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Show me your rescue cat, pleeease!

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WTF99 · 26/02/2021 10:03

Just because I've got a day off work today and me and my gorgeous ginger rescue girl are lounging on my bed in the sunshine and I'm thinking how lucky I am to have her.
Here she is on the day she arrived in May last year.

So just feeling the love for rescues and would love to see yours

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LizB62A · 26/02/2021 18:40

Max (the fluffy black and white one) and Minnie (the sleek but chubby tabby).
Their mum was a stray who got into my conservatory nearly 5 years ago and gave birth to 4 kittens.
Lots of fun but irritating when one of them wants to get up earlier than I want to

16purplecolour16 · 26/02/2021 18:41

Flo came home to us on Christmas Eve. She has completely captured my heart. She is a real snuggler. When we cuddle, it triggers really powerful memories of cuddling my own children.

CornedBeef451 · 26/02/2021 18:42

These are all lovely! Here are my four rescues. All mad in their own special way.

RandomMess · 26/02/2021 18:45

Had them a long time now and sadly one recently deceased 😢

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WTF99 · 26/02/2021 18:48

Aw....so many lovely pics and stories!

My kitty came to me via socially distanced rehoming. I live alone and had endured chemo for many months during 2019 then was just back at work and anticipating normality in March last year when lockdown happened. Basically I've been at home largely on my own for almost 2 years now. My little kitty has been so important to me....we rescued each other to be honest.

This is her now....saying 'play with me'....and s bit fatter (as am I )

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bellagogosdead · 26/02/2021 18:50

Our fur baby.

Jecstar · 26/02/2021 18:53

Here is my lovely rescue cat. He has been with me for 10 days now and he’s getting braver every day!

sunflowersandbuttercups · 26/02/2021 19:21

Purrlock, aged five. He was two when we adopted him.

MasterQuickly · 26/02/2021 19:47

This is Poppy. We adopted her from a local rescue. She was born there as her mum was pregnant when rescued. Mum and all other kitties had been adopted and Poppy was left because she was black. She was 4 months old. She'll be 10 this year. She is a grumpy old madam but getting softer in her old age and is a much loved member of our family. 😻

coastergirl · 26/02/2021 20:39

Walter. Rescued him as a kitten over six years ago.

GloriousGoosebumps · 26/02/2021 22:01

Allow me to introduce Charlie (the tabby) and Lucky. Both adopted from Battersea dog and cats home. Charlie is Mr. Personality and Lucky is just plain gorgeous. They've ruled the roost since they came to live with us in 2007.

Orangelover · 26/02/2021 22:09

Here is my Nixon. He's been with me nearly 3 years. The cuddliest, cutest, most affectionate floof you ever could meet.

Sausagis · 26/02/2021 22:12

Current position. I'm getting really bloody hot having been under her for a couple of hours...

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 26/02/2021 22:14

Since there already seems to be a plethora of black rescues here, I'll let my three black Battersea moggies join in too.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 26/02/2021 22:19

@SoupDragon

One of our 2 younger black cats has a kink at the end of his tail. It's the only foolproof check.

cricketmum84 · 26/02/2021 22:29

Ivy - the skinny short haired one
Betsy - the floof explosion

Both adopted from Bradford cat watch rescue kittens. Ivy was chucked from a car in a box with mama and other kittens. Betsy was found alone under a hedge and hand reared.

RandomMess · 26/02/2021 22:30

@Sausagis blimey that could be my girl just how she looks curled up asleep!!! Where did you get him/her from?

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 26/02/2021 22:31

Our female cat has a little bump on the end of her tail , maybe an old injury ?

The are given me the treatment today , I dared to take them for their vaccines

bruffin · 26/02/2021 22:39

Black and white one we got 10 years ago from cpl the was tiny and had kittens,
The other one turned up on our doorstep boxing day 2019 and has never left

Supersimkin2 · 26/02/2021 22:46

Captain of my ship, the Cap'n.

Arrived on Valentine's Day 2020 and a year on, he made my lockdown lovely. Has 'grown' a bit and rather bossy, and so affectionate and chatty now.

Beats his floofy tail on my head in time with his purrs to send me to sleep.

Joolsin · 26/02/2021 22:49

Our girl was found as a kitten in the grounds of a very posh hotel. She likes the good things in life!

ImInStealthMode · 26/02/2021 22:51

My lovely boy. Adopted as a feral kitten 10 years ago and now most definitely the boss of the house, he has DP particularly at his beckon call

Lindy2 · 26/02/2021 22:53

My beautiful girl. She causes lots of trouble but I love her.

DialsMavis · 26/02/2021 22:56

To the PP with the new rescue kitty, please don't worry... Margot was terrified when we got her and still v nervy at times but she loves us now, it took a good few months. She was used for breeding so I don't think she was ever a pet

DialsMavis · 26/02/2021 22:57

Forgot to say: what lovely cats everyone has!

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