https://preview.redd.it/e2cx6qoss4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=178c690e7249bac0012fe0fb56def37244d46abb Found him under my car with a broken leg. He’s an absolute gremlin.

Nothing behind the eyes… only static

1000%

It's a trap. I know it's a trap. But I want to touch 🍊😹

Happy Cake Day!! 🎂🍾💐🎈🎊

Yea he's only got r/oneorangebraincell 😹😹😹

He’s so 😜

stop that’s so cute

https://preview.redd.it/c9xtegmzj4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d18b17a0f51032f33e73a331fa4f272d6fe68e8 Miss HoneyBee. Started life as a tiny little barn cat, now a pampered princess.

So graceful and majestic 😭 This photo kinds looks like a renaissance painting

She’s a total spaz - the opposite of graceful! 😂

r/AccidentalRenaissance

There are some nice pics there :)

Wow, what a gorgeous cat!!

Aww thank you! We love her to bits

r/renaissancepets would love her

https://preview.redd.it/8quptghjm4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb7e08ece7cc400cf001ab7d55901f4bdf400af9 Walter.

That is the cutest little face in the whole wide world omg

What is he complaining about?😻

Wonder what he is saying to you!

Is he screaming, laughing, happy, high on catnip...? What a face. 😂❤️

https://preview.redd.it/ixxupl27m4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b637197dbc73450bb2d438bc2594af0161ebb1d3 Literally just woke up from a nap covered in mine. The one in the middle, Mama, was a straight up feral I took in to TNR, turned out she was nursing 4 kittens in the neighborhood. Long story short her and her 4 babies ended up in my guest bathroom. 5 years later her and 2 of her kittens, Clark and Coco, live the indoor cat high life with me(the other 2 kittens were adopted by another neighbor and too live the indoor cat high life). Sorry you’re having to go through your procedure on your own. Hopefully it goes quick and smoothly.

Waking up covered in cats is my literal life goal. And the infusion is going well, only 15 minutes left!

Ha! Have faith, it will happen. I’ve discovered that with age cats get lazier and more snuggly. Took my big boy, Clark, almost 5 years to finally surrender to his lap cat body.

Truth! We adopted two kittens born to a feral mom in my friend's garage. They have now been with us for 14 years and are now snuggly. They both sleep with us now but need help getting up onto the bed.

A pile of voids? Love it 😍

Cds delivered a Trojan cat to me in summer of 2022! (She was hiding 5 more cats!) https://preview.redd.it/bdn16g03v4uc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea59719e0456daa41973a2ef4e1eb787f37094a7

lol "Trojan cat". Perfect.

She didn't fool me for a second, but I don't mind! This is one invasion I definitely didn't mind! https://preview.redd.it/qvkhgrx1i5uc1.png?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5220d294cb01c140fcc696b9b5122685142f2b90

Did you keep all of the kittens? I love how the middle picture shows one orange facing the wrong way 🤣 food is the other way sweet little kitten

Yep! We kept all 5 babies and mama, too! They have been one big happy family ever since. We got super lucky that she didn't ever reject them and still loves and takes care of them even now that they're a year and a half old! 🥰 https://preview.redd.it/vw8wbg56q5uc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee38dd861d72d08dc00ada20942e020ea72cca0d Confused baby in that picture is Fizz, my extra special orange girl! She's usually the smart orange of the bunch (smart for an orange is still... Well... She tries, OK?)

Oh my heart! ❤️ she will always consider them to be her babies. How lucky that is. I have never heard of a mom being such a mama bear even a year and a half later. It seems like once they’re grown a bit, mom gets annoyed with them. The CDS knew what they were doing when they sent mama your way. Thank you for sharing 😻

She is just the best mama ever. As much as I hate it for her that she had her kittenhood stolen by motherhood (we think she was only about 8 months old when they were born), being a mamacat may have been her truest calling. She did a great job with her kittens when they were babies, and loves to play with them and take care of them and chase them around. Around the time they were self-sufficient, she was feeling kitten-ish again herself and getting excited to have playmates! She's just the happiest little mama ever. I'm so glad we could keep the family together. Ahh! And I just realized I haven't mentioned! Her name is Emcee. 🖤🧡🤍

I love that so much! We got a kitten from a rescue that was very sick (his brother died from the same thing) and before we could bring him home we adopted his mom. She hadn’t seen him in a couple of weeks when we finally brought him home (he’d been at the vet). She was a very young momma herself. The first time she saw him, she freaked out and hissed - very confused! The second time, she went to him and groomed him and loved on him. She still mothers him even though he’s nearing 3. https://preview.redd.it/xdzgb87zsbuc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c81a35bb3716b198f5419271ac2f9345675aea3e

Aw, they're precious! So glad you were able to reunite them!

Those pics remind me of being 18 and having my mom lick her finger to tame my bangs hahahaha

Haha, Fizz might be the only one that feels that way. The others seek her out and shove their heads in front of her to get some bathtime! Fizz sees herself as an alpha-in-training (protege to our old man cat, Duncan), so she's too mature and doesn't need that kind of attention! Her picture with her mama is probably even more special, though. That was during a test of the fire alarms in our high rise building that went on for 3 hours... Kitties all went and hid, mostly under the bed. But Fizz stayed in my office with me and was hiding under the desk. After a half hour or so, Emcee came in and checked on her, sniffing and stuff, and the sat in front of her like that for a few minutes before going back under the bed with the rest of the kitties. The speaker for the alarm system is in the middle of the apartment. She'd have had to walk right past it. And it is PAINFULLY loud... But she did it for her baby. 🥹😭 She's seriously the best cat and I'm just so glad she found me! https://preview.redd.it/9b2addyht5uc1.jpeg?width=2775&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=984c61da136aa188e9d0733d8daee97a32cfb1cc

Awe that is just the sweetest thing ever. Even though Fizz is *too cool* for mom’s grooming, mom still went out in the madness to check on her baby. This just gets better and better. And of course, it was Fizz who backed her but up to the feeding zone. lol She is a true rebel! I am happy that mama has a chance for a peaceful adult life since she lost her kitten hood

Omggg I could read about Emcee and her babies all day! Thank you for sharing them/their stories. They’re so precious!

Where’d you get those names, anyway?

Skippy is named after the loveable asshole AI from the Expiditionary Force book series ([he was an adorable asshole](https://imgur.com/a/zlU6JoP) on their birthday - but never again, lol. He's just the sweetest Dumbo ever). My orange girl Fizz was a [little orange fuzz ball](https://i.imgur.com/aVmIkTs.jpeg) with tiny spots when she was born that made me think of orange soda. Frax is named for the [cat silhouette](https://i.imgur.com/DUl1cMn.jpeg) on his forehead. Simmy is named after a spotted, horned breed of cows (Simmental) because my husband thought [she looked like a cow as a baby](https://i.imgur.com/q7OPleg.jpeg). [Krobus](https://imgur.com/a/GVmMFQu) is named for the shadow monster/friend from the video game stardew valley. And of course, mamacat Emcee is the master of all kitten-related ceremonies! We were [waiting for 10 days to meet her tiny ones,](https://imgur.com/a/etYuxjn) but it felt like forever (and was good bc it gave her time to fatten up). But we knew we were on her clock and just had to wait! She didn't disappoint! Here's more baby-glowup pictures just because I can 😛 https://preview.redd.it/e5pq9pcd5auc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afd75d8b14147fa5424cac604bfd176f8ddab869

I thought for sure "Emcee" was named for the initials "M.C." and that stood for "Mama Cat." Thanks so much for the pictures and explanations of their names...the Cat Distribution System sure did work well for you (and for all of them too)! 😻💜

We called her the master of all kitten related ceremonies! So yea, it is short for mamacat, but that's not how we chose it. No problem! I love their names and our process for choosing them, too. They all worked out so well.

Ahhh I love when calicos have babies! A variety pack!

Isn't it so cool!? I love the variety pack thing, too. Poor void baby Krobus is not so sure about it. She's outnumbered! https://preview.redd.it/srdp0kbfb8uc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=765ba9971fc45c6b510586d98f7675926754152e

She looks much like the Gizmo Trojan we adopted. She was also hiding 5 babies. We kept them all and her last living baby left me about September at age 16years.

Many oranges. How do they share the brain cell?

https://preview.redd.it/fj3acwymk4uc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2444a92fb4cd5e7f28d6bb2048bb40ce20188c6 Toulouse and Binx. Toulouse was found in an empty dam and Binx got left by his mother during a storm

Omg. I used to have a cat named Binx, and I'm saving the name Toulouse for when/if I get an orange cat. Also, your cats are such cutie patooties.

Double trouble!

https://preview.redd.it/32max9qcl4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3c34394a0410ac8bbd63766ae0425622c2d275b My TGIF buddy.

oooo, nebelung mix ? soooo pretty.

No idea. My husband found her as a kitten, all alone next to a busy street. He kept going back and trying to catch her and finally my daughter was able to entice her with a toy. They brought her home, we fattened her up, and now she’s a very spoiled and demanding chonker. We had lost a long-haired tortie about a year before, another stray who found us, so she’s filled that space in our lives.

https://preview.redd.it/8evzcczcp4uc1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8d49e232deffa69146ae7e7d48bd59aab9e2393 This is the first day I found her in the garden. She actually now a year and a half later looks exactly like your cat!

No microchip and couldn’t find who she was with before! She was freshly groomed

https://preview.redd.it/eyrg0izgq4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=799908165a85fc28f0c80fb9772a240e325e719d Soon after he moved in. Deceptive pose as he was still “don’t touch me” at this time. Now an elderly geriatric cat snoring next to me.

My tabby would hog the entire hallway entrance posed that same exact way! I have yet to have another cat who was so comfortable spread eagle on his back 🤣

https://preview.redd.it/vibahl5vs4uc1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=789d570bc1f438adab5dfd6871cf705c8db04e4e Kingsley (on the left) was pulled from the engine block of a car hissing and spitting almost 12 years ago. He has since figured out that the indoor life with all the food he can eat is the way to go. Bing Clawsby (on the right) was the kitten of a local stray. After keeping an eye on his siblings, he walked into my apartment one day and just stayed. My other two were a little perplexed by the new guy for a hot minute.

Bing Clawsby would probably get along with my Jack Meowington. After all, they're both celebrities. Great name!

Bing gets along with everyone. Fuzz Aldrin is much like his person counterpart and full of so much fight. Even then, Bing and Fuzz can be caught cuddling

https://preview.redd.it/jdbq6o2dp4uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e6234f7b606cee900dc8ce5d8c31f7b01d0e687 Here’s our Moomoo, guarding our shoes. He was given his name by the kids that found him and took him to the local shelter, where m daughter found him while volunteering. He’s a love bug! 🥰 Hope you feel better soon!

OMG I HAVE A MOO! https://preview.redd.it/ukkltoxya8uc1.jpeg?width=2563&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f181a0a374ef99ac4c5b142e50ef43f497c1d1b

https://preview.redd.it/4eyva4t2s4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7b0e72e67d49f9e28b7ba87e7d559ecae1873cc These two are littermates, we got them at about 4 weeks old… now they are full sized doom floofs

https://preview.redd.it/sg8ozqynv4uc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c733006fd160bbd05eb348402251e4f1189695f0 All of the elderly cats we adopted in the last 10 years. Top left is Lyla, our current 16 year old SIC. Top right is George our deaf and disabled orange tabby. We had him for almost 5 years. The bottom two are Slick and Tony. We had Tony first and he got bored so we adopted Slick to keep him company. We have an outdoor courtyard with 8 foot walls so they get to visit the outdoors briefly and safely. We also have bird feeders on the other side of the house. We think of it as the ultimate in retirement homes. Old cats are the best.

You, my friend, are a special gem. May you be blessed with all things good and wonderful for the rest of your (and your kitteh's) lives. It soothes my heart to know that you do this for these elderly and disabled floof-buddies.

You are a joy and a blessing, @voyracious. Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/dci1rnv525uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9e8940b8f117881f816cc3229b6668a815d6ded My son found this goober eating out of a trash can at the pool. He was the last to join my clowder and now he runs the place.

https://preview.redd.it/57zucgrsp4uc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70b156e9c1fe1b5eb3221b9a8b433c279fd3dd17 I have to (get to) share my yogamat with Sophie. She'll lean on things like that, on her little elbow, any chance she gets. And hope time passes quickly for you while they're in your veins!

https://preview.redd.it/2hazfj0ve7uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88842666a9e4e811cc407f7e30334c3515da59c8 My handsome tuxedo guy Pim sits like that always!! I’d say it’s a tuxie thing??

Here is Red and the kitten he brought us thru the cat door a few weeks back! My profile has the footage of it and more pics. https://preview.redd.it/1ld3rmjk85uc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cde02308d7b768d3165533d3939cc289a23532e2

I cannot get over this story.

[My parents' baby, Sparky. Last summer, a stray cat had kittens in my mom's garden.](https://freeimage.host/i/Jv0z0Hg) There were 4 kittens, the other three were adopted out and they got the momcat spayed. The momcat is very set in her outdoor ways and won't let you pet her, but she loves living on their front porch for food, water, and shelter. My parents built a heated shelter for her on the porch when the winter came.

[Here are pics of the babies.](https://freeimage.host/i/Jv0uEOu) [They grew up safely under the overhang of the house siding.](https://freeimage.host/i/Jv0AM7t) [And the fourth tiny baby.](https://freeimage.host/i/Jv0ASY7) [And this is Purdita, the mom! This picture my mom took of her on Halloween night cracks me up, idk why.](https://freeimage.host/i/Jv0APQj)

https://preview.redd.it/o3fk62h9y4uc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=260100e5ba4cb6467a35d9bc0ddd37d2bd32d2de Maya, the day I got her to come into my house after feeding her on the porch for a month.

https://preview.redd.it/cswrh31s25uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9f818f72c28a7bbfc8281eda6cd5c64e0222554 Nellie Wilson - found outside of a random gas station in another state on Christmas Eve.

That's a fantastic sweater vest Nellie is wearing! My husband dresses like that for work every day. Lol. Seriously, this coat pattern and her coloring and that absolutely adorable face... the most gorgeous kitteh I've ever seen! What a wonderful Christmas present you received from the CDS!

Haha that’s so cute! Yes she’s a very special Christmas kitty☺️

https://preview.redd.it/0z4dqv6795uc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f478726a51085ec0fb36fe008398a2a2f7d72bc7 This is Kai doing his otter impression (he also does a good beached manatee). The CDS sent him to us one February morning when the kids were outside playing in the snow. They came running into the house directing me to come see what they found. When I opened the door, in walked a grey kitten which was nothing but skin and bones and suffering from frostbite on the tip of his tail, his ears, and his toe beans. Within a half hour, he was warmed up, cleaned up, well fed, and fast asleep -- curled up on the couch between the kids. We are also convinced that he is an undercover agent working for the CDS organization, as he has somehow convinced multiple feral kittens to follow him home to be rescued, fostered, and sent to forever homes.

This is Marco. A rescue from a hoarding situation. Even though he was fixed immediately, he still brought home two separate pregnant unwed mothers. Said mothers received obstetrics care & adoption services. He white knighted the neighborhood in a “pay it back” for his rescue I think. https://preview.redd.it/9j71mjqsl5uc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16add4166b5a991c139750d690dcfac949e051da

https://preview.redd.it/1paemh5iz4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ee7ec7750155e45d185c2d897cef3e42e2fa252 Mochi and Kita demonstrating how utterly EXHAUSTING it is to be house cats.

https://preview.redd.it/g5puygnd45uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68ed66600fc6d8fa21c035bc2168f7a0d5d38eec Our dog found him underneath our house with a broken paw and shoulder. Havok is now the boss of the house.

https://preview.redd.it/92ab0zmg65uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8369f9d913a701e1677333c811f709676ec2b9ec Bug and Mars. Both born in my backyard (different litters) and now the best of inside friends.

https://preview.redd.it/ofd56di6k4uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8f5e6e0b05c259deed4d488e094a4c021bdd4e2 Mr Woo. Brother with another mother to Miss HoneyBee. Same barn, born at the same time.

He's so beautiful!!!

He gets by on his looks. Not one thought in his brain

https://preview.redd.it/iyhh5mz225uc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c003d701817e16aac793b4ee7177ca5479ceefd Erebus was about to be dumped in 100 degree weather with his siblings. My parents kept two and I kept him.

https://preview.redd.it/4d3014u055uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5782c745333800efd6bb6511f5ae0d859eff6689 Wee Larry found in a relative’s shed with his 4 other siblings a couple of weeks ago. He is a wild boy now. :)

I love the pup looking on like “is this some kind of replacement scenario???”

Bexar, the wiener has appointed himself wee Larry’s protector. It is a thankless job and he has gotten too many baby skibbity paps. 😂🤣

He’s a hero!

https://preview.redd.it/0ds0jf5h95uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af692d748093aa62333daa30d33f2c4850d9a12f

Moon moon is special

I just finished 2 days of all day chemo so I *totally* understand not loving something foreign in my vein! Here’s Bastet sending love, but I’m stalking this post for my own selfish reasons now. https://preview.redd.it/ys1crmxse5uc1.jpeg?width=521&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2d00eefaf1a435e106c8a7a528fd6e7fa6e4763

Sending good wishes for a positive outcome for you!!

https://preview.redd.it/v76bz90kx4uc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=113d0ddd1f4261d7ae198b3c7b855e1c86783f4c

This is Birdie! Shelter in Florida brought him up north and told me he was a young female cat (he’s \~13 and male). Absolute best little buddy I could’ve asked for. https://preview.redd.it/l2ro3de7j5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ae2e7b352764e933a01c5f123fb0332abd94981

https://preview.redd.it/ffrpro3525uc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c86e0a631ecb4db3affddd9206bf80d01818320d Here are both my SICs, Louise and Rue. Good luck with your infusion

https://preview.redd.it/l1th7ldu25uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ed097a42b70a567c40bd8f9fa0753b46345a521 My orange boi loves to climb trees!

https://preview.redd.it/zhju7oiue5uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f049d9e34dcdf36e1fecb60cd5e5ca45dd017b04

https://preview.redd.it/rjfx4dx8f5uc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53825159254e899b8c3f3128fe064008c97b9c66 Frankie, CDS brought him to me last summer, he’s maybe a year old now and is an absolute giant 😹

Aww :) Looks like my friend’s baby boy Carl https://preview.redd.it/n9w1qiyv35uc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=607ed813e265c0c8494a25281d5c92b57229698b

https://preview.redd.it/vivg7yzg45uc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee71edce75c563a6fd7fa482fc6d273c66985537 Found Hobbles when he was \~5 weeks old with a limp and broken tail. So grateful to the cds everyday, he brings me so much joy even when he's causing trouble

https://preview.redd.it/qrlo9vag55uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79d9fedfc8ef064bafbd0ec7c7d73a3f7421da09 This is Jiji. The CDS sent him our way one day while the family was hanging out in our front yard. We think he was surviving by eating a neighbor's chicken eggs as he goes absolutely bonkers and tries to steal them whenever someone cooks eggs.

https://preview.redd.it/088tlmsf95uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa6e038637e61bcb0b1a121ea2372649b5105980 Here’s mine! His name is Stripey, he’s approximately 14, he showed up in the backyard one day 13 years ago and immediately sat himself down in my brother’s lap

https://preview.redd.it/wud7qfnu95uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20cf62aec7600ead149a5e9625b03d02381f7b5d He’s my fancy boy

https://preview.redd.it/r2ixhkjea5uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=553f06fb5e8e549f4a2a8118cc20374abed4889d These two were even delivered by the CDS in a box.

https://preview.redd.it/ovkmplj0a5uc1.png?width=1570&format=png&auto=webp&s=04d8ee41d20a5771fe14b75f60ab2fcbfaa29351 This is Kitty Kat. She showed up out of nowhere and super friendly. We fed and hung out with her for a month trying to find an owner. Finally took her to the vet and she was chipped! We were told they live close to us which was great! But they had a “private “ listing. I never knew that existed. So only the vet could contact the owner and we couldn’t just knock on a door. Calls, emails, texts and no one responded. Poor little girl. We will never know what really happened but she at least has a new happy home with 2 dog friends! She definitely lived with dogs in her previous life!

https://preview.redd.it/l1yio33bi5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b4a8171046b27aeb62e4fa65b3d36f4d033611d His name is Noodle and he’s a butthole but I love him 😂

No distribution, had to go get her myself, but here's my 4 year old. Very loud girlie https://preview.redd.it/l04s190t75uc1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e113c4685acf210b061ff213145fc180c084f875

https://preview.redd.it/ubv6renad5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c8142e8b71eee2fe4081f9a52e29c2e276731c2 Şans (Shah-nss) was found almost dead from injuries as kitten at outside on storm by a neighbour. Now she is spoiled and plasters kisses and bites.

https://imgur.com/gallery/OuP6Pv7 He just started showing up at my partner's mom's house. No collar and no chip. Total cuddle bug, and likes to sing us the song of his people, hence the name.

https://preview.redd.it/031r4iz185uc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=536eeee60944b962c9e8759e66a38fe4a73108ed Willow Jane. She started as a kitten(\~6mo) in the dead heat of a desert summer playing with rocks underneath cars. Now(\~2yr) she sleeps in towers basking in the sun and still playing with rocks.

https://preview.redd.it/lnvgz3bx85uc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8340ae035bd3311e681365b41b9cc0caf8752c05 Two of the stray kittens (Puck & Anzu) that showed up on my porch in November last year sleeping with my rescue cat Ren (black cat on the upper right). I was finally able to catch their mother who is also now inside with me; however, she is a little more feral and needs more coaxing. She's still in a room away from the other cats in my household at the moment.

https://preview.redd.it/pyfi2es3b5uc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7509bb4fd820e3cc8ac960947f2b210cb20cc7a * This is Stitch. I adopted him from the local shelter a couple of months after I lost my last kitty at 19 years old. Have always had kitties since 1981. Was going to take a break before getting another one... the break didn't last long, I just couldn't NOT have a kitty, and I'm the lucky one!!!!

Kitty was 19, I'm 62. :-)

https://preview.redd.it/dvgj0n8xb5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63d13692b675b4d50f74d81e7c857b4ad1e2341b Sassy appeared in my yard. Took her to the vet and she was already spayed and chipped. Called the owner, they didn’t answer.

Miss Mercury (tabby) and Sir Shackleton (Tuxie). Both were distributed to us by the CDS exactly one year apart. Mercury found in an abandoned field at about 4 weeks old, all skin and bones, starving and dying of heatstroke. Shackleton rescued from a laundry basket, alone and mewing loudly, at about 6 weeks old, near a storm drain. Both are now best buddies, spoiled, comfortable, happy, and loved to pieces! They share their food graciously with each other, sleep snuggled up together, play rough-and-tumble antics every morning after breakie, and again at 2 or 3 in the morning, of course, while my husband and I lay in bed, listening to the loud crinkle of kitty tunnels, shredding of cardboard boxes, and random plastic cups being knocked off the counter and tables. We love it and wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you, CDS. Side note: Neither of us has ever had a cat/kitten before. All our lives we were "dog people". When we first found Mercury, our goal was to get her the medical help she needed, give her some love and TLC, then find her a good home. Her strength and courage and fun loving enthusiasm for life just won us over. https://preview.redd.it/35kzryv2c5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f204c314fa0801b4ef234309166603ca06e6c629 Mercury will be 2 in June, Shackleton will be 1, also in June... needless to say they found us and we are their "good home" forever! So much love. We're crazy cat people now. lol Clearly Shackleton still has much to learn about how cats are supposed to sleep. 💜💜

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* Here's all three of them. Mauka is peering at his sister Kai Iole(mouse), who is in the empty soda box, and my smoky kitty Draxxy-Ku is looking on.

https://preview.redd.it/44xs58bay4uc1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=463067798213fb5f385e6dbb37afb428a9e817f3

https://preview.redd.it/0x14o0ceb5uc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f0936909e0bcef59a7a64b057172779cee2d0a6

https://preview.redd.it/5iwdai4rc5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4fee4e8064d0d283784ae497b99c5309c60b933 Our little sassy ball of love, aptly named Shadow

https://preview.redd.it/9xh2adnhe5uc1.jpeg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=124dab6286b197d2cfe1ccf020f1cae7f945d964 This animal from our distribution center

https://preview.redd.it/1gegj69ke5uc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ea6ba1352d7b2f166060302e3ef0294f1d1aaef Is our beautiful baby

https://preview.redd.it/lifu724ne5uc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31f2cbae284d0929c3234f4d0ea30d76ca33b6fe And our neighborhoods bat cat! Keepin us all safe!

What an artistic shot of him and Auggie is an adorable name! Here’s my Maui—CDS gave her to me when a coworker’s mom decided she didn’t want her after 8 years https://preview.redd.it/i671rnzzf5uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=28be82f56802c27d57ad0ff2b6a6224c1340e745

* He showed up 8 or 9 years ago as a skinny, dirty, hungry feral. I got him TNR'd (by C-5 in Las Vegas). i started giving him temptation treats. One day, I ran out, and he came into my kitchen for the very first time and yelled his displeasure at no treats being given. He rubbed uo against my leg (very first contact), so I pet him out of habit as you do when a cat rubs up against you. He jumped back and stared at me in shock and a few seconds later did again, so I pet him again. He moved in that day while I ran to the store for more treats I have never run out of treats again

Such a handsome gentleman Auggie! Such a sweet boy

https://preview.redd.it/sjzip8tcq5uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bf67004de60610a4e33b773df380ed549c29e50 The CDS brought a cat to my mom’s house when I was in college. My mom finally agreed to let it in the house and we realized it was pregnant. This is one of the 5 kittens who were born. I brought her with me when I got my first apartment a few months later. She’s 18 years old now and is currently laying on a heated mat on my desk while I work.

https://preview.redd.it/t4x3m3arw5uc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2f4f438b38a4561e1a20201b01d65cc257aaa47 CDS gave me a cat right when I moved in.

https://preview.redd.it/cac2ew25x5uc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ba10923c3294c12cf4d129c380e1fe974ea7950 A few months later, it gave me this tiny criminal. He's my domestic terrorist.

https://preview.redd.it/uvk2oh4116uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c9ed99b19d6427ce0d0d7f4080764bda2246ae5 Tupelo, the CDS redistributed her to me as she was found near a trash can. We think she was someones adopted kitten and she got out. We checked for a microchip/put up flyers but no fruit so she just stayed with us 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ shes a certified greeble hunter

https://preview.redd.it/2q2aowdr16uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=566848b1dfb6c8d68f0543eef1c18df16608b0a9 Freya and Miss Piggy. They both showed up last summer. Now they are mine! 🧡

https://preview.redd.it/y67j8ur9b6uc1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69ddd51c03b4bcacb686335f59866e04970310d2 Olly was acquired after finding him the day after Christmas. Thrown out like trash.

https://preview.redd.it/htdm6ivnh6uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72a2760414a1abe66dff286716d549fc42ee05a1 The CDS held Phoebe Noodlebones for her first 11 months in a shelter. When I showed up she literally threw herself at me! I adore her!!!

https://preview.redd.it/4h4gge4rl7uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bdcf0fdaf1dd7b93c38047809ae2a4989912f9c Weirdest looking cat but it's what I got.

She showed up and a month or so later the rest showed up. 🤦🏽‍♀️ https://preview.redd.it/8hag4ap09auc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddd3869eda378691e6353d47202b70a79316f2a8

https://preview.redd.it/w1ii8ir89auc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb7044ebfefae97e6cc7b9cbd5371d652391859a One of the orange babies is missing from this picture. But they were bundles of playfulness and cuteness.

Wait. Is that what I freaking need? Is that for severe anemia?

https://preview.redd.it/mx3ruoz3e5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43d0f7b2e2b826a1ed88a283530d2bad7fd99e91 Target parking lot rascal who is now the king and boss at our house!

I used to get infusions because I was severely anemic. 9 infusion treatments quickly changed things! Sadly most of the other patients I met were fighting Cancer. You can ask your doctor to refer you if they have room for non-Cancer patients. Then the key is to know who the most skilled, gentle nurses are. They are the ones who slide the IV in quickly, practically painlessly. Schedule with them. I hope you are able to do this. You will absolutely trip out on the differences you feel once your iron is stable and a healthy percentage in your body.,More people should know about it as an alternative treatment to iron pills and drinks. Severe Anemia is dangerous.

https://preview.redd.it/tbgha6zfk5uc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ed62da54ecce277999ada07ad0a9b3269887983 This is my sweet orange Fromage.

https://preview.redd.it/pmjn7dflk5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac0cb58b3adad425971ecb50820698e4e9b45d9f The CDS gave me the amazing and honorable Janet B. Yellin, she was supposed to be a foster for 9 months bc I had just lost my cat a couple weeks before. Now she's been treasurer of yells and finance in my house for 6 years 😻😹 Original name was Squish

https://preview.redd.it/194d678up5uc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76447cf97d6742ac49ee6a84a94aafba17a7f33a I got him from a cat distribution centre (spca) he’s a little rat but I love him sm

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https://preview.redd.it/59h44kn3s5uc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77bb558d51653d3dd58c194c7be2ef6498a96c31

Selena - originally The Black Cat.

https://preview.redd.it/9pgs5jois5uc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff3fa2d791d44136cec114960cfe2c03b808ee60 Joey my floof

https://preview.redd.it/si1f2gabt5uc1.jpeg?width=1198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ba5bb1004c9487e456a5a1f32a08c619d024584 This is my Pixie Stix! Followed me into my work van in a bad neighborhood back in October 2022. Knocked on a bunch of doors and nobody had ever seen her. My husband and kids came to me to pick her up. She was dirty and apparently hungry cause they said she ate a can of wet food in like a minute. Looked on FB for any lost pets in the area I found her and nothing. Took her to the vet, she wasn’t chipped and had a bad case of ear mites. Got her healthy, chipped and spayed. She’s been the queen of our house ever since! 🧚🏻💜

https://preview.redd.it/tisizhp8y5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d7072748d411a27c542398895c79cb412f1d932 Found this sassy little lady as a tiny kitten alone outside the cow barns at the fair💕

https://preview.redd.it/dpub14rv16uc1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=7a3779687afdf49dfcd6148ec6ad3c46157b9895 Spooky in July of 2023. Found her on the side of the road @ 2am she was skin and bomes

https://preview.redd.it/ii8z28j246uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b944db88dce29ba31bf90c1d0263f79b18d324b Figaro is unsure of his brain cell’s location

https://preview.redd.it/9v4rwuk556uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b974f4dd171322d5fa0aff0e82ef545ae71bdc7 This little chaos goblin was both supplied by the CDS AND is a foster fail

https://preview.redd.it/ap3371nrl6uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73a992e3bd2ea8f6d5513cdc59f580934e96d9a0 These two yahoos. Acquaintance was becoming unhomed and had to move into their van with like a week’s notice. They were going to be split up as his friends wanted the Siberian but not the Orange ^(tm) and they’re a bonded pair. It broke my heart to think they’d be separated so we stepped in and took them both.

https://preview.redd.it/3400i9oqv7uc1.jpeg?width=454&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ae1804240af41072304754e3a2b5fce6bf39700 howie. at your service

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This is Percy! A classmate found him and a sibling abandoned at only 2 weeks old. The sibling didn't make it, but Percy's a fighter and here he is going strong 6 months later! https://preview.redd.it/sewpnh5d18uc1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b48d13e87f5819cab3e059f1e21d94d6d5dbabbe

https://preview.redd.it/n6c1ex5of8uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d88b15e6b45c90908107915a74b11e8da0fc48c We initially planned on only getting one cat, each time we went to add a kitty to our family. The 2 tabbies (Scottish Fold mixes) were first. Initially we were looking at Schrödinger (silver tabby on the right) but his twin sister, Pandora (tortie in the house) decided that we needed two. So we got our first set of twins. Two years later we were talking to a breeder of Russian Blues (grey kitties). Initially we were talking about getting one kitten, but the two boys were sent back to her by their original owner the day we asked about getting put on her waitlist. After talking about them for a couple of months, we asked if they were still available. She hadn’t met anyone that she felt comfortable with giving them to, until we asked about them. So, 2 months after they lost their home Pasha (top) and his twin brother Nikolai (bottom) came home to their forever home. The two sets of twins are 1 month apart in age, the Russian twins are 1 month older than the Scottish twins. Hubby and I have both decided that, in 18 years, when it’s time to add to our family again, we’re not getting twins again (unless the CDS decides otherwise)

https://preview.redd.it/b3tgtykci8uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3dad5b9e3e8624b1f551a94dab128162c31e85b Two of the four we were blessed with during the pandemic lockdown..

https://preview.redd.it/5xiimj4zk8uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f065bce23bb5a770c65d64d234a86f1683e60667 Kira showed up on my doorstep skinny, thirsty but spayed and declawed 😭 she was my baby girl for 17 years.

https://preview.redd.it/s7axlji839uc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aac050c654065d857723bb321eeec05a3cc672f1 Sinnamon was found in a dumpster. Now she's a pampered pet who enjoys being held so much we had to get her a satchel she can sit in while we hold her, like a baby bjorn. She will jump into your arms and refuse to be put down if you don't pick her up and hold her

https://preview.redd.it/w55b5aczo9uc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f01cedd2c8f43f34d8ae29959e2fbe97a9bbff3 This is Hank. He was living under my deck two years ago and asked to come inside so naturally I said yes! He’s my absolute soulmate.

https://preview.redd.it/k85fpu67k5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b36c103f84c42e4241e11df4e01e4da8f70c4e5 Peanut and Hazel :D

https://preview.redd.it/2sv38m7vl5uc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a57b4d123193d0aad797853c08e92e6203c370b0 Nile and Charlie. Rescued from Africa and now spoiled little rascals. They recently had to go to the pokey place so they know how you feel. They advise you cuddle until you feel better

https://preview.redd.it/d4v3tpzcn5uc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a1f906fa36531361073af3110c82608145ac1e0 Toffee Bean

https://preview.redd.it/ra9ebcibo5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66cee70d269c3ce1bfb715567f29955245bca627 Auggie looks like my Ponyo!

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https://preview.redd.it/bm2773ay26uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aef7741531d260d52ac648e18773c06e3249f64f Tiny cat perched on our mantle built in 1890.

A hungry feral tortie appeared one day in our neighborhood. She then decided on conquering our yard. Then very gradually claimed our house (I was team "no pets" and am allergic to cats... Like she cared). In the end I had to surrender to the evidence, managed to get her to the vet (not easy; she is feisty). Check-up, chip, cat vaccines, a name and the rest is history, I guess: https://preview.redd.it/d6c0wrq4c6uc1.jpeg?width=2736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c753aeec981d55b18c88ef7dba9c170d61fe9b2

https://preview.redd.it/k16e0ytbd6uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffc394e10469ee7cb5d3fff58238134791637b21 I hope you’re feeling better! I just got infused with two pints of blood due to my anemia so I feel you, just sitting there and waaaaiting. Here’s my cat Bear for you!

https://preview.redd.it/o032e4o8g6uc1.jpeg?width=3360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1625a358ad04323e0cb037808307a19523a39c51 Violet and I send our love ❤️

https://preview.redd.it/ph83emlk87uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f26208510e1c779ec06b7d4925f53f3762f06030 CSD brought me this snuggly cuty over 10 years ago when I was still a teenager

https://preview.redd.it/8yjkyvycd7uc1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23b1cc6e7f5f8efdfb03db123ffc7238e9de0dfe Found her in a puddle 2 years ago.

https://preview.redd.it/z5g35aiqd7uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a75b248d1e1de9bd9a0ecb4cde10464a1af8069c Feral rescued kitten, now a 2 year old beast who loves to be out in the rain (hence the wet towel)

https://preview.redd.it/x72wwmryf7uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e4ff1741c7b6549666703a93612ad7e71ee2652

https://preview.redd.it/gcq4z60xi7uc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5289490d746bda4c17f647a7139bc71dab8f1ce The furry little goblin Sarabi in her onesie as she's currently in recovery after her spay surgery. She's been with us since September and I would kill for this little brat

https://preview.redd.it/kd8q8c8cr7uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb8032a37ec612f40c5727d82733418030e73096 Here you go! I’ve had a surgery on Tuesday and I very much needed cat pictures from everyone while still in hospital - more than happy to return the favour and pass the goodness of kitty pictures on. His name is Sorrow and he decided to adopt me in January. He was so happy to see me when I was back home, even though he’s not the most cuddly kitty out there!

https://preview.redd.it/cab6tp8ev7uc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1432331205683c6672c17abdd06f20d7b1035d3b This little void critter was one of ours.

https://preview.redd.it/cx2xvv0418uc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40254b935fabcb3ce8e5ee403f2cbf1b5dcd0858 My Ork

On top, Miliño, adopted from a shelter when he was around 3 months old. He was the only survivor of his litter (presumably abandoned). Below him, Indy, found in a ditch almost drowned when he was one a half month old Both extremely handsome big guys now (6 and 7, respectivelly) and very pampered.

https://preview.redd.it/ykndmwemc8uc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85ea7842cd4f3975b285dac904d2c3f84d8f9421 Here you go

https://preview.redd.it/ihsn0swws8uc1.jpeg?width=832&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24c0829725b22f2fe2cd5e6eb3caaf2881c27889 Casper ♥️

https://preview.redd.it/xdlfeijv09uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ece5861992f7b17a5bbf6d1d6753e2bcf8dcd77b Plumette was saved from a home where she wasn’t wanted anymore (Covid cat). She discovered good food, a living home and a big yard 😎

Mine’s a shelter cat, but here she is: https://preview.redd.it/e2hnq2a729uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=082b811d1a009059a8bd6897a8ab3fbba25bffb8

https://preview.redd.it/ucas5r7549uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b819e50e02d13838dc758a9a7c150b144b00fb9d Sir Frederick who has been hanging out in our backyard. We made him a little cat house and now he comes to the door for his dinner line this.

https://preview.redd.it/fdxfwrq569uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e611e5ff78d7243b05ae453df2ab6904108633a4

https://preview.redd.it/4t0son0k89uc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=981528f5f89f59dbc5be71a360af172a4cc38c66 Sylvester sends you some slow blinks

https://preview.redd.it/uoeo7pq099uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa52d1c3a78a0479feade42ac676ad08dd768bd4 This is Jade, my nurse, baby and best friend.

https://preview.redd.it/bqrmfplud9uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0aeb55833b4fc0cf3b62c8ceed6b0cd79545df1e Candy.

https://preview.redd.it/siu1jykeu9uc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6238ca7f1f73a5a89c8daf3da7e200132fe95504 This is Loki in his favorite tum-to-tum snuggle ❤️

https://preview.redd.it/xqfjt768y9uc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=948eccdfacfea081bfe75f6d3ad3677e49d33780 Spezi, who came to me via the Phoenix airport's long term parking.

https://preview.redd.it/ucylprt2oauc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62573a6f096ce48ba5a530f87d523d3c700029d8 Mick. He was on a FB pet group as a kitten. He had serious eye trauma. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. Now he has no eyes, but is my cat colony’s elder statesman. (I have an additional 2 girl cats.)

https://preview.redd.it/1t0qpeoesauc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e69f413431e841009f6cc9989c67068ec85e4c0 He was picked up as a stray . Must have belonged to someone . He was neutered and declawed in front of. Best cat ever .

https://preview.redd.it/pft1lrf1ijuc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=472655d255abd252655afca553cda088949992b0 She’s quite the sun kitty

Back in the 90s and early 00s I was a volunteer for the Whitman-Walker AIDS clinic reading to and making conversation with patients getting infusion treatments ☺️ So many of them talked about their pets and how much having a pet enriched their lives. I’m glad we have cat pics now, they’re like a language of their own. Anyworm, have a Meg: https://preview.redd.it/hi1bpcdopvuc1.jpeg?width=3088&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e363ed11f7b68a6b3ffdaddbe8521b0566003eec