Cats, cats, cats

Wren44

Good for you, taking outside kitties in to socialize. They are adorable.

Cowgirl13

They are darling!

M0mmyof3

So sweet!

Gumdoctor

Gorgeous kitties. Thank you for giving them a greater chance for a greater life.

Gumdoctor

Gumdoctor

Whitey is doing well. GI issues resolved. Vet said to start with a clean slate and see how she does.

On a more worrisome note, Whitey's first owner is a cat hoarder. She has made positive changes after Animal Control confiscated at least 6. She reduced the number from 30-40+ to 5. Whitey and one other officially belong to me but live with her so she has 5 in addition to my 2. I am also helping to support her making positive changes by providing high quality wet and dry cat food plus bottled water as she has minimal income and no running water.

Well here comes the punchline...police and inspectors appeared with a search warrant to enter her house. I saw this happening and walked over to support her. They are attempting to condemn her property. She refused to let them in and she lost it with them. Screaming. I tried to talk her into letting them in and she lost it with me. They will arrest her if she does not cooperate with the search warrant.

She convinced them to come back the next day. After they left, she confessed to me she has an additional 5 adult kitties and 5 5-week old kittens in the house and she did not want the authorities to see them.

Given her history, I am not surprised but I am very disappointed.

I do not mean to enable her. But I also cannot let the 2 kitties I am legally and morally responsible for, starve like they were before. Same for all her kitties.

I thought she was making huge progress and now I find out we are regressing to previous state of chaos and craziness...

I may have to just show up and take my 2 to re-home somewhere else and leave her to deal with the rest on her own.

What a sad, frustrating place to be with her. I love her and want to help her. She is so alone. I cannot even imagine living the way she lives...God is using this situation to teach me such important lessons...so hard...

Gumdoctor

santabarbarian

I wonder if there is a clinical social worker who can help her? This will need professional help...

M0mmyof3

Spookiesmom

feelingfeline

kathindc

Gumdoctor, I agree with santabarbarian. I hope your neighbor can get some help. At this stage, I fear the city/county may have to step in.

Wren44

Gumdoctor, Do pick up your two. I volunteer for the Seattle Animal Shelter which includes Animal Control. We occasionally get kitties in from a hoarder. In my experience, they work with the person to give up the kitties and don't prosecute unless it's really awful. Usually hoarders mean well but get in over their heads. Their impulse is the same as ours to save cats, but they have more than they can handle. Do you think your neighbor is capable of living alone? Or is this a possible sign of dementia? I do think animal control will need to be involved. If she can't have them spayed and neutered, the problem will expand very soon.

Wren44

And on a happy note: an 8mo rag doll kitten was spayed and ready to be adopted. The minute she was made available, she was adopted by one of my Friday volunteers. He had been looking ever since he decided he was ready to replace his deceased cat. He said when he saw the right one, he would know. I think it was meant to be. He often walks to the shelter but had driven yesterday, so he was able to get her home in the rain.

Gumdoctor

Neighbor is capable of living alone but not living with cats. She is a true survivor and makes it work. But she is blind to her inability to care for her animals. She has $700 income monthly. Before I started providing cat food, she gave them her wheels for meals human food like ravioli and milk soaked bread...

She has been making plans to leave town for over a year. The house condemnation is not because of cats but due to delapidated condition. She is blind to all of it.

Gumdoctor

Neighbor is capable of living alone but not living with cats. She is a true survivor and makes it work. But she is blind to her inability to care for her animals. She has $700 income monthly. Before I started providing cat food, she gave them her wheels for meals human food like ravioli and milk soaked bread...

She has been making plans to leave town for over a year. The house condemnation is not because of cats but due to delapidated condition. She is blind to all of it.

santabarbarian

Blind to reality = mentally ill. Sad, because it sounds like she is good hearted and trying help living beings just unable to make accurate assessments of needs.

Rah2464

Gumdoctor I hope you get your two before all are taken away. Such a sad situation.

Rah2464

My two boys cuddling on the couch on a rainy day

Cowgirl13

Darling kitties. Wonderful photo.

feelingfeline

Awwww

Gumdoctor

Rah - They are beautiful. Are they littermates?

Gumdoctor

Rah2464

Gumdoctor - yes brothers Lester and Marvin. Dropped off as kittens by a neighbor who thought one of my barns needed some mousers. They became house mousers instead much to my husbands dismay

feelingfeline

Mon Dieu - those two do not belong in a barn! Hope they brought your hubby round.

kathindc

Rah, you have two beauties there. Love their names.

Fairydragonfly

Thanks! I think so too, but I may be biased. 😜

Rah2464

Since I finally uploaded new pics from my phone, thought I would share a photo of Charlie. We found him in a fencerow on the farm as a tiny kitten. He has been with us 14 years now. His nickname is "Chuck". As in - you guessed it - upchuck. Cause that is what he specializes in . Well that and sleeping.

Gumdoctor

Nice to meet you Very Beautiful Charlie.

We had a Siamese named Charlie during my childhood. I a very partial to that kitty name.

Thank you for sharing picture of your beautiful boy.

Gumdoctor

kathindc

Rah, Charlie definitely is leading the good life. Love his pose. 🐈🐾

feelingfeline

feelingfeline

The power of Cat. Has to be seen to be believed

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Rah2464

kathindc - Charlie is my best sleeper. It is his fav activity. In fact I think his only activity ha

FF - that video! hilarious!