<div><p>Ford County Fire & EMS (FCFD) in Kansas had their work literally cut out of them when they got a call about a kitten stuck in the pipes of one family's home. </p><p>Kristin Schmitz and her family had just welcomed kittens into their home when their 4-year-old son got a little curious and decided to flush one of the 3-week-old kittens down the toilet. Schmitz called FCFD who rushed to the scene. </p><p>They knew the kitten was fine, because they could hear mewing from inside the toilet. </p><p>"The kitten had traveled 4 feet and made a turn in the piping where the pipe would go outside to empty," Robert Boyd, FCFD fire chief, <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/kitten-flushed-down-toilet-rescue-1983899336.html">said</a>. </p><p>FCFD took the entire toilet off the floor, but it wasn't going to be that easy to rescue the tiny cat. </p><div><figure><a href="https://www.thedodo.com/kitten-flushed-down-toilet-rescue-1983899336.html" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-91.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.thedodo.com/kitten-flushed-down-toilet-rescue-1983899336.html" target="_blank">The Dodo</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>It took almost 3 hours, but the kitten was finally rescued from her nightmare. </p><p>"The kitten was very lethargic and not moving much," Boyd said. "We immediately began to warm her up and put her in a towel. The owners washed her off and placed her back with her mother."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-92.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>The Dodo</cite></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-93.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/980x-93_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>The Dodo</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"We've done animal rescues before, but this is the first one we had to dig out of a toilet," Boyd said.</p><p>The family says the kitten was totally fine later that day, and they have decided to name her Miracle for obvious reasons!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>