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Where Did You Get Your Cats?
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My last cat was with me for 20 years. She was amazing. I had her since I was 12 years old. A few weeks ago she passed away. I rescued her from the barn in our backyard. She was the last of her litter to survive. I still miss her.
Then at a cat adoption event I adopted Shadow. He has helped me so much in dealing with my latest cat death. I have to get use to having a kitten again after 20 years.
Then at a cat adoption event I adopted Shadow. He has helped me so much in dealing with my latest cat death. I have to get use to having a kitten again after 20 years.
We found Shade abandoned in our shed. His eyes just changed color before we were able to catch him so we think he was around 5 weeks old at that time.
Now he is about 2 years old.
Now Noka was given to us and we were told she was 8 weeks old but we think she was younger.
She is just a couple months younger than Shade. She is doing the "I fit I sit" bit.
Now he is about 2 years old.
Now Noka was given to us and we were told she was 8 weeks old but we think she was younger.
She is just a couple months younger than Shade. She is doing the "I fit I sit" bit.
I have re-read my post and I fear it sounds like I wasn't happy that nobody wanted Pallina and that I was forced to keep her.
At that time I spread the voice I had a kitten to adopt out, nobody wanted her ***and I so much glad and I thank heaven that they did not want her*** , she gave me wonderful years together, 16 years full of love and rich in experiences that I'm glad I lived. She still has a special wonderful place in my heart. And she'll have it forever!
I had this same conversation when I got my Georgie a week a go from his foster. She is one of the main rescuers at the cat rescue I got my babies from and she rescued 2 of my 3. She personally fostered Georgie and I know she was attached. She said it was hard but she brought him over to my house and she said it helped to see us so ready for him with toys etc. I promised her he will have a great home as we love our babies as family members. I have sent her updates and pics so she knows he is ok and getting on fine with my other two. I see from her instagram posts that she now has a new baby that desperately needed her help. I think that is what keeps her going knowing she can help so many.
This is what I love of people who adopt my cats/kittens, the updates, the fact that they are remembering where their kitty has come from and that feel that I am happy those kitties are fine and happy.
I have a young woman who adopted one of my kittens August 2017, I receive updates at least twice weekly, she's the best person I have met so far!
Exactly!
Knowing that my job has been useful to a tiny living being gives me the strength to do more!
And if I wasn't able to rehome them all, I should stop saving them.
In the last 12 months I have rescued not fewer than 30 kittens. Where could I have put them in my home?
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It's the same thing that many people keep asking me.
Maybe I'm very lucky?
It's that I have a cat colony (all cats are fixed) and often a new queen arrives and gives birth to some kittens, or (because there's a colony) someone dumps unwanted kittens where someone else will take care of them. Or I just find them on the road, like it happened in February, when I found an elder cat that someone had abandoned on a regional road.
The kitten I currently have home is a kitty that someone dumped among the colony. She's used to people, litterbox and home.
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I cannot even fathom how someone can abandon a family member? I see it like this: We have an unwritten contract to take the best care we can of our babies when we decide to bring one into our home. They look up to us and depend on us. What kind of person can, without conscience, do this? It is beyond my understanding....It's the same thing that many people keep asking me.
Maybe I'm very lucky?
It's that I have a cat colony (all cats are fixed) and often a new queen arrives and gives birth to some kittens, or (because there's a colony) someone dumps unwanted kittens where someone else will take care of them. Or I just find them on the road, like it happened in February, when I found an elder cat that someone had abandoned on a regional road.
The kitten I currently have home is a kitty that someone dumped among the colony. She's used to people, litterbox and home.
I don’t get it either. If someone can be cruel to an animal, they’re a sociopath as far as I’m concerned.
Got my handsome Siberian boy from a breeder in Sweden. First purebred we've ever had. He's the sweetest, cuddliest little fluffball! 
All the cats I've had so far have been adopted from rescues. I would never buy from a breeder.
Whether we get them from rescues or from breeders, I’m thrilled that we’re giving them loving homes and healthy environments! All kitties great and small! 
I've had both. I've had himalayans and ragdolls but when we decided to get a cat - which turned into cats this time, it was my 19 yr old son that said there are so many cats that need a home Mom, we should rescue one...or two....or three....lol!
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That's what happened with us- we adopted one feral, and then another, and another....... until we ended up with the 6 we now have.
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Honeybee came from a coworker's friend's mother who claimed the cat came from next door but i think they were worried about her tripping the lady as she was having difficulty moving around and probably couldn't take care of her as well anymore plus she was pretty active back then. She used to play nonstop....now she loves to sleep on us and hang out on the deck.
My prior cats came from the shelter or an ad for a kitten.
My prior cats came from the shelter or an ad for a kitten.
I got both of mine from a local feline rescue. I originally wanted Maisie because she had such an adorably grumpy face in her adoption pictures. The rescue said that she was there for 2 years because she is very skittish and was possibly feral and because she wasn't properly socialized, they wanted her to go with another cat. Remy was at the same location as Maisie, so they knew each other and I chose him over the other cats there.
