Someone I love was in a bad situation, so I offered them a place to stay. Unfortunately, we got a call that their abuser was taking it out on their dog. We left to go pick the doggo up from several states away. On the way down, a friend let me know that they had found three three week old kittens in a ditch after a downpour. The shelters were full and they weren't able to take care of them. We were able to take the dogs and kittens in. I feel really privileged with all the joy our full house has brought us.

The cat distribution system hit me with this adorable boy today. I was outside at work when I heard him calling. My coworker and I were able to find him underneath a pallet of firewood.

Yesterday was the first anniversary of our dog’s sudden passing from cancer. It feels like she sent us this little guy to us. My husband says the kitten absolutely cannot stay so my friend will adopt him at the end of the week. I’m so glad he’s going to have a loving family, but I’m heartbroken that it can’t be us.

I took him to the vet so he could get checked out since he had diarrhea. We had tests run that came back negative and have a plan in place to get his diarrhea to stop. The vet said he’s a 6-8 week old male and should be feeling better soon! So far he loves cuddling, playing with my hair and making biscuits.

Please ignore my potato camera!

I was just chilling last night when I noticed a little kid chasing my roommate's cat outside. I was like what the heck how did my roommate's cat get outside, he gets a thousand yard stare just being at the window and neither of us opened the door in the last few hours and he spends most time underneath my roommate's bed anyway.

I ran over to the door and opened it, the cat just walked in past three dogs, hung with me and the dogs for about 40 minutes while I cooked. Then we're in the hallway and it was like the Spider-Man pointing meme.

Eta: roommates cat is on the left (Ronin), the new cat on the right (Flat Stanley). She got the name because she let me pet her so fricking rough that she looked flat on the ground, I was basically crushing her and she loved it.

My street has a mix of strays and indoor/outdoor cats that have been consistent over the years. A Mama had a litter of five and she started bringing them to my house for breakfast a couple months ago when the heat here was insane (Dallas, TX). A friend of ours took three to be re-homed but Temur (mackerel tabby) already was bonded to me and Orbit (the void) was scared of people but loved Temur. As I got Temur acclimated to being indoors, I’d let her out to be with Orbit who literally never left my porch.

Since storms were coming and these two had literally never seen rain in their lives, decided it was time to see if Orbit would have the courage to come inside to avoid the weather and lo and behold.

Temur is so happy her brother is with her. He gets less scared and more curious every day. 💕

I found this litter of kittens behind my work building last fall. A rescue helped us catch/socialize them and TNR mom. We were only supposed to foster them, but as you can see they never left. Much to our Dalmatians’ dismay, we are now Level 10 Cat People.

Our dogs are good big brothers, despite never having met a cat before we brought the babies home. Our house now has a cat tree in every room and my partner spent all summer building them a huge custom catio. It’s a house full of love, cuddles and endless pet hair to vacuum up. We adore them.

Fritz, Tom, Finneas & Cleo ❤️

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She has received all her vaccines and boosters that are appropriate for her age. She has not received her rabies vaccine since the vet said she is too young for one.

She is receiving her rabies vaccine and will be sterilized at the end of October.

She has been doing well at home. The other cats have gotten used to her, and she tries to play with them a lot even though they aren't willing to play with her that often.

We bought her a lot of cat toys. I bought her a cardboard house for cats she likes. She also likes to sleep in the Amazon box the cardboard house came in.

Just moved to a pretty rural area. This precious black cat keeps making an appearance on our porch, usually about the same time (4-5pm). She really wants in the house - to the point we have to block her with our feet to go in.

She’s incredibly social - purrs, meows, even let us pick her up. But she has no collar and she’s always a bit dirty.

She’s missing a toe in her front paw, has a weird gait, and is very reactive to sudden movements (especially hands).

It’s about to get cold here so I want to make sure she’ll be okay for the winter.

I don’t want to steal someone’s barn cat, but I also think she may have ran away for other reasons. Distribution system at work or catnapping?

I love my little abandoned house kitten. She’s doing so well and has more than doubled in size since I found her abandoned the last week of July. I put current pics of her enjoying a sashimi sampler and her day one first pic. Today she enjoyed lean tuna, king fish, squid and snapper sashimi. She gets along well with my two dogs and during supervised play time with my one year old!

She did her first round of shots and is due for the next round this weekend. It’s been a real joy getting her integrated into my home. She’s so spoiled.

I think she’s 7-10 weeks old, but we haven’t been to the vet yet. I’m trying to find one nearby that does payment plans since I’m woefully not prepared for this at the moment. I have had family cats growing up, but this is my first cat.

It took me 3 hours laying in the grass with a straw bed box nearby to catch her. I then set her up in my bathroom until I could get a playpen set up. I’m worried her pen is a bit cramped, but I’m currently in the process of trying to kitten proof part of my room for supervised playing.

The first night she hid in the corner. Second night she wouldn’t run away when I was in the room with her. Third night she was playing around the bathroom, and she would let me get my hand inches from her but she would hiss to let me know her boundaries. Fourth night was moving night, so she was a bit miffed at me that night, but she did let me stroke her back once before I moved her, and she didn’t hiss. Fifth night, thanks to the help of (hopefully my future) Step Daughter, I was able to hold and pet Cyndi for the first time.

I was out on the dock (I work in a warehouse) when I saw 5 little kittens playing in the grass by an old shed. The other 4 ran when I approached, she stayed, and I was able to grab her. At the time we had literally just got our other girl Juneau a week earlier, and weren't really planning on getting another cat. Well, you all know how that goes. She came home with me and never left. Thankfully a nearby shelter caught the other 4 and her mama, but she found her home with us.

Maybel has been a little ball of energy and love since the day we got her. We were hoping as she got older she would be less crazy, nope! Still just as batshit insane as the day we got her. Her parkour is definitely a daily highlight. But when she's finally tuckered out from destroying everything in our house, she loves to lie down with you and snuggle up on your lap. Shes our little Baybel.

Well after a vet all clear, and future snips scheduled, Zenzero is home to stay. He has been very brave. And is doing his best to make friends with his sisters. The second pic is Zen sleeping with Baffi on my lap! There has been some hisses. His sister Meno wants nothing to do with him. That is not too odd as she is very much a solo unless you've got treats kinda gal. But no one has been eaten yet. So I am calling this a win. Zen is a really good cat...even though he throws his litter around like confetti!

She couldn't be more sweet. And she purrs SO LOUD that i can hear her across the room at night. Shes so good about meeting new people and loves attention. She made her first noise the other day and growled at an animal she saw outside. She loves to sleep in a box in the corner of our room. Ive added a cat bed to it and she lays in there all the time and sleeps there at night.

She goes back to the vet on the 9th for repeat bloodwork since she was a little anemic at first. They gave her an antibiotic and she is great about letting me give it to her. Her face and ears are slowly but surely getting less crusty also!

Found this puss while playing Pokemon Go. He followed us the 0.5 miles back home. I've never had a black cat.. God damn, do I trip about 6x more than ever now. It's been two days.. Already climbed in a heat vent. Surely a kitten this well adjusted wasn't born of a feral cat. Someone had to have dropped him off on the train tracks. I was hoping for one of those scenes where one after another appear.

Why do we need so many sentences? I found this puss on the tracks playing Pokemon Go. He commands our house now. The end.

Cleo officially got spayed today! The surgery went smoothly, and she’s now back home safely in recovery.

​Right now, she’s still pretty groggy and moving in slow motion from the anesthesia. No cone of shame needed which I like to believe she appreciates it deeply.

​We’ve set her up in a cozy, low-stress part of the bedroom on the floor so she doesn't try any ambitious jumping. I'll be keeping a close eye on her eating, drinking, and incision site over the next few days. She barely ate the sauce from Latz/Felix soup.

​Any recovery tips or stories to keep us entertained while she rests up would be greatly appreciated! Wish Cleo the little panda a speedy recovery! 🐾✨

Meet Cerie

Cerie was being taken care of by someone from about 2 weeks old until today. Her caretaker posted on Nextdoor about needing someone to take over caring for a kitten. After an overnight think about it, I messaged and offered to help. Turns out the caretaker has to regularly travel to Albuquerque for cancer treatment and that's why someone needed to take over.

Things have really come together for this baby. I picked her up, but had to go to the shelter to pick up a recently neutered community cat. So I told them about Cerie and they immediately enrolled both of us as a foster cat and caretaker. Gave me a bunch of supplies and checked her over and vaccinated her. They estimate she's about a month old, weighs about a pound and is very healthy. She's a sweetie, purrs and does the ear twitch when having a bottle. Her previous caretaker did an excellent job, so I am honored to get her the rest of the way.

I have to take her in for checkups every 2 weeks and when she's old enough she'll be up for adoption and will be adopted through the shelter.

There will be no foster failing because my house is far too full, but I can help her out and am happy to do that. I think she'll be beautiful and popular.

Guys!! Wee Charlie is in great hands and is doing really well! And guess what...it's a girl!

She had her first vet checkup today, and she's well on her way to a good life. I'm so proud of her, considering we expected her not to survive only two nights ago. Now look at her! She's even standing proud and tall.

She's been given antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection, received her flea treatment and deworming. The rescuers are already throwing the "A" word around, so it won't be too long until it's time for her to be home for good, wherever that may be.

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes, thoughts, prayers and vibes. I'll share again once she's had a little time to have her glow-up. ❤️

The shock has worn off, so I’d love to tell this story to a community that would appreciate it!!

On a sunny morning two weeks ago, I met a little tabby on our driveway. We have neighborhood cats and I figured a little guy was just hanging out. I called my partner out and we pet him for a little and then went on with our day.

Fast forward a few hours, I come home from work and he is on the driveway AGAIN. At this point, I go in and grab him a lil treat and show him our backyard and let him know he can hang out there. Granted, we have 2 dogs so I wasn’t sure if we would see him again.

We leave for an event at our local library and come home joking about how the cat would be in the driveway again. We didn’t see him upon our return and just continue to talk about him as we walk further into the house. All of a sudden we hear meowing and the driveway cat is IN OUR HOME, just casually walking around. He walked in through the dog door! I immediately called my friend who works with a cat rescue, very frantically, about what to do. One of our dogs is pretty reactive and barks at all the neighborhood kitties, so somehow a war did not break out in our absence.

All the usual next steps were taken: checked for microchip, posted on the FB lost & found pet page, talked with neighbors, contacted the shelter, and it was all crickets. So a week later we take him to the vet to establish some care and it’s becoming more obvious that this little guy will become a part of our family 😻 He was found to be in excellent health.

We’ve named him Lucky 🍀 and we somehow got graced with the sweetest, friendliest, cuddliest cat. Thank you CDS for this new adventure in cat caretaking!

So I'm unloading groceries and leave my door open while I go back for a 2nd load and return yo a cat making herself quite at home on my recliner. She looked a bit scruffy (and incredibly smug) and was covered with scabs so I took her to the vet. No chip and tested positive for FIV and the other one (leukemia). Fortunately I don't have another kitty to worry about. She has intimidated all 3 dogs, taken over my goose down pillow and refused to eat dry food. Her name is Gothic the Vorpaĺ Cat

Currently we have a colony of foster cats in our neighborhood most are TNR... most.

Early July mom mentioned she heard meowing coming from outside. Randomly look out our front door and a mama cat has decided that our front door is the best place to have kittens. Mind you, we live in Las Vegas, our front door faces the west (setting sun/hottest time of the day. Build them a little shelter, and we keep them cool and feed. Mom is apprehensive of humans, but we want to socialize the kittens. Let mom take care of the kittens for about 2 months, and then snag the kittens. We had also called our yearly TNR to try to get more caught and spayed/neutered... and we got their mom trapped, and she released, with a clipped ear this evening!

Anyways, kittens are inside with us. Originally only going to two, but... it may be all four. Meet Spots(most white on the face), Stripes(tiger kitten), Batman(has the batman mask), and The Colonel(makes biscuits when you pick him up).

​I still get emotional thinking about the day we found Cleo.

​She was abandoned, left to fend for herself while carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders—and a whole litter of kittens. You could see how exhausted and scared she was, but even through all that hardship, she was doing everything she could to protect her babies.

​We immediately went to get food and supplies and came back the very next day for all of them—but the kittens were nowhere to be found. Only Cleo was left, waiting alone. It broke our hearts, but we knew we couldn't leave her behind.

​Fast forward to today: Cleo has officially claimed us as her humans. She went from an abandoned, grieving mom fighting for survival to the undisputed queen of our hearts.

​Since we’re currently living outside our home country, our current mission is getting all her paperwork sorted—vaccines, microchip, and her official passport—so she can travel back with us when it's time. We can’t wait to see what Kenzo will say when they finally meet!

​The Cat Distribution System truly works in mysterious ways. Giving this sweet girl the safe haven she deserved will forever be one of our favorite memories.

Update 1: smol photo of Charlie settling in in the comments

Update 2: The rescuer checked in, and he's doing okay! He has an upper resp, like sniffles and stuffy nose. He has eye drops already started and has an appointment at the vet today to see if he can get antibiotics. Other than that, he's doing great. 😊

I'm home from work today, and I see a little bunny rabbit at the back of my yard...or so I thought. I went to take a closer look out the window, and a little pointy tail pokes up, and I realize I was dealing with a tiny kitten.

I scan the yard and notice two other kitties (twice the size of the little one) playing near mom. But the little one is all by himself. 🥺I go to investigate, and mom takes off. The two others follow shortly after, but the wee guy just wanders towards me aimlessly. He couldn't see out of his eyes they were so goopy and swollen. Once he realized I was there, he came at me with the tiniest meow I ever heard. My heart broke into a million pieces as I had no idea how to help. I gave him a few pets and went back in to get my phone and start the long process of trying to find him help.

No vets could take him. The shelters, spca, and humane societies were all in the wrong jurisdiction for my location and couldn't help. I spent hours on the phone trying to get him to safety and finally was able to connect with a local cat rescuer. I estimated his age at 8-10 weeks based on the size of his siblings, and she says she'll take him. I gently cleaned his eyes and nose with a warm washcloth, and we loaded him into the car with a soft fluffy bed in the carrier. He passed out immediately on it, sleeping so hard on my lap. I wasn't sure he'd even make the drive because he looked so weak. We named him Charlie because he deserves to be loved and have a name no matter what happens.

We got him there and handed him over to the rescuer, and she realized that he's actually a kitten that still needs milk...😭. He immediately nestles into her sweater and you can hear him making the saddest little sneezes and suckling noises, and he even groomed himself a tiny bit while he held on to her shoulder...I feel like he still wants to be here and wants to fight. She calls her kitten lady and had her set up to arrive within the hour. I asked her for any updates on his condition. I'm not sure if I can adopt him myself eventually, as I already have two on special diets, but we are talking about it...

I know it's going to be touch-and-go for a while, but I'm hoping and praying for his recovery. To whatever end, he's warm and safe and loved from here on out. Please send all good vibes and love to Charlie and his recovery. ❤️ .

Picture 1: cuddled up in a blanket (excuse the no sheets on the bed, they are washing)
Picture 2: so small and fuzzy

I came home from a sad day of selling special jewelry to be able to survive a rough patch.

I was walking around the back yard with my toddler when I heard a meow. We have a litter currently living in my neighbors yard and ours half the time. (I plan on catching and taking them to a local no kill rescue if I’m lucky, they are smart and quick). The thing is that litter never meows. They dash as soon as they hear a branch snap. so I knew this was different. I started to meow back. We start playing Marco Polo and next thing I know we lock eyes. The kitten is behind my neighbors fence. It’s a cute tabby kitten. He runs right towards us and pops through the chain link fence. I pick him up like nothing and I take him inside. He’s now fed, safe indoors and cozily asleep. He will be staying quarantined in our bedroom bathroom for now because I have 4 cats.
I’ll foster him until the rescue has room for him. I’ve taken other strays there. They are a great no kill rescue.
Anyways all this to say, a win is a win. Another cat off the streets here and it was as easy as 123.

Context: I live in an area where stray cats are abundant. I feed some strays and take the ones that are friendly to a local rescue. I plan on doing tnr for the 1st time on a pair of momma cats soon.

Edit: added photos of the baby! Also thank you everyone for the uplifting words. I appreciate it more than ever.

Aug 28th Vs Sept 28. Holy winning Batman. She is such a good girl. One of the most polite calm cool cats after getting her vetted a bit. She is settling in nicely and has come a long way.

Trying to get her to figure out each meal isn’t her last one has been one of the struggles so far. She is trying to make herself into Tubby Tuba and I’m not allowing it. She was rocking a donut recently due to a vet visit but has healed up nicely.

Next vet visit is Oct 5 to booster her vaccinations and to discuss her spay. Back to the donut soon.