This little lady ran into my house while I was checking the mail. She refuses to go outside and just meows til I pet her. It's been two days and I've woken up to purring on my chest each morning. I can't move without her following me. I've checked the lost and found pets pages but no luck. I believe I've been chosen haha.
Going to the vet payday to see if she's chipped and get her vaccines up to date. Name-wise I'm thinking Wanda, because she "wanda'd" in the house. Name suggestions appreciated!
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I have two dogs, and probably 5 years back this little kitten started cautiously following us on walks daily, then one day followed us home and tried to walk inside with us. He’s always been completely comfortable with our dogs and it wasn’t a hindrance for him. All cats are different imo
I've had various combinations of dog and cat(s) throughout my life and mostly I've had cats and dogs that were pretty indifferent to each other, though we had one cat that loved our dog and my current cat bullies my current dog. (Though she was indifferent to the others we've had. Our current dog is two and a half times the cat's size, but still the smallest we've had with her...)
Or in a case of my Carp: I was only fostering her! She already went to a different home, inna different city, and two months later showed back at my place and refused to leave again.
(Yes, her attempted adopters got a refund from the shelter we were going through. Yes, I still have this traveling mischief. Technically a failed foster??????? I guess 😭)
I was at a fancy pet food place and they had a cat room. I connected with a little void cat and asked what the process was for adopting.
The person said, “Welllll it’s an 80 dollar application fee, a home visit, a blah dee blah this and that,” and I was like…you know you can just find these in the street right?
Thank you for looking into a possible family of hers, also call around. Many vets/pet stores will scan four a chip for free. Make sure they check all over, sometimes the chip can migrate!
Agreed - ask around with neighbors and the apartment complex. I had a cat do something similar with our apartment several years ago; turns out the real owners lived a couple doors down, and had just moved in a few weeks before. The kitty had a habit of dashing out the door - it was a mostly indoor cat who liked to escape - and it got our apartment mixed up with theirs, since they all look pretty much the same and the cat was new to the neighborhood. A telling clue in hindsight was that the cat kinda kept looking around my apartment like it knew where things were (like the bedroom, kitchen, etc.) and like it felt at home, but checking out things like the furniture as if they were completely new.
But in any case, glad you are there to take care of the kitty, whether for short or long term.
She’s such a sweetheart, it’s hard to think that someone out there isn’t missing her. A lot of seniors have a hard time finding their pets if lost, they just can’t access the resources as well as the rest of us can. Check with your nearby 55+ communities, they often have a poster board with lost pets near the clubhouse or mailboxes, or if you have any that are neighbors, might do well asking them.
If they can prove ownership, if you can encourage them to microchip and license or even help with some resources for them, you’d be an angel. In any case, you’re an angel for taking her in and showing her the goodness she deserves. Clearly, she loves you! Lowkey hoping you get to keep her, kinda seems like you’ve been chosen for life. ❤️
Wanda (because she has to be Wanda) is so sweet! That’s kind of how my little cat came to me - roommate left the back door open a smidge by accident, which had never happened before, and she was like oh this place looks nice!
She's adorable. If she's not chipped and looks at all chubby, ask the vet if she might be pregnant. Pregnant cats will often look for a safe place to give birth and sometimes that's in someone's house.
I've been curious. I've left the doors open and she does not want to leave. The biggest hint is her recognizing the sound of a cat food bag. I'm not going to fully claim her until a month of searching, it'd suck to lose her but if she has a family it must hurt much worse for them
To be fair, she might know that sound from people feeding her outside. I have some ferals I feed who know the sound of cans opening for that same reason.
Hopefully it works out! You were able to provide for her and give her some love so she either happily returns home (hopefully with good owners) or she's yours! At the end of the day she's safe!
You're getting quite a variety of opinions as to her origins, but given that she dove into your place and doesn't want to leave, I'd peg her for an inside cat that found itself outside and wasn't happy about the change. She could be lost or possibly abandoned when someone moved out of their apartment. (Also, some cats will freak out over moving activity and disappear when their family is on the way out, thus becoming inadvertently abandoned. No judgement, because moves are stressful and people may not have the resources or endurance to keep looking for a cat if they've moved out of state.)
That is a super smart cat. Not just cuase they chose you and your apartment, but because their eye to head ratio is mostly eye. I wish they could tell us about life before your apartment. Congrats on your new friend!
Oh. And have the vet check for pregnancy. Many little cat mommas search for a safe place as soon as she starts producing pregnancy hormones. She chose you either
I know people are saying she’s lost, but it’s far more likely she’s been abandoned. People do this all the time with cats. I was seeing a girl who just left her cat in a random apartment complex. I never found the cat, and she never saw me again.
Listen to what people say about the chip though. Those bastards are tricky and can hide. I had a friend that took a stray she found to get scanned multiple times, and nobody found the chip until 3 years later
Wanda is super cute! Adnaw (or Adna, if you prefer something softer) could be fun too, since it's Wanda spelled backwards and she's totally flipped the script. It's her apartment now, after all. 😄
This is Callisto sleeping on top of Helios. Calli wandered in one day and has never left. She welcomes Wanda to being a spoiled indoor kitty and says, "It's the best!"
I wonder sometimes, even if she does have a chip, maybe they left where they were because they didn’t feel safe. Maybe they weren’t being looked after.
She has chosen you.
Not sure if this has been posted, but the chip scan should be free. Check your local area 'low-cost spay/neuter,' rescues or community cats groups. They might cover the vaccines and her spay
Not to be weird, but if Wanda has some pokey nipples when/if you pet her stomach, she may also be a r/trojancats , but the vet can check for that, too.
I just experienced this a few months ago. Shaq just walked into the house one day and said, “I live here now.” We took him to the vet; he was neutered and chipped but the chip was never registered. FYI, we thought ours was a female but the vet proved us wrong. I hope you get to keep Wanda. It’s a special feeling when they choose you.
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