My buddy, our 3 year old male cat was kind of a rescue. The folks next door to my father-in-law out in the country never got their cats fixed, and had a litter. This happened right after we bought our house in Indiana. Well, he was so cute and loved playing with his littermates that I finally convinced my wife to let me have him. He was full of fleas and it took 4 or 5 baths to finally get rid of them. We noticed on our way home that he had an infected toe on his right front paw. We were going to take him to the vet anyway to get his shots and to get fixed. I should also tell you that at first I thought he was a female, because unlike dogs I couldn't tell. Call me stupid I know.
The vet sure surprised me with that phone call. If yall remember my avatar a while back, that's him.
Anyway, the vet had to operate on his paw because come to find out a fly larve had gotten in his toe somehow and and infected it. The vet fortunately was able to save his toe. He's been a great cat so far and I hope that we have him for years to come.
Our female was definately a rescue. Some people my father-in-law's girlfriend new had found a kitten on the side of the road. She was going to take care of her but her existing female cat hated other cats, so we said we would take her. That was 6 months after getting our buddy. She became an early Christmas present. She was a little timid at first, but she's slowly come around. She is the sweetest female cat you'll ever meet. She loves strangers now.
It just pains me to see an animal in distress. That's why I'm glad both of our cats were rescues.
You know what? We should post pics of our pets. I need to take new ones of ours next week.
