Last we spoke about our dear, feral/stray, calico kitty, she had disappeared in April, likely due to the shenanigans of a trio of racoons that would nightly raid her food dish.
But today, Miss Snake Plissken returned, barely more than a skeleton, stomach distended. After a big dish of vittles and a heavy petting session (more painful for us, since we could feel her ribs under her skin), she returned to her insulated house I built for her a while ago. Since it was a pretty cold day, I plugged in her heating pad, and she hasn’t left us since.
We’re planning how to get her to the vet for her shots, and to check out her infected foot. And to consider whether it’s best for her to remain in our care outdoors this winter (she refuses to come inside with the other two cats) or consider options for another home.
She’s such a dear, sweet cat, and if someone were to give her a chance and keep her indoors in their home (she’s very well litter trained, we found, when she stayed indoors after her surgery) for more than 4 months, we’re confident that her full, true personality would finally come out, and that she’d make a great pet. We’d take her in, but she’s tested positive for FIV, but more inmportantly, a third indoor cat would be too much for us (humans and existing indoor cats) right now.
