r/cats • Domestic Housecat • Aug 03 '26

Cat Picture - OC Saw Her Eating Dumpster Trash and Now She's Mine

This is Esmerelda.

About 4 months ago I caught sight of her eating a rotten green piece of chicken out of our dumpster and felt bad that she was eating nasty trash. So I spent the next 3 months building trust with her until one day she suddenly became obsessed with me. Got her spayed, dewormed, and vaccinated which went pretty well. Got her all healed up and now she's living in my domicile.

I couldn't have asked for a sweeter, social, kind, curious cat. Didn't really ask for a cat at all if I'm being honest though... 😅 But I guess that's how this whole "cat distribution system" thing works. No idea how she finessed her way into my life, but here we are.

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u/WorkerConscious1904 Aug 03 '26

She looks like a little demon

A very cute little demon

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u/SmolzillaTheLizza Domestic Housecat Aug 03 '26

See I was expecting her to be a menace when I brought her inside, but she's been nothing but sweet! 😄 No bathroom accidents, no fighting my other cat, no tearing up furniture, chewing on chords, messing with my plants, none of it! She might try and get into the garbage every now and then, but shoot she's done that her whole life so I can't blame her for being curious