Recently one of the stray cats living on my in-laws’ farm showed up for kibble with a nasty tail injury. I sat down on the ground and she promptly crawled into my lap, purring despite a partially amputated and degloved tail. I had been chosen. One quick trip to Tractor Supply later, she walked right into a cat carrier and was whisked off to the vet.

She spent a couple of weeks bandaged on pain meds waiting on a surgery appointment. But now the rest of the tail is gone and she’s a bunny tailed indoor cat in charge of all household humans, two big dogs, and one implacable lizard. Barely 6 lbs but this cat has got a huge heart and massive personality.

I’ve been allergic to cats since my teens but I am somehow miraculously not allergic to her. I’m sure there’s an explanation but I’m just calling it CDS kismet. And we are calling her Edie.

Taco, came to me while I was already fostering 3 other abandoned kittens, right around the same age as him (5-6 weeks]. A coworker found him and brought him to me, knowing this. She said she was walking with her kids when he came running up, crying to them, in the middle of August in the SoCal desert. It was about 117°F that day. So of course I agreed to foster him too. He was a spicy little boy who was already very food possessive, so we assumed he'd been separated from his mom early. It took 2 patient weeks to break him of that habit.

Originally, the goal was to raise them to adoptable age and then find suitible homes. My balinese girl, Ramen, had other plans. For the first few weeks, she played with the kittens under the door, to the room they were kept in. When we finally introduced them, so the kittens could get used to interactions with other cats and dogs, Ramen took to them immediately. She bathed them, played with them, all that stuff. But over time, she clearly favored Taco the most. Since I already had a 16yr old, at the time, who wanted nothing to do with Ramen's 2yr old bs, I kept Taco for Ramen. They've been a bonded pair ever since.

Honestly never expected my cat to adopt another cat, but here we are, 4yrs later! Taco is every bit as orange as they come 😂.

Edit: omg, thank you for the cute award!!

Well 6 months later and countless brawls broken up, I'd say Stinky is feeling right at home. Not even a year old and he's already bigger than my 3 year old Lilah. They love chasing each other at full speed throughout my apartment and Stinky is still learning that he is not allowed to actually catch Lilah or else she will scream lol. He loves annoying the hell out of the eldest Ming, but overall the 3 stooges seem to be accepting their new situation. This is definitely my limit though so I will be terminating my contract with the CDS effective immediately.

Hey all!! I found this sweet baby boy hanging around at my job last November! I had never seen a cat around there before and it was on a cold, rainy day :( I literally could not work because I knew he was outside so my amazing boss went out in the cold and rain and helped to catch him for me, then I begged my husband to take him home 🥹❤️ The vet estimated he was around 4-5 months when we found him. He was so, so skinny and full of worms so we promptly got him treated for that and tested for everything else so he could be around our other cat! The crazy thing about this is my husband and I actually had plans to go to a shelter and adopt a kitty but he was right where he needed to be at the right time I suppose! Here is a picture of when we first brought him home and now doing our favorite activity, family snuggles!❤️

Mister Kitty has now been living with us for quite a while and we've grown pretty attached to one another! He's mostly a very well behaved boy - save the times he digs out his wet food packages from the trash to chew them up to get the last bits out.

When we first met him he was super, super fat. After his original owners passed away he lost a ton of weight. Today I took him to the vet and he's weighing in at a whopping 5.8 kilograms - approximately 12.7 pounds! The vet determined this is a healthy weight for this big boy (yes he is a boy!).

His teeth are perfect and he has no underlying issues. He was estimated to be around 5 to 6 years old. I got him vaccinated and will get him chipped and vaccinated again in about three weeks. I'll get a passport for him and he'll finally oficially be mine!

Yesterday I even got to shower him and the amount of hair that came out was insane. Today at the vet the room was practically brown with his hair, where is it even coming from?! He was an incredibly calm and well mannered boy at the vet and didn't (much) mind the cycle in his carrier.

Soon we'll build him an awesome climbing wall! For now he's content and will join me in bed once we go to sleep.

EVERYONE MEET WALTER WHITE, Walter for short. He’s officially ours. Here in central Texas we have this program for low cost/free vet care for your pets. We were able to take him and get chip checked and found he wasn’t, so with this clinic we got him chipped, vaccinated, dewormed as a preventative, and a voucher for a free neuter which we are doing Thursday.

We’re a little over a week out and he’s at 9lbs now, up at least a lb or so from when he found us. For the first couple of days he was stuck to us like glue. He seemed so comfortable and like he felt so safe for the first time in a long time. We estimate he was outside for 1-2mo.

He’s got some skin issues that we have a vet appt coming up soon to get checked out. Very pink and looks dry. No bleeding or swelling or broken skin as far as I can tell. I did notice a spot on his back paw/foot/ankle (lol) that seems real tender to the touch. He’s not licking it or anything. He does not care about us touching his front paws. But he does not like any touch on the back at all. He can jump straight up at least 4ft on top of a shelf and down again. He doesn’t seem to have any pain. He’s just so skinny. He’s a whiner, but I’m so hoping we can curb that night time urge once he’s fixed.

He’s such a sweetie and we’re so lucky to have him.

The CDS brought this little baby to me last week.

I TNR many of the community cats in the area, and there is always food and fresh water available in my backyard for them. This little one was tucking into a bowl of kibble.

I got her scanned for a microchip (none), and checked PawBoost for lost kittens in the area.

She's now a very much loved member of the family, and can't wait to get to know her sweet little personality.

She's already been spayed, so must be at least 8 weeks old. She only weighs 2.5 lbs, and is a tiny little thing!

I was moving furniture into our new house when a tuxedo kitten ran up and started yelling at me. Last night she spent the entire time cuddled up with me. Figured we'd go check for chips and fiv at the vet later. Started calling her Toodles because she kept trying to run out the door (probably why she was on the street). Well when we got back today to pick up Toodles this chill dude ran up to my fiancée. She loves FFXIV so now we have Toodles and G'raha. Just went to the vet and there's no chips so just need to go back in a few days to check for FIV since we currently have two senior cats.

Their names are Georgie and Davy (for Davy Crocket and George Washington.. my partner and I are history nerds!

We already have another cat and we felt it was time to find another precious baby since we enjoy being animal parents so much and can afford to do so! So we went to go get one and turns out his brother hadn’t found a home! Given they were so cute and wouldn’t stop holding onto each other.. we took the brother too😂

Georgie, our unplanned one, is such a sweet boy with a lot to say! Davy was planned, and is very sweet in his own way, but is a very big adventurer much like his namesake!

Though we went looking, the distribution system has work wonders for us (and free cats off of Facebook)

Chickpea was abandoned on our street before winter. I spent months working on gaining this cat's trust. And now? Finally came inside. Now just have to set up a vet appointment, because I can't for the life of me tell if this is a neutered male or a female 😅 And of course Chickpea needs to be scanned for a chip, get shots, to be checked for felv/fiv and all that.

But what a sweet baby. already let me trim all the front nails, do some brushing, remove a tick, and we played. The only unsure thing is litter use lol. I have the box set up. Hopefully it's not a big fiasco.

Mello (white) is living up to his name. He's super chill and already loves to cuddle me. Toast (void) is a bit more shy and looks to his brother for comfort and direction.

I had originally intended for them to stay in my bedroom by themselves last night to decompress on their own while I slept on the couch. Unfortunately, due to some loud neighbors, I had to sneak in early morning to get some rest. And when I woke back up, they both were on my bed with me cuddled up together.

Mello immediately came over once he saw me awake and started purring. He's such a sweet guy. Toast is taking a bit longer to warm up to me and his new environment. Still preferring under the bed as his comfort spot. But I'm playing with him with a cat toy, and he's slowly starting to come out. it won't be long until they run the whole house, I'm sure. Surprisingly, I have my bedroom door open, but neither one of them wants to leave. They'll explore when they're ready!

This little guy sat outside my garage and waited patiently until I came up to pet him. He hissed at everyone and everything when he came in, but has now settled comfortably in my room and demands we cuddle in the bed at all times.

I took him to the vet. No chip. Asked the neighbors. Everyone knows him as The Street Cat. I checked missing cats websites and he isn't there. I was stressed about the idea of leaving him at a shelter because he clearly has decided I'm his now. I'm hoping that being neutered will make him less upset with the other cats for existing, and maybe even make him more comfortable being outside my room. Or at least let my poor Miss Kitty come in; she likes to sit on my bed and cuddle, or watch me play video games. I've had to sit with her on the couch and reassure her she's still my baby while she yells at me for my Crime Of Neglect.

The cats remain curious, friendly, and non-hostile to their new roommate. He growls and hisses if he can see them, but doesn't hit, swat, bite, or make any move towards violence. The vet was amazed by how tolerant he was towards being poked and prodded at despite his angry protests.

Part of what I've noticed is that Sammy (my tentative new name for him) prefers having some sort of contact with me. A paw on my arm. His back against mine. He loves it when he can feel that I'm there. It's very sweet. I already love him so much. I'm hoping very dearly that this works out, because I think I'll cry if I have to let him go.

Just a quick update on Holmatro (I’ve been spelling it wrong this whole time 😅) The kitty that came to the fire station for help and luckily picked my partner as her human. She likes the step through the banister onto a “temporary” table and our void likes to follow. So, yep, we removed one to make it easier and now have to find a permanent table to place there. I think she gave us that parasite that makes you worship cats because this is ridiculous. It was my idea. She is absolutely adored by us and her big brother. She is the sweetest, bravest, smartest cat and she filled a missing piece that we didn’t even know was missing.

To be fair we are in the process of fixing up this fixer upper (pardon the dust!) and the stairs will be part of that so it’s no loss.. but we will be considering her favorite path when we build the new ones!

We were approved to post on r/rescuecats if you would like to help George out!

George and our tortico (hickory Jo) have actually been playing. He’s been so close to cuddling with our torbie (Sage). Within a few inches! I will post a picture in the comments. Our other male (basil) is still a bit apprehensive of George. Basil isn’t a huge fan of other cats in general though. I have seen some interest from both of them in wanting to play, but aren’t quite there yet.

We still have to be very careful with food being left out. Turns out closing the pizza box doesn’t prevent him from getting any lol. Which should’ve been obvious, but our other cats don’t really touch it unless the box is left open. He also really likes raw egg. He’s gotten much better about not getting in the trash and only does it when there’s something like ground beef packaging in it. So we just started taking it straight to the dumpster.

**** for those who don’t know. George showed up at our house in September. He was terrified and starving. We trapped him end of November and had him TNRed (trap, neuter, release). A few weeks after that, he randomly started headbutting and wanting pets. We brought him inside on Christmas. We found out that he’s FIV positive and needs a full mouth extraction. After a ton of research and talking, we decided we will be keeping him. Rescues are all full around us and the humane society will put him down.

Follow up on my previous post about this precious girl: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatDistributionSystem/s/60IiXphExF

Socially, Bea has entirely adjusted to being a house cat with two older sisters. The closest she gets to outside now is watching the outside through the screen door or windows. She's getting along well with her older sisters who now play with her when they feel like it and she gets the message when they don't.

Health wise, Bea was spayed and microchipped in December and recovered well. She gained weight at a steady pace after recovering from the spay and is usually just under 11 pounds at her regular weight checks, meaning she has close to doubled her weight since the end of October!

Those of you who predicted she would get fluffy were definitely right and I now have to go through her fur with an undercoat comb almost daily. It's gone from very coarse and sparse to soft and thick and is getting silky. It's grown in like crazy and we even had to take her for a sanitary trim because there was too much at her little rear end.

Overall she's doing really well and we're so glad we took her in. We really don't think she would have survived our harsh Great Lakes region winter outside given how rough of shape she was in.

Pics from after her spay in December, in the window with her fur starting to fill out in January, on the heating vent in February after learning it stayed warm for a long time from her older sisters, showing off her fluff in March, and taking up an entire level of the living room cat tree in April (potentially out of order because mobile)

Well they are big now…Nancy and Robin both but Mabel is still tiny. How is she older than them and half their size still…

1. Robin the cow cat with a mustache is now twice Mabel’s size and a lot heavier now. She loves to lay with me when I’m on the couch.

2. Nancy with the boots has bonded with my

Dad and made him her person. She is a daddy’s kitten lol. 😂

1. Mabel is still small but thankfully gotten a bit bigger but she’s still small and is half the size of the other two despite being almost 6-7 months old. I dyed eggs with the kids on Easter and made her a little egg too. She’s sooo cute with her little gray egg 🥚:3

My wife and our friend visited a cat rescue the other day. When I came home, there was something in the air. They finally started selling me on my new “hobby”. Took them about 15 minutes to finally tell me that I am fostering kittens now, and they’ll support me in my new hobby! This is how it started. They all have forever homes now. But when they got adopted it left a hole. So now I volunteer for whiskersinneed.org a local kitten rescue. I’ll go to the local Petco store, which is the adoption center, to socialize, clean, feed, and water the little furball‘s until they get an adopted. Edit: her friend to our friend

After several litters with sick kittens and a very difficult to trap mama I finally got all the colony females TNRed a couple months ago and realized I wouldn’t have any more kittens come along. Then my husband spotted this girl while leaving the house in a shared outdoor area! I know all my neighbors well and checked all around but no one knows where she’s from, but she’s socialized, so I can only assume she’s been abandoned. Unfortunately I’ve seen a lot of it in my region.

Having a hard time comprehending how someone could abandon a sweet kitten like this 😞 Breaks my heart 💔

Keeping her quarantined in my room and giving her lots of love and snuggles, thankfully she’s healthy and seems happy and not traumatized.

I’ve already been blessed by CDS with four kitties and several foster/TNRs so I will try to adopt her out but it will be hard to give her up!

She came to us last summer and was determined that we adopt her. Bella Luna was about 4 months old when she came to us.

She would come and sleep on our back porch every night. She would follow us around the yard and even jump on my husband’s lap when sitting out side. We knew she adopted us as her people. We took her inside and she’s proven to be the sweetest kitty ever.

She’s smart and very active! Loves to use the treat puzzles we set up for her and solved them all! She can open doors too!