Cat Ends Up With Her Head Stuck In A Jar For Three Days Before Being Rescued
PBJ’s rescue started with a jar and three long days of panic. The street cat was spotted in Altavista with the container stuck on his head, and neighbors knew he needed help fast.
That call brought Bedford Cares, a Trap-Neuter-Return group from Bedford, Virginia, into the picture. Janice Goff Stevens drove out to help, and once PBJ was finally caught, the rescue turned into a race to free him safely.
What happened next was delicate, messy, and just in time.
PBJ is a street cat who got his head stuck in a jar
Janice Goff Stevens, a trapper with the TNR group, jumped in the car and drove to Altavista when Bedford Cares received reports of a cat with a jar trapped on its head. When they couldn't catch the cat, neighbors decided they needed the group's help.
This rescue was already running on borrowed time.
Thanks to the people from Bedford Cares, a Trap-Neuter-Return initiative in Bedford, Virginia, he was rescued
The cat couldn't eat or drink and was in grave danger because it was trapped in the jar. Janice worked her trapping magic and soon had the tabby cat in her possession.
She took PBJ to the Evington Spay and Neuter Clinic. After arriving, the staff performed the delicate procedure of removing the glass jar from PBJ's head without it shattering into a million pieces.
That’s also close to the New Year’s prison break chaos, where gang members escaped and left a tatted Sphynx behind.
That part could have gone very differently.
And it was just in time because the poor cat spent three days with his head in a jar
After the delicate procedure of removing the glass jar, the cat underwent a neutering procedure. He was later released in his old neighborhood.
After being set free, PBJ had neutering surgery and some rest before returning to his Altavista home. TNR works wonders for cats in need, as this stray tabby's rescue-and-release demonstrates.
We agree, and we're grateful to organizations like these for providing excellent care to neighborhood kitties!
PBJ got a second chance, and he did not waste it.
After PBJ’s jar ordeal, read how a cat rescuer stayed silent while an owner searched frantically.
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