Yesterday afternoon, our neighbor called us to find out if one of our cats got out of the house. He said he could see a cat in our yard. We did a quick count and 1,2,3, nope. We went outside to see who the creature in the yard was, and it was a super cute, super friendly black and white kitty. I can't ever tell if cats are boys or girls. Haha. Anyway, we gave it some food and water and petted it a bit (it is suuuuuper skinny and dirty) and then left it alone. We kept checking on it and it was laying in the sun, laying on our picnic table, laying by our flowers.
This morning, CLRG went out to see if it was there and he said it was not. When I went out before work to water the plants, I found it curled up by the house. It came over to see me and followed me around while I watered, mewing at me. I made sure it had water and went to work. When I got home, I decided to wait until CLRG got home to see if it was still here. We looked around the yard but didn't see it. Then we heard our neighbor (the mother of the one who called us yesterday) calling us over. She said that there was a cat in her yard, and could we please get it? She had her dog and didn't want some kind of altercation. We asked her if it was a small, black and white cat and she said yes. Hooray! CLRG said he would try to see if it was a girl or boy cat and asked me to hold it up. In his professional opinion, it is a girl. I had been calling it Oreo yesterday, but I decided that name wasn't good enough. I asked CLRG what he thought we should call it, and he said Petunia. Go figure, that's what I was thinking, also! YAY! Anyway, we decided that if she is going to be hanging out in our yard, we should make a bed for her that would be safe from the forecasted rain. We put a tarp over our picnic table and put a recycling bin with some towels in it underneath. We'll see what happens.
Of course, you are wondering what I am planning to do with this little feline. I posted on facebook to see if anyone wanted her (she seems too dirty and thin to be someone's lost pet, you see), but no dice. I texted some friends to see if I could get any leads there, but no dice. CLRG and I both asked around at work today and I have a possible lead there, but it isn't for sure. I called a no kill shelter nearish our area, but they aren't taking any new animals. The man I spoke with was very kind and gave me the names and phone numbers of six other no kill shelters in the area, so I may have to end up calling some of those. I also posted a found cat ad on craigslist, but so far have not gotten a response. Not surprising.
Keep your fingers crossed for this little creature. I'm hopeful that we can restore her to her home or find her a good home soon. I would love to keep her, of course, but we already have three cats and adding another is probably not the greatest plan for us or the cats. Alas.
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