I work at a plant that makes ethanol and corn oil and during shift exchange my coworker said he saw a little kitten running around in the process. He said he would see if he could catch it but had no luck so he said I could go try.

I went down to investigate and saw him snuggled up to mama underneath one of the pipes.

It’s VERY loud in there, the area often floods with gross “process water,” there’s fermented mash everywhere and a pipe that leaks water.

I can’t imagine that area being the best place for a kitten so I was able to catch him and mama luckily saw me grab him (that way she won’t be wondering what happened).

I took him back to my office and set him inside a box to which he didn’t seemed scared at all. In fact, he was playing with some of the stuff in the box. I imagine going from a very loud machine area to a quiet lab was a nice change.

I called the girlfriend and she came and picked him up. She’s going to bathe him and check him over for bugs and what not.

Now we just need to think of some names!

I just hope I did the right thing by catching him. Mama ran off and with all the pipes down there it’s hard to catch a nimble adult cat.