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This cat showed up at my back door yesterday and she's not one of the usual neighborhood cats that stops by every once in a while. I've never seen her before. And she hasn't left and doesn't appear to want to leave. In fact she tries to come in the house with me every single time.

She seems to have a cat cold: really stuffy with a snotty nose and a bit of build up around her eyes, snorts frequently and wimpers time to time (as I'm writing this), and doesn't have that typical cat demeanor. She's also frighteningly thin to me. My house cat is about 11lbs and this cat has to be half that weight - she's real boney feeling and feels almost as if she weighs nothing at all.

Last night along with again this morning I gave her some good dry food and wet food which she finished easily, along with a big bowl of water. She slept here all night in the cat carrier I placed out there for her and still hasn't left.

Anyway, I'm kind of worried that if she eventually leaves on her own she won't make it. I don't know if she's homeless or not. I kind of hope so considering her condition. Because if she has a home, it's like she's not treated very well as it appears she is poorly fed/poor nutrition (commonly associated with a cat cold) and sent outside to fend for herself. I'd gladly take her myself.

What do I do??!

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lol, yes she has all her legs.

The vet said she's about 2 1/2 years old and acknowledged she was extremely light and obviously sick, droopy eyes and a snotty nose, and so forth.

So, apparently there are real life cat ladies who dedicate themselves to caring for cats among all other animals. This lady that will be picking the cat up later today owns a cat sanctuary in Mission and nurses all sorts of animals back to health all on her own. And then once the cat is back in good health, we can either care for her ourselves or the lady will find the cat a home elsewhere. A safer and overall better alternative to the SPCA. I never knew this otherwise I would've done it right away.

Sad at first... but a feel good story at the end. We might take her in when she's good to leave the sanctuary. :)

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lol, yes she has all her legs.

The vet said she's about 2 1/2 years old and acknowledged she was extremely light and obviously sick, droopy eyes and a snotty nose, and so forth.

So, apparently there are real life cat ladies who dedicate themselves to caring for cats among all other animals. This lady that will be picking the cat up later today owns a cat sanctuary in Mission and nurses all sorts of animals back to health all on her own. And then once the cat is back in good health, we can either care for her ourselves or the lady will find the cat a home elsewhere. A safer and overall better alternative to the SPCA. I never knew this otherwise I would've done it right away.

Sad at first... but a feel good story at the end. We might take her in when she's good to leave the sanctuary. :)

Oh yes, there are real life cat ladies. My Mother's best friend is one. All the neighbor kids call her the cat lady :) Maybe I'll be one when I reach age 50:), but I am not sure if I want another cat after the one I have.

Here's something -

Back in 2002, I was walking home from work, and by the door to my apartment building was this cat standing there, so I let him in, he followed me to my apartment. I let him in my apartment, and showed him to boyfriend at the time - "Look what I found!" 20 minutes later, the cat left, and I saw the cat again a few weeks later. A month after that, I am watching TV and Evening Magazine comes on, which is a local program in Western WA, and there he is, a picture of the cat on the program. The owner was on the program looking for the cat, and a pet physic was helping him to locate the cat! I'm watching this, and thinking - woah!

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I work with a dog rescue (bull terrier to be exact) and when fostering the dogs to groom them for a new home it's always tough to let them go. I say this because, in any sense, you rescued that cat and when you rescue an animal, there is a bond that forms. Whether you decide to keep her or see to it she is put in a good home is noble of you. Keep us posted, man.

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I work with a dog rescue (bull terrier to be exact) and when fostering the dogs to groom them for a new home it's always tough to let them go. I say this because, in any sense, you rescued that cat and when you rescue an animal, there is a bond that forms. Whether you decide to keep her or see to it she is put in a good home is noble of you. Keep us posted, man.

I will!

This cat actually turned out to be 10 years old, not two and a half. The initial quick assessment was wrong. Apparently you're supposed to look at the teeth to get a much more accurate figure which the vet did later. The "cat woman" (I don't know her name) came to pick up the cat yesterday evening so I got a call about that. At least she's doing better now with regular meals and a good place to sleep, medicine for the cold, and other cats to interact with.

I assume she was a house cat all that time given the condition she was found in. It's like her owners released her somewhere she wasn't familiar with and left her there so she couldn't come back. It appears she didn't know how to survive at all outside hence the cold and starvation... It's remarkable she showed up on my doorstep when she did; might not have lasted another week outside.

I thought Torts was a dog man.

I like all animals! .. to varying degrees at least ;). I prefer the ones that don't try to kill you. Our current cat was offered to us since friends found her and her sister living in their shed. So we didn't really want to tell them no and it had been about a decade since we last had a family pet (Scottish terrier) . Had we known it would've worked out so well with one cat, we would have gladly taken both. Perhaps we'll take this most recent one in with us though.

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Not to freak you out. But there have been cat ladies out there, that can't take care of themselves, let alone animals. There's a few cases where a "cat lady" had 100 cats and dozens of the cats didn't have enough food, and under malnutrition, and the house was a disaster.

Maybe next time just adopt the cat.

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