Emaciated Kitten Rescued a Month After Neighbors Began Hearing Meows
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I had been in my building for six months when one day, I started hearing a very little meow, almost every day. I was not working so I was home all day, and that "call" kept me thinking, "What is going on with that kitten?"
Next to my home, there's an abandoned lot with a burned house, so feral cats live and reproduce there. Neighbors usually feed those cats, so they linger there, since there's shelter in the burned structure. And from one of my windows, I could see the kittens. Four or five, I wasn't sure.
The meowing went on for about a month and I thought the kitten was hungry, so I asked my fiance to go over the wall and get it. He came back 30 minutes later with a 450-gram white female, scared as she could ever be, very skinny and covered in scabs.
For two days, I thought we couldn't make her panic go away. We even tried to get one of her brothers to keep her company, but they were in much better shape than she was and we couldn't catch any of them. We believe she was the weakest of the pack and wasn't eating enough. Little by little though, she came closer, and about a week later jumped into my lap and purred. I almost cried!
I'd always loved cats but had never had one because my father, who I loved very much but lost two years ago at the age of 58, didn't like them much. With daddy gone, I thought it was time to make place in my life for one of these amazing creatures.
Eleanor "Ellie" Rigby follows us everywhere now. She keeps me company even when I shower, laying on top of the clothes I just took off and placed for her on the toilet seat cover. She sleeps with us, plays like a baby (she's one-and-a-half now) and is a very healthy member of our family. She is also very funny, but all cats are, aren't they?
Story submitted by Karina from Curitiba, Brazil.
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