I saved a kitten in my neighborhood and was not prepared for how mean people would be
I live in a condo community. Back in the end of May, I saw a kitten running around the dumpsters. I asked around, no one seemed to know where she came from or really cared. She was extremely feral. I left water and food out for her because LV unfortunately gets hot as hell.
I called multiple rescues/shelters. No one seemed to want to help. They asked me if she was super friendly. I didn’t know if she was or wasn’t since at the time she hissed and puff up her body at me so they turned her down or they told me they may just have to put her down. I found out it was hard to find a no kill shelter. The worst of all, though? A lot of these rescues/shelters were at max capacity. I wasn’t sure what to do. My husband recommended we just watch her and try to socialize her.
It took us a whole month to gain her trust. She knew we were a food source, but was still extremely cautious. She’d stare at us from afar, and then she finally got bold enough to just wait for us to come out on the patio with food and water. She finally let us touch her one day thanks to the magic of the Churu stick. She just meowed so happily at us. She started following me around the neighborhood. A lot of my neighbors just told me they were hoping she’d leave or die by now and it broke my heart.
My husband looked at me one day and said “Alright, let’s do it. Let’s bring her in and take care of her.” I was terrified. I have an 8 year old boy cat and a 5 year old girl cat. I didn’t know what to do or how to do it, but I knew if we left her outside, she was probably not going to live any longer. My 8 and 5 year olds know of her existence, but they’ve never seen her. She knows they exist too. She’s been living in our bathroom far away from them since.
I looked up videos on what to do for socializing and for tests she needed. I made an appointment for a spay and vaccines on July 22nd. Unfortunately, when we first brough
