-tumble.

When a member of the public arrived at Cats Protection National Wales Cat Centre in Bryncethin with a tiny kitten who had been discovered fallen between two walls on Llandow Trading Estate, just off Llantwit Major Road, staff at the centre were amazed that the very young cat had survived long enough to make it into their care and took him immediately to

the vet.

Merlin, as the resilient tabby is now called, was estimated to be around two weeks old, an age at which kittens need round-the-clock care from their mother. At such a young age kittens’ eyes have just opened, they cannot feed themselves, toilet or maintain their own body temperature. They are wobbly on their feet and cannot see very much at all, navigating the world mainly through scent.

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