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I have a new foster cat! Her name is Molly, and she is so absolutely gorgeous:
No close-ups but <3! She's a pretty Himalayan mix and those BLUE EYES! Agh, I saw her and fell in love -
and then I had a rude awakening as to why she was at the cat shelter. LMAO, god damn her 'tude. :(
See, she's a cruelty take, but a really sad, tricky in one in that gray-area way. Her past owner is sickly (I believe it was cancer?), and the vet called animal cruelty because the owner could barely take care of herself, let alone another animal. And damn. This POOR GIRL o god, she had sickly mats all over her fur, she was so unclean and ungroomed she had just given up taking care of herself because it was too much. She also has a particularly nasty, too-long-undiagnosed upper respiratory problem that makes it so she can't get in too deep a sleep or play too much because she'll have an attack, and yeah, clear, thick fluid upchuck everywhere. :((((( She also has horrible problems with people, trust issues, etc, but she is SO SWEET with me.... you know, after FOUR WEEKS where I basically was a Victorian romance novel suitor.
E: HI THERE MOLLY! <3
M: ...
E: ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD DAY, DO YOU WANT SOME CATNIP?
M: *purrs/loves/rubs/sleeps on E*
E: AWWWW YOU DO LIKE M-
M: HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS *swipes*
E (IRONICALLY):
I visited her every day at points just so she'd get used to me. After two days she let me touch her, and on that day I started grooming her. The shelter didn't even do it, IIIIIII was the one who ended up cutting out those large chunks of fur, sometimes right next to her skin (omg ;_;) it was so deep. And I brushed her and slowly she started climbing into my lap to sleep.
Another quirk: SHE HATES OTHER CATS SO MUCH lol o god, even more than she doesn't like people. I thought she was going to take out this cat four times her body weight and size. She ruled that cat room with an iron fist.
BUT NOW. Away from the shelter she's like this completely different cat. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALIEN ABDUCTION. She follows me all around my room and sleeps as close as she can get to my side. <3 She plays and purrs and is such a fucking sweetheart and even stays still when I'm giving her the medicine she needs. I'm hoping I can get her better emotionally as well as physically, she's only four and deserves a healthy adult life.
No close-ups but <3! She's a pretty Himalayan mix and those BLUE EYES! Agh, I saw her and fell in love -
and then I had a rude awakening as to why she was at the cat shelter. LMAO, god damn her 'tude. :(
See, she's a cruelty take, but a really sad, tricky in one in that gray-area way. Her past owner is sickly (I believe it was cancer?), and the vet called animal cruelty because the owner could barely take care of herself, let alone another animal. And damn. This POOR GIRL o god, she had sickly mats all over her fur, she was so unclean and ungroomed she had just given up taking care of herself because it was too much. She also has a particularly nasty, too-long-undiagnosed upper respiratory problem that makes it so she can't get in too deep a sleep or play too much because she'll have an attack, and yeah, clear, thick fluid upchuck everywhere. :((((( She also has horrible problems with people, trust issues, etc, but she is SO SWEET with me.... you know, after FOUR WEEKS where I basically was a Victorian romance novel suitor.
E: HI THERE MOLLY! <3
M: ...
E: ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD DAY, DO YOU WANT SOME CATNIP?
M: *purrs/loves/rubs/sleeps on E*
E: AWWWW YOU DO LIKE M-
M: HISSSSSSSSSSSSSS *swipes*
E (IRONICALLY):
I visited her every day at points just so she'd get used to me. After two days she let me touch her, and on that day I started grooming her. The shelter didn't even do it, IIIIIII was the one who ended up cutting out those large chunks of fur, sometimes right next to her skin (omg ;_;) it was so deep. And I brushed her and slowly she started climbing into my lap to sleep.
Another quirk: SHE HATES OTHER CATS SO MUCH lol o god, even more than she doesn't like people. I thought she was going to take out this cat four times her body weight and size. She ruled that cat room with an iron fist.
BUT NOW. Away from the shelter she's like this completely different cat. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALIEN ABDUCTION. She follows me all around my room and sleeps as close as she can get to my side. <3 She plays and purrs and is such a fucking sweetheart and even stays still when I'm giving her the medicine she needs. I'm hoping I can get her better emotionally as well as physically, she's only four and deserves a healthy adult life.