Today's cat rescue.

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Hello fellow cat lovers...

Through out all my life I've been rescuing and adopting / finding homes for cats and kittens I've found abandoned in the streets. It makes me angry and sick inside beyond what I can describe when it's humans fault.
Two days ago this 7 or 8 month old calico female was wandering around my mother in law's front yard. She doesn't like cats, neither does anyone else in her family except my wife and she is a convert, that is, I converted her with the help of my family's cats and our first cat Rausa who deserves an entire thread all for herself.
My wife went to see her mom yesterday and when she saw the cat she went around the neighborhood enquiring who was the owner. Of course, no one would admit being the one or wanting to adopt the cat so she left it in the front yard of a house she knows has many cats. Today the cat appeared again in her mom´s front yard and seemingly very hungry and thirsty.
When my wife saw her again she told me about the cat (she probably hesitated a lot because she knew what would come) so I immediately went with her and my 6 year old kid to her mom´s house for the cat, braving a monster traffic jam and on the return trip my soft-top Jeep started to overheat badly (it never had done that before) overstressing the moment as we had the strange cat in the car, why did it have to do that exactly today??!!

The cat, a classic calico, was never hostile towards me, she let me catch her easily. She is no stranger to human contact. She looks like she's in good health and after we bathed her we found only one flea (???). She cooperated completely, (warm water obviously) and didn't even try to escape.
I know she very probably isn't spaded so I'll be phoning my Vet tomorrow. She already has her adult teeth.

The problem is that I already have two cats, one BIG male and another female. I don´t know if they will accept her but after a brief introduction and a few insults from either side, things appear to be going better that what I expected.

Another problem is that three are not too many cats for me but perhaps they are for my wife. We are supposed to look for a house for her but to tell you the truth, I don't think anybody will take her in. And I would never give her up unless I knew it was a good house, so although I wouldn't say this to my wife I think the new cat will stay for good.

I hope everything turns out OK

Thanks for reading me.


The photos were taken today just a while ago and right after we bathed her. (I don´t usually bathe my cats, unless they are new ones)
 

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Oh she is such a beautiful little girl!
You obviously have a big heart hun. I hope that you can convince your wife to keep her, but if not sending TONS of vibes that she finds a wonderful forever home!
 
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Originally Posted by Kailie

Oh she is such a beautiful little girl!
You obviously have a big heart hun. I hope that you can convince your wife to keep her, but if not sending TONS of vibes that she finds a wonderful forever home!
Thank you very much!
I want her to stay with us, she is very sweet and gentile!
 

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She is a beauty. I hope you can keep her, she would do very well with you and would have a good life.
 

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She is gorgeous!
If you do decide to re-home her, we can offer some help with how to be sure you find her a good home (where to advertise, an adoption application, etc).
 

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Pretty little girl... SKINNY!!! Sheesh!!! Thank you for saving her!
 
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Thank you all.

24 hours after bringing her home she seems to be doing OK. She slept well and she looks like she likes the place. My other two cats haven't accepted her yet but I think it´s normal.

We decided to stay with her, she's been through enough.




In the next two pics you can see my cat Luna by the tree and at a safe distance observing the newcomer's every move.




Loony, the big guy, watching her every move too :



 
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Originally Posted by white cat lover

She is gorgeous!
If you do decide to re-home her, we can offer some help with how to be sure you find her a good home (where to advertise, an adoption application, etc).
Thanks! I think I will need that help if I find more stray cats. This one will stay with me but any more will be too much for us. Yet I can never leave a Kitty in need, I do all I can to find them a good home!
 
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Originally Posted by AddieBee

You're a good guy, Rod.


At least I try to be!

 

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She knew just the right place to go!! She looks beautiful and very comfortable!! God Bless you for keeping her!!
 
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I'm amazed on how fast my other two cats accepted her! She is fine, happy and well adjusted to the family; and it hasn't even been a week!

 
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