Piseag is very lucky to be alive, and it's only down to the quick thinking of a lady living on the island of Mull that he is!

She had been watching a cat in her garden, saw it drop something and run away. That 'something' was a very small newborn kitten. Luckily she had watched all the Animal Hospital and Pet Rescue programmes, so, knowing she couldn't get the kitten over to us until the ferries started to run again the next day, she set to work trying to keep the wee soul alive overnight. She managed to get him to take a drop of half strength evaporated milk, kept him warm, and took care of his toilet needs by stroking his rear end with some warm and moist cotton wool. What made this more difficult than ever was the fact that this little thing was obviously premature - he had no fur around his nose and on his feet, couldn't suck very well, and weighed exactly one ounce! Orphan kittens are difficult enough to rear, and the mother often leaves them knowing something is wrong (in the wild it's the survival of the fittest), and premature kittens rarely survive as they are not fully developed.