Hi everyone.
Was outside feeding the rabbits today when all of a sudden I heard a sweet delicate little "meow" coming from behind me. I turned around and saw a BEAUTIFUL medium haired grey with a little cream fur coloured tabby. Oh MY was she beautiful! I didn't recognize her at first... as I went to feel her I was SHOCKED to feel how thin she was. She litterally was skin and bones... she had absolutely NOTHING to her at all. I picked her up and couldn't believe how light she was... the poor dear. She in the mean time was busy head butting my hand and rubbing herself all over me. I ran to the house and yelled to my Mom to get some food for her... she at 3 dishes of dry food and 1 tin of wet food all within about 10-15 minutes... she was STARVING!!! :(
While she was eating I tried to look her over... she I think she has an injury to one of her back feet, I couldn't tell for sure but it didn't look right and one of her eyes is half shut and is all runny. I think she has a tatoo in her ear, not sure though, I didn't get a good look. The poor dear was sooooooo lonely! It just broke my heart. My Mom was yelling at me to get her away from the house, incase she had any disease or something... so I moved the food down to the front of the house in the ditch, and placed the food down there. After her tummy was filled she began licking me all over and cleaning herself and seemed much happier. Then my Mom told me to come inside... it was so hard to leave her out there. I tried several times to leave with out her noticing but she kept following me... :(
I eventually got in the house and had a shower. When I got out I cried and cried... I just felt so bad for her! :( The world is such a cruel place to some animals...
I talked to my Mom and Grandma and we're going to take her to the SPCA tomorrow. As I thought about it I realized I HAD seen her before! I remember I think it was Tuesday morning I saw her wandering a couple blocks away. ALSO I recognized her meow.... about 3-4 weeks ago one night Squeekers was sleeping on my bed and I heard a cat meowing outside and Squeekers started growling... I think that must have been her! :( And about a month or 2 ago I remember hearing the 2 children next door playing outside and yelling... I looked out my window and saw the 4 year old boy trying to kick a cat (I'm 99% sure it was her) and telling her to get lost! Luckily their Mom told them to leave her alone... all she wanted was some attention. If their Mom hadn't told them to stop I would have been out in a flash giving them a piece of my mind!!! So she's probably been a stray out here for at least 2 months..... and even after all that she's been threw she STILL loves and trusts people! OH! and my Mom said a few days ago there were some boys selling chocolates and she saw the cat following them... and assumed she was theres... but apparently she isn't!
I've named her Misty. She is such a beautiful girl...
If the SPCA finds her healthy and gets her in top shape... my Mom and Grandma MAY let me adopt her. Only problem is Squeekers HATES other cats...
I pray that she'll still be here tomorrow so we can take her down... she is such a sweet cat... she deserves better. I REALLY REALLY hope we can adopt her!
I'll keep you posted! (Took some pics, will post them later... not sure if they turned out)
