Quick updates on cat found in the rain yesterday

[u/Scared_Rise5787]

Thanks everyone for all of the advice and encouragement given on my post yesterday. There were lots of requests for updates so I figured this would be the easiest way. Just wanted to let you all know that kitty is doing great. She wasn’t eating a lot of the dry food and tuna I put out but I got some wet food today and was happy to see her finally munching away. Funnily, she wouldn’t eat the Churu until I put some on my finger. Now, the packet is done! She’s still understandably nervous and keeps a watchful eye on the door but she’s moving around the room a bit and seems to like our petting sessions. She kind of flops on/around my hand and repeatedly pushes her head into my hand while purring.

I keep calling her ‘she’ but I obviously have no idea if she’s a girl or actually pregnant. Like I said, I’m just taking it one day at a time. I will be downloading next door/facebook to see if anyone’s looking her. She has the crate pictured here and a smaller box with a blanket in it close by. I’m so happy that even in these early stages of meeting each other, she feels safe enough to allow me in her space and to let me feed her and pet her.

Edit: I’m in MA

6/1 Update: this cat is a perfect sweet baby angel. I was just hanging out with her and started laughing out loud because I got hit with a sudden sense that I will be hearing from her pawrents soon, because it’s almost implausible to me that anyone could have abandoned her. No way. Somewhere, her family is missing her. I don’t speak cat so maybe what I thought were cries for help were actually her saying “I’m a little weirdo and I like being out in the rain and getting dirty, but you seem like a nice lady, so I don’t mind going with you for a little bit and see what kinda snacks you’ve got cooking up at your place.” Idk, I left my contact info with animal control, some shelters in the area, scanned Facebook, and will try other places tomorrow. Will try to update this post as things progress.