If I see an animal in serious need I have to rescue it. That's how we ended up with six cats. Five of them are rescues and my most recent rescue is settling into her new home happily.
Dixie has been with us a month now. I got a phone call from my uncle saying he had a white cat just like one I rescued several years ago trapped in his garage. He asked if I wanted it because he was ready to take her to the pound. The local animal shelters are packed and are kill shelters for animals there too long so that could have been a death sentence for the cat. I said I'd pick the cat up with the goal of re-homing it.
I arrived to the garage expecting a cat that was skittish and hiding. Usually when rescuing cats on the street they are scared, haven't been handled by people, and take a lot of work to because good house pets. This little white girl was the opposite. She came right up to me and let me pick her up and cuddle her. She was very sweet and let me put her in a cat carrier no problem.
My uncle then said he knew her history. The next door neighbor was her owner. The woman fell in love with some guy, ran off to Florida, the guy took all her money and ran off, and the woman lost her mind and ended up in a mental institution after having a breakdown. The woman's daughter went to her house and let all her cats outdoors and abandoned them. The daughter was terrible for that and for not re-homing them. The woman in the mental institution came back but refused to rescue her own pets and eventually ran off again.
Little white cat stayed near the only home she knew and desperately was trying to get my uncle to save her. She kept trying to get in his garage where it was safe but he owns two big dogs who were always going after her. She wasn't doing well on her own.
I knew that first day home I wasn't going to get rid of her. She's the sweetest cat I've ever met. She lets my toddler pick her up and drag her around the house like a doll. She doesn't bite or scratch. There was no transition time needed with her. She was so happy being in a house again that she was totally cool we took her.
Interestingly, Dixie was rescued from a home next door to the home where Snowman lived. His owners moved and abandoned him. He roamed that neighborhood for years and that neighborhood has always had a stray cat problem. I've often wondered how many kittens he fathered while he was there. Dixie is all white just like Snowman. She has eyes the same exact yellow and shape. She also has the same personality, mannerisms, and quirks. Quirks that if I was petting either of them with a blindfold on I wouldn't be able to tell which cat was which. I do think there is a good chance she's related to Snowman in some way. I think I was fated to rescue Snowman's great great grandchild maybe or whatever relation she is.
I do suspect she was in heat when we brought her home and she's getting pretty fat so she's probably pregnant. She's very calm and lazy right now so maybe we'll have kittens in the future. I definitely will re-home them because I can't become a crazy cat lady!
I'm glad we were able to save Dixie. She's such a nice girl. She didn't deserve to be abandoned like that. At least she's safe and sound for the rest of her life and she has people who will find her kittens loving homes.
