Malnourished and Frail Senior Cat Rescued From the Streets, Finds Home for ‘However Long He Has’

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On one of our evening walks, a very emaciated but friendly kitty came up to us meowing. We felt so bad for him, we had to go to the store that instant and get him some food.

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That night, I could not sleep because I couldn’t stop thinking about him. He had no tags, and I thought maybe he was someone’s missing cat and that’s why he looked so malnourished and frail. Maybe we could find his family who was missing him?

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The next day on my way home from work, I saw him. I am not sure what came over me, but I just picked him up, put him in my car and drove him home! We fed him, bathed him (a couple of times) and made a little bed for him away from our other two cats. We started to call him Stuart.

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The next day, my partner took Stu to the vet to check for a microchip (none) so we completed some vaccinations and blood work. We also put an ad up on our neighborhood website to see if anyone would claim him.

A neighbor wrote to us and told us it was his cat and he could pick him up. But because of Stuart’s state of health, we were hesitant to give him back to people who were possibly neglecting him. We explained that we had taken Stu to the vet and and told them about the work that needed to be done to help him get healthy, which added up to quite a bit more money. This seemed to turn them off, so my partner asked if the couple would be willing to let us adopt him. They said YES! We were so excited that he would not be a street cat anymore!

That was about a year ago, and after some fairly large vet bills, he is doing much, much better. He is an old cat, guessing about 15-years-old, but we want to give him a good life no matter how long he has with us. We love Stu!