Hi there!
Long time furkid mom, new to the forums. In the past I've been a mom to 6 cats and a dalmatian and a foster mom to 20 cats. I now live in Florida with two lab mix pups and a recent accidental cat addition.
I guess you could say my house has always been a zoo
So the newest cat is the main reason I've come on this site. After the experience I've had, she's thrown me for a few loops. She found me while I was sitting on a bench on the side of a street, a full grown adult female tabby weighing in at a whopping 3.5lbs. Being that I was on vacation out of state at the time, I tried to do what I thought was right and get her into a no kill shelter. Well one shelter was full, so I took her to another that had a 90% no kill rate... at this point figuring it was better than leaving her on the street to starve. Well while I was talking to the guy who ran the shelter about leaving her there, saying I'd pay for all her food and vet care and whatnot, she peed on me. As corny as this sounds, I figured it was her way of telling me she just did not want to be there. Well luck was in her favor because the manager told me they couldn't take in any more cats until friday because there was some cat disease going around (I forget which one) and they had to medicate and quarantine the cats before they could take any more. This was tuesday. I told him I was taking a plane home on wednesday and I needed to put her somewhere... the manager snottily told me "well you should have thought about this earlier now shouldn't you". As if I had that option. She found me at 11pm on monday.
To make a long story short, I borrowed a cat carrier, paid the $50 plane fee and took her as carry on luggage home. So far she's been in a train, a subway, a plane and a few cars... never so much as meowed once. I've finally gotten her up to a normal weight. She's had all her tests and is in perfect health. Didn't get vaccinated yet because we're still up in the air on whether or not she's pregnant. Doc gave me the option of spending a few hundred on a sonogram or just waiting it out, I chose to wait it out. But not worried. If she is pregnant, the kittens will go to good homes... and if I have more kittens than I do homes, they can always stay with me.
While I don't know her back story, based on her age, the fact that she was early in her pregnancy (if she is pregnant) when I found her and how she acts, I think she was someone's house cat and got kicked out of the house when she went into her first heat. But... that's just a guess. And she's a fully indoor cat now.
So now that I've told you all my life story
, this cat has been a challenge to me because shes presented some things I've never had to deal with before. So, that's why I'm here... to offer my past experience, and to get more insight into my new found friend.
Long time furkid mom, new to the forums. In the past I've been a mom to 6 cats and a dalmatian and a foster mom to 20 cats. I now live in Florida with two lab mix pups and a recent accidental cat addition.
I guess you could say my house has always been a zoo
So the newest cat is the main reason I've come on this site. After the experience I've had, she's thrown me for a few loops. She found me while I was sitting on a bench on the side of a street, a full grown adult female tabby weighing in at a whopping 3.5lbs. Being that I was on vacation out of state at the time, I tried to do what I thought was right and get her into a no kill shelter. Well one shelter was full, so I took her to another that had a 90% no kill rate... at this point figuring it was better than leaving her on the street to starve. Well while I was talking to the guy who ran the shelter about leaving her there, saying I'd pay for all her food and vet care and whatnot, she peed on me. As corny as this sounds, I figured it was her way of telling me she just did not want to be there. Well luck was in her favor because the manager told me they couldn't take in any more cats until friday because there was some cat disease going around (I forget which one) and they had to medicate and quarantine the cats before they could take any more. This was tuesday. I told him I was taking a plane home on wednesday and I needed to put her somewhere... the manager snottily told me "well you should have thought about this earlier now shouldn't you". As if I had that option. She found me at 11pm on monday.
To make a long story short, I borrowed a cat carrier, paid the $50 plane fee and took her as carry on luggage home. So far she's been in a train, a subway, a plane and a few cars... never so much as meowed once. I've finally gotten her up to a normal weight. She's had all her tests and is in perfect health. Didn't get vaccinated yet because we're still up in the air on whether or not she's pregnant. Doc gave me the option of spending a few hundred on a sonogram or just waiting it out, I chose to wait it out. But not worried. If she is pregnant, the kittens will go to good homes... and if I have more kittens than I do homes, they can always stay with me.
While I don't know her back story, based on her age, the fact that she was early in her pregnancy (if she is pregnant) when I found her and how she acts, I think she was someone's house cat and got kicked out of the house when she went into her first heat. But... that's just a guess. And she's a fully indoor cat now.
So now that I've told you all my life story
