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ProudLib72

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23. It didn't take very long for the feral cat at the hostel to get used to us
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 01:04 AM
Apr 2019

After about a month, she was coming in to get petted. I though that was kind of strange for a feral cat. Maybe she had been abandoned and still remembered that people could be good sometimes.

A stray chicken SHRED Apr 2019 #1
Yeah, I got a stray cat. The cat was very freaked out by my dog. She hid in a hole in the basement mucifer Apr 2019 #2
At least the cat got a good home in the end ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #18
Yes, a cat. We still have her. She's a very sweet old girl. onecaliberal Apr 2019 #3
A university student at the end of a school years was walking down the street asking people if applegrove Apr 2019 #4
Actually, that student was far more responsible than most. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #36
I have two cats right now. I want a third older cat but I have no room. applegrove Apr 2019 #42
We once managed a student high rise apartments. LakeArenal Apr 2019 #53
When I lived in the dorms my freshman year of college ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #61
Yes, a friend found a little gray kitten in a box in a parking lot and gave him to me. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #5
yes qazplm135 Apr 2019 #6
Yeah a couple feral cats captain queeg Apr 2019 #7
All the cats I've ever had except 2 happybird Apr 2019 #8
Daughter's cat Aussie105 Apr 2019 #9
I have to admit that I gave my parents a cat once ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #20
yes, we took in a cat from the street one year in November with a lot of snow. demigoddess Apr 2019 #10
Yes. And then we got married ! Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #11
Yeah TlalocW Apr 2019 #12
Yes, two. One yellow lab and a chihuahua. Nevermypresident Apr 2019 #13
Probly half a dozen dogs, 3 or 4 cats, and a raccoon..... lastlib Apr 2019 #14
Many times. Dogs and cats. Although I don't technically have any pets at this time, Arkansas Granny Apr 2019 #15
It didn't take very long for the feral cat at the hostel to get used to us ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #23
Many times. 2naSalit Apr 2019 #16
Oh sure. rusty quoin Apr 2019 #17
Yes, dogs and cats imaginary girl Apr 2019 #19
Yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #21
I've lost count Bayard Apr 2019 #22
Many, many times. Big Blue Marble Apr 2019 #24
The cat I have now adopted us. lunatica Apr 2019 #25
I've had 4 purebred street dogs, shanny Apr 2019 #26
stray animals, stray people Kali Apr 2019 #27
Absolutely! A few times, all wonderful, great kitties. Duppers Apr 2019 #28
Nine years ago in July, I was attempting a 20 mile run around the top of manhattan... Lucky Luciano Apr 2019 #29
What a wonderful story. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #37
I'm still mad at the heartless bastard that tied the dog up like that in the heat. Lucky Luciano Apr 2019 #40
Yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #44
Yes. Feral, abandoned, etc and have loving memories of all that I've had the good chowder66 Apr 2019 #30
Yes. A great dog Curtis Apr 2019 #31
What a wonderful story. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #45
I'm not called the neighborhood cat lady without cause. pazzyanne Apr 2019 #32
this latest one has hung around for 15 years Skittles Apr 2019 #33
That looks like my old cat! ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #62
no white stripe on the back Skittles Apr 2019 #69
Twice. A kitten found me during a stop on a highway. She was in good shape, but... TreasonousBastard Apr 2019 #34
A baby mole. It was on the side of the street, I took it home and fed it worms from patricia92243 Apr 2019 #35
About ten years ago my son was walking in his neighborhood. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #38
When I was a kid we found this Golden Retriever Doreen Apr 2019 #39
Yes, two of the four cats I've had in my life. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #41
I'm working on one now spinbaby Apr 2019 #43
3 stray cats MFM008 Apr 2019 #46
caught a mom & 3 kittens, a few strays, friendly + pettable. 1 liked the car ride. pansypoo53219 Apr 2019 #47
Yes, several cats & kittens over the years Number9Dream Apr 2019 #48
Yes, 5 cats and 3 dogs. And I stopped traffic yesterday to sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #49
Yes, over the last 19 years we have taken in 14 stray dogs and 3 stray cats. Cold War Spook Apr 2019 #50
Oh yes. FM123 Apr 2019 #51
Our first house Freddie Apr 2019 #52
Several times. Liberal Veteran Apr 2019 #54
Yep, I always take care of thelost or stray cats that cross my path - eithere find their home or Kashkakat v.2.0 Apr 2019 #55
Yes TuxedoKat Apr 2019 #56
Every animal I have ever had as an adult WhiteTara Apr 2019 #57
Several hundred. All tested, wormed, sterilized, vaccinated. Costs a fortune to do it right, but Karadeniz Apr 2019 #58
*raises hand* Cockatiel. yewberry Apr 2019 #59
a scrawny little german shepherd. mopinko Apr 2019 #60
My late husband & I rescued about 100 cats & 1 dog in 30 years. catbyte Apr 2019 #63
My little sister brought a stray dog home from school one day and she became our family pet for Amaryllis Apr 2019 #64
Oh Amaryllis, you paint a lovely picture of a dog enjoying a bike ride in a basket ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #71
Well, my daughter did at her home 150 miles away rurallib Apr 2019 #65
Yes, two tiny, sick, scared kittens. I rescued them in different places two days apart. IrishEyes Apr 2019 #66
Yes, several kittens and a puppy csziggy Apr 2019 #67
I'm not sure I get credit for them, TomSlick Apr 2019 #68
So many strays... Laurelin Apr 2019 #70
Yes. area51 Apr 2019 #72
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