r/cats

All it’s missing is a copy of The Pet Goat.

having a pretty hard time dealing.

We’d been looking after a stray for close to a year. He’d occasionally come in and chill.

About 6 months ago I was bedroom bound with COVID and he showed up at 2AM yowling to get in. Partner was not ok with him being in the house overnight at the time so went down, gave him some attention and sent him on his way. Woke up to him snoozing beside me in bed as he’d climbed our back roof and came in through the window for a good night of zZz’s.

6 months later and he’s ours. Still a menace but an incredibly affectionate & needy boi.

Someone in our area had told us that he’s one of the local’s and his name is Johnny Whiskers. Turns out, it ain’t him but the name somewhat stuck and we shortened it to John.

We got a clean bill of health from the vet and now he spends most of his time begging for chicken or giving out that our legs aren’t open for him to lay between.

We can’t fully acclimate him to indoor life due to certain behaviours that are too hard to eliminate. He’s so used to being fully outdoors but spends most of his time with us chilling now. There’s comfort in the fact he now leads a much safer life than before.

Yesterday afternoon my beautiful girl had major respiratory complications & unfortunately passed away tonight. We are absolutely gutted & numb. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of her - just thought I'd share.

Edit: I'm absolutely overwhelmed by everyone's stories, well-wishes & responses. Thank you so much. It means the world to me to share a part of her legacy with everyone.

She was microchipped so called the vets, she was registered to building site up the road - the site manager took ownership of her so she could be treated for fleas as her original owner abandoned her.

We got a call from the vet asking us to give him a ring and he explained if we can give her a loving life we were welcome to take ownership.

I've been cat sitting for my parents for the past 3 months. When I took him in, he had this growth on the bottom of his chin. My Mom said she had brought him to the vet and he was given an antibiotic shot. However, it hasn't gone away over the 3 months I've had him. If I take a warm wet cloth and wipe the sore, the black crusty stuff usually falls off, leaving a pimple like sore that sometimes bleeds. Any ideas or suggestions? Much appreciated.

@Jill Rakauskas / Viralhog licensed video from way back that I came across recently and love

a stray gave birth in my garage a month ago so i took her and her kittens in, there was one kitten soooo much smaller than the rest(possibly premature?) and i didnt think she would make it but i got soooo much good advice from anotner subreddit & i spent alot of time with her making sure she was eating enough, weighing her multiple times a day, and making sure mom was taking good care of her aaand 4 weeks later and shes doing great❤️ fever coat is slowly falling off and shes still much smaller than the rest of the litter but shes catching up! shes such a cutie!!!

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