u/VincentVan_Dough

She appeared in my garden last November looking suspiciously chonky. Had 6 kittens in December. 3 months of cray-cray fostering them and finding them loving forever homes. A failed spay and heart murmur scare. Heat cycle after heat cycle. Another successful attempt but the incision site got infected. Weeks in a cone. So much misery for the both of us. Finally after 5 long months, she got the all-clear from the vet this morning! Roxy is deflead, dewormed, vaccinated, chipped and spayed. Enjoying life in the sun in her garden, never to be pregnant again, safe and healthy.

Got the all-clear from the vet this morning! She has her AirTag collar back on and full freedom to her garden. She’s been on patrol, munching on grass and basking in the sun 🌞 Well done my darling!

But still in her onesie until she gets the all-clear from the vet on Monday. She got a little supervised outdoor time to enjoy the good weather, ate some grass and marked her turf 😂

All day, everyday. She insists.

“Let her (pregnant stray) have her kittens outside, they’ll be fine”

“DO NOT let her give birth inside”

“NO NO NO NO NO”

“Ok, she can give birth inside but I want these kittens adopted and GONE in 10 weeks”

“Look, MY boy is the best cat in the world”

“What scratches? They’re love taps”

“Are you sure they’ll come pick the kittens up?”

“Can you tell the new owners they can’t have the kittens anymore? Is it too late?”

“Can you tell them their kitten died and we keep him?”

The kittens are leaving us pretty soon. He still keeps asking if it’s too late for us to keep his favourite.

After the passing of our 20yo cat, a pregnant stray shows up a year later…

Husband: No more cats. Absolutely not. We are finally free and I’m not up for another 20 years. NO NO NO NO NO.

Also Husband: Hungry my darling? Ok, let’s share some yogurt in matching bowls.

Kid: Mom, are you seeing this??

Me: picks up phone to snap pic, runs to Reddit.