Cats Rescued: 200
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Tom before outside:
Tom after inside:
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urgently need your help. I am a formerly abandoned, abused cat – who
needs a very patient and loving caregiver to help me heal. I am a
beautiful blue-gray tom cat with amber eyes. The tips of my ears have
fallen off due to frostbite, so I have a rather square-looking head.
What is left of my left ear has a perfectly symmetrical hole at the
base of it. An unkind human took a cigarette and either burned the hole
into my ear, or used a hole-puncher to cut it out. The vet estimates I
could be anywhere from 3 – 5 years old. My rescuers have known of me
and been feeding me out in the streets for at least a couple of years.
Because I have known human abuse, I am very shy of humans. I gradually
started to trust my rescuers, and would sit beside them while I ate. I
was very patient, and some people saw me sitting at various porches for
hours at a time – facing blowing snow, freezing rain, ice and cold – in
the hopes that someone would give me some food to eat. I am very clever
and made my rescuer work hard to get me inside! My rescuer tried
several methods to get me in to get me the care that I needed over many
months, but unfortunately I was too savvy. Finally, in desperation, my
rescuer just picked me up with bare hands and brought me inside, taking
the chance that I was going to bite or scratch. That was not the case.
I secretly was craving the kind attention, and enjoyed the affection.
From then on, my rescuer patted me everyday, and I was very happy with
all the kind attention and affection. I was quite sick when I came in.
I had really bad Upper Respiratory Tract infection, gashes, wounds and
abscesses all over my body. In fact, my rescuer told me she could not
find one piece of smooth skin on me – my entire body was scabbed and
cut up. I went to the vet a few times, even one emergency visit, to get
the care and antibiotics I needed. I was given many antibiotics, and
needed special drops in my nose to allow me to breathe. Because I was
so sick, I would often cry at night. My rescuer was up almost every
hour with me, patting me, reassuring me and making me some special soup
which helped my cold. I really enjoyed the attention from my rescuer.
One night, when I cried at 3am, she got up to comfort me and went into
the kitchen to fix me some special soup. When she came back, I had
escaped out of my recuperation pen! I will tell you a secret – I did
that because I wanted to cuddle with her! When she went back to bed
after that, I slept first at her feet, and then by her head on her
pillow. I was so happy to finally be warm and have someone care for me,
that I could not get enough attention…. Now that I am stronger and a
little better, I am in a temporary foster home until I find my
permanent home. I have been neutered, and sadly it was determined that
I have FIV. This just means that I have to have extra good food to keep
my immune system strong. I will have to use good quality non-clumping
litter, which cannot cause any irritations and infections. I will never
be able to go outside again (not that I want to after my terrible time
out there), and I should be the only cat in the home or a companion cat
to another cat with FIV. Will you please provide me with a safe and
loving environment to heal in? |
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Zorro
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Zorro after inside:
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I was nicknamed Zorro because it looks like I have a
mask over my face. I am a very cute little gray and white cat now, but
that wasn't always the case. I was a skinny dirty cat outside, all
beat-up with scratches and cuts all over by body and face. I was always
hungry, but because I was so timid, I never got much food because I was
too shy to ask for it. And because the other cats were bigger and
stronger than me, I always let them eat first, and ate any of the
scraps left behind. Even doing this though, I still got beat up. I
never had anywhere to sleep and rest, so was always on the run - for
scraps of food and shelter. My rescuer noticed me running / hiding in
the background, and would always leave me a plate of food in a special
place just for me - to make sure that I was able to eat something. As
soon as she would walk away, I would run and eat it - as quickly as I
could - trying not to be seen. I didn't trust humans, as some of them
had not been kind to me in the past. It is suspected that I am an
abused cat that was abandoned or thrown outside. The irony is that, as
much as I tried to remain "invisible", I actually made it on tv! My
claim to fame is that I was filmed on Radio
Canada and
CBC
TV
- the cat slinking around the corner for food - at the beginning of
both video clips. Now that I am inside with very kind and caring
fosters, I am for probably the first time in my life, feeling safe. I
enjoy the regular meals, kindness and pats. I am approximately two and
a half years old. I have been neutered, vaccinated, de-wormed,
de-fleaed and microchipped. I have gone through some terrible times in
my first two years. I would love to be adopted into a permanent loving
home, where I can put my difficult past behind me. |
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Owner Comments:
Tom in his new home:
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