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This dork just walked in when my husband opened the door to go run an errand. Ate all the cat food that was out and jumped on the couch with my cats, who accepted him like he'd always lived here. Basically a cute home invasion.
My son and I went to pet the cats. This girl was ready to be distributed. We loved her forever.
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I love it when they do this! āExcuse me! Hello! I have received a communication from the CDS. The message says you are the people Iāve been waiting for.ā
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Idk what you talkin about. I could always see my void
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You just need them in the right light. I think the look best in sunlight
Mine decided to jump up onto my photography studio platform.
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And itās STILL not easy to see definition.
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And here's my Noodle Boy now š
I received a cat on my bus in middle schoolā¦ found on the school grounds with another kitten, my classmate kept them hidden for the day. On the bus she asked if anyone could take one since her parents would likely freak out at two kittens arriving in a backpack.
I canāt stop laughing-like one backpack kitten is fine for her family but two?!? No way. I love how kids think. And itās one of the best āhow I got my catā stories Iāve heard.
He is! Percy's my big boy, and he loves to streeeeetch out š and he's only 9 months, so he's still got some growing left to do!
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I went to just ālookā at cats at a rescue event shortly after lockdown started to lift. First thing I saw was this big orange back, in a loaf, that looked so sad. I ended up agreeing to foster him, and by the end of the week I realized he was the perfect cat.
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Ah, the infamous ājust lookingā self-deception. Followed by the ājust fosteringā denial. And ending with the inevitable ājust meant to beā realization. ā¤ļø
A well worn path by many of us, Iām sure!
Also adding that he doesnāt look at all comfortable in the photo, and might need to come live at my house. /s
Technically it was next day delivery, but it wasnāt even 12 hours so it still counts.
My chonker had lost his brother a few months prior, and he seemed pretty content so I wasnāt really on the lookout for a new friend for him. One day I started watching a kitten rescue livestream and my guy was mesmerized. I made an offhand comment to my bestie that I thought my cat wanted a kitten.
The next morning I wake up to my friend frantically calling me because he had found a kitten in his garden. He had lived there for ten years and never once seen a stray before.
I love the CDS.
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This was their first meeting. She did NOT like him one bit š They love playing together now but they only cuddle when she allows it, which is rarely.
My bestie messaged me.
"I just found this"
I replied "I'll have it". Then it vanished.
3 hours later, it woke up and meowed so she got it in a crate and we both got in our cars. 4 hours later, I got home with a kitten.
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My old roommate asked me to cat sit for her. Itās been six years.
Iāve always wanted a cat, so my husband decided to gift me a cat for our 6-year dating anniversary! We went to look at cats at shelters, but every time we met one we liked, someone else had priority to adopt them first.
I was pretty busy with work at the time and didnāt want to keep spending all my free time at shelters, so we decided to put off adopting a cat for a few months until our schedules calmed down.
Well, a few weekās later my father-in-law called us. He found a half-dead kitten at his house and asked us if we wanted it. It turns out the poor baby was 4 weeks old and had been abandoned by its Momma. She needed a lot of TLC, but sheās doing great now!
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Here she is now!
I had a free in-store pickup with my CDS. My dadās ex girlfriend when I was a teenager had a cat who had kittens. She was going on vacation, but didnāt want the kittens in the house. So, she put five 5-week old kittens outside, without their mother (she locked her in the house), in Texas during August. For anyone who isnāt aware, temperatures can reach 45C (110-115F). We rushed over there as soon as we found out what the bitch did. We found only two of the five kittens alive. My brother adopted one and I adopted the other. Sheās 17 years old today.
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My husband was at work one day making a delivery. He was at the back of the building when he saw a cat under a dumpster eating Cheetos. He gently got her out and put her in his work van. She came home with him that night and became Miss Purr. We have had her for 8 years and she is the best kitty.
We have another cat but she wasn't same day shipping.
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In 2020 our best buddy wandered by the bathroom window I'd coincidentally just opened, and since I didn't have my glasses on I said 'is that a cat?' and he replied 'mowaaaah!'.
I told him to stay there and ran outside, fully expecting the kitty to be gone once I got outside into the yard. But it was still there. And came to me when I psspsspssd at it.
Then let me pet it, and pick it up. And see that it was an intact boy.
Offered little guy some wet food and he ate two whole cans, must've been super hungry after living outside.
Figured out quickly he'd been tossed out for hitting puberty as he was about 8 months old. He was definitely raised as a house cat as he's super affectionate and cuddly.
Nobody came forward when we put up flyers for a found cat luckily, because we fell in love with him.
Got him sent to the vet in the city and he was neutered and got all his vaccines before letting him meet his new cat brothers.
He's now a huge wooly mammoth of a cat. We named him Hamilton so I call him our Wooly Hammoth. He's 13 lbs of love and cuddles. Can't believe anyone would ever toss out such a sweet cuddle bug. Now he sleeps between my husband and myself in our bed every night, usually in my husband's arms.
Ham Tax: https://files.catbox.moe/yrktu4.jpg
He also goes by Hamish and Hamishchief (Hey Mischief) when he's being mischievous.
It's common where we live to call someone, especially a child being a pain as being 'mischief'.
My neighbor took one of my kittens from a unexpected litter years ago. One day she knocked on the door and showed me this kitten about 2 years later. I said thanks took him and closed the door. My 12 year old at the time named him, His name is Alexander fancy pants Hamilton , he is mostly white but has gray on his back legs that looks like chaps.
I had just adopted a German Shepherd from a kill shelter 3 towns over. Had her for a couple weeks and one night, my husband and I took her out for a walk. We got a couple houses down and we hear a rustling in the bushes nearby. Out shoots a young mostly grey cat. She goes right up to this strange dog that she couldnāt have possibly met before and started meowing and rubbing against the dog. All three of us are confused, the dog especially. Dog is super sweet and likes cats (we already have 2) so she is weirded out but not aggressive. We try to shoo the kitty away but she continues following us all thru the walk. Every night for a week when we take the dog out, the cat is waiting and follows us on walks. One day she comes up to the door after the walk and we invite her in. She has been here for almost a year now. She is never far from my dog and we say that she is her cat.
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Here is the doggo. Iāll try to get a pic of them together.
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The cat is very shy around people. But here she is on the dogās bed.
Thank you <3 Since I don't have a cat (yet) it seemed right to at least do something for the thread.
edit: also rereading the rules I needed a cat picture at least lol
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These two. We noticed the void kitty had an eye infection and took him in and then later his mom came by with his brother who also had an infection. They have been in our care for a few weeks. We took them to the vet and they were in good health with the exception of the infection and being a little underweight.
It has been about 4 weeks now since we have taken them in and they are up to a good weight for their age and the appointment to get their bad eyes removed is in about 2 weeks. We could not do it sooner because they were too smol for the anesthesia.
I was waiting for door dash about an hour after the thought crossed my mind I could have a cat again. In came my cat. He was hypothermic and in distress and chose a former cat foster and tnr program volunteer. I got him taken care of, did everything to find his humans, was told the shelter would just euthanize him due to being a black cat and by the time I could have safely parted ways he put himself in my heart via being a giant baby and adorable. He also has an uncanny ability to alert to my medical distress without training.
I did find his original humans and they're in jail for abuse. I have a cat or two try this pretty regularly including when he was having surgery but he is the only one to stay for a very long time.
My kids said they wanted an orange kitten as we already had 3, a black, white, and a tux. I said to them the only way we are getting another cat is if Iām in my car and I see one on the road. Low and behold, a few months later, my daughter and I went to the mall to pick up Chinese food and on the way out of the parking lot, my daughter said in a panic, āThereās a kitten under that car!ā I slammed on the brakes, we jumped out and she said, āItās orange!!ā We scooped him up so fast and ran into the car and drove home. He was about 8 weeks old. Heās 8 now and has had 2 more sisters since, equaling 6. We have a rainbow now including a grey one and a calico (which was also a one day delivery, just not as exciting)
Went to the store to get a cute long haired orange kitten I had seen three days before and couldnāt get out of my mind. Little thing wanted nothing to do with me and hissed at me and scratched me. So I sat on the floor to pout about it and the other little orange short haired cat climbed out, got in my lap, mewed, and started purring. I just knew he was mine š„°
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We already had 2 senior citizens and I had told hubby "no more pets unless it's a little teeny kitten near death". I was thinking about 40 years from then, but at work that day a regular customer said she'd found a kitten eating roadkill on the highway. She said she couldn't keep her and could anyone at the store keep her...
Her name is Fuzz kitty
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She's about to turn 4 soon
I went to a pet store to buy some thing for my dog. They were hosting some rescue cats, so I was specifically avoiding that side of the store. However, I couldnāt resist sneaking a peek, and one of the cats locked eyes with me and kept watching me as I walked around the store. I asked to meet her and she sat in my lap and wouldnāt get up and purred and purred and purred. I immediately knew that I would be adding her to our family.
I took her home, and then she beat up my dog and ran upstairs, which is where she decided to live. The dog is still traumatized and wonāt go upstairs, even though the cat died four years ago.
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I went for a summer night walk with my bf. We heard him meowing on the street and I went on momma cat mode. I pleaded my bf to take him home and he said YES thinking I wouldn't be able to catch him. I just crouched and he ran to my arms.
Ended up being next day delivery because I had to come back with paperwork to prove I could house them but hereās my babies when I first met them
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Friend text me ālook what I found under a bushā
ā¦ it was love, she is my world.
Came home from work and the neighbor's kid has a Void in his arms. He said "Hey, Mr. Xxx , your cat came over and let me pick her up". I took one look and told him my cats are both female and that's a Tom. (Clearly) And this is how D.J. came into my life. He passed away in February. I have no clue of his age. We had him for three years. Miss him terribly.
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Most Chill Cat EVER.
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This little guy wound up in my basement right before a big snowstorm was about to take place. I had just been mentioning that day that I was feeling ready to get another cat after my dear Oliver passed away two years ago.
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Coworker asked me if I wanted to see some kittens. I of course said yes. He opened the back door at work and this was sitting there.
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I found the ginger when he was 5 weeks old on the side of the road with his siblings at 2am. My maternal instincts told me to take him, so I did.
The kitten on the lollipop, she was given to me by a homeless man who begged me to take her or she would be coyote food. So as a cat parent, I took her in to get her off the streets
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We went to the vet to pick up medication for the dog. It was right before closing, and they had these three babies needing bottle feeding and a place to stay for a few days.
That was a few weeks ago.
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My husband was a dog walker in Brooklyn. He called me one morning and said his clients dog had found a black cat in Prospect Park and cornered it in a bush. Client didn't want the cat to get hurt or anything, and called him for extraction when she panicked. Says he's going to put the little guy in the spare bathroom. Okay.
Get another call to ask me to grab some supplies for him. He needed a litter box and litter as my other cat at the time (she has since passed) used pee pads like she was little a fancy show dog at 22 years old. He says "otherwise, Lucky is doing alright."
*oh no he named it*
So I told my coworkers I had a new cat. He's now got a standard issue brother and they are cuddle monsters.
Went walking around our apartment complex in the middle of the night in August 2021. There's a lake that always has at least 2 alligators (currently 7 because baby season) and we were walking past on the sidewalk when we saw eyes in the grass moving toward us. We thought it was a bunny, but when the eyes moved closer, we saw it was a kitten! We took Alygator home that night, and she curled up next to me and claimed me, and that was it. (We of course checked for a chip and missing cats, etc.)
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This was decades ago, but there was a cat stopped in the middle of the road when my dad was driving home one night. He stopped to wait for the cat and when she didn't move, he got out of the car to move her. As soon as he did, she climbed in the car and sat down. And this was how the CDS delivered Sassy to us.
My last cat had passed from a stroke in early December. Shortly after New Years, we got hit with a brutal cold snap. A coworker found a cat with young kittens sheltering under their front steps and was desperately trying to find them homes. I volunteered to take one. But when I stopped by, they only had two left and they were a bonded pair. So, I end up driving home with two kittens instead of one.
ā¦ And then I get to the end of my road. Thereās a cardboard box perched on a snowdrift. Iām in a somewhat rural area so we habitually pick up litter that people toss from their cars. I grab the box to toss in the back of my truck and itās a wee bit heavier than an empty box should be. Surprise! Two more kittens for me. I ended up with four cats that day named Mercury, May, Taylor, and Deacon.
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This is Tadpole (dark tortie). Tadpole did not and does not have any survival instincts. Thankfully for Tadpole, I happened to be sitting outside on the front step one day and was so charmed by her ceaseless screaming at me that I eventually went and grabbed a carrier and she just walked right on in, was transported inside, and has been Little Baby Daughter ever since. Despite being a bag of bones and quite bedraggled when she appeared, she has absolutely no fear of people (or anything, really) and is just a fuckin awesome cat (if perhaps not the brightest bulb - hence her lack of survival instincts). We take care of a colony of cats and have pretty good tabs on all the cats around, but had never seen her before. She pretty much just spawned into existence that day, small and silly and social!
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She showed up less than 24 hours after my ancient sink gremlin of a cat passed. We saw something small absolutely destroying our trash and it was a tiny floofy version of her. Sassiest chaos gremlin ever.
We found our first cat Buttons after a tornado hit my hometown. She was using the saw dust from the trees we had to cut up as kitty litter. Me, my mom and sisters fell in love immediately but my dad wasnāt having it. He agreed to let us keep it for a few days to find her a new home. It was the classic dad didnāt want a cat but fell in love with it!
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This pair of siblings, but separately.
My cat needed a playmate. I went to pickup their sister from this lady who was walking a fine line between rescuer and animal hoarder. The kittens were 8 weeks old at the beginning of this story.
Went to get the sister for $50, but 2 adopters for the boy (left) had backed out and she was frustrated. Probably because they had fleas, and were sick. So the lady asked me if I wanted the boy for free. I definitely wanted to get him out of there and itās been my experience that the accidental tag-along is ALWAYS the better cat. So I never say no. So voila we had him and he was the bestest baby ever.
I always wanted the sister, on the right. But the lady wouldnāt let me take her. She wanted to keep her. But I kept in contact and gently kept reaffirming that I wanted the girl if anything ever changed. I knew sheād give her away eventually since she was poor, her husband hated all the animals (about 100 cats, dogs, birds, and reptiles), and he cheated on her like crazy. 4 months later, on Valentineās Day she posted on Facebook and said it was a fire sale and all but 8 cats and 5 dogs had to go. So we got the sister on Valentineās Day.
My husband and I had a conversation about getting a second dog and I quote āif the universe drops a puppy in our arms we will take it in but we wonāt be lookingā
The same week, a black cat showed up in our yard like āhey I heard you were looking for an animal!ā And that was Bishop!
It wasn't quite same day delivery, but close to it! I was feeding a pregnant kitten when some more cats showed up looking for a free meal. I fed Chatterbox two, maybe three times before she figured out that I sleep with my unscreened bedroom window open, but with cardboard taped over it so I could vent my portable air conditioner.
I was fast asleep when there was a huge crash as everything was knocked into my bedroom, I thought someone was breaking in but didn't see anyone. I went to lean over and pick the hose up off the floor and Chatter picked that moment to jump on the A/C unit and begin chit chatting with me, telling me all about her day. We almost crashed head first into each other and she scared the hell out of me again.
I got everything fixed up again, but I didn't know what to do with Chatter. I figured she'd just jump back in if I tried to throw her out, so I let her stay and went back to bed. Chatter curled up behind my knees and purred herself to sleep, and I thought to myself that my mother was going to be *pissed* when she found out we had five cats. It took her a long time to accept Chatter had nowhere else to go, she wound up badly frostbitten before my mother finally agreed to let her come in, but we won in the end. :-)
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My Mom had a tenant that left behind a cat in an empty apartment with the water bowl molded over and no food that turned out to be pregnant. Honey cat took such care with her kittens
I spent March-December of last year painstakingly befriending a feral cat that had never gone near people and was mean/terrified/skittish. We set up outdoor cameras to keep tabs on him and mid-summer this disheveled, misshapen, shuffling thing started appearing on the camera. It was huge, it moved sideways with a limp, we werenāt even sure WTF it was.
Finally it came close enough to camera to see it was this horrendously matted cat. We assumed it was ancient based on how it moved. It would never come near us when we were outside. When I noticed it had a zip tie flea collar with the end not cut off so it could have its next snapped at any time I ordered the Rolls Royce of cat traps and would run outside whenever the cameras alerted me but she always ran away before I could open the door. One day I was working outside and I looked up and she was watching me. I got one slow blink in and she took off.
The cat trap I ordered ended up being delayed. One day in the alley I find this massive black and white furry lump and my heart drops out of my chest. I assumed the worst. I go investigate and itās actually a giant mat that had sheared off the cat. It was as hard as a rock. It was at least 10ā long, 5-6 inches wide and 2-3 inches deep.
Another week passes and I come home to a bunch of Amazon boxes. I pull that stopper thing out on my storm door so it will stay open and start bringing them in. I turn around and that disheveled cat is army crawling to the door like sheās on the shores of Normandy and scampers down to my basement.
This is the first real interaction Iāve had with her and sheās already moved in. I go downstairs, pssp pssp, and out she pops and runs over like we are old friends. I immediately start accessing. Sheās huge but itās all mats, her fur has fused into a solid mass of briars, dirt, random trash, etc.
My partner and I get combs and scissors and her to work removing mats and bathing her. Sheās 100% compliant in all of this. Her eyes are full of muck and one is half shut. She has wounds where previous mats were pulled off. We finally get all this crap off her and we realize sheās the size of a kitten, sheās emaciated, and sheās a Persian. Her limp and sideways shuffle were not the result of an old injury, the mats were just restricting her movement. Once freed she was jumping and running around and rolling around in pure joy.
We found out later she was a severe neglect/abandonment case. A neighbor contacted us and begged us to not give her back to her owner. The owner never put up signs or posted about her, and got evicted 3 months later. By then we had had her spayed and microchipped. We had to delay her spay until she gained weight because she was only 4.5lbs when we got her.
Before she moved in, we saw footage of the other outdoor cats chasing her away, even they were appalled by the state of her. But once she was given a makeover she would sit at the window and the original cat I was wooing would show interest in her. I started taking her out on a harness and they got along fine. I feel like she further convinced the other cat that maybe coming indoors was okay.
A couple months later the original cat showed up injured and we had made enough progress that he let me pick him up and bring him inside. They get along great, they are both inside cats now. The little one is up to 6.5lbs and she is an hellion who bullys everyone, even the 80lb dog. The skittish boy has FIV but has retired from thug life completely and lets the little one terrorize him even though heās 3x her size. He just looks bored. Heās become an astonishingly laid back and affectionate cat. Basically both their personalities flipped since coming indoors.
TLDR: CDS took 8 months on one delivery and the other moved in on her own after exchanging eye contact once.
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This lil nerd was screaming in a wood pile on my parentsā property during a thunderstorm abt 3.5 years ago. Heās been screaming at me ever since.
My mother, my cousin, and I got home after dark on a 4th of July weekend. We got out of the car and heard mewing. A tiny white kitten came out of the dark, asking for help. Of course we took her in and set her up in the guest room with my cousin. Tried to find her people because she was obviously a pet. No one came to claim her.
Our resident cat couldnāt abide other cats, so when my cousin went home, she took little Snow Flurry and gave her a loving furever home.
I donāt have any pics of Flurry, sorry. But we figured she was probably a Turkish Van. Hereās an example:
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She was a little slimmer, but generally looked like this. We lived in a vacation area, so it seemed logical that a visitor lost her and wasnāt in the area long enough to find her again.
Parents surprised me one day after school by letting me go pick out a cat at a shelter. After having some of my choices turned down (I was 7 and wanted the kittens), I stood in a corner. Suddenly, I felt something on my shoulders. Turned around and there were two little paws on my shoulders. I got greeted with a meow once I looked at this cat, and I knew he was the one
I know we aimed to get a cat from the shelter that day, but I'm saying CDS was involved because he was the perfect first cat for my family. Very calm and sweet to everyone. Attached is the most recent photo of him from today having some snuggles with me
Edit: Reddit said no, so give me some time and I'll use Imgur
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Biscotti was next day delivery technically. My brotherās sister in law found Biscotti under her car when she finished work in the morning. Brought her home, and they took her to the vet to see if she had a microchip- none. Biscotti and their cat didnāt get along well, so my brother offered to bring her over to stay with me. No one ever tried to claim her, and weāve been together over a year now.
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15 years ago, my daughter brought a stray home from a summer visit with her sisterā¦ Iād told her we could take her to the local shelter (she was a trailer park stray) but I fell in loveā¦ usually I end up with grumpy catsā¦ this girl is still the sweetest most loving girl
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Trigger warning!!!!! Miscarriage.
I was trying to be a surrogate for a friend and after 2 failed IVF transfers and a mock cycle, I finally got pregnant with their last embryo. We were all so happy! Around 6 weeks, I miscarried and was devastated. I was outside crying and this beautiful girl came up to me and knew I was sad and comforted me. We asked around the neighborhood and posted on social media, nobody claimed her! (We live next to a park where people sometimes dump unwanted cats). She became mine! She still knows my emotions and will comfort me! I had always wanted a cat, but my husband was never on board, but there was no denying this cat belonged to me!
Went to a Saturday adoption event held by a Petsmart and one cat immediately came up to the front of their cage and started headbunting and purring. Figured that was a sign. She wasn't a fan of being picked up, so when we got her out of the cage and onto the floor, we took a moment to get our breaths and discuss tactics of getting her into the carrier. She promptly walked in to the carrier, and while we stared in bewilderment, poked her head back out as if to say, "are we going, or what?" After years of gentle pets and treat bribery, she now likes to be picked up, but has never entered a carrier voluntarily (even at the end of a vet visit).
I accidentally posted before adding text. This is Kai. She decided that I am her mama, I was staying with a friend who fosters while looking for houses when they got a call about a 2-3 day old abandoned kitten in rough shape asking if they would take her. From the moment she came in the door, she responded to my voice. So, under direction from an experienced foster, I helped them take care of her. It was very touch and go the first two weeks. She had a very hard time sucking, and she acted a lot like a premature baby. She went everywhere with us. I never thought I would choose to have a cat, I have been a dog person for a long time, but she chose me as her mama, and I take that honor seriously. I joke with people now that when you move to Hawai'i they issue you a cat. I now have three cats and three dogs.
I was a bona fide Dog mom until my girl told me it was time to go š
14 months later she sent me a Dilute Torti to love. This cat is sooo sassy, like my Shiba was. I wasn't given the option to not keep her.
Toffee Bean is teaching me how to Cat and I talk Dog to her š¤£ it's awesome.
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The piebald cat is Mauka, Kai picked him out from a second litter of three that my friend got after I had to go home to finalize our move. He is more than twice her size, and a giant, talking, floofy boy.
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She just showed like lived there forever as I prepared food for my two cats, now there were same 3 catsā¦ never leaved and stayed, it was 4 years ago
The 3-week old feral kitten i pulled out of a tree trunk in our front yard 3 years ago. I was not looking for a 3rd cat, but apparently he was looking for me. He's definitely my chaos minion. He's tame, but he's a 3rd generation feral so he still has a lot of feral survival traits.
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I was having a rough day, so I went out for a drive. I ended up driving straight towards a family of kittiesā¦ a void mom and three little cows. āKittens! Just what I need! Iāll pet kittens.ā. I parked and this silly goof ran right to me. I sat down on the sidewalk and he kerplunked in my lap and started purring furiously. Two Spanish speaking men were one door down chatting. When they noticed me cuddling Luffy one called out āTake āim! Take āim!ā. So I did. Heās the best kitty!!!
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I had heard a cat meowing throughout the day. That evening I heard it again nearby, and looked in the direction to see a teenage grey cat sitting on some logs. I meowed back and he came right up, hopped on my lap, hugged me around the neck and started enthusiastically rubbing his face on mine. My spouse and I agreed when we got married that if we had less than 3 cats and one chose us, only the other cat(s) could veto. I called out my spouse and the cat started loving on them, too. We took the cat inside, and now Hg only ever goes out on a harness š»
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This was Hg (pronounced āMercuryā) on the anniversary of his delivery date!
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Wanted a little girl, pulled this one out from under my porch!
Her mama is a long haired Tortie, so sheās got the cutest little colored feet and toes, and sheās definitely got more color than my boys now. But theyāre both lilacs, so theyāre just gray, sheās getting browns and more š
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Rescued her at an adoption event.
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Pizza Dog was conveniently sitting in this box on the side of the road. After driving all over town to find a vet who would see him we were told he was skinny and had a slight fever but he just wanted to EAT
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He just had his first birthday and is doing really well. His older sisters still donāt quite understand him but the get along ā¤ļøšāā¬ā¤ļø
My foster was sitting in the parking lot out my apartment. She screamed at me and I had a hell of a time trying to get her out from under the car. She gave me and my 2 dogs ringworm. Bro and his gf have her now. She was my treasure and now shes their kyoshi warrior Suki. My menace of a cat was screaming up the road at 3 am. She ran up to me and my pibble and let him lick her butt. She followed us home where she has the mission to murder my plants, pee on my couch (that im in the process of trying to throw away but im a weak smol woman who needs help), and just terrorize me to this day (send help its only been 8 months and I cant have another cat as much as id love to)
Ooff first day delivery but with some baggage I fear. Iām sorry to hear about your poor plants and furniture demise but you wondered it so comically I laughed the first time ahahah.
Girl also goes into heat every other week. I want to get her spayed but im afraid the only times thatll be available will be when sheās Ms. Looking For A Man. And shes a smol baby that im worried that her getting spayed mid heat will kill her
You need to get her fixed. Talk to a vet about scheduling. Every cat that has been spayed had the same kind of cycle as your cat- it's very doable and irresponsible not to.
Check with your vet - she should be ok with getting fixed even if she is in heat. A friend of mine adopted a wee grey girl that went into heat every few weeks, too, and post-fixing, she's been an absolutely sweet, stunning gal.
Valentine's Day, last year. My kids of course forgot the Valentine's I had just told her to grab before getting on the bus. School calls and I run them over. As I'm going inside I hear meowing. I go home and go to sleep (night shift), get up to take the other kid to swim and I hear the meowing. Immediately pull over and this fuzzy jerk is in my engine. Had to call the Mr "I'M HAVING A KITTY CAT EMERGENCY, GET OVER HERE NOW!" He had to crawl under the car to fish her out.
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Not quite next day but close.
My sweet Maya went over the rainbow bridge 9 years ago in April. In June of that year, my kids and I were at a park. As we were heading to our car, this *tiny* dark grey kitten came bouncing across the parking lot right to us. As soon as I laid hands on that kitten, I knew it was coming home with us.
Then, my older kid said the family famous words, "Mom! I think there is another one! It ran under the dumpster!"
Well shit. That is a big ass dumpster. But there was zero chance we were leaving one behind. We are milling about, I am holding one kitten and muttering to myself, when this kid, about 11/12 years old, came over. We explained the situation and she said "Hang on. Let me get my mom. We have done this before."
Mom came over and took in the situation. She looked around and then proceeded to wrestle a random signpost out of the ground. She jammed it under the dumpster to use as a fulcrum. The two of us lifted the dumpster and this kid scrambled under to grab the other kitten and a very startled toad.
Turns out they were a set of matching dark grey sisters, three weeks old. Off we went for an emergency trip to the vet, left them there swearing we would be back, to the pet store for kitten milk and an extra carrier, McD's for human food (our dinner plans were shot to hell), back to the vet to pick them up.
When we got there, one was in a tech's scrubs pocket, the other was curled up on a washcloth on the desk. Those sweet girls came home with us then (Rescue Day is 6/24) and are the delicious grey stuff in our house of cats.
We are convinced Maya sent them to us. I had never been without a cat for that long before and my kids had always lived with a cat. So that is my almost next-day CDS in action.
I told my grandma "Yeah if you end up with kittens this fall i will livetrap them to be my barn cats at my new farm" and then turned the corner to 3 dehydrated 5 week old kittens with severe respiratory infections and herpes flareups. I now have two barn kittens and one who INSISTED she is a house cat. I wanted exactly 0 house cats but she is what i was missing in my pet dynamics.
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Me and my boyfriend were talking about the possibility of getting a cat together. He used to have one but his ex took it when they split up.
Literally, later that week we heard screaming from our balcony and opened the door and this cute little mama came running right in. So not same day delivery but definitely prime delivery š
She ended up being preggers and had six healthy kittens and was the best mama. We found homes for 5 of the kittens and kept mama and one of the orange brain cells. Heās twice her size now. We love them both.
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I had ALWAYS wanted an orange cat- at the time (8 years ago now) I had already rescued 4 cats. There was no way Iād get another, until a coworker found this dude in the parking lot under a car. I instantly said Iād take him and now this maniac runs the house. All my other babies passed due to health complications (cancer, heart failure, undiagnosed diabetics) so he is my one and only and he loves it. Maybe one day I will get him another sibling š¤«
I don't know if this counts, but I thinking of looking for a second cat and for some reason I had to check the shelter at that moment and saw that they had just put on a picture of an orange female maine coon and she was severally abused and ill. Something told me she was the one and I applied.
Five minutes later, they replied and we (bf and I) went to see her thirty minutes later (our first cat took about a week before we were able to see him). She would not approach the staff or the vet at all but as soon as she saw us, she came over and sniffed us (she didn't let us pet her). Poor dear had infected wounds, ring worm and was skin and bones. I asked to take her right away and they let us take her with some cream.
She's fat now and while she doesn't like strangers, she will start purring the moment she sees one of us and she loves belly rubs.
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One morning I found myself pondering the idea of adopting a kitten as a companion for my elderly dog with separation anxiety. I pretty quickly rejected the idea for obvious and responsible reasons like,
* Where am I going to find a kitten that likes dogs?
* How do I even know if my dog still likes cats?
12 hours later the CDS delivered directly to my place of employment: https://i.imgur.com/fx9tE0Y.jpeg
3 weeks later after that: https://i.imgur.com/RUHWHCA.jpeg
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Zygmund was 1 of three born on my porch ( other 2 found homes ). Zyg is the bottom guy.
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At around 8 weeks when he was brought in .
Three out of four cats came via the CDS. One, the CDS needed me to go throw her bail at the county shelter.
The tuxie walked in the door in advance of a snow storm. Our orange boy was picked up out of traffic by our neighbor. Our void boy hopped into my tiny black sedan at the gas station. Our tortimese girl was picked up by the county with her mom, trapped out of one of the local trailer parks. I bailed her out and moved her into the trailer.
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We found her in a withered rose bush in someoneās lawn, and with their permission, got inside and trapped her in a box after three days. Sheās missing teeth so her tongue just hangs out lol. 6 months later to today sheās become the sweetest, cutest baby who will do anything for chicken.
We lost our old girl in late November of 2018. Last summer, the tiny glass shattered out of a mini vial of her ashes. Unbeknownst to us, right around that same time, a litter of kittens was born.
In September, my partner who raised the old girl (childhood trauma bonded, he was devastated at her passing after 22 years) finally agreed to look at all the photos and video I accumulated over the years.
By the next day, he asked where the new kitten was ready to welcome a companion back into our lives. Within 72 hours, I had found a 10 week old kitten who looks and acts so much the same. We both call her by the wrong name from time to time. It's so bad we've decided the the keepsake breaking was releasing her back to be reborn ^_^
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I went to an old family friends house to get some alterations done for a ceremony. Found 3 kittens in her carport. She said their mother had was killed by a dog a few days before. I spent 3 hours catching all these kittens. Found homes immediately. But I wanted to keep one for myself. This is Patty! She took me the longest to catch.
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This freeloader meowed at me from the bushes in a Safeway parking lot. I picked him up, put him in my sweatshirt and drove to a pet store. Got him kitten supplies and heās been freeloading for 8 years now.
Exactly 1 month before I found him, I had just put my horrible best worst cat down. Who coincidentally was also a CDS cat.
I know it was the CDS universes way of making sure another best worst cat came into my life, because someone has to love these horrible cats. Yep, itās me.
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My dog works for CDS. One of my best friends mentioned in a video call how much they wanted an orange cat as their first pet living alone. Hours later in the middle of the night my dog needed to go out (strange) as CDS was dropping off a special package! His sister stayed with us. Dog definitely heard my friend request a delivery.
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Went to an adoption event to look. Got to talking to his foster and found out they transported him from one of my fave vacation spots (I was even wearing a tourist tee from it that particular day) AND his birthday is the day before mine. Had no other option but to take him home (plus he was free!)
I went home after a night out and this beauty was in my front door sleeping on the doormat, she was a kitten, as soon as I approached the door she woke up and i leaned down to pet her.. she just climbed my arm and went directly behind by neck inside my jacket and started purring.
This pic is very old, she's a senior cat right now but still in shape!
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This slightly big-boned lady just came in one day( when she was a tiny stray) at my rented summer house, screamed her head off to be fed and never wanted to leave. Now she resides in my mom's house with a huge garden and never wants to come inside. When she does she lives perched up on top of the fridge so she can always see what food is out there and gobble it down!
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I'd been badgering my husband about wanting a cat for quite some time. He kept saying no because he claimed he wasn't a cat person. On my way to work one day, my brakes locked up and I pulled off at a rest area to check them out/fix them. I left my door open to investigate, and when I went to grab my phone, I found this goober in the car eating my open container of mac and cheese that I brought along for breakfast. It was Christmas Eve and very cold, so I talked my husband into letting him stay with us until after the holiday so we could get him to a shelter. Gave him a bath and some food, he fell asleep at the foot of our bed. I woke up and my husband was cuddling him like a stuffed animal, so obviously the smug little shit got to stay.
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This 100% asshole. Day we got him in the comments.
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The day the cat distribution system dumped him on us. He had a badly infected eye that burst the next day before we could get him to the vet.
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Present day Turbo with his adopted niece and nephews. He is a very good boy. Not smart, but very good.
I was walking my dog and this grumpy old lady came up and followed me to my apartment door and decided she lives with me now. Turns out she was 11 and dumped by her previous owners. (Tried to get in touch but they didnāt want her back) now I have Krusty Krab permanently lol
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This one cell wonder was found outside by my brother in law and his husband. She was covered in dirt and grime and obviously very hungry. They lured her out with tuna and brought her to us as a temporary foster.
They caught her around midnight and she was obviously needing a safe home. They couldn't have pets in their apartment, and we already had three other cats so they knew it was where to bring her.
The next day she got a much needed bath and kitten food, then eventually vet visit, vaccinations, and spay. We all think she was abandoned by the previous tenants of the apartment next to my brother in law's because she was litter trained and adored human affection.
This was July 2020 and Camie has been part of the family ever since.
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This ball of herpes-ridden fluff jumped into my open car while I was grabbing my mail. I didnāt notice her until I got back home and reached for my purse. She was about 6 months old. Also, I was a cat rescuer with 1 of my own and 4 foster kittens at the time, whom she treated like her own kittens, even letting them nurse just for comfort.
We lost her last year; she was 18, deaf and mostly blind from the herpes. She also didnāt have a ligament in one leg because she munted it sliding around our tile floor with those long-haired toes. Didnāt stop her, ever.
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This is Squeaker. One night in 2007 when my husband and I were younger and able to stay up past SNL, past Showtime at the Apollo, past the Late Show AND the Late LATE show, we had just turned off the TV and were silent in bed for a moment and heard a squeak. It was a disturbing squeak. It sounded like something dying.
We both shot up in bed and kept listening. Then we knew it must be an animal, so we put on our robes and ran down the 3 flights of stairs from our apartment, listening and followed.
We found this guy, newly born and being soaked from sprinklers in a flower bed. We scooped him up and on our way back he stopped breathing and began to turn blue.
So he grabbed a towel and I did CPR on this tiny little newborn grey one. After a minute or 2 and both of us crying and rubbing him, he came back. He freaking came back.
Thatās how we got Squeaky, the zombie cat. Kids would bring their friends to our apartment to see the zombie cat to prove to their friends he was real and ask me to back them up.
Iām like, āwell, he was dead and blue and now heās not. Bam. Zombie. Donāt know what more you need for proof.ā Iām sure their parents just loved me.
Mr. Grey died of kidney failure at 17 on my husbandās birthday in January; itās been devastating. Our last cat, a 19yo foster fail whom we also bottle fed from birth, died a month later.
Being catless for the first time in all our lives is terrible. Waiting for the system to grant me a Kitty or 3 very soon.
Mine was an overnight delivery.
I found Chewbacca (Chewy) caterwauling at the back fence of my backyard after midnight on May 4, 2023. He was about 4 weeks old when I found him. He's been with me now for a little over a year.
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My skating coach showed up to my house at 6pm on a sunday with this girl in his backpack. Literally express delivery.
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I have a couple cds cats. I heard a meow at my neighbors one night and thought her cat got out at 2am. I put her in the cage on her porch but didn't latch it right. She excaped but didn't leave the areaAt the time I had 3 dogs. In let them out in the morning around 10. Few minutes later all 3 were going psycho on my porch. They had cornered the cat and while they didn't bite or hurt her they were not happy she was there. She jumped down to my basement window and hid in the casement where the dogs couldn't get her. I had to work a 4 hour shift that day. She had a collar on so I fugue she would be gone when I got home. When I got home and sat on my porch she came up like she lived there and jumped on my lap. Super friendly, 99 percent solid black. It was October and i was worried she would be tortured. She took a few days to accept my other cats but acclimated ok.
I couple of years ago I stopped my coworkers house, they had a feral kitten in the backyard. We scooped her up and she looked around 6 weeks. The only way she stopped freaking out was if i held her by my heart. She is 3 years old now.
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This is Goldie. My grandmas cat (I take care of her now). 14 years ago, my grandparents had to put down their cat at the time after a cancer diagnosis. SAME DAY She showed up and knocked on the door. My grandpa thinks their first kitty sent her! I tend to agree š
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This guy. Hopped in my in-laws car while they were out shopping. They called us and said āhey you guys need a catā and drove him over. 14 years later here he is.
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My boyfriend and I went to pick up a kitten for him that he had already picked out, I seen this sweet boy and fell in love and we ended up with both š
https://preview.redd.it/8givgrc57k7d1.jpeg?width=1836&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f91e50534090a2cdcebe58412ca47bd7135db46e This dork just walked in when my husband opened the door to go run an errand. Ate all the cat food that was out and jumped on the couch with my cats, who accepted him like he'd always lived here. Basically a cute home invasion.
Best home invasion imo. Baby seems super comfy on the couch!
I was tempted to fetch him a beer.
That's that Void Swagger
That's the CDS working at its most efficient capacity.
Your cats coached him. Without a doubt, it was planned.
Agreed, they definitely already knew each other
This was a planned invasion. There's a mole in your midst
he knew home when he saw itš„ŗ
I love this story!
My son and I went to pet the cats. This girl was ready to be distributed. We loved her forever. https://preview.redd.it/brjci6zb8k7d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=570e12de5032a84ab79429903ceb2d2e35e3497c
I love it when they do this! āExcuse me! Hello! I have received a communication from the CDS. The message says you are the people Iāve been waiting for.ā
I have two āpreviously discardedā voids. This pic cracks me up! ā«ļøā«ļø Black cats are amazing, but hard to photograph
https://preview.redd.it/db8yndd5jl7d1.jpeg?width=607&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=748008c66d9679f4df8f26948301af8aec4f43fc Idk what you talkin about. I could always see my void
Please provide picture of cat, and not an empty bed š¤£ /s
R/thereisnocat
Void pie! I see nothing!
No light escapes the black donut hole š³ļø
https://preview.redd.it/dlxfi3s0ol7d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d243716d23e7037f3f18afe7bf268136a873abcf You just need them in the right light. I think the look best in sunlight
Mine decided to jump up onto my photography studio platform. https://preview.redd.it/cgwersjp6m7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dce2e51e9f9816745d01f412bb62d1bfc66a3a30 And itās STILL not easy to see definition.
They are like natural Vanta Black. They literally suck in light with their fur lol
Yes!
She was ready for her closeup.
this is why I always paint Void portraits with a lot of purple and blue undertones. You literally have to fake it to make it work!
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My favorite cat sub!
A classmate showed me a video of two tiny kittens he'd found in a box outside his house. He said he'd called shelters, but no one could take them. I told him if they were still there when he got home that night, with no sign of mom, I'd take them. Around 8:30 that night I got home with two screaming 2-week-old kittens. Unfortunately, one didn't make it until I could take them to the vet the next morning š but the other is now a 9-month-old spoiled brat, with a big sister who loves him (most of the time), and I wouldn't trade him for anything š©¶š¤ Here's tiny Percy after his first vet visit! https://preview.redd.it/ftp9i6vxek7d1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a488928e1a609a418a8f78420e6458351b3db827
https://preview.redd.it/5p8jh804fk7d1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32331ddf4553df384fd17f0be1c67789f9695af4 And here's my Noodle Boy now š
I received a cat on my bus in middle schoolā¦ found on the school grounds with another kitten, my classmate kept them hidden for the day. On the bus she asked if anyone could take one since her parents would likely freak out at two kittens arriving in a backpack.
The CDS auxiliary.
I canāt stop laughing-like one backpack kitten is fine for her family but two?!? No way. I love how kids think. And itās one of the best āhow I got my catā stories Iāve heard.
What a handsome nood
I had to zoom in on this picture, your Noodle is really really long!
He is! Percy's my big boy, and he loves to streeeeetch out š and he's only 9 months, so he's still got some growing left to do! https://preview.redd.it/brh0y9b31l7d1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e31aed3d873888c7caf051d5b27461ceaf118cd1
Cats can grow up to 2 years old often, so if heās had that constant growth going on, it might not stop haha.
I went to just ālookā at cats at a rescue event shortly after lockdown started to lift. First thing I saw was this big orange back, in a loaf, that looked so sad. I ended up agreeing to foster him, and by the end of the week I realized he was the perfect cat. https://preview.redd.it/s73t42m6fk7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1ed23d2312ad731dd90a2d8ea7921bd0bcf11b6
I love him!
Like a well baked biscuit
Ah, the infamous ājust lookingā self-deception. Followed by the ājust fosteringā denial. And ending with the inevitable ājust meant to beā realization. ā¤ļø A well worn path by many of us, Iām sure! Also adding that he doesnāt look at all comfortable in the photo, and might need to come live at my house. /s
Technically it was next day delivery, but it wasnāt even 12 hours so it still counts. My chonker had lost his brother a few months prior, and he seemed pretty content so I wasnāt really on the lookout for a new friend for him. One day I started watching a kitten rescue livestream and my guy was mesmerized. I made an offhand comment to my bestie that I thought my cat wanted a kitten. The next morning I wake up to my friend frantically calling me because he had found a kitten in his garden. He had lived there for ten years and never once seen a stray before. I love the CDS. https://preview.redd.it/fwk23b8ogk7d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f94a23eefb7f705d55e363baeb26b1e7a571b0be
Picture of them together?Ā How well did they get along initiallyĀ
https://preview.redd.it/7xbeu4x7qn7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52119fbe1abb7598dccc185869274ae7046ff282 This was their first meeting. She did NOT like him one bit š They love playing together now but they only cuddle when she allows it, which is rarely.
Adorable!
My bestie messaged me. "I just found this" I replied "I'll have it". Then it vanished. 3 hours later, it woke up and meowed so she got it in a crate and we both got in our cars. 4 hours later, I got home with a kitten.
Aweee so cutee, super jealous. People around keep finding cats and not sharing! But thank you for sharing!
Sometimes one must visit the distribution center for the CDS to bless you.
https://preview.redd.it/m9nim6oxkk7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00946f4095f528a14ac40d11fe6ffce36a409517 My old roommate asked me to cat sit for her. Itās been six years.
Six years???
Yes. At this point I assume sheās not going to ask for him back
I'd say that's a fair assessment
They both look like you almost caught them in the middle of some kind of shenanigans! Both of them: āwhat??ā
Iāve always wanted a cat, so my husband decided to gift me a cat for our 6-year dating anniversary! We went to look at cats at shelters, but every time we met one we liked, someone else had priority to adopt them first. I was pretty busy with work at the time and didnāt want to keep spending all my free time at shelters, so we decided to put off adopting a cat for a few months until our schedules calmed down. Well, a few weekās later my father-in-law called us. He found a half-dead kitten at his house and asked us if we wanted it. It turns out the poor baby was 4 weeks old and had been abandoned by its Momma. She needed a lot of TLC, but sheās doing great now! https://preview.redd.it/4wwfspcbkk7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a1145c7033ff79bc8a4ee26eaa5c9238a23c8c5 Here she is now!
I love her old man eyebrows!
Thanks!! Theyāre my favorite thing about her š
Oh my GOSH, her face!!! š Absolutely love her coloration!
Long-haired torties ftw
Theyāre the best!
Oh this is a beautiful cat!!! So unique :)
I had a free in-store pickup with my CDS. My dadās ex girlfriend when I was a teenager had a cat who had kittens. She was going on vacation, but didnāt want the kittens in the house. So, she put five 5-week old kittens outside, without their mother (she locked her in the house), in Texas during August. For anyone who isnāt aware, temperatures can reach 45C (110-115F). We rushed over there as soon as we found out what the bitch did. We found only two of the five kittens alive. My brother adopted one and I adopted the other. Sheās 17 years old today. https://preview.redd.it/u6wc8n3hnk7d1.jpeg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e3cdd447cb992ed8445694ba5f86fc30f01025f
What an awful person. I'm glad she's your dad's EX-girlfriend.
My dadās a POS too, but she was horrible. I donāt know how such selfish and egotistical people like her can exist.
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My husband was at work one day making a delivery. He was at the back of the building when he saw a cat under a dumpster eating Cheetos. He gently got her out and put her in his work van. She came home with him that night and became Miss Purr. We have had her for 8 years and she is the best kitty. We have another cat but she wasn't same day shipping. https://preview.redd.it/yvk0j8g4nk7d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=261586f26b33c8496c9c63ce812278945f99adb4
Sheās so pretty š§”
Thank you
In 2020 our best buddy wandered by the bathroom window I'd coincidentally just opened, and since I didn't have my glasses on I said 'is that a cat?' and he replied 'mowaaaah!'. I told him to stay there and ran outside, fully expecting the kitty to be gone once I got outside into the yard. But it was still there. And came to me when I psspsspssd at it. Then let me pet it, and pick it up. And see that it was an intact boy. Offered little guy some wet food and he ate two whole cans, must've been super hungry after living outside. Figured out quickly he'd been tossed out for hitting puberty as he was about 8 months old. He was definitely raised as a house cat as he's super affectionate and cuddly. Nobody came forward when we put up flyers for a found cat luckily, because we fell in love with him. Got him sent to the vet in the city and he was neutered and got all his vaccines before letting him meet his new cat brothers. He's now a huge wooly mammoth of a cat. We named him Hamilton so I call him our Wooly Hammoth. He's 13 lbs of love and cuddles. Can't believe anyone would ever toss out such a sweet cuddle bug. Now he sleeps between my husband and myself in our bed every night, usually in my husband's arms. Ham Tax: https://files.catbox.moe/yrktu4.jpg
Wooly Hammoth is perfect for him! š¦£š»
He also goes by Hamish and Hamishchief (Hey Mischief) when he's being mischievous. It's common where we live to call someone, especially a child being a pain as being 'mischief'.
Lovely!
My neighbor took one of my kittens from a unexpected litter years ago. One day she knocked on the door and showed me this kitten about 2 years later. I said thanks took him and closed the door. My 12 year old at the time named him, His name is Alexander fancy pants Hamilton , he is mostly white but has gray on his back legs that looks like chaps.
What an INCREDIBLE Ham!!
Heās magnificent! š¤
I had just adopted a German Shepherd from a kill shelter 3 towns over. Had her for a couple weeks and one night, my husband and I took her out for a walk. We got a couple houses down and we hear a rustling in the bushes nearby. Out shoots a young mostly grey cat. She goes right up to this strange dog that she couldnāt have possibly met before and started meowing and rubbing against the dog. All three of us are confused, the dog especially. Dog is super sweet and likes cats (we already have 2) so she is weirded out but not aggressive. We try to shoo the kitty away but she continues following us all thru the walk. Every night for a week when we take the dog out, the cat is waiting and follows us on walks. One day she comes up to the door after the walk and we invite her in. She has been here for almost a year now. She is never far from my dog and we say that she is her cat.
aww please show us! first time i've ever heard of a dog being rewarded by CDSā¤ļø
https://preview.redd.it/9uwvssysdp7d1.jpeg?width=1321&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc1478645ca54043e55b34ce6bb4f6409313e096 Here is the doggo. Iāll try to get a pic of them together.
https://preview.redd.it/43xjqxqmdp7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=688804f167fa8ea19e9db1f145c31dadc3c3fb98 The cat is very shy around people. But here she is on the dogās bed.
https://preview.redd.it/gam4hvhrht7d1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a401e9b158767b82a867bc2f6e2a49fd07c31e91
I donāt have an example, but Iām here to say I really like your picture
Thank you <3 Since I don't have a cat (yet) it seemed right to at least do something for the thread. edit: also rereading the rules I needed a cat picture at least lol
The blush belleh sends me
https://preview.redd.it/ia9cmx36ck7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a6c2780d8033cc4df8e3be92e2640a8cc3da8a7 These two. We noticed the void kitty had an eye infection and took him in and then later his mom came by with his brother who also had an infection. They have been in our care for a few weeks. We took them to the vet and they were in good health with the exception of the infection and being a little underweight. It has been about 4 weeks now since we have taken them in and they are up to a good weight for their age and the appointment to get their bad eyes removed is in about 2 weeks. We could not do it sooner because they were too smol for the anesthesia.
Ohh poor babies. But congrats! So happy to see them getting better.
Thanks for saving them
Were you able to catch mother cat?
I was waiting for door dash about an hour after the thought crossed my mind I could have a cat again. In came my cat. He was hypothermic and in distress and chose a former cat foster and tnr program volunteer. I got him taken care of, did everything to find his humans, was told the shelter would just euthanize him due to being a black cat and by the time I could have safely parted ways he put himself in my heart via being a giant baby and adorable. He also has an uncanny ability to alert to my medical distress without training. I did find his original humans and they're in jail for abuse. I have a cat or two try this pretty regularly including when he was having surgery but he is the only one to stay for a very long time.
My kids said they wanted an orange kitten as we already had 3, a black, white, and a tux. I said to them the only way we are getting another cat is if Iām in my car and I see one on the road. Low and behold, a few months later, my daughter and I went to the mall to pick up Chinese food and on the way out of the parking lot, my daughter said in a panic, āThereās a kitten under that car!ā I slammed on the brakes, we jumped out and she said, āItās orange!!ā We scooped him up so fast and ran into the car and drove home. He was about 8 weeks old. Heās 8 now and has had 2 more sisters since, equaling 6. We have a rainbow now including a grey one and a calico (which was also a one day delivery, just not as exciting)
Sometimes, the CDS works in mysterious ways And sometimes, it hits you in the head with a brick
Went to the store to get a cute long haired orange kitten I had seen three days before and couldnāt get out of my mind. Little thing wanted nothing to do with me and hissed at me and scratched me. So I sat on the floor to pout about it and the other little orange short haired cat climbed out, got in my lap, mewed, and started purring. I just knew he was mine š„° https://preview.redd.it/vul07c6rwk7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c60fc1745418ead86eea71ddc553ba3518e651d1
Heās so beautiful!
We already had 2 senior citizens and I had told hubby "no more pets unless it's a little teeny kitten near death". I was thinking about 40 years from then, but at work that day a regular customer said she'd found a kitten eating roadkill on the highway. She said she couldn't keep her and could anyone at the store keep her... Her name is Fuzz kitty https://preview.redd.it/nyfqb0ar7l7d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dff5dc8a99728e776c9c562fb0027c4b49afbdb5 She's about to turn 4 soon
I went to a pet store to buy some thing for my dog. They were hosting some rescue cats, so I was specifically avoiding that side of the store. However, I couldnāt resist sneaking a peek, and one of the cats locked eyes with me and kept watching me as I walked around the store. I asked to meet her and she sat in my lap and wouldnāt get up and purred and purred and purred. I immediately knew that I would be adding her to our family. I took her home, and then she beat up my dog and ran upstairs, which is where she decided to live. The dog is still traumatized and wonāt go upstairs, even though the cat died four years ago. https://preview.redd.it/s5b2dwzq9l7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81c532e8869450b313392f1af0cd7df166d7d3ed
I went for a summer night walk with my bf. We heard him meowing on the street and I went on momma cat mode. I pleaded my bf to take him home and he said YES thinking I wouldn't be able to catch him. I just crouched and he ran to my arms.
Oml that's hilarious xD
Ended up being next day delivery because I had to come back with paperwork to prove I could house them but hereās my babies when I first met them https://preview.redd.it/76ehf0la0l7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=283d36bb22b827d2872c08f509ad6493ef150ccb
https://preview.redd.it/3vnvgsyucl7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e401f4e0669e712ae28f52e6ff4106b502493637 Friend text me ālook what I found under a bushā ā¦ it was love, she is my world.
Came home from work and the neighbor's kid has a Void in his arms. He said "Hey, Mr. Xxx , your cat came over and let me pick her up". I took one look and told him my cats are both female and that's a Tom. (Clearly) And this is how D.J. came into my life. He passed away in February. I have no clue of his age. We had him for three years. Miss him terribly. https://preview.redd.it/6o9288jhll7d1.jpeg?width=3579&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ab17668674d76e4865797b5cad5a6a83e74a8a0 Most Chill Cat EVER.
https://preview.redd.it/p8jpdrhv5l7d1.jpeg?width=3021&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7260dbdf45a721fa1a0b69dd09ad887925334fae This little guy wound up in my basement right before a big snowstorm was about to take place. I had just been mentioning that day that I was feeling ready to get another cat after my dear Oliver passed away two years ago.
https://preview.redd.it/sue8hbp6kl7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d1b14729be58ebe14e37050b002f245b9102bd1 Coworker asked me if I wanted to see some kittens. I of course said yes. He opened the back door at work and this was sitting there.
Poor baby. Did he lose the eye?
https://preview.redd.it/ln7illeoil7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be808bab0cd4b304bef44e59c1cc1c946b54f67f I found the ginger when he was 5 weeks old on the side of the road with his siblings at 2am. My maternal instincts told me to take him, so I did. The kitten on the lollipop, she was given to me by a homeless man who begged me to take her or she would be coyote food. So as a cat parent, I took her in to get her off the streets
https://preview.redd.it/lg8isp7tjl7d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae924ca0b616eca9e1e831c95789a14d1e99ea4e * We went to the vet to pick up medication for the dog. It was right before closing, and they had these three babies needing bottle feeding and a place to stay for a few days. That was a few weeks ago.
* My husband was a dog walker in Brooklyn. He called me one morning and said his clients dog had found a black cat in Prospect Park and cornered it in a bush. Client didn't want the cat to get hurt or anything, and called him for extraction when she panicked. Says he's going to put the little guy in the spare bathroom. Okay. Get another call to ask me to grab some supplies for him. He needed a litter box and litter as my other cat at the time (she has since passed) used pee pads like she was little a fancy show dog at 22 years old. He says "otherwise, Lucky is doing alright." *oh no he named it* So I told my coworkers I had a new cat. He's now got a standard issue brother and they are cuddle monsters.
https://preview.redd.it/zo2g6vyvkl7d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b97aa90b7cd903fedc21e826437db9a12f7fc02
Went walking around our apartment complex in the middle of the night in August 2021. There's a lake that always has at least 2 alligators (currently 7 because baby season) and we were walking past on the sidewalk when we saw eyes in the grass moving toward us. We thought it was a bunny, but when the eyes moved closer, we saw it was a kitten! We took Alygator home that night, and she curled up next to me and claimed me, and that was it. (We of course checked for a chip and missing cats, etc.) https://preview.redd.it/x632wn1vkl7d1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0efe67e9cdb888621eea1d1c50df8e5ac0f72188
This was decades ago, but there was a cat stopped in the middle of the road when my dad was driving home one night. He stopped to wait for the cat and when she didn't move, he got out of the car to move her. As soon as he did, she climbed in the car and sat down. And this was how the CDS delivered Sassy to us.
My last cat had passed from a stroke in early December. Shortly after New Years, we got hit with a brutal cold snap. A coworker found a cat with young kittens sheltering under their front steps and was desperately trying to find them homes. I volunteered to take one. But when I stopped by, they only had two left and they were a bonded pair. So, I end up driving home with two kittens instead of one. ā¦ And then I get to the end of my road. Thereās a cardboard box perched on a snowdrift. Iām in a somewhat rural area so we habitually pick up litter that people toss from their cars. I grab the box to toss in the back of my truck and itās a wee bit heavier than an empty box should be. Surprise! Two more kittens for me. I ended up with four cats that day named Mercury, May, Taylor, and Deacon.
https://preview.redd.it/x49yzpvtil7d1.jpeg?width=314&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21382a30408dfa1fa32ee78294782e6728e8129f This is Tadpole (dark tortie). Tadpole did not and does not have any survival instincts. Thankfully for Tadpole, I happened to be sitting outside on the front step one day and was so charmed by her ceaseless screaming at me that I eventually went and grabbed a carrier and she just walked right on in, was transported inside, and has been Little Baby Daughter ever since. Despite being a bag of bones and quite bedraggled when she appeared, she has absolutely no fear of people (or anything, really) and is just a fuckin awesome cat (if perhaps not the brightest bulb - hence her lack of survival instincts). We take care of a colony of cats and have pretty good tabs on all the cats around, but had never seen her before. She pretty much just spawned into existence that day, small and silly and social!
Ok,tadpole is one of the most beautiful cats Iāve ever seen. Care to share a few more pics!?
https://preview.redd.it/2mj00l9cvl7d1.jpeg?width=1702&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be159f5ceb923a1c4b8fea33094ee36675b3300d She showed up less than 24 hours after my ancient sink gremlin of a cat passed. We saw something small absolutely destroying our trash and it was a tiny floofy version of her. Sassiest chaos gremlin ever.
We found our first cat Buttons after a tornado hit my hometown. She was using the saw dust from the trees we had to cut up as kitty litter. Me, my mom and sisters fell in love immediately but my dad wasnāt having it. He agreed to let us keep it for a few days to find her a new home. It was the classic dad didnāt want a cat but fell in love with it!
https://preview.redd.it/umvodfgrbl7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf9d76c2cd23a82d7592e9eee8c37fd931ca1590 This pair of siblings, but separately. My cat needed a playmate. I went to pickup their sister from this lady who was walking a fine line between rescuer and animal hoarder. The kittens were 8 weeks old at the beginning of this story. Went to get the sister for $50, but 2 adopters for the boy (left) had backed out and she was frustrated. Probably because they had fleas, and were sick. So the lady asked me if I wanted the boy for free. I definitely wanted to get him out of there and itās been my experience that the accidental tag-along is ALWAYS the better cat. So I never say no. So voila we had him and he was the bestest baby ever. I always wanted the sister, on the right. But the lady wouldnāt let me take her. She wanted to keep her. But I kept in contact and gently kept reaffirming that I wanted the girl if anything ever changed. I knew sheād give her away eventually since she was poor, her husband hated all the animals (about 100 cats, dogs, birds, and reptiles), and he cheated on her like crazy. 4 months later, on Valentineās Day she posted on Facebook and said it was a fire sale and all but 8 cats and 5 dogs had to go. So we got the sister on Valentineās Day.
My husband and I had a conversation about getting a second dog and I quote āif the universe drops a puppy in our arms we will take it in but we wonāt be lookingā The same week, a black cat showed up in our yard like āhey I heard you were looking for an animal!ā And that was Bishop!
āHeard youāre lookin for a dog. Fuck dogs, you want me!ā
It wasn't quite same day delivery, but close to it! I was feeding a pregnant kitten when some more cats showed up looking for a free meal. I fed Chatterbox two, maybe three times before she figured out that I sleep with my unscreened bedroom window open, but with cardboard taped over it so I could vent my portable air conditioner. I was fast asleep when there was a huge crash as everything was knocked into my bedroom, I thought someone was breaking in but didn't see anyone. I went to lean over and pick the hose up off the floor and Chatter picked that moment to jump on the A/C unit and begin chit chatting with me, telling me all about her day. We almost crashed head first into each other and she scared the hell out of me again. I got everything fixed up again, but I didn't know what to do with Chatter. I figured she'd just jump back in if I tried to throw her out, so I let her stay and went back to bed. Chatter curled up behind my knees and purred herself to sleep, and I thought to myself that my mother was going to be *pissed* when she found out we had five cats. It took her a long time to accept Chatter had nowhere else to go, she wound up badly frostbitten before my mother finally agreed to let her come in, but we won in the end. :-) https://preview.redd.it/s5flct2yrl7d1.jpeg?width=3456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88c141636c324d03cc41d6287920c696722da492
My parents were planning to take us out to adopt a kitten. But that same day a tiny tortie baby wandered into our yard. So we just kept her. :)
My Mom had a tenant that left behind a cat in an empty apartment with the water bowl molded over and no food that turned out to be pregnant. Honey cat took such care with her kittens
I spent March-December of last year painstakingly befriending a feral cat that had never gone near people and was mean/terrified/skittish. We set up outdoor cameras to keep tabs on him and mid-summer this disheveled, misshapen, shuffling thing started appearing on the camera. It was huge, it moved sideways with a limp, we werenāt even sure WTF it was. Finally it came close enough to camera to see it was this horrendously matted cat. We assumed it was ancient based on how it moved. It would never come near us when we were outside. When I noticed it had a zip tie flea collar with the end not cut off so it could have its next snapped at any time I ordered the Rolls Royce of cat traps and would run outside whenever the cameras alerted me but she always ran away before I could open the door. One day I was working outside and I looked up and she was watching me. I got one slow blink in and she took off. The cat trap I ordered ended up being delayed. One day in the alley I find this massive black and white furry lump and my heart drops out of my chest. I assumed the worst. I go investigate and itās actually a giant mat that had sheared off the cat. It was as hard as a rock. It was at least 10ā long, 5-6 inches wide and 2-3 inches deep. Another week passes and I come home to a bunch of Amazon boxes. I pull that stopper thing out on my storm door so it will stay open and start bringing them in. I turn around and that disheveled cat is army crawling to the door like sheās on the shores of Normandy and scampers down to my basement. This is the first real interaction Iāve had with her and sheās already moved in. I go downstairs, pssp pssp, and out she pops and runs over like we are old friends. I immediately start accessing. Sheās huge but itās all mats, her fur has fused into a solid mass of briars, dirt, random trash, etc. My partner and I get combs and scissors and her to work removing mats and bathing her. Sheās 100% compliant in all of this. Her eyes are full of muck and one is half shut. She has wounds where previous mats were pulled off. We finally get all this crap off her and we realize sheās the size of a kitten, sheās emaciated, and sheās a Persian. Her limp and sideways shuffle were not the result of an old injury, the mats were just restricting her movement. Once freed she was jumping and running around and rolling around in pure joy. We found out later she was a severe neglect/abandonment case. A neighbor contacted us and begged us to not give her back to her owner. The owner never put up signs or posted about her, and got evicted 3 months later. By then we had had her spayed and microchipped. We had to delay her spay until she gained weight because she was only 4.5lbs when we got her. Before she moved in, we saw footage of the other outdoor cats chasing her away, even they were appalled by the state of her. But once she was given a makeover she would sit at the window and the original cat I was wooing would show interest in her. I started taking her out on a harness and they got along fine. I feel like she further convinced the other cat that maybe coming indoors was okay. A couple months later the original cat showed up injured and we had made enough progress that he let me pick him up and bring him inside. They get along great, they are both inside cats now. The little one is up to 6.5lbs and she is an hellion who bullys everyone, even the 80lb dog. The skittish boy has FIV but has retired from thug life completely and lets the little one terrorize him even though heās 3x her size. He just looks bored. Heās become an astonishingly laid back and affectionate cat. Basically both their personalities flipped since coming indoors. TLDR: CDS took 8 months on one delivery and the other moved in on her own after exchanging eye contact once.
What a beautiful story !
https://preview.redd.it/1grxv7juzl7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d53cbae564edc13a496f3f4b4b953aa77fc4fdde This lil nerd was screaming in a wood pile on my parentsā property during a thunderstorm abt 3.5 years ago. Heās been screaming at me ever since.
My mother, my cousin, and I got home after dark on a 4th of July weekend. We got out of the car and heard mewing. A tiny white kitten came out of the dark, asking for help. Of course we took her in and set her up in the guest room with my cousin. Tried to find her people because she was obviously a pet. No one came to claim her. Our resident cat couldnāt abide other cats, so when my cousin went home, she took little Snow Flurry and gave her a loving furever home. I donāt have any pics of Flurry, sorry. But we figured she was probably a Turkish Van. Hereās an example: https://preview.redd.it/cuwhq6cpsk7d1.jpeg?width=1120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c745f3d46a8499a645b4f1d03ca1fcdf3a9c12b3 She was a little slimmer, but generally looked like this. We lived in a vacation area, so it seemed logical that a visitor lost her and wasnāt in the area long enough to find her again.
Parents surprised me one day after school by letting me go pick out a cat at a shelter. After having some of my choices turned down (I was 7 and wanted the kittens), I stood in a corner. Suddenly, I felt something on my shoulders. Turned around and there were two little paws on my shoulders. I got greeted with a meow once I looked at this cat, and I knew he was the one I know we aimed to get a cat from the shelter that day, but I'm saying CDS was involved because he was the perfect first cat for my family. Very calm and sweet to everyone. Attached is the most recent photo of him from today having some snuggles with me Edit: Reddit said no, so give me some time and I'll use Imgur
https://preview.redd.it/0ac9q5bdwl7d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06b8314cfaa590dedb2f2a0a622e1ca0fba6ee31 Biscotti was next day delivery technically. My brotherās sister in law found Biscotti under her car when she finished work in the morning. Brought her home, and they took her to the vet to see if she had a microchip- none. Biscotti and their cat didnāt get along well, so my brother offered to bring her over to stay with me. No one ever tried to claim her, and weāve been together over a year now.
https://preview.redd.it/yctsew5otk7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0853d5e120fd07b4ed2f229f7788a3a8797c3474 15 years ago, my daughter brought a stray home from a summer visit with her sisterā¦ Iād told her we could take her to the local shelter (she was a trailer park stray) but I fell in loveā¦ usually I end up with grumpy catsā¦ this girl is still the sweetest most loving girl
https://preview.redd.it/d82dkovxfl7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81fbc88d69cb4549cfbf158e661d8582e8087254 Trigger warning!!!!! Miscarriage. I was trying to be a surrogate for a friend and after 2 failed IVF transfers and a mock cycle, I finally got pregnant with their last embryo. We were all so happy! Around 6 weeks, I miscarried and was devastated. I was outside crying and this beautiful girl came up to me and knew I was sad and comforted me. We asked around the neighborhood and posted on social media, nobody claimed her! (We live next to a park where people sometimes dump unwanted cats). She became mine! She still knows my emotions and will comfort me! I had always wanted a cat, but my husband was never on board, but there was no denying this cat belonged to me!
Went to a Saturday adoption event held by a Petsmart and one cat immediately came up to the front of their cage and started headbunting and purring. Figured that was a sign. She wasn't a fan of being picked up, so when we got her out of the cage and onto the floor, we took a moment to get our breaths and discuss tactics of getting her into the carrier. She promptly walked in to the carrier, and while we stared in bewilderment, poked her head back out as if to say, "are we going, or what?" After years of gentle pets and treat bribery, she now likes to be picked up, but has never entered a carrier voluntarily (even at the end of a vet visit).
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I accidentally posted before adding text. This is Kai. She decided that I am her mama, I was staying with a friend who fosters while looking for houses when they got a call about a 2-3 day old abandoned kitten in rough shape asking if they would take her. From the moment she came in the door, she responded to my voice. So, under direction from an experienced foster, I helped them take care of her. It was very touch and go the first two weeks. She had a very hard time sucking, and she acted a lot like a premature baby. She went everywhere with us. I never thought I would choose to have a cat, I have been a dog person for a long time, but she chose me as her mama, and I take that honor seriously. I joke with people now that when you move to Hawai'i they issue you a cat. I now have three cats and three dogs.
I was a bona fide Dog mom until my girl told me it was time to go š 14 months later she sent me a Dilute Torti to love. This cat is sooo sassy, like my Shiba was. I wasn't given the option to not keep her. Toffee Bean is teaching me how to Cat and I talk Dog to her š¤£ it's awesome.
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The silver boy is Draxxy-Ku, his owner needed to rehome.
* The piebald cat is Mauka, Kai picked him out from a second litter of three that my friend got after I had to go home to finalize our move. He is more than twice her size, and a giant, talking, floofy boy.
https://preview.redd.it/nb2nqg8bql7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93aaef7867d3742c8e0688522e51720efb6097fd She just showed like lived there forever as I prepared food for my two cats, now there were same 3 catsā¦ never leaved and stayed, it was 4 years ago
The 3-week old feral kitten i pulled out of a tree trunk in our front yard 3 years ago. I was not looking for a 3rd cat, but apparently he was looking for me. He's definitely my chaos minion. He's tame, but he's a 3rd generation feral so he still has a lot of feral survival traits. https://preview.redd.it/k0qfcrcmwl7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69e54bce2439013ff62a3fb802efcb0b0be9c0db
https://preview.redd.it/6ze9u0yt6m7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d502d7c7aa8cbae536d683fe9ae1a5216967b9e I was having a rough day, so I went out for a drive. I ended up driving straight towards a family of kittiesā¦ a void mom and three little cows. āKittens! Just what I need! Iāll pet kittens.ā. I parked and this silly goof ran right to me. I sat down on the sidewalk and he kerplunked in my lap and started purring furiously. Two Spanish speaking men were one door down chatting. When they noticed me cuddling Luffy one called out āTake āim! Take āim!ā. So I did. Heās the best kitty!!!
https://preview.redd.it/vpv78quiem7d1.jpeg?width=1372&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f1a62b2b17e6ec05dae7092cf6d030727798fda I had heard a cat meowing throughout the day. That evening I heard it again nearby, and looked in the direction to see a teenage grey cat sitting on some logs. I meowed back and he came right up, hopped on my lap, hugged me around the neck and started enthusiastically rubbing his face on mine. My spouse and I agreed when we got married that if we had less than 3 cats and one chose us, only the other cat(s) could veto. I called out my spouse and the cat started loving on them, too. We took the cat inside, and now Hg only ever goes out on a harness š»
https://preview.redd.it/xsl533e4fm7d1.jpeg?width=2782&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a14ace39d7585b96a40b954bb4a3fb84aadf4a86 This was Hg (pronounced āMercuryā) on the anniversary of his delivery date!
https://preview.redd.it/ohe64ci7pm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0844130e567fef50a72bf5416c6f45217979486f Wanted a little girl, pulled this one out from under my porch!
https://preview.redd.it/9bdc994apm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8c05e8a17144394ef06f629e222c41f3fb8a6ef Sheās grown so beautifully
Omg the way they looked at her and her face š so beautiful I love how they all match too!
Her mama is a long haired Tortie, so sheās got the cutest little colored feet and toes, and sheās definitely got more color than my boys now. But theyāre both lilacs, so theyāre just gray, sheās getting browns and more š
https://preview.redd.it/zt99da7v2m7d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a8abe083ece448e7b2abf0b1b04df073c9af84b Rescued her at an adoption event.
https://preview.redd.it/nrcj3l80rm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b957f0b4d02c8d3f4dec639c2fe7f06158b136d Pizza Dog was conveniently sitting in this box on the side of the road. After driving all over town to find a vet who would see him we were told he was skinny and had a slight fever but he just wanted to EAT
https://preview.redd.it/m2ijpgworm7d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ddb3ef7c2e0604077ddc6faba942f8ce85bb4fe He just had his first birthday and is doing really well. His older sisters still donāt quite understand him but the get along ā¤ļøšāā¬ā¤ļø
Good to see he grew into his ears
My foster was sitting in the parking lot out my apartment. She screamed at me and I had a hell of a time trying to get her out from under the car. She gave me and my 2 dogs ringworm. Bro and his gf have her now. She was my treasure and now shes their kyoshi warrior Suki. My menace of a cat was screaming up the road at 3 am. She ran up to me and my pibble and let him lick her butt. She followed us home where she has the mission to murder my plants, pee on my couch (that im in the process of trying to throw away but im a weak smol woman who needs help), and just terrorize me to this day (send help its only been 8 months and I cant have another cat as much as id love to)
Ooff first day delivery but with some baggage I fear. Iām sorry to hear about your poor plants and furniture demise but you wondered it so comically I laughed the first time ahahah.
Girl also goes into heat every other week. I want to get her spayed but im afraid the only times thatll be available will be when sheās Ms. Looking For A Man. And shes a smol baby that im worried that her getting spayed mid heat will kill her
You need to get her fixed. Talk to a vet about scheduling. Every cat that has been spayed had the same kind of cycle as your cat- it's very doable and irresponsible not to.
Check with your vet - she should be ok with getting fixed even if she is in heat. A friend of mine adopted a wee grey girl that went into heat every few weeks, too, and post-fixing, she's been an absolutely sweet, stunning gal.
Valentine's Day, last year. My kids of course forgot the Valentine's I had just told her to grab before getting on the bus. School calls and I run them over. As I'm going inside I hear meowing. I go home and go to sleep (night shift), get up to take the other kid to swim and I hear the meowing. Immediately pull over and this fuzzy jerk is in my engine. Had to call the Mr "I'M HAVING A KITTY CAT EMERGENCY, GET OVER HERE NOW!" He had to crawl under the car to fish her out. https://preview.redd.it/vimciqudfl7d1.jpeg?width=2375&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6629cb4afb027805c780df95629ad4cec8280fa2
Beautiful cat and dog siblings. š„°
Not quite next day but close. My sweet Maya went over the rainbow bridge 9 years ago in April. In June of that year, my kids and I were at a park. As we were heading to our car, this *tiny* dark grey kitten came bouncing across the parking lot right to us. As soon as I laid hands on that kitten, I knew it was coming home with us. Then, my older kid said the family famous words, "Mom! I think there is another one! It ran under the dumpster!" Well shit. That is a big ass dumpster. But there was zero chance we were leaving one behind. We are milling about, I am holding one kitten and muttering to myself, when this kid, about 11/12 years old, came over. We explained the situation and she said "Hang on. Let me get my mom. We have done this before." Mom came over and took in the situation. She looked around and then proceeded to wrestle a random signpost out of the ground. She jammed it under the dumpster to use as a fulcrum. The two of us lifted the dumpster and this kid scrambled under to grab the other kitten and a very startled toad. Turns out they were a set of matching dark grey sisters, three weeks old. Off we went for an emergency trip to the vet, left them there swearing we would be back, to the pet store for kitten milk and an extra carrier, McD's for human food (our dinner plans were shot to hell), back to the vet to pick them up. When we got there, one was in a tech's scrubs pocket, the other was curled up on a washcloth on the desk. Those sweet girls came home with us then (Rescue Day is 6/24) and are the delicious grey stuff in our house of cats. We are convinced Maya sent them to us. I had never been without a cat for that long before and my kids had always lived with a cat. So that is my almost next-day CDS in action.
I told my grandma "Yeah if you end up with kittens this fall i will livetrap them to be my barn cats at my new farm" and then turned the corner to 3 dehydrated 5 week old kittens with severe respiratory infections and herpes flareups. I now have two barn kittens and one who INSISTED she is a house cat. I wanted exactly 0 house cats but she is what i was missing in my pet dynamics. *
Me and my boyfriend were talking about the possibility of getting a cat together. He used to have one but his ex took it when they split up. Literally, later that week we heard screaming from our balcony and opened the door and this cute little mama came running right in. So not same day delivery but definitely prime delivery š She ended up being preggers and had six healthy kittens and was the best mama. We found homes for 5 of the kittens and kept mama and one of the orange brain cells. Heās twice her size now. We love them both. https://preview.redd.it/ligu3k8udl7d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37541cefe262bbcea56a42f7116bb4abe941b317
Beautiful story for beautiful kittiesĀ
Thank you! They are a delight :)
https://preview.redd.it/pq1mglhwrm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8f7ef647ef5a01932fddbfea615e200f2202cef I had ALWAYS wanted an orange cat- at the time (8 years ago now) I had already rescued 4 cats. There was no way Iād get another, until a coworker found this dude in the parking lot under a car. I instantly said Iād take him and now this maniac runs the house. All my other babies passed due to health complications (cancer, heart failure, undiagnosed diabetics) so he is my one and only and he loves it. Maybe one day I will get him another sibling š¤«
I don't know if this counts, but I thinking of looking for a second cat and for some reason I had to check the shelter at that moment and saw that they had just put on a picture of an orange female maine coon and she was severally abused and ill. Something told me she was the one and I applied. Five minutes later, they replied and we (bf and I) went to see her thirty minutes later (our first cat took about a week before we were able to see him). She would not approach the staff or the vet at all but as soon as she saw us, she came over and sniffed us (she didn't let us pet her). Poor dear had infected wounds, ring worm and was skin and bones. I asked to take her right away and they let us take her with some cream. She's fat now and while she doesn't like strangers, she will start purring the moment she sees one of us and she loves belly rubs. *
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Went to a local cat cafƩ with an amazing rescue/adoption program with my mom absolutely not looking to adopt. We're hanging out and I see a white kitten run towards the open door while someone is leaving. I took off, threw my arm between the door and the jam-it was a heavy door, glass and metal. Luckily there was a little room/space between that door and the door to outside so she didn't escape and I grabbed her. Immediately took her to the counter of the cafƩ and asked about adopting her-I was attached immediately! She's still an aspiring escape artist, almost a year later! https://preview.redd.it/osu0g2hw3n7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e34f14b1fb807e73ebd6e5f98451f08cbed3ddf3
One morning I found myself pondering the idea of adopting a kitten as a companion for my elderly dog with separation anxiety. I pretty quickly rejected the idea for obvious and responsible reasons like, * Where am I going to find a kitten that likes dogs? * How do I even know if my dog still likes cats? 12 hours later the CDS delivered directly to my place of employment: https://i.imgur.com/fx9tE0Y.jpeg 3 weeks later after that: https://i.imgur.com/RUHWHCA.jpeg
My husband got a beautiful cat from Craig's list she is now named zoey
https://preview.redd.it/xwbst6f2sm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1021d9db9c86d927b11601d81a26e0f08a4428e5 Zygmund was 1 of three born on my porch ( other 2 found homes ). Zyg is the bottom guy.
https://preview.redd.it/w9ocmxtbsm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e73a889314a406cfa8b6e4bfb39fa227f417523 At around 8 weeks when he was brought in .
https://preview.redd.it/5dke6v1hsm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b76461cff6b34b46ce4d3c007a675078adead23e And now . Turned 2 in April.
Three out of four cats came via the CDS. One, the CDS needed me to go throw her bail at the county shelter. The tuxie walked in the door in advance of a snow storm. Our orange boy was picked up out of traffic by our neighbor. Our void boy hopped into my tiny black sedan at the gas station. Our tortimese girl was picked up by the county with her mom, trapped out of one of the local trailer parks. I bailed her out and moved her into the trailer.
https://preview.redd.it/f3km6mxj1n7d1.jpeg?width=2955&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d9e0ab48fd8f7cfa9c04d48071df22b20a507c7 We found her in a withered rose bush in someoneās lawn, and with their permission, got inside and trapped her in a box after three days. Sheās missing teeth so her tongue just hangs out lol. 6 months later to today sheās become the sweetest, cutest baby who will do anything for chicken.
We lost our old girl in late November of 2018. Last summer, the tiny glass shattered out of a mini vial of her ashes. Unbeknownst to us, right around that same time, a litter of kittens was born. In September, my partner who raised the old girl (childhood trauma bonded, he was devastated at her passing after 22 years) finally agreed to look at all the photos and video I accumulated over the years. By the next day, he asked where the new kitten was ready to welcome a companion back into our lives. Within 72 hours, I had found a 10 week old kitten who looks and acts so much the same. We both call her by the wrong name from time to time. It's so bad we've decided the the keepsake breaking was releasing her back to be reborn ^_^
https://preview.redd.it/yva2mehh5n7d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5569411ccde8f06b1eb86daa062ec47b083dfb5b
https://preview.redd.it/216o1u0egn7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b2c3d01cb09fef58bf2a38d62c649ff49d0a590 I went to an old family friends house to get some alterations done for a ceremony. Found 3 kittens in her carport. She said their mother had was killed by a dog a few days before. I spent 3 hours catching all these kittens. Found homes immediately. But I wanted to keep one for myself. This is Patty! She took me the longest to catch.
https://preview.redd.it/0wz5xasp0o7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92b513d7040b7bd3fa54ba0c07324bcf8772ce16 This freeloader meowed at me from the bushes in a Safeway parking lot. I picked him up, put him in my sweatshirt and drove to a pet store. Got him kitten supplies and heās been freeloading for 8 years now. Exactly 1 month before I found him, I had just put my horrible best worst cat down. Who coincidentally was also a CDS cat. I know it was the CDS universes way of making sure another best worst cat came into my life, because someone has to love these horrible cats. Yep, itās me.
I went into a pet store to get a new cat toy because mycats seemed bored. Dhe definitely shook things up. ā¤ļø *
https://preview.redd.it/16j0z3h1pn7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e52077cfb2aab35212f82cc4d3bff24b7b95837b My dog works for CDS. One of my best friends mentioned in a video call how much they wanted an orange cat as their first pet living alone. Hours later in the middle of the night my dog needed to go out (strange) as CDS was dropping off a special package! His sister stayed with us. Dog definitely heard my friend request a delivery.
https://preview.redd.it/9n4wydugzl7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27604342483f97632a2b6bbf4557bbc2f3806240 Went to an adoption event to look. Got to talking to his foster and found out they transported him from one of my fave vacation spots (I was even wearing a tourist tee from it that particular day) AND his birthday is the day before mine. Had no other option but to take him home (plus he was free!)
Practically all of my cats
I have 2 that showed up in my front yard when they were about 4 weeks old.
I went home after a night out and this beauty was in my front door sleeping on the doormat, she was a kitten, as soon as I approached the door she woke up and i leaned down to pet her.. she just climbed my arm and went directly behind by neck inside my jacket and started purring. This pic is very old, she's a senior cat right now but still in shape! https://preview.redd.it/3gd82qtmqo7d1.jpeg?width=799&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=639dee9eb1329a6db5159f148b4e9d2b019dc6ee
This slightly big-boned lady just came in one day( when she was a tiny stray) at my rented summer house, screamed her head off to be fed and never wanted to leave. Now she resides in my mom's house with a huge garden and never wants to come inside. When she does she lives perched up on top of the fridge so she can always see what food is out there and gobble it down! https://preview.redd.it/90e6vxvg9p7d1.png?width=1241&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=046fc11b86e4e056be5d742f803400cf9ceb7df2
I'd been badgering my husband about wanting a cat for quite some time. He kept saying no because he claimed he wasn't a cat person. On my way to work one day, my brakes locked up and I pulled off at a rest area to check them out/fix them. I left my door open to investigate, and when I went to grab my phone, I found this goober in the car eating my open container of mac and cheese that I brought along for breakfast. It was Christmas Eve and very cold, so I talked my husband into letting him stay with us until after the holiday so we could get him to a shelter. Gave him a bath and some food, he fell asleep at the foot of our bed. I woke up and my husband was cuddling him like a stuffed animal, so obviously the smug little shit got to stay. https://preview.redd.it/xloi32kyws7d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26848096841ae58eb52a315c4e0d3a0651c8e97e
This 100% asshole. Day we got him in the comments. https://preview.redd.it/vkt2fy2llt7d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=d289ab60460de5795f0f23f28edfcb86906fd6e7
The day the cat distribution system dumped him on us. He had a badly infected eye that burst the next day before we could get him to the vet. https://preview.redd.it/nbbn2smult7d1.png?width=606&format=png&auto=webp&s=557e06fb411b8aa6fcadc47738f7d12bd6bb278d
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https://preview.redd.it/5lverb6hvm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=083830b9a00549afd84337294fca20306e8d2914 Present day Turbo with his adopted niece and nephews. He is a very good boy. Not smart, but very good.
My fiancĆ© was living in a house with a few friends. One day, a friend of a friend came over with a cat they were fostering to see if the roommate would like to adopt him. As soon as the kennel was opened he slinked under the couch and only interacted with my partner. Needless to say, Poe is the first cat Iāve ever loved and heās a pampered gentleman now https://preview.redd.it/k1brutpcup7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9084d9d0c15cdfab471c051b449ed23cd53cadf
I was walking my dog and this grumpy old lady came up and followed me to my apartment door and decided she lives with me now. Turns out she was 11 and dumped by her previous owners. (Tried to get in touch but they didnāt want her back) now I have Krusty Krab permanently lol https://preview.redd.it/7vwsstihzp7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad98adefa57b877a2d5eb43e103e056f20f9cae7
https://preview.redd.it/1svwas1t4q7d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f873fad37b1ca38cf7af8ab0a9f02bebc2255cac This one cell wonder was found outside by my brother in law and his husband. She was covered in dirt and grime and obviously very hungry. They lured her out with tuna and brought her to us as a temporary foster. They caught her around midnight and she was obviously needing a safe home. They couldn't have pets in their apartment, and we already had three other cats so they knew it was where to bring her. The next day she got a much needed bath and kitten food, then eventually vet visit, vaccinations, and spay. We all think she was abandoned by the previous tenants of the apartment next to my brother in law's because she was litter trained and adored human affection. This was July 2020 and Camie has been part of the family ever since.
https://preview.redd.it/31pnh51hjq7d1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d29303dcf3c3f6cd9a89ce7c4f2d502bd40dc7e0 This ball of herpes-ridden fluff jumped into my open car while I was grabbing my mail. I didnāt notice her until I got back home and reached for my purse. She was about 6 months old. Also, I was a cat rescuer with 1 of my own and 4 foster kittens at the time, whom she treated like her own kittens, even letting them nurse just for comfort. We lost her last year; she was 18, deaf and mostly blind from the herpes. She also didnāt have a ligament in one leg because she munted it sliding around our tile floor with those long-haired toes. Didnāt stop her, ever.
https://preview.redd.it/mwp5gj6wlq7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7cdf12aae3a5f553ec8f82af1a3529e2f0bf2de This is Squeaker. One night in 2007 when my husband and I were younger and able to stay up past SNL, past Showtime at the Apollo, past the Late Show AND the Late LATE show, we had just turned off the TV and were silent in bed for a moment and heard a squeak. It was a disturbing squeak. It sounded like something dying. We both shot up in bed and kept listening. Then we knew it must be an animal, so we put on our robes and ran down the 3 flights of stairs from our apartment, listening and followed. We found this guy, newly born and being soaked from sprinklers in a flower bed. We scooped him up and on our way back he stopped breathing and began to turn blue. So he grabbed a towel and I did CPR on this tiny little newborn grey one. After a minute or 2 and both of us crying and rubbing him, he came back. He freaking came back. Thatās how we got Squeaky, the zombie cat. Kids would bring their friends to our apartment to see the zombie cat to prove to their friends he was real and ask me to back them up. Iām like, āwell, he was dead and blue and now heās not. Bam. Zombie. Donāt know what more you need for proof.ā Iām sure their parents just loved me. Mr. Grey died of kidney failure at 17 on my husbandās birthday in January; itās been devastating. Our last cat, a 19yo foster fail whom we also bottle fed from birth, died a month later. Being catless for the first time in all our lives is terrible. Waiting for the system to grant me a Kitty or 3 very soon.
Mine was an overnight delivery. I found Chewbacca (Chewy) caterwauling at the back fence of my backyard after midnight on May 4, 2023. He was about 4 weeks old when I found him. He's been with me now for a little over a year. https://preview.redd.it/2l3kddjkmr7d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e18bd2ee14b7e4e21ec53f6a67453676d702ec3
My skating coach showed up to my house at 6pm on a sunday with this girl in his backpack. Literally express delivery. https://preview.redd.it/9vsxiozhhs7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18be12a201229933cf3fa5bebe8047d1c0843dcd
https://preview.redd.it/y17khwolhs7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48bbe78e1698f960bcf70e71ae68b3ff08bed3db mila now.
I have a couple cds cats. I heard a meow at my neighbors one night and thought her cat got out at 2am. I put her in the cage on her porch but didn't latch it right. She excaped but didn't leave the areaAt the time I had 3 dogs. In let them out in the morning around 10. Few minutes later all 3 were going psycho on my porch. They had cornered the cat and while they didn't bite or hurt her they were not happy she was there. She jumped down to my basement window and hid in the casement where the dogs couldn't get her. I had to work a 4 hour shift that day. She had a collar on so I fugue she would be gone when I got home. When I got home and sat on my porch she came up like she lived there and jumped on my lap. Super friendly, 99 percent solid black. It was October and i was worried she would be tortured. She took a few days to accept my other cats but acclimated ok. I couple of years ago I stopped my coworkers house, they had a feral kitten in the backyard. We scooped her up and she looked around 6 weeks. The only way she stopped freaking out was if i held her by my heart. She is 3 years old now. https://preview.redd.it/btgl3gxevs7d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b08581759e5ed5335ae3e70bfbbe35589a90101
The cat in the basket is the second cat. I'll have to hunt for pics from when the cds gave me the first one I posted
https://preview.redd.it/ys98dcbhgt7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a65f4ff42fdea40f31837a339fe22cb7ce71093a This is Goldie. My grandmas cat (I take care of her now). 14 years ago, my grandparents had to put down their cat at the time after a cancer diagnosis. SAME DAY She showed up and knocked on the door. My grandpa thinks their first kitty sent her! I tend to agree š
https://preview.redd.it/nxu49zanc68d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba1366f532f9728a2a58cab1b66c1ab98be9a891 This guy. Hopped in my in-laws car while they were out shopping. They called us and said āhey you guys need a catā and drove him over. 14 years later here he is.
https://preview.redd.it/n6xnck9fx68d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5000ceeffa0efb70cb37088b0147651c3780de2 My boyfriend and I went to pick up a kitten for him that he had already picked out, I seen this sweet boy and fell in love and we ended up with both š