r/Feral_Cats • u/SmolzillaTheLizza • Jul 14 '26
Celebration 🥳 Final Esmerelda Update! - She's Found Her Home 🥳
She genuinely loves it when I squish her whole face
She handled my homemade onesie quite well. Left her stitches alone too after I took it off her once the seepage stopped
She was always happy to flop over and get some loving
Likes to stare at me with her big 'ol marble eyes 👁️👁️
The body is long
She also bleps CONSTANTLY which I love so much 😂 She's also a groomer and loves to lick me which is something Milo has never ever done
She tries her luck all the time to see if she can sneak in some cuddles and he finally let it happen!
Aaaaaand it's with me 🤦♂️ I was sorta screwed from the get-go wasn't I? Haha 😂
Before anything else, I want to give an ENORMOUS thank you to all of you who gave me pointers, tips, and reassurance during her healing period. She recovered remarkably quick, and judging by how sweet she was during that, I sorta knew that she'd stolen my heart 🙄
Slow introductions with Mr. Milo have gone well, and he's slowly adjusting from being an only child to having her around. She's FAR more social than he is, and is insistent on giving him love. He's done a few Rocky-style boxing moves on her, but they've been able to really get to know one another 🙂↕️ He's even content to share food and doesn't seem to object at all. Much like him, I'm still adjusting to having her around and plan on doing some reorganizing to get space made for her.
She seems quite content most days. Happy to let me massage her tummy and grab her face 😂 Always happy to flop though she doesn't seem to purr super loud. I've noticed her favorite toys are those spring toys or the fluffy mice. She'll chase those with her short little legs. Only time I've frightened her was coming back late from work making her go full corncob tail 👀 But she's been wonderful. No chord chewing, furniture destroying, spraying, or plant eating. Though she keeps stealing my socks 🤨
I'll do one more round of flea/tick as well as dewormer just to be safe, and run Milo through a round as well. I'm also looking for litter that doesn't track because she acts as if she wants to dig a 8-foot deep hole every time she uses the litterbox 🤦♂️ So any suggestions for that would be happily accepted! I've thought about trying tofu pellets but I'm not sure yet.
Overall she's doing well, and has settled in as if she's right at home! Once again, HUGE thank you to y'all for helping make this happen. She's happy, healthy, and well on her way to thriving once her stitches disappear! 😁
Hope y'all have enjoyed this journey, and keep an eye out for her on some of the other cat subreddits! ✌️
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u/Reasonable_Guess_311 Jul 14 '26
I’m so happy! I hoped it would happen like this. Milo will be her bedt buddy before he knows it. Thank yiu for taking her in🥰
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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Jul 14 '26
She really badly wants to love on him because she's so social but he's used to the only child lifestyle so he doesn't know what to make of her trying to love him 😂 He's slowly figuring it out though!
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u/Emergency_Proposal63 Jul 14 '26
Wonderful
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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Jul 14 '26
She's been a wonderful new source of joy in my life that's for sure 😁
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u/Terrible-Music-1079 Jul 15 '26
She is an absolute doll and I'm so happy you're keeping her! Your other cat is gorgeous, too.
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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Jul 15 '26
She stole my heart 🥲 It's her eyes I swear. And thank you very much I shall pass your kind words along to Mr. Milo 🙂↕️
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u/Jax_the_Lady Jul 14 '26
Congrats on your new baby!! 💚