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Yesterday was meant to happen. I normally take my little maltese dog on a walk around 10am but yesterday I was too lazy and waited until noon. When we went to our usual grassy spot behind my apartment building I heard a desperate cry for help. I looked around and spotted a gourgous white cat stuck between the wooden slabs of a fence. I couldn't help it until I took my dog inside. When I returned my husband followed me outside because I told him a cat asked for my help. He thought I was nuts until he say the cat. I was able to get it (not sure if its male or female yet) and it began to purr. The first thing I noticed is this cat is completely starved and you can feel every rib bone. It's very slow to move because I'm sure it has no energy and I think had I not found it yesterday it was going to die soon. I didn't want to just pick it up and drag it inside so my hubby and I began walking back to the apartment and I called the cat to follow us. It came all the way to the stairs and stopped. I picked it up and brought it to my front door. I gave it some water and what little food I had on hand. It barely ate and then it rested on the top step. Due to the fact that there are 4 ferel cats behind our apartment with one bully tom cat we know Marshmellow would be tormented. We decided that we were going to at least nurse him/her back to health and put "Marshmellow" on our patio. We figured if the cat wants to leave it won't have a problem just going but all Marshmellow wants to do is sleep. We got a litter box and it fell asleep in it. It wasn't until this morning that the cat pee'd in the box and then moved over to the pillow I had given it to sleep on. I sprayed Marshmellow with flea killer and checked this morning and seems to have worked. I am keeping my dog away from the cat and introduced one another through the glass door. The cat could care less. It purrs everytime I go to check on it and insists on having it's head scratched. It also now eats everytime I put my hand on it's food bowl.
Can someone give me advise on how I can get the cat to gain some weight and also where I can get some help for it? We want to keep Marshmellow because the cat is an absolute lover and sweetheart. Oh and my hubby likes it (big shock!) We don't have a lot of money but I know that we can give Marshmellow the home he/she deserves.
Yesterday was meant to happen. I normally take my little maltese dog on a walk around 10am but yesterday I was too lazy and waited until noon. When we went to our usual grassy spot behind my apartment building I heard a desperate cry for help. I looked around and spotted a gourgous white cat stuck between the wooden slabs of a fence. I couldn't help it until I took my dog inside. When I returned my husband followed me outside because I told him a cat asked for my help. He thought I was nuts until he say the cat. I was able to get it (not sure if its male or female yet) and it began to purr. The first thing I noticed is this cat is completely starved and you can feel every rib bone. It's very slow to move because I'm sure it has no energy and I think had I not found it yesterday it was going to die soon. I didn't want to just pick it up and drag it inside so my hubby and I began walking back to the apartment and I called the cat to follow us. It came all the way to the stairs and stopped. I picked it up and brought it to my front door. I gave it some water and what little food I had on hand. It barely ate and then it rested on the top step. Due to the fact that there are 4 ferel cats behind our apartment with one bully tom cat we know Marshmellow would be tormented. We decided that we were going to at least nurse him/her back to health and put "Marshmellow" on our patio. We figured if the cat wants to leave it won't have a problem just going but all Marshmellow wants to do is sleep. We got a litter box and it fell asleep in it. It wasn't until this morning that the cat pee'd in the box and then moved over to the pillow I had given it to sleep on. I sprayed Marshmellow with flea killer and checked this morning and seems to have worked. I am keeping my dog away from the cat and introduced one another through the glass door. The cat could care less. It purrs everytime I go to check on it and insists on having it's head scratched. It also now eats everytime I put my hand on it's food bowl.
Can someone give me advise on how I can get the cat to gain some weight and also where I can get some help for it? We want to keep Marshmellow because the cat is an absolute lover and sweetheart. Oh and my hubby likes it (big shock!) We don't have a lot of money but I know that we can give Marshmellow the home he/she deserves.