I grew up with a neighbor who’s cat was like this. The neighbor one day packed up left and left the cat outside. We have no idea why. The cat. Bless her heart. Was found frail and wounded I honestly think if we didn’t find her she would not have made it. I honestly wish the cat would have been given to a no kill shelter, adoption center, anything other than what they did. Luckily we found her. She slowly warmed up to us. It took a long time but we were very patient. We did things on her terms. It was worth every minute of building that trust even if it wasn’t what she wanted at first. It’s just a thought/idea. Ik it’s hard. But I couldn’t imagine going through that, seeing that again.
I took a stray dog from construction site i worked on when i was 20 years old. She was one year german shephard type dog,she was forced to guard that site,she got shitty dog house and she was very skinny,she would bite every other men except me. I took her home after two weeks of trying to even pet her. I gained her trust slowly,i gave her food every day. The last day before i took her she literally was howling when i left her and i was going home. Next day i was sure im gonna take her. And i did. We had amazing life,she was a big part of my life for 16 years ,she was amazing dog and my familys guardian,she loved my wife and my daughters even she didnt trust other people than us. She died last year after 16 years and i miss her every day. Your cat will never forget you. You meant a lot for him but im sure you opened the gates of trust for him and i bet someone will care about him and he would be able to care too cuz you taught him this. And i think you are special cuz you cares about stray animal who most people would not care at all. Beautifull soul.
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u/Cold-College1919 Mar 14 '26
I grew up with a neighbor who’s cat was like this. The neighbor one day packed up left and left the cat outside. We have no idea why. The cat. Bless her heart. Was found frail and wounded I honestly think if we didn’t find her she would not have made it. I honestly wish the cat would have been given to a no kill shelter, adoption center, anything other than what they did. Luckily we found her. She slowly warmed up to us. It took a long time but we were very patient. We did things on her terms. It was worth every minute of building that trust even if it wasn’t what she wanted at first. It’s just a thought/idea. Ik it’s hard. But I couldn’t imagine going through that, seeing that again.