# I nearly killed my kitten.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308 "2004-10-09T01:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/141 "2004-11-02T21:44:50Z")

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It’s a laundered kitten epidemic!

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/142 "2004-11-03T18:32:09Z")

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Ha I just found the same article and came in to post it to let our OP know that she’s not alone (and that kittens are apparently very resilient!)

(I adopted a cat for a summer and named him Milo, after the character in the Phantom Tollbooth.)

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