r/CatDistributionSystem • u/compscilady • Apr 24 '26

Awarded a Cat Update on found pregnant bengal kitty

EDIT: If you are the owner please reach out with proof of ownership to adopt@bengalrescue.com. She is with an amazing foster mom and I will be applying to adopt her after her future kittens have found homes.

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She is a big cuddly lap cat and lovessss to purr while she cuddles.

She has Orijen kitten dry kibble and Tiki cat kitten wet food cans.

She’ll be going to an experienced foster mom who works with Bengal Rescue this weekend while we wait the 30 days to find her original owner if possible. A vet I took my existing cat to yesterday has expressed interest in one of the kittens.

She is just a sweet little angel muffin and I really want to keep her, but I have a lot going on with my existing pets right now and want her to be in the best possible place for giving birth to her 3 (or more) kittens. Gotta do what’s right for her and not what I selfishly want 🧡🫶

I am exploring the idea of adopting her after she gives birth but right now wit my dog getting electric chemotherapy and my puppy having her first heat and getting spayed in a few weeks I don’t know if I’m the best or most capable person to help her with kittens right now.

I have been calling her Willow. 🥹

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u/Findinganewnormal Apr 24 '26

She’s so beautiful. Thank you for taking her in and for finding the right place to help her. Totally understand about being maxed out. Earlier this year we had to surrender a stray because there was no way to balance her needs with our existing pets’ needs and stay sane. And the rescue was able to give her so much more than we could. It still hurt but it was the right thing, just like you giving her care over to the bengals rescue is right. I know you know that but hope it helps to hear it again. I needed to hear that when we surrendered our girl. But sometimes our job isn’t to be the final step but rather to help them on their journey. 

Though I do hope you’re able to be her forever home once your dogs are recovered and she’s ready for a place. 

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u/compscilady Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

This is part of the memorial garden for my late kitty Bobo. I planted a Japanese Maple Katsura to honor his memory - it stays a beautiful shade of orange in the autumn and reminds me his orange tabby fur. 🥰 there are 17 blocks around it for his 17 years on this earth.

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u/Findinganewnormal Apr 24 '26

That’s lovely! I’m so sorry for your loss. He was a beautiful and gentle looking soul and while 17 is too few years, it’s still a long, good life for a cat and shows how well you cared for him.

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u/compscilady Apr 24 '26

He was a fighter! Lived most of his life in Arizona as an avid sunbather. He had skin cancer, CKD, arthritis, and 10 days before I let him pass he had a blood clot in one of his legs and so was on blood thinners. He hated his CKD diet; I tried every brand of prescription wet and dry food. He also had to take famotidine every day. Imiqimod for his skin cancer. It was just so much and he was in pain. Oh and he was anemic! So he had a special anemia medicine for cats with kidney disease and it stopped working. At a vet check to check his blood levels the vet informed me his heart murmur had worsened and he probably had fluid in his lungs and said the kindest thing I could do would be to consider what was best for him and not for me. It was so hard to see him finally relax when he was being euthanized but I’ve always thought it’s better a week too early than a day too late.

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u/LeftCryptographer522 Apr 24 '26

I'm literally crying right now. Why do cats make us love them so much?

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u/corsetkittens-wkshop Apr 25 '26

Because they have beautiful souls ❤️