• Hegar@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I opened the door one day and there he was. He looked up at me, meowed hungrily and put a paw up the doorway.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      How I got my last one. One-eyed, starved, raggedy assed cat just sitting there, asking for help.

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      The cat distribution system is broken in my area. There are almost no strays, we were “hunting” for one for a couple of months until we decided to go to a petsmart to adopt our boy

      • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        The prevalence of coyotes and other predators in my rural mountain town means that there are effectively zero strays around me. We had to drive an hour plus from our house to a shelter at the closest “big” city to adopt our latest.

    • Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      I just got one that way, sweet little thing. Already had one cat, that my daughter begged and pleaded for, said “no” because we have 2 dogs already, finally relented on the condition that, “if the dogs kill the cat, you can’t hold it against them because dogs are gonna dog, and they were here first.”

      One dog absolutely fell in love with the cat and they’re inseparable now, and the other dog didn’t give a fuck either way. Then suddenly door cat shows up and adorabled its way into our lives…

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Found my little gremlin in a bush outside a store when she was a kitten. Poor thing had part of her ear missing. From a recent attack/fight of some kind. She’s been with me for 5 years now.

    • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      You sure that’s not a sterilisation marker? Cats get an ear clipped after being sterilised during a catch and release program.

      My cat has it, that’s how I know.

  • Jay@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    All 5 of my cats were strays/born from strays. Plus there’s another 10 strays outside near my place that I’ve been taking care of, and sheltering from the cold.

    And I’m not even a cat person. I’ve been pussy whipped by their cuteness.

    Edit: Seriously, it’s impossible to say no to something like this.