Shelter Kitty Got Ignored because She Wasn’t a ‘Whole Cat’ until Someone Saw Her Differently

[Little Tich]

Source: LoveMeow

Meet Trinity! She had waited in the shelter for a long time. Many people passed her by because she wasn’t a ‘whole cat’ until a couple came into her life and thought she’s perfect!

Sondra shares the story with Love Meow: “She was skittish and terrified of the people looking for companions. Families were passing her by for two reasons. 1.) She wasn’t a ‘whole’ cat, and 2.) she was hissing and growling at everyone who opened the door to her cage.

She was 10 days out of surgery at this point. I do not know what the reason for the removal of the leg was, and when we heard the second story I stopped asking.”

They decided she was the perfect kitty to take home. “I knew that the next time I adopted a cat I was going to get a special needs kitty.”

Read more: http://lovemeow.com/2015/11/trinity-the-shelter-tripod-cat/

[Kalidurga]

1. I had a 3 legged cat once

Not sharing how that happened. Anyway, she was still able to hunt like a pro. Still miss her.

[roguevalley]

10. I would take her in a minute. Tripod is a good name. :D

[murielm99]

11. Our neighbors have a three-legged cat.

Their kids named her Tripod.

[DarthDem]

2. She's Beautiful!

What a darling story. I'm so glad she found such a loving home. Thanks for sharing this story, which has already made my Thanksgiving.

[Omaha Steve]

3. Thanks for posting

K&R!

OS

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I have a tri-paw dog. He lost his right front leg to cancer 3 years ago.

[Lithos]

5. Beautiful face

I have worked with many feral kids over the years. The love you get is definitely based on how much love and trust you give. Sometimes it takes years. I have some who after 12 years finally trust me enough to pick them up.

L-

[Snobblevitch]

6. I have lived in in a home that had a cat for a total of 33 years.

I like cats. However, my brother and his wife once found a stray kitten that was never actually domesticated, it was a gerel cat living indoors. She never stopped hissing at people. She got outside and was hit by a car.

On the other hand, we had a cat when I was a kid that was both an indoor and outdoor cat. He was declawed and lived over 20 years.

[pansypoo53219]

7. my cousins had 2 kittens. both free. the boy was killed by car around 4. the girl survived to 21 yrs

my grandparents cat lived to elderly & she was 1/2 a block from a busy street. i did see her look both ways when crossing. susie swam too.

[Snobblevitch]

9. I have lived with a variety of cats.

The first one died when there was a fire at the veternary clinic when it was getting declawed. The second lived for over 20 years and we too were on a busy street. That cat, without claws, figured out how to get on the roof of our single story home (there was a fence involved.) another cat just couldn't seem to comsostently use the litter box (we had three) so he ended up at a no kill shelter. The current cat is a spayed female and never 'misses' the box. She's quite funny. She has a fixation on water. Every morning after I get out of the shower, I have to let her into the bathroom so she can lick the shower door.

[SoapBox]

8. Great story with a happy end.

So many little critters that need homes and love.

Love that face.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

12. Please good people do not de-claw your cats..

it’s like cutting your fingers off at the knuckles, a trauma they never forget. Furniture is just stuff. Love is forever.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. I always say if you don't want your furniture scratched,

get a fish. Thankfully, more and more vets are refusing to declaw cats.

[mythology]

23. If your cat is strictly indoors, they make little removable caps to put on their claws

My cat was terrified of going outside (and dust bunnies and her own shadow) so she didn't need to defend herself from anything other than the demons in her head.

I wouldn't recommend those for a cat that goes outdoors or lives in a house where they might have to defend themselves (our other cats and the dogs were really gentle).

[Aerows]

13. Have a cat just like her

She is a fat and sassy tabby that sleeps like a gold medalist in the passed out competition of the olympics.

She's wonderful, and quite frankly, she found me at a time when things were very dark for me, and honestly - what do you give a battered soul? You give them another battered soul. She was just such a battered soul, and starving. We healed together.

I wouldn't trade mine for billions.

[shenmue]

14. OMG squeeeeeeee

Thank u, hoomin!

[LovingA2andMI]

15. Glad she got a home...

And Human Parents that love her.... Adopt a Pet from the Humane Society. You'll be glad you did.

Love my Peaches -- she was in the shelter for two months before we adopt her after the sad death of our third Child for 16 years with four legs - Kayla. Peaches is now our fourth Child with four legs (not counting the adult children).

[hollowdweller]

16. This is my kitty gray

Somebody shot him with a pellet gun last summer and we had to have his leg taken off at the shoulder.

We call him our $1000 dollar kitty. Actually cost us $1400 He gets around fine.

[47of74]

17. K and R

[brer cat]

19. K&R

[TexasProgresive]

20. Our vet has a 3 legged kitty roaming around her clinic

He is definitely king of the place and has no problem doing whatever. He does make a bit of a mess with his litter box when he tries to cover, but other than that he is just fine-and cute.

[Warpy]

21. An online acquaintance who feeds colonies of ferals

noticed that one of her regs, a particularly unfriendly tomcat, had a swollen foreleg. She managed to trap him and get him in to see a vet. After a course of ineffective antibiotics, they amputated that leg.

The change in that cat was almost immediate. He became a lap cat and love bug and is now a treasured member of her indoor clowder. His fur, once a matted grey, is now sleek and black. He doesn't seem to miss that foreleg, especially since it seems to have caused him so much pain. He jumps, climbs, chases toys, and swats the other cats just like a 4 legged cat.

Missing one leg doesn't slow a cat down much. I wouldn't have turned this little girl down. HRH was a spitter and a growler but as soon as they dumped her into my lap, she melted into a puddle of kittycat bliss and at that point, I had another cat.

[david z]

22. I...seem to be having some trouble seeing my keyboard at the moment

God Bless Her!

[BuelahWitch]

24. What an adorable kitty!

I love tabbies!