Hello everyone!! i am new here. Found this site by looking info for my new cat. I'll share my kitty story with you all. Last may i moved into my first apt/cottage and a few days later i noticed a cat hanging around in the yard. I asked landlord what was with the cat. She said it was a stray and never got close and always ran away when u tried to approach. Landlord's son has spent 31/2 yrs feeding it and trying to catch it to no avail. I loving animals decided to pitch in the feeding and hoping it would come close to me. No chance.! I could see cat let only landlords son pet it on the head a bit and then ran. The day before thankgiving landlords son suddenly past away and we all felt sad and even for cat since it would only let him pet it. i continued feeding cat and everytime i cooked i left chicken out for. Jan 19 we had a very mild day for being winter and i as i went to dispose of my garbage i walked by cat did not noticed it ,until it hissed at me. So i said hello and and proceeded to feed the cat. it did NOT run away from me ,i took pics and i sat and spoke to the cat to please let me help it. i reached out to pet it and it let me and i was so exited. It meowd at me like it wanted help and love.
as cat ate i noticed bloody front paws on both front legs and i know i had to take this cat in my house. Im not allowed pets in my house. Cat just could not walk anymore.Poor thing i could not let this go anymore and i went to reach for cat and it let me pet it and i ran in house got a blanket and stood in front of cat while softly talking and petting it i grabbed it and wrapped in blanket. It did not fight me at all not even a hiss. Brought in house let it calm a a bit called my friend and asked what to do?as you can see from pic above this cat was FILTHY with all that hair in clumps. Cats front paws all bloody and raw skin. my friend said bathe her! I proceeded to bathe this cat and it did not fight once and laid in a tub of warm water while i used human shampoo and cleaned this cat. Dirt by the lbs came off this cat. It was sooo sad it just laid there while i bathed and blew dry it it was cold and i tried to bush to no avail. Found out it was a she. one paw looked like it got wet and froze and skin was ripped off and other one had an infection on toe and it was oozing and nasty. i put meds best i could and laid cat in a box with towels. I spoke with landlord and told her the situation and i told her i can keep her if u let me but if not she has to spend the night and ill take her to a shelter in the am. She said i could keep her since she knew the cat for years. so now i had to take cat to vet. this cat for being dirty not one flea or ticks. Cat was soooo tired it slept for 4 days and didn't barely move. i made a little box for her and i would put her on it so she knew it was for her. took her to vet with a very small budget and and they did tests and gave her meds.she needed more care i could not pay for and they had a charity program and clients would donate $ for cases like this. Turns out cat had massive infection on one toe and no bone left on toe and it needed to be remove or it would have become septic and she would die. Dr shaved her from neck down and kept her tai to remove all that clumped hair. so i had to keep her wrapped up since it was winter in Ny. Aside from that she was amazingly healthy not worms ,never had a litter,believed to be 7 or 8 yrs. With donations she had surgery and is doing well. got a clean bill of health. She's still very scared at times and skittish i let her be. She uses littler box great,one one mishap. She has a spot by my bed and couch thats hers. She's happy. By playing with her i discovered she can't see much out of left eye.She is well and doing so well but still is afraid and i want to help her not be so afraid. i know after so long out alone shes used to it. shes slowly being social with me. She cries and seems to want to go out but vet said keep her indoors ,better for her,so the window is her connection to outside. Loves her milk morning and eve and only eats dry food,wont eat my chicken or anything else . She gain 3 lbs she was 6 lbs and a bag of bones and now is filling out and healthy and beautiful. I named her MISHU 'D LION her mane reminds me of a lion and i love her so. any advise is greatly apreciated on her being afraid still. i know time will tell.Thank you
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as cat ate i noticed bloody front paws on both front legs and i know i had to take this cat in my house. Im not allowed pets in my house. Cat just could not walk anymore.Poor thing i could not let this go anymore and i went to reach for cat and it let me pet it and i ran in house got a blanket and stood in front of cat while softly talking and petting it i grabbed it and wrapped in blanket. It did not fight me at all not even a hiss. Brought in house let it calm a a bit called my friend and asked what to do?as you can see from pic above this cat was FILTHY with all that hair in clumps. Cats front paws all bloody and raw skin. my friend said bathe her! I proceeded to bathe this cat and it did not fight once and laid in a tub of warm water while i used human shampoo and cleaned this cat. Dirt by the lbs came off this cat. It was sooo sad it just laid there while i bathed and blew dry it it was cold and i tried to bush to no avail. Found out it was a she. one paw looked like it got wet and froze and skin was ripped off and other one had an infection on toe and it was oozing and nasty. i put meds best i could and laid cat in a box with towels. I spoke with landlord and told her the situation and i told her i can keep her if u let me but if not she has to spend the night and ill take her to a shelter in the am. She said i could keep her since she knew the cat for years. so now i had to take cat to vet. this cat for being dirty not one flea or ticks. Cat was soooo tired it slept for 4 days and didn't barely move. i made a little box for her and i would put her on it so she knew it was for her. took her to vet with a very small budget and and they did tests and gave her meds.she needed more care i could not pay for and they had a charity program and clients would donate $ for cases like this. Turns out cat had massive infection on one toe and no bone left on toe and it needed to be remove or it would have become septic and she would die. Dr shaved her from neck down and kept her tai to remove all that clumped hair. so i had to keep her wrapped up since it was winter in Ny. Aside from that she was amazingly healthy not worms ,never had a litter,believed to be 7 or 8 yrs. With donations she had surgery and is doing well. got a clean bill of health. She's still very scared at times and skittish i let her be. She uses littler box great,one one mishap. She has a spot by my bed and couch thats hers. She's happy. By playing with her i discovered she can't see much out of left eye.She is well and doing so well but still is afraid and i want to help her not be so afraid. i know after so long out alone shes used to it. shes slowly being social with me. She cries and seems to want to go out but vet said keep her indoors ,better for her,so the window is her connection to outside. Loves her milk morning and eve and only eats dry food,wont eat my chicken or anything else . She gain 3 lbs she was 6 lbs and a bag of bones and now is filling out and healthy and beautiful. I named her MISHU 'D LION her mane reminds me of a lion and i love her so. any advise is greatly apreciated on her being afraid still. i know time will tell.Thank you
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