Amy&TrixieCat
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An all around better start today...a lower AMPS and we still have electricity!
Today is Trixie's "Gotcha Day" - the anniversary of the first day she came to live with us! She showed up on our back porch in early October, 2004. In a nutshell, she had been abandoned by our former (insert every expletive imagineable) next door neighbors. Without even getting close to her, we could tell she needed help ASAP; we could see her skeleton through her fur! However, she was too scared to let us near her. We started leaving food out, and she came by every evening to chow down, but she still couldn't trust us. It was starting to get cold out, and we were worried about her, so we had to step up the pace...we had to use a Hav-A-Heart trap to get her. She was so light that she could walk into the trap and not trip it! Hubby finally got the trap set so delicately that we were able to snag her.
Because she was so underweight, she spent a few weeks in the hospital before coming home to us. With 5 cats already, we were at capacity. However, our rescue group was at capacity, too. So, we agreed to foster her until she found a home. Because of her health at the time, and because she had yet to be spayed (which couldn't happen until she gained weight and better health), fostering wasn't a short-term commitment. So, well, the rest is history! There was no way we could giver her up, nor did we want to put her through any further trauma by uprooting her.
It's hard to believe it's been 7 years. She's been a true blessing in our household.
Here are a few pics...
An all around better start today...a lower AMPS and we still have electricity!
Today is Trixie's "Gotcha Day" - the anniversary of the first day she came to live with us! She showed up on our back porch in early October, 2004. In a nutshell, she had been abandoned by our former (insert every expletive imagineable) next door neighbors. Without even getting close to her, we could tell she needed help ASAP; we could see her skeleton through her fur! However, she was too scared to let us near her. We started leaving food out, and she came by every evening to chow down, but she still couldn't trust us. It was starting to get cold out, and we were worried about her, so we had to step up the pace...we had to use a Hav-A-Heart trap to get her. She was so light that she could walk into the trap and not trip it! Hubby finally got the trap set so delicately that we were able to snag her.
Because she was so underweight, she spent a few weeks in the hospital before coming home to us. With 5 cats already, we were at capacity. However, our rescue group was at capacity, too. So, we agreed to foster her until she found a home. Because of her health at the time, and because she had yet to be spayed (which couldn't happen until she gained weight and better health), fostering wasn't a short-term commitment. So, well, the rest is history! There was no way we could giver her up, nor did we want to put her through any further trauma by uprooting her.
It's hard to believe it's been 7 years. She's been a true blessing in our household.
Here are a few pics...
