After All Her Kittens Are Adopted, Mama Cat Can’t Seem to Find Home of Her Own

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One September, I was scrolling through a pet page on Facebook for the hell of it. I came across a photo of a ginger mother cat and four kittens. Knowing the rules that they couldn’t be rehomed until eight weeks, I advised the poster just in case they didn’t know. It was then I learnt that they were trying to find someone to take all five of them in, as their father could no longer look after them.

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Mum was a stray that happened to decide his backyard was a perfect place to have her kittens. So many were offering to take the kittens but wouldn’t take in mum. My heart absolutely broke – they were 3.5 weeks old and could not be separated from mum!

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I knew my husband would object, as we already had two girls at home, but I put my hand up to take them all. I could not allow them to be separated at that age. I picked them up the next day, and my husband found out when he came home that night. Mum I named Adina, which means “gentle”, as she was so sweet from the day I got them – even allowing me to pick up her kittens as long as she could see they were fine. The little munchkins grew on me, but Adina stole my heart.

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When they were the right age, all the kittens were quickly adopted by fantastic families. Adina I tried to rehome three times, and each time was a complete failure. She turned from a complete smooch to a scaredy cat whenever a potential new owner looked at her. After the third time, I knew she was telling me she was home. And finally my husband caved.

She now asks politely for cuddles, and she’s my shadow wherever I go. She’s even learning to play properly with her little sister, and her eldest sister is accepting her more every day. Despite costing a small fortune at the vet’s for desexing, ear mites, mastitis and fleas, we wouldn’t have it any other way.