New cat rant. Anyone rescue lately?

[kissofcrimson]

Anyone find or rescue a cat/dog lately? I swore to myself I wouldn't get anymore animals until I was actually in a position to do so and now here I am with another cat.

She's an older cat (aged between 2-5 by the vet and looks to be 3-4) missing all her lower incisors, has a few notches in her ears, scars on her nose and missing fur. When I first found her and brought her home she was very loving, constantly did biscuits and didn't even struggle at the vets office when they shaved her belly to see if she had a spay scar. I expected her personality to change a bit but not flip. She's now aggressive towards me and the bf and has attacked us a few times.

This isn't something I would ordinarily worry about, as I've had feral/stray cats before that were hard to handle but eventually found their niche in my home, so I know how to read their behavior and gauge how a cat is. The aggression she shows is not fear aggression or out of pain like it is for Ninja, the biter in the house who doesn't like his back to be touched but just plain old aggression. The problem is I'm 7 months pregnant with my first child and I don't want to take any risks with the baby.

Don't get me wrong I'm not one of those type of people who get rid of their pets because they're having a baby but I didn't bring her home with the set intentions of keeping her. I guess I was just so excited about helping her that I didn't put much thought into all the possibilities that could surface and feel like in a way I have failed. I know that sounds silly, because if I'm doing what's best for her, like finding her a great home that's not failing her but in my mind it is because I could provide a great home for her if I wasn't so worried about things going wrong. Maybe things will work out. Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

Few days after being here.



With some tlc she's gained weight and looks better.




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[zoohouse]

We have three blk lab and red healer puppies that were in a storm drain. They are all females and still here 2 months later.

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[Oscar Mike]

We found a pregnant cat hanging around the dumpster last year and she was so skinny her eyes were sunken in and you could see every rib. She was super friendly tho and we had our nieces and nephews over so they went out and lured her back to our apartment with a boca burger... we wound up letting the kids keep her inside overnight because she was so pregnant it looked like she would pop any second, but the next day decided we couldn't keep a cat along with her kittens plus a dog and all my fish, so we put her back outside and started feeding her scraps near the dumpster. She would follow us back to the apartment after eating so we would have to drop the food and run back lol. The funny part is, I was the one saying we should just keep her because she was so friendly (like grab u with her claws and pet herself lol) but my gf kept saying we didn't need a cat and she was right...

Well after a week of feeding her outside she went missing for a few days and we figured she had the litter, but when we found her again she didn't have any kittens nearby. We checked for a few days but finally gave up thinking they died before birth or that the mom cat ate them because she didn't think they wouldn't survive. Then my gf checked the mail a week later and heard a kitten squeaking by a staircase with the mom cat next to it, so she scooped them up and ran back to the house. There was only one and we noticed he was crawling on his front legs instead of standing, but we thought maybe this was normal for a week old kitten. My neighbor came by a few hours later and asked why it was crawling too tho, so at that point we realized something wasn't right.

The front legs were fine but the back legs stuck straight out behind him and wouldn't move. We took him to several vets who thought it might be paralized or have broken legs, but eventually we brought him to a specialist a few hours away who took xrays before saying he has severe scoliosis and will never gain control over his back legs (or bladder...). He's now a little over a year old and wears baby diapers (with a hole cut out for his tail), has to eat special wetfood with Miralax and water mixed in (because he wont touch water unless its tuna juice which gets expensive lol), and also needs cold-water enemas every few months when his digestive tract gets backed up (which my gf now does from home). His name is Mr Widdles and my gf is obsessed with it, he's just as friendly as the mom too (who we named Momma), but Widdle growls nonstop when anybody comes over. Especially the kids that found Momma with us... Widdle traps them in a corner and scratches if they get close enough so they yell for me to catch him lol. It's kinda surprising and funny watching them get so scared over a disabled cat wearing diapers but his chest and shoulders are super buff from pulling himself around. He's actually really fast too and loves to climb furniture or lay next to me while Im working so he's a pretty chill cat.

Unfortunately he got a sore on one of his legs that we've been treating with the vet for a few months, and he's sick again right now because my dog knocked over the trash yesterday so we think he might've gotten into something. If he doesn't look better soon my gf will have to give him another enema but he's worth it (even after $3k in vet bills) and Im sure he'll be fine. We're actually thinking about getting him a wheelchair soon too lol. I've never even had a cat before and they can be a pain (the mom destroyed my leather couches and ate a quarter of my NLS last week while i was in the other room...), but I would wait to see if yours comes around and if not just let him be an outdoor cat

 

[Oscar Mike]

Whoops accidentally double posted so here's some pics

 

[petspoiler]

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She's an older cat (aged between 2-5 by the vet and looks to be 3-4) missing all her lower incisors, has a few notches in her ears, scars on her nose and missing fur. When I first found her and brought her home she was very loving, constantly did biscuits and didn't even struggle at the vets office when they shaved her belly to see if she had a spay scar. I expected her personality to change a bit but not flip. She's now aggressive towards me and the bf and has attacked us a few times.

This isn't something I would ordinarily worry about, as I've had feral/stray cats before that were hard to handle but eventually found their niche in my home, so I know how to read their behavior and gauge how a cat is. The aggression she shows is not fear aggression or out of pain like it is for Ninja, the biter in the house who doesn't like his back to be touched but just plain old aggression. The problem is I'm 7 months pregnant with my first child and I don't want to take any risks with the baby..............................


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With some tlc she's gained weight and looks better.
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she looks like a hell cat ;-) even in the 1st pic, her expression does when she was still weak.
but in that last pic, sorry- LOL- she's getting her strength back, and looks like she's holding in poltergeist.
Almost any animal can be manageable when sick, then totally different once well. there's not much that can be worse than a mad cat who feels trapped and wants AWAY.

I wouldn't feel guilty at all. Take her to a cat rescue. they are better equipped. a cat bite could be dangerous even before the baby comes.

 

[kissofcrimson]

We found a pregnant cat hanging around the dumpster last year and she was so skinny her eyes were sunken in and you could see every rib. She was super friendly tho and we had our nieces and nephews over so they went out and lured her back to our apartment with a boca burger... we wound up letting the kids keep her inside overnight because she was so pregnant it looked like she would pop any second, but the next day decided we couldn't keep a cat along with her kittens plus a dog and all my fish, so we put her back outside and started feeding her scraps near the dumpster. She would follow us back to the apartment after eating so we would have to drop the food and run back lol. The funny part is, I was the one saying we should just keep her because she was so friendly (like grab u with her claws and pet herself lol) but my gf kept saying we didn't need a cat and she was right...

Well after a week of feeding her outside she went missing for a few days and we figured she had the litter, but when we found her again she didn't have any kittens nearby. We checked for a few days but finally gave up thinking they died before birth or that the mom cat ate them because she didn't think they wouldn't survive. Then my gf checked the mail a week later and heard a kitten squeaking by a staircase with the mom cat next to it, so she scooped them up and ran back to the house. There was only one and we noticed he was crawling on his front legs instead of standing, but we thought maybe this was normal for a week old kitten. My neighbor came by a few hours later and asked why it was crawling too tho, so at that point we realized something wasn't right.

The front legs were fine but the back legs stuck straight out behind him and wouldn't move. We took him to several vets who thought it might be paralized or have broken legs, but eventually we brought him to a specialist a few hours away who took xrays before saying he has severe scoliosis and will never gain control over his back legs (or bladder...). He's now a little over a year old and wears baby diapers (with a hole cut out for his tail), has to eat special wetfood with Miralax and water mixed in (because he wont touch water unless its tuna juice which gets expensive lol), and also needs cold-water enemas every few months when his digestive tract gets backed up (which my gf now does from home). His name is Mr Widdles and my gf is obsessed with it, he's just as friendly as the mom too (who we named Momma), but Widdle growls nonstop when anybody comes over. Especially the kids that found Momma with us... Widdle traps them in a corner and scratches if they get close enough so they yell for me to catch him lol. It's kinda surprising and funny watching them get so scared over a disabled cat wearing diapers but his chest and shoulders are super buff from pulling himself around. He's actually really fast too and loves to climb furniture or lay next to me while Im working so he's a pretty chill cat.

Unfortunately he got a sore on one of his legs that we've been treating with the vet for a few months, and he's sick again right now because my dog knocked over the trash yesterday so we think he might've gotten into something. If he doesn't look better soon my gf will have to give him another enema but he's worth it (even after $3k in vet bills) and Im sure he'll be fine. We're actually thinking about getting him a wheelchair soon too lol. I've never even had a cat before and they can be a pain (the mom destroyed my leather couches and ate a quarter of my NLS last week while i was in the other room...), but I would wait to see if yours comes around and if not just let him be an outdoor cat

Wow, what a story and I'm glad to see he has such a good home. Sounds like he gets around pretty good though for a paraplegic cat and yeah it most certainly isn't cheap but they are definitely worth it. This cat isn't my first, so I'm used to my stuff being destroyed or the naughty behavior, just not so welcoming to the aggression. I've lost too many cats to being outside so all my cats are indoor but we are building a cat enclosure for them to adventure. Only one is actually interested in going outside though, the others freak out if you try to take them out the door lol

Sorry to hear he's sick and hope he heals up fast. He's gorgeous btw. Is the bottom pic his mom? She's very pretty too.


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[kissofcrimson]

We have three blk lab and red healer puppies that were in a storm drain. They are all females and still here 2 months later.

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Poor pups, glad you rescued them. Keeping or rehoming? We have 6 dogs here, 3 of them we are finding homes for and none of them are mine.


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[aclockworkorange]

We have 3 rescued cats and they drive me insane but I love them.

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[aclockworkorange]

And yes OP, the black white one we rescued recently. Although she is a perfect cat, besides annoying cute kitten crap she does. But to answer your question, if we were having a child and the newly adopted cat wasn't working out, I would try to find a no kill shelter for it.


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[Thelatinofishlover]

oh man i've been waiting for a thread like this!
okay so heres my story, one day i was walking home from work and i heard cats meowing i didnt think much of it, i was really tired and when straight to my room, while i was in my bed i could hear the cats meowing. the next morning i was getting ready to go to my gf house , that afternoon when i came home i saw a little white kitten with orange paws, he was skinny and really dirty, now i've never been a cat person but i felt bad for him so i tried to get him, but he ran away and whent under a truck, so i just let him go, then that night i heard the meowing again! now i was sure it was the kitten i had seen that afternoon, but it was late and i was to lazy to get him, so the next day i whent to take my dog for a walk, and i heard they kitten, so i whent to see where the meowing was comming from and to my surprise i saw the kitten next to the truck he ran under the day before, but he wasnt the one meowing, at that point i realized there were more kittens somewhere near, i followed the sound and stuck between the tire and them rim there were 2 kittens, they seemed like they were in very bad shape so i tried to grab them, but they whent in farther, my hand was to big to fit to i took my shirt off and wraped it around my hand and pulled them out by the tail, when i saw them they were just skin and bones, they couldnt even walk, i guess they where in there for a while , and one of them had his eye all messed up and there was pus coming out, now i couldnt keep them because no one in my family likes cats so i took them to an old lady who lives 3 houses away from me, she loves cats and was acctualy looking to buy some not to long before, she took them both, saddly one of them died, but the other survived and is now a big and very healthy, and as for the other cat with the orange paws, he was never caught and i havent seen him since, anyways thats my story