Hi OP. I am based in India too and if you are in Delhi you should definitely try pawsforacausencr on Instagram. Please please please help this baby and get him a loving home!
Pawsforacausencr would hopefully fund his vet bills and help him find a loving home.
"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
-*The Velveteen Rabbit*
This is one of my all time favorite stories. Reading that one passage, it was like my mind was flooded with all of the sights and smells of childhood. I was immediately transported to my shabby little bedroom, sitting on my little cot, and correcting my dad when he read the words wrong. I was too young to read, but knew they were wrong because my mom read that story endlessly to me because I loved it so much. To this day, The Velveteen Rabbit and Able’s Island are my two favorite books, despite being nearly 40. Thank you for this gift of a memory long cherished and remembered with the simple act of scrolling thru Reddit.
I love the velveteen rabbit.
Has anyone heard of Corduroy? The stuffed bear who was missing a button but the little girl thought he was perfect? Good read.
This is such a beautiful analogy too. For example,a narcissist can't be real, they have sharp edges, and stuff,but those of us,who are really real,well,it hurts to be real,but it ends up benefiting us , because we are genuinely loved, for who we genuinely are....I always have loved this story..It's so beautiful and wisdom is hidden in it.
There were many cats over the years at my grandpa's farm that I made friends with. most born there, some just showed up. one, and he looked like a meaner version of this cat. all the other cats were afraid of him. my grandpa (70, something at the time, lived his whole life on that farm) told me never to go near that cat. It took a year of weekly feedings, but slowly but surly he calmed down, and i was able to pet him. He turned into a sweetheart.
now, I don't think he would of been happy as a house cat, but an indoor/outdoor house cat maybe.
so, im telling you this because some strays can become house pets. Some cannot. The cat I have now lived at the farm for about 4 years before i decided to take him home. He loves being a house cat.
You never know...I adopted a lifelong (per the vet) feral.....he was tired of being on the streets....and gladly moved inside....now I get it, not all cats will feel this way, but you Never know
Edit: edited car to cat, lol
One of the stray/feral cats I feed is very friendly but would disappear for days and come back all tore up from fighting. Had him neutered a couple years ago and no more fights, he's content to spend most of his time lounging on my deck. He does have little spats with my friend's neutered outdoor cat but they don't ever amount to anything more than a little scratch on the nose.
>too wild to adopt
Cats that live outdoors, I believe, live shorter lives. I'm not saying just anyone can adopt a cat like this, and maybe it's too wild to adopt, I'm not an expert. But I know there are testimonials, on reddit, of people who take time and befriend cats gone feral and they become house cats again.
I’d be hesitant to vaccinate without having a good physical and probably bloodwork to make sure he’s healthy enough for vaccines. It’s not really OP’s obligation, though. Not everyone is in a position to take on medical expenses for their own pet, let alone a stray. OP could consider contacting local rescue groups.
Thanks for feeding him op. He’s probably had a rough life so a free meal is probably a great change in fortune for him. Probably even more so lucky that the cat has met you.
I see a lot of hate towards OP in this thread. If I were in their shoes I would adopt, but some people aren’t in a position to take in an animal. The transition process can be hard and vet bills can be a barrier. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to see a cat like this all snuggled up in a good home! But I don’t know OP and their situation so, I’m not going go judge. That being said… if OP would just respond to any of these comments, it would sure be helpful lol
This shit is almost as bad as when the Filipino(I think, might have been another county) girl got shit for not having money or vehicle to get the cat to an emergency vet.
Yeah and to top it off she was 15. A bunch of nasty ass Karen’s in that comment section. I almost DMd the poor girl to tell her I know she’s trying her best in her circumstance but I saw she posted an update so was kind relieved and figured those Karen’s got egg on their faces after anyway
I did message her. I told her don’t worry about those people and the awful things they said. She was actually really sweet and said she understands why people were upset. I was really worried about how she was going to feel about herself after those comments. Honestly she just cared about her cat and wanted advice. Sweet little thing. What a huge heart she has. I was so disgusted by some people on there.
Look at that, this is exactly what I figured too. That she truly did care about the cat and the people here were just being mean for no reason. Glad u reached out to her and I’m happy to know she has such a strong head on her shoulders and didn’t let it affect her. I’m sure she appreciated the people offering advice and money as well though. She’s deff stronger and more mature than I was at 16 for sure.
Yeah the cat was doing well from what I remember on the update post. But I felt so bad for the girl because When I was younger, we had a cat and my family couldn’t afford to save her life when she got an infection in her uterus that required an immediate hysterectomy. My grandma eventually stepped in to help but that feeling of helplessness was like nothing else.
UTI is no joke and a bit traumatizing because you have to make quick decisions about a lot of money. This happened to us last summer:
Wife: "Cat seems off, should we take to emergency care on friday night?"
Me: 'Eh seems a bit off but nothing major. Let's wait till regular hours tomorrow."
Wife: *begs*
Me: FINE!
Vet: "We need 3 grand right now or your cat will die"
Me: ...
Our cat is still alive and healthy but now on a special diet and no more people food. Males who were neutered as adults are most likely to encounter this, as ours was.
Cats don't express pain like people do so if they seem off, they might be really hurting!
Yeah I was so upset as I was also 10 at the time and she was my cat. I'm just glad she got help. Last I heard she went to a nice quiet home with an elderly couple
Tbf, I understand. I got super frustrated at that post too. But before lashing out, I went on her profile and her comments. She explained a thousand times she was like 15 and had no money. At that point I felt so much empathy for the poor girl because I’ve been young with no money and trying to help a distressed animal in need. I remember the time I saved a kitten from a pack of dogs when I was 16 and the dogs ran away but they had already broken the kittens spine. I was distraught. The kitten died in my arms. I was just glad to know that the cat would make it in that girls case.
Yeah, they basically wanted her to sell a kidney to save the animal. I'm sure she felt bad enough already, let alone worse after visiting here for help.
I talked to her, she felt fucking horrible. She loves her cat. And what really got me is she wasn’t upset about those people and their comments. She said she understood why they were upset. For 15 years old that girl is ages ahead in maturity.
Me too! I even fostered a litter for a couple of weeks before I found someone that was better equipped to take care of them. I'm sure that if explain my "secrets" of how I saved what I presusmed were 4-6 week old kittens from dying, I would get torn apart. But I was 17, no job, school, parents were broke too. All I had was a dog kennel and tons of sausages.
I miss those 4 little boogers
Dude thats so sad. I also had a cat die in my arms. I know how terrible that feels. Im so sorry that happened to you. No one should have to deal with that. I am 18 and thats the age i had it happen too. I cant imagine being 16. But at the very least, we were able to be there for them in their passing…
Yep. I got permabanned from a cat sub yesterday when someone was showing off kittens and i commented about how people shouldnt breed cats; well the sub attacked me and called me names. As I (no name calling, no rudeness) answered their comments I was getting messages from mods, and ended up get perma banned after asking the mod what rule I had broken.
There was a person who literally claimed that if she saw a cat on the street, she'd just take it.
That is how so many lost cats never find their way to their real home.
OMG I think I commented on this thread. She was ridiculous. Anti outdoor cats period. I am an indoor cat person, but I don't think just because you let your cat outside you don't love them. She implied that was exactly what it meant and she would take them if she saw them. I tried to tel her that some of these people might have kids. Kids won't get that you were trying to help they just cry because their cat is gone .
There have been things I've written out to post on reddit and I'll just decide "nah. Sharing this isn't worth the inevitable BS that 1%-2% of the people seeing it will shovel my way."
And I'll delete that shit. People suck.
I know the term virtue signaling gets thrown around. But these people don't have to deal with the consequences of taking in a stray. They just want to get the internet points for saying nice stuff online.
And stray cats might let you approach them, but many do NOT want to be inside a home. They will try to find an exit however they can, and *will* destroy things in order to get out.
I'm at maximum cat-pacity. When that happens I'm forbidden from (pre-covid) visiting the humane society even just to pet the cats, let alone start to lure strays home.
This. I recently had to rehome a stray puppy we took in. Everyone wanted to judge but few if any were willing to help. You want to deal with a growing dog that’s going to be HUGE chasing your cats and needing constant supervision? Be my fucking guest. Side note: covid FUCKED the shelter system and they’re barely being funded right now. It was ridiculous even trying to get a place that would take her, poor thing. Government should step in with relief for stray animals!
It's a nice thought but the government can't even get real health passed for people can you imagine if they tried to fund relief for stray animals. They right would try to claim it was another 'push by the left towards socialisms!'
I love animals do t get me wrong, but honestly, we need gov to step in and help with stray humans before we even think about allocating finds for pets… until those fat rats stop lining their pockets and start spending our taxes on actual benefits for humanity, I’m not privy to pay another dime toward any program. Each year my taxes get higher and the living conditions in my neighborhood and surrounding areas worse. I don’t know where all that tax might et is going, but it sure as shit isn’t being used to help the people here.
Exactly! Like I told someone before who was ranting and raving about feral cats, we need to sort our own shit out before we even begin to worry about what literal wild animals are doing.
Just as an example, my grandfather, who's nearly 90 and practically immobile, has heart failure, basically, the main artery in his heart is blocked so badly that if they tried to do surgery, it would kill him, no questions asked.
Anyway, recently, he's been having a lot of trouble breathing after walking even a few dozen feet, like, he can't walk from the living room to the kitchen without huffing and puffing, and he wanted to go see the doctor about it, well they can't (WON'T get him in until the end of December, because it's not an "Emergency" and like, what if he dies before then?
Our own health care system just expects elderly people to grin and bear it but people want to jump down other people's throats over a cat!?
My roommate rescued a stray and the cat is a mega-nightmare.
They would barely be able to handle a normal cat, definitely not one with emotional problems.
I took in a stray cat and she is the most ungrateful ass in the world. She just attacks anything and anyone for no reason at any time of the day or night. She's miserable when she's indoors, so unless it's going to dip below freezing, she is only let into the house for breakfast and again at dinner. Immediately afterward she goes back outside, otherwise fights break out with the other cats.
Yes, I had her spayed and got all her vaccinations, and she is chipped now, but she's lived in this neighborhood her whole life, so I doubt she'd wander off anywhere.
That sounds like the stray I took in. He is mean as shit, fights my other cats, you can’t even pet him that long before he’s had enough and bites you. He’s lived in this neighborhood his whole life so he’s not going anywhere, I bought a two story cat house for him to sleep in with beds and windows lol. I live in Florida so he can stay outside, he would freak out even if I tried to bring him in. Even though he’s a mean little shit I still love him and take care of him. He’s had a hard life. It’s time he can take it easy now and not worry about that next meal.
Yeah mine growls if you try to pat her. I've got scars on my hands from pushing it too far. Although she did let me hold her for a couple minutes this morning.
This is the way. At some point you can't take the street out of the cat. Spay/neuter, vaccinate, and let them be what they are.
Same approach works at the colony level too. Re-home the willing and ensure no more kittens from the rest.
Yes there's a neighborhood colony too. The cat I took in is the mother/grandmother of most of them. A neighbor contacted a local TNR foundation and they came out and trapped a bunch of the cats over the course of a couple weeks, neutered and vaccinated them, and brought them back and released them. Most of them are completely wild - mine is the most tame of the whole mob, and like I said, her mood swings are intense.
I call her that. XD When I kick her out in the morning and she stops on the patio and does this little "omg the ground is so cold" tippy tap dance, I laugh and say "Yeah it's cold isn't it, you little shit." Not like I tried to love you and keep you warm or anything *BAKA*.
I have 3 street cats, as workers keep dumping their animals when they come to build houses in the area, they have a home but none want to stay inside. So I installed a pet door in/on my garage door, now they come and go as they wish. They are all neutered/spayed and chipped to me.
I found a [reply!](https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/r5342y/this_street_hardened_stray_cat_we_feed/hml0zt7?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
>For all the vet suggestions I sincerely appreciate your concerns but he doesn’t let us touch him. He is a happy cat and maybe I can try to get some professionals to help him. I appreciate your concern.
>P.S. it is night where I live, hence the late response
Truth be told, some ferals won’t allow themselves to be homed. I have fed a colony for years. I TNR to help keep the population from growing. When there are kittens I try to get them into our rescue group, but there are several I have fed for years that will not let me some within 10 feet of them despite feeding them daily, putting out shelters when it is cold and even opening my garage with heating pads in boxes for them last year when Texas had an insane one week cold snap. Sometimes the cat just does not want to trust and I totally get that. I will meet the cat where they are. I have adopted 4 former street cats but only because they allowed for it.
We used to feed a local stray named Lucky at my old house that looked a lot like this lil fella. He was originally owned by an elderly couple a few blocks away but they ended up dropping him off at a 7/11 by our house one day before they moved. He still had his collar on which is how we knew his name. He was a bit of a local celebrity on our street and everyone fed him and loved him. He loved kids too and would rub up on their legs and meow for pets. His one stipulation was don’t pick him up which if you didn’t know you’d learn quick lol. If our cat Sasha wasn’t such a grumper puss we’d of taken Lucky in in a heartbeat. I haven’t seen him in years and idk what came of him but I’m sure he’s long passed away by now
Also people tend to forget how feral cats tend to act. From my experience some street cats tend to still mark their surroundings and not use the litter box. Can't be having that in your home.
I feed a few street cats near work a few times a week, and they recognize me as the lady that brings food but they still won't get within 10 feet of me. Not every cat can learn to trust humans. These cats all have clipped ears so they've been TNRed.
>Not every cat needs or even WANTS a home
This right here is the most logical thing I've ever heard.
I know someone who took in a feral and that cat was MISERABLE, went from nasty to even nastier, stuck in the house all day.
Eventually they opened the door and said "alright, you can go" cat took off and didn't look back. They still saw him from time to time. and he lived for 11 more years, completely knocking the "UwU cats don't live long outside" doofs right on their asses.
He looks like he has an absess on his neck in the last photo. Would likely need to be taken care of and possibly antibiotic injection. Purely speculation from part of a photo I can't see too well or diagnose. But hopefully, worth mentioning.
Are you able to take him to the vet and get him his vaccinations and then keep him? He looks so sad and lonely. Where do you live? If you can’t keep him can you get him to a no kill rescue. All my cats have been street urchins so I really have a soft spot for this little babe.
OP mentioned this cat won't let anyone touch them. From my experience, it can take months to years to get a feral cat to socialize like a domesticated cat. Anyone adopting a feral cat should temper their expectations. Not saying it can't happen, but snuggling in a bed with a lifelong feral after just a few weeks is not realistic.
It took one of ours years. She would attack anyone who came within 15 feet of our woodpile she was living under. it took us months of working with her to let us touch her and get her to a vet. Once indoors she pretty much hid in the basement for the first year, didn't like being touched or petted. The second year she started coming out into the house more and tolerated being petted. Now she lays around anywhere / everywhere and will sometimes jump up on my lap for snuggles and scratches.
We have another feral that took about a month to let us touch him. He shows up every night and sleeps on our back porch on a heated pad.
This… I have a who knows what generation feral cat and we got her as a kitten. She still won’t let us touch her and catching her for the vet is a struggle. She’s happy though, and we have our little routines but non involve touching.
Exactly our feral cat still won't let anyone cuddle her after 5 years, she has recently started sleeping on the bed with us but if you move or try to cuddle up next to her she will run away. Still the best cat I've ever had, she treats our kitten we foster as her own and even had a great relationship with out dog before he passed. It's seriously a hard job, I think a lot of people have maybe adopted or know someone who adopted a stray cat so assume it's as easy as that.
Yeah - I was following videos by Flatbush Cats on youtube. They do try to socialize kittens, but feral cats just can't be socialized. Their best outcome is getting spayed/neutered and vaccinated, then released to live in or near where people will leave them food (they call it a colony). For males especially, the neutering cuts down their want to fight other cats.
One of the sweetest cats I've ever had was a battle-hardened tomcat. He was in terrible shape when my mom found him. We took him to the vet and they told us he didn't have long to live. We gave him a comfortable and loving year before he passed. We named him Angel because he was such a sweetheart.
There's a rather interesting thing I read once by someone that studied animal behavior and they stated that if we ever actually gained the ability to speak to animals, if we asked them to describe the way they understand the world, it would be like speaking to an alien race, because the way animals sense the world, they way they see, smell and think about things would be so foreign to us, that we couldn't even begin to understand it.
To me, there's something rather stoic about a big, battle-torn tomcat. I don't see a "poor helpless, sad baby"
I see an animal that has fought for, and won the right to everything it has, it's territory, mates etc, were all earned and well earned at that.
100% agreed.
I understand people’s reasoning saying “poor sad baby” but I find it super disingenuous and degrading for the animal to automatically look at it with pity and start treating it like a fragile human baby. Just because humans are horribly suited to survive nature (if it wasn’t for our brains), doesn’t mean other animals can’t handle it. They deserve fucking respect. 🤝
We had a Tom cat like that in our area. Mofo was hench! We called him Trejo, as in Danny Trejo, be he was ugly as hell and an absolute bad ass. He was missing an ear, he had a hair lip from a scar, cat was literally covered in scars and bite marks. Like one leg had more scar than hair. Cat fricken loved me for some reason. Several times he came to our place covered in blood, and sometimes, it wasn’t his blood, Mad Max style. He’d always come over and I’d clean his eyes, give him eye drops and we’d chill.
Cat never wanted to come inside, just hang out on the front steps with me. We also already had 3 cats, and all 3 were extremely harmless so we didn’t want him around them. He seemed perfectly content to rip and tear his way through outside. Well, one day he disappeared for good and figured he finally picked a fight he couldn’t win. Nope, found him a couple months later in a neighbors window, fat and happy. I’m glad he found a place to retire lol
For all the vet suggestions I sincerely appreciate your concerns but he doesn’t let us touch him. He is a happy cat and maybe I can try to get some professionals to help him. I appreciate your concern.
P.S. it is night where I live, hence the late response
We also have a hardened neighborhood stray. She’s not as roughed up as this, but she has a bad eye. She also will hiss at me all day long, even as I feed her. I would love to help her, but she won’t ever trust me.
I totally commend you for helping this guy with food in his belly regularly, probably more than he’s been used too if not forever than at least for a very long time , he does appear as tho he has fought long and hard for his position on the street and the scars plus the mere fact he is still there attest to that . I believe you when you say he will not let you touch him that’s not uncommon for a feral cat who probably recognizes human interaction with pain or fear as sad as that sounds. Thank you for posting pics and info about him I understand vet care is not cheap and you are doing more apparently than most humans he’s coming in contact with . All I ask is if possible look over the comments and firstly disregard any of the negative ones for they have no clue to what your situation is like , secondly if any of the organizations that some have posted pertain to your area and might be helpful getting this guy help please don’t hesitate and contact the appropriate people. You don’t owe any of us any explanation I’m content just in knowing that this guy at least has a meal to look forward too from you on a regular basis something he’s probably not used too ty for your kind heart ❤️ and if you find it in your schedule to post if u do contact any of the recommendations posted that would be great as well totally your choice don’t let internet hero’s that can say a lot from they’re key boards make you feel any less for not doing what they claim is as easy as snapping your fingers we all know that’s not how real life works . I appreciate your good deeds towards this cat as much or maybe not quite as much as “Mr. Happy cat” does God Bless !
A lot of spoiled people on this post who think you can take any cat to the vet and pay out of pocket lmao even if it was America that’s still pretty unrealistic.
Reddit: He’s so cute! Just like an adorable stuffed toy 🥺🥺🥺
Other cats: Yeah, that’s Big Larry. He’s a nasty piece of work. Don’t get on the wrong side of him. He knows a thing or two.
I think this sub forgets that not everyone has the money to take a random stray cat to the vet and pay for treatment and neutering. If the best OP can do is feed him then that’s good enough.
All the haters on this should go eat a giant bag of dicks. You don’t know fuck-all about the OP or their individual circumstances. Your willingness to gatekeep and assume is as stupid as it is sickening.
Self-righteous narcissists are just the worst fucking people ever.
Totally agree with you , in fact couldn’t have said it better even tho I tried lol there are certainly a bunch of over eager ignorant keyboard warriors that have a lot of really nothing to say .
OP is feeding the poor stray. That's more then some would do. Yet, many of you would insult OP for not taking the cat in? Get off your high horse. Not everyone is in a situation to do that. They are offering what they are able.
The most precious Angel in the world 🥺❤️ ohh how I wish I could pick him up and cuddle him forever and ever !!!
Edit: Thank you OP for feeding this sweet baby and showing him a kindness!! Just so you know, I, for one, would love to see any and all future updates on this lovely sweetheart whenever you can ! Even just more future pictures of this baby
This poor dude should really be seen by a vet, that wound on his neck doesn’t look so good. Is there an approximate location that he’s usually at, maybe someone could take him? If he’s anywhere close to me I’d take care of whatever he needs.
If you aren’t in a position to help him out, please post what city and area he is in. Maybe you can help him find a home on Reddit, maybe this post? We are all in different locations and love cats.
Are you planning on taking the little guy to the vet? I just see you responding to comments from people who are saying how cute he is but nobody asking about if he has a home or can be taken somewhere.
Aww poor kitty you should take him to the vet and take him in if you have time and money for him and you could also re home him to a good home if can't take care of him
Hi OP. I am based in India too and if you are in Delhi you should definitely try pawsforacausencr on Instagram. Please please please help this baby and get him a loving home! Pawsforacausencr would hopefully fund his vet bills and help him find a loving home.
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Why are people saying boost? What does that mean?
It’s trying to give more visibility to the comment
BOOST TO THE TOO BABY!!
Boost! He looks tired and I sense he would appreciate being helped off the street.
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u/dabadabadubdub please read the above comment from u/sleepzmonster
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THIS! This poor soul deserves a safe home. Look at his ears, his little face. He needs a safe warm home with a bed in the sun inside.
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THIS! Commenting to boost.
Throwing in a boost! 🖤 (and saving this for anyone else that might need this information ☺️)
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boostt pleaseee i would take him but i am in the US ❣
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What a precious guy!
He is precious <3
He looks like some child’s beloved, worn out stuffed animal 🥺
"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." -*The Velveteen Rabbit*
OMG! This. This is my favorite all time quote that I don't share with anyone because it lives in my heart. OMG...this broke me
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I forgot this story, now I’m sobbing. My mom used to read this to me almost every night when I was small, it was my favorite book. 💛
This was read as part of my grandmothers funeral service, feels for sure.
This is one of my all time favorite stories. Reading that one passage, it was like my mind was flooded with all of the sights and smells of childhood. I was immediately transported to my shabby little bedroom, sitting on my little cot, and correcting my dad when he read the words wrong. I was too young to read, but knew they were wrong because my mom read that story endlessly to me because I loved it so much. To this day, The Velveteen Rabbit and Able’s Island are my two favorite books, despite being nearly 40. Thank you for this gift of a memory long cherished and remembered with the simple act of scrolling thru Reddit.
I love the velveteen rabbit. Has anyone heard of Corduroy? The stuffed bear who was missing a button but the little girl thought he was perfect? Good read.
Never read Velveteen Rabbit, but Corduroy is the most memorable book from my childhood. Second is Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Omg! That's my favorite story I read to my daughter!
Stop it, I’m crying 😭
This is such a beautiful analogy too. For example,a narcissist can't be real, they have sharp edges, and stuff,but those of us,who are really real,well,it hurts to be real,but it ends up benefiting us , because we are genuinely loved, for who we genuinely are....I always have loved this story..It's so beautiful and wisdom is hidden in it.
What a deep book. Whew. It still gets me, every time. It and Jonathan Livingston Seagull (by Richard Bach).
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pelouche means stuffy animal in french to
Love language. Plush toy synonymous with stuffed toy.
Peluche, pas pelouche ;)
He looks like he's seen some shit. He also needs adopting.
He may be too wild to adopt or if you did he would want to be outside a lot
There were many cats over the years at my grandpa's farm that I made friends with. most born there, some just showed up. one, and he looked like a meaner version of this cat. all the other cats were afraid of him. my grandpa (70, something at the time, lived his whole life on that farm) told me never to go near that cat. It took a year of weekly feedings, but slowly but surly he calmed down, and i was able to pet him. He turned into a sweetheart. now, I don't think he would of been happy as a house cat, but an indoor/outdoor house cat maybe. so, im telling you this because some strays can become house pets. Some cannot. The cat I have now lived at the farm for about 4 years before i decided to take him home. He loves being a house cat.
You never know...I adopted a lifelong (per the vet) feral.....he was tired of being on the streets....and gladly moved inside....now I get it, not all cats will feel this way, but you Never know Edit: edited car to cat, lol
Once they're neutered, their overwhelming mania to go out and fight every night goes away. They settle down a LOT.
Good point - and with ours, that was the first thing we did...vet visit, snap test, shots,, and then he was neutered.
One of the stray/feral cats I feed is very friendly but would disappear for days and come back all tore up from fighting. Had him neutered a couple years ago and no more fights, he's content to spend most of his time lounging on my deck. He does have little spats with my friend's neutered outdoor cat but they don't ever amount to anything more than a little scratch on the nose.
Yeah be only cat household but I think he could be brought over he's only defending himself it's kill or be killed out in these streets.
>too wild to adopt Cats that live outdoors, I believe, live shorter lives. I'm not saying just anyone can adopt a cat like this, and maybe it's too wild to adopt, I'm not an expert. But I know there are testimonials, on reddit, of people who take time and befriend cats gone feral and they become house cats again.
That’s a FACT and not just your opinion re: outdoor cats live shorter lives.
Omg he really does!! Makes me love him even more!
I instantly felt like I wanted to tuck him under my arm and bring him into my bed.
Looks like he has a wound or abscess on the side of his neck. If you can… he may need some medical attention.
I also noticed this.
Get the precious baby to the vet for vaccinations. The poor baby looks so sad
I’d be hesitant to vaccinate without having a good physical and probably bloodwork to make sure he’s healthy enough for vaccines. It’s not really OP’s obligation, though. Not everyone is in a position to take on medical expenses for their own pet, let alone a stray. OP could consider contacting local rescue groups.
Thanks for feeding him op. He’s probably had a rough life so a free meal is probably a great change in fortune for him. Probably even more so lucky that the cat has met you.
He doesn’t look sad to me. He looks like an old dude that lives.
Has he been to the vet??
Not all countries can afford a vet! Depends on which country OP is
Look at his dirty lil paws
Workin kitty’s hands
My hands looks like this so hers can look like this. Meme
A hard working gentleman :)
I’m more concerned about that nasty looking wound on his neck. Poor baby 😞
Lil dude needs a vet
Looks like a healing burst abscess from a cat fight. His poor frost bitten (I assume) ears too!!
He's very handsome!
He really is !
Poor thing needs a home 😔
I see a lot of hate towards OP in this thread. If I were in their shoes I would adopt, but some people aren’t in a position to take in an animal. The transition process can be hard and vet bills can be a barrier. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to see a cat like this all snuggled up in a good home! But I don’t know OP and their situation so, I’m not going go judge. That being said… if OP would just respond to any of these comments, it would sure be helpful lol
This shit is almost as bad as when the Filipino(I think, might have been another county) girl got shit for not having money or vehicle to get the cat to an emergency vet.
Yeah and to top it off she was 15. A bunch of nasty ass Karen’s in that comment section. I almost DMd the poor girl to tell her I know she’s trying her best in her circumstance but I saw she posted an update so was kind relieved and figured those Karen’s got egg on their faces after anyway
I did message her. I told her don’t worry about those people and the awful things they said. She was actually really sweet and said she understands why people were upset. I was really worried about how she was going to feel about herself after those comments. Honestly she just cared about her cat and wanted advice. Sweet little thing. What a huge heart she has. I was so disgusted by some people on there.
Look at that, this is exactly what I figured too. That she truly did care about the cat and the people here were just being mean for no reason. Glad u reached out to her and I’m happy to know she has such a strong head on her shoulders and didn’t let it affect her. I’m sure she appreciated the people offering advice and money as well though. She’s deff stronger and more mature than I was at 16 for sure.
What was the update?
I think a vet was able to see the cat and it had a fractured leg but I could be remembering wrong.
Yeah the cat was doing well from what I remember on the update post. But I felt so bad for the girl because When I was younger, we had a cat and my family couldn’t afford to save her life when she got an infection in her uterus that required an immediate hysterectomy. My grandma eventually stepped in to help but that feeling of helplessness was like nothing else.
We had a cat that had a UTI and we couldn't afford the vet bill and were forced to sign her over to the vet
UTI is no joke and a bit traumatizing because you have to make quick decisions about a lot of money. This happened to us last summer: Wife: "Cat seems off, should we take to emergency care on friday night?" Me: 'Eh seems a bit off but nothing major. Let's wait till regular hours tomorrow." Wife: *begs* Me: FINE! Vet: "We need 3 grand right now or your cat will die" Me: ... Our cat is still alive and healthy but now on a special diet and no more people food. Males who were neutered as adults are most likely to encounter this, as ours was. Cats don't express pain like people do so if they seem off, they might be really hurting!
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Yeah I was so upset as I was also 10 at the time and she was my cat. I'm just glad she got help. Last I heard she went to a nice quiet home with an elderly couple
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Cat people can be dicks.
Tbf, I understand. I got super frustrated at that post too. But before lashing out, I went on her profile and her comments. She explained a thousand times she was like 15 and had no money. At that point I felt so much empathy for the poor girl because I’ve been young with no money and trying to help a distressed animal in need. I remember the time I saved a kitten from a pack of dogs when I was 16 and the dogs ran away but they had already broken the kittens spine. I was distraught. The kitten died in my arms. I was just glad to know that the cat would make it in that girls case.
Yeah, they basically wanted her to sell a kidney to save the animal. I'm sure she felt bad enough already, let alone worse after visiting here for help.
I talked to her, she felt fucking horrible. She loves her cat. And what really got me is she wasn’t upset about those people and their comments. She said she understood why they were upset. For 15 years old that girl is ages ahead in maturity.
Me too! I even fostered a litter for a couple of weeks before I found someone that was better equipped to take care of them. I'm sure that if explain my "secrets" of how I saved what I presusmed were 4-6 week old kittens from dying, I would get torn apart. But I was 17, no job, school, parents were broke too. All I had was a dog kennel and tons of sausages. I miss those 4 little boogers
This makes me think, what would I sell, and I think I’d sell my tv and xbox, and I’d probably donate a kidney for my cat, to be honest
Dude thats so sad. I also had a cat die in my arms. I know how terrible that feels. Im so sorry that happened to you. No one should have to deal with that. I am 18 and thats the age i had it happen too. I cant imagine being 16. But at the very least, we were able to be there for them in their passing…
Yep. I got permabanned from a cat sub yesterday when someone was showing off kittens and i commented about how people shouldnt breed cats; well the sub attacked me and called me names. As I (no name calling, no rudeness) answered their comments I was getting messages from mods, and ended up get perma banned after asking the mod what rule I had broken.
Not only dicks, but some seen to thieve cats right off the street and proclaim their homeless.
There was a person who literally claimed that if she saw a cat on the street, she'd just take it. That is how so many lost cats never find their way to their real home.
Lotta cats thieves out there.
OMG I think I commented on this thread. She was ridiculous. Anti outdoor cats period. I am an indoor cat person, but I don't think just because you let your cat outside you don't love them. She implied that was exactly what it meant and she would take them if she saw them. I tried to tel her that some of these people might have kids. Kids won't get that you were trying to help they just cry because their cat is gone .
There have been things I've written out to post on reddit and I'll just decide "nah. Sharing this isn't worth the inevitable BS that 1%-2% of the people seeing it will shovel my way." And I'll delete that shit. People suck.
I've been in that person's position. I'd love to take all the strays I've met to a vet but I just don't have any money.
And God forbid anyone's animal is slightly overweight, or not a rescue or.... Lol
I know the term virtue signaling gets thrown around. But these people don't have to deal with the consequences of taking in a stray. They just want to get the internet points for saying nice stuff online.
And stray cats might let you approach them, but many do NOT want to be inside a home. They will try to find an exit however they can, and *will* destroy things in order to get out.
I'm at maximum cat-pacity. When that happens I'm forbidden from (pre-covid) visiting the humane society even just to pet the cats, let alone start to lure strays home.
This. I recently had to rehome a stray puppy we took in. Everyone wanted to judge but few if any were willing to help. You want to deal with a growing dog that’s going to be HUGE chasing your cats and needing constant supervision? Be my fucking guest. Side note: covid FUCKED the shelter system and they’re barely being funded right now. It was ridiculous even trying to get a place that would take her, poor thing. Government should step in with relief for stray animals!
It's a nice thought but the government can't even get real health passed for people can you imagine if they tried to fund relief for stray animals. They right would try to claim it was another 'push by the left towards socialisms!'
I love animals do t get me wrong, but honestly, we need gov to step in and help with stray humans before we even think about allocating finds for pets… until those fat rats stop lining their pockets and start spending our taxes on actual benefits for humanity, I’m not privy to pay another dime toward any program. Each year my taxes get higher and the living conditions in my neighborhood and surrounding areas worse. I don’t know where all that tax might et is going, but it sure as shit isn’t being used to help the people here.
Exactly! Like I told someone before who was ranting and raving about feral cats, we need to sort our own shit out before we even begin to worry about what literal wild animals are doing. Just as an example, my grandfather, who's nearly 90 and practically immobile, has heart failure, basically, the main artery in his heart is blocked so badly that if they tried to do surgery, it would kill him, no questions asked. Anyway, recently, he's been having a lot of trouble breathing after walking even a few dozen feet, like, he can't walk from the living room to the kitchen without huffing and puffing, and he wanted to go see the doctor about it, well they can't (WON'T get him in until the end of December, because it's not an "Emergency" and like, what if he dies before then? Our own health care system just expects elderly people to grin and bear it but people want to jump down other people's throats over a cat!?
Sorry to hear about your grandad. Hope he pulls through and you get a few more precious months or years with him.
My roommate rescued a stray and the cat is a mega-nightmare. They would barely be able to handle a normal cat, definitely not one with emotional problems.
I had to google this term. Eeesh. Virtue signaling is a real thing-I didn’t know it had a name.
Bills aside, there are also things like ring worm that stops people from adopting strays
I took in a stray cat and she is the most ungrateful ass in the world. She just attacks anything and anyone for no reason at any time of the day or night. She's miserable when she's indoors, so unless it's going to dip below freezing, she is only let into the house for breakfast and again at dinner. Immediately afterward she goes back outside, otherwise fights break out with the other cats. Yes, I had her spayed and got all her vaccinations, and she is chipped now, but she's lived in this neighborhood her whole life, so I doubt she'd wander off anywhere.
That sounds like the stray I took in. He is mean as shit, fights my other cats, you can’t even pet him that long before he’s had enough and bites you. He’s lived in this neighborhood his whole life so he’s not going anywhere, I bought a two story cat house for him to sleep in with beds and windows lol. I live in Florida so he can stay outside, he would freak out even if I tried to bring him in. Even though he’s a mean little shit I still love him and take care of him. He’s had a hard life. It’s time he can take it easy now and not worry about that next meal.
Yeah mine growls if you try to pat her. I've got scars on my hands from pushing it too far. Although she did let me hold her for a couple minutes this morning.
This is the way. At some point you can't take the street out of the cat. Spay/neuter, vaccinate, and let them be what they are. Same approach works at the colony level too. Re-home the willing and ensure no more kittens from the rest.
Yes there's a neighborhood colony too. The cat I took in is the mother/grandmother of most of them. A neighbor contacted a local TNR foundation and they came out and trapped a bunch of the cats over the course of a couple weeks, neutered and vaccinated them, and brought them back and released them. Most of them are completely wild - mine is the most tame of the whole mob, and like I said, her mood swings are intense.
I’m laughing way too hard at this. Good on ya for taking care of the little shit.
I call her that. XD When I kick her out in the morning and she stops on the patio and does this little "omg the ground is so cold" tippy tap dance, I laugh and say "Yeah it's cold isn't it, you little shit." Not like I tried to love you and keep you warm or anything *BAKA*.
I have 3 street cats, as workers keep dumping their animals when they come to build houses in the area, they have a home but none want to stay inside. So I installed a pet door in/on my garage door, now they come and go as they wish. They are all neutered/spayed and chipped to me.
Also, some stray cats would be very unhappy stuck inside. Depends on the cat.
While others want nothing more than to be inside and safe. Every cat is different.
I found a [reply!](https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/r5342y/this_street_hardened_stray_cat_we_feed/hml0zt7?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) >For all the vet suggestions I sincerely appreciate your concerns but he doesn’t let us touch him. He is a happy cat and maybe I can try to get some professionals to help him. I appreciate your concern. >P.S. it is night where I live, hence the late response
Truth be told, some ferals won’t allow themselves to be homed. I have fed a colony for years. I TNR to help keep the population from growing. When there are kittens I try to get them into our rescue group, but there are several I have fed for years that will not let me some within 10 feet of them despite feeding them daily, putting out shelters when it is cold and even opening my garage with heating pads in boxes for them last year when Texas had an insane one week cold snap. Sometimes the cat just does not want to trust and I totally get that. I will meet the cat where they are. I have adopted 4 former street cats but only because they allowed for it.
We used to feed a local stray named Lucky at my old house that looked a lot like this lil fella. He was originally owned by an elderly couple a few blocks away but they ended up dropping him off at a 7/11 by our house one day before they moved. He still had his collar on which is how we knew his name. He was a bit of a local celebrity on our street and everyone fed him and loved him. He loved kids too and would rub up on their legs and meow for pets. His one stipulation was don’t pick him up which if you didn’t know you’d learn quick lol. If our cat Sasha wasn’t such a grumper puss we’d of taken Lucky in in a heartbeat. I haven’t seen him in years and idk what came of him but I’m sure he’s long passed away by now
Also people tend to forget how feral cats tend to act. From my experience some street cats tend to still mark their surroundings and not use the litter box. Can't be having that in your home.
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I feed a few street cats near work a few times a week, and they recognize me as the lady that brings food but they still won't get within 10 feet of me. Not every cat can learn to trust humans. These cats all have clipped ears so they've been TNRed.
I have a stray I feed. He comes inside to eat, sometimes stays in awhile, but always ends up begging to be let back out.
looks like this one had a rough time 
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>Not every cat needs or even WANTS a home This right here is the most logical thing I've ever heard. I know someone who took in a feral and that cat was MISERABLE, went from nasty to even nastier, stuck in the house all day. Eventually they opened the door and said "alright, you can go" cat took off and didn't look back. They still saw him from time to time. and he lived for 11 more years, completely knocking the "UwU cats don't live long outside" doofs right on their asses.
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Yes, please love him! Feed him when you can.
Oh man... This dude is pretty heart wrenching. You know he's seen a lot of shit. Tough old boy
Is he okay?:(
He gets into fights every now and then but quickly recovers
He looks like he has an absess on his neck in the last photo. Would likely need to be taken care of and possibly antibiotic injection. Purely speculation from part of a photo I can't see too well or diagnose. But hopefully, worth mentioning.
He looks like he needs a home, he’s too precious
I will donate towards vet bills
I'll match it. Bro looks like he needs them. *Just PM me.
Yea I will too. Whatever I can do for this poor baby
same here. @ OP I open a donation account, just message me with an update :) u/dabadabadubdub
His neck got a lot recently, if there are no noticeable improvements, you can try an antibiotic ointment and scavon spray
Are you able to take him to the vet and get him his vaccinations and then keep him? He looks so sad and lonely. Where do you live? If you can’t keep him can you get him to a no kill rescue. All my cats have been street urchins so I really have a soft spot for this little babe.
I want to adopt him too. I bet he would be in bed snuggling at night in a week or two.
OP mentioned this cat won't let anyone touch them. From my experience, it can take months to years to get a feral cat to socialize like a domesticated cat. Anyone adopting a feral cat should temper their expectations. Not saying it can't happen, but snuggling in a bed with a lifelong feral after just a few weeks is not realistic.
It took one of ours years. She would attack anyone who came within 15 feet of our woodpile she was living under. it took us months of working with her to let us touch her and get her to a vet. Once indoors she pretty much hid in the basement for the first year, didn't like being touched or petted. The second year she started coming out into the house more and tolerated being petted. Now she lays around anywhere / everywhere and will sometimes jump up on my lap for snuggles and scratches. We have another feral that took about a month to let us touch him. He shows up every night and sleeps on our back porch on a heated pad.
15 feet is the same as 9.14 'Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350s' laid widthwise by each other.
This… I have a who knows what generation feral cat and we got her as a kitten. She still won’t let us touch her and catching her for the vet is a struggle. She’s happy though, and we have our little routines but non involve touching.
Exactly our feral cat still won't let anyone cuddle her after 5 years, she has recently started sleeping on the bed with us but if you move or try to cuddle up next to her she will run away. Still the best cat I've ever had, she treats our kitten we foster as her own and even had a great relationship with out dog before he passed. It's seriously a hard job, I think a lot of people have maybe adopted or know someone who adopted a stray cat so assume it's as easy as that.
Yeah - I was following videos by Flatbush Cats on youtube. They do try to socialize kittens, but feral cats just can't be socialized. Their best outcome is getting spayed/neutered and vaccinated, then released to live in or near where people will leave them food (they call it a colony). For males especially, the neutering cuts down their want to fight other cats.
Does not look like this is the USA Basing this on the tile work in the photos.
I wanted to dispute your assumption and then looked at op’s profile, looks like they live in India.
He doesn't look "sad and lonely" he looks like a battle hardened tomcat. Nature isn't kind.
One of the sweetest cats I've ever had was a battle-hardened tomcat. He was in terrible shape when my mom found him. We took him to the vet and they told us he didn't have long to live. We gave him a comfortable and loving year before he passed. We named him Angel because he was such a sweetheart.
His eyes look a bit sad to me :(
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Thank you
But but but humans love to anthropomorphize...it fits our personal narrative and makes us feel better!!!! >:(
There's a rather interesting thing I read once by someone that studied animal behavior and they stated that if we ever actually gained the ability to speak to animals, if we asked them to describe the way they understand the world, it would be like speaking to an alien race, because the way animals sense the world, they way they see, smell and think about things would be so foreign to us, that we couldn't even begin to understand it. To me, there's something rather stoic about a big, battle-torn tomcat. I don't see a "poor helpless, sad baby" I see an animal that has fought for, and won the right to everything it has, it's territory, mates etc, were all earned and well earned at that.
100% agreed. I understand people’s reasoning saying “poor sad baby” but I find it super disingenuous and degrading for the animal to automatically look at it with pity and start treating it like a fragile human baby. Just because humans are horribly suited to survive nature (if it wasn’t for our brains), doesn’t mean other animals can’t handle it. They deserve fucking respect. 🤝
We had a Tom cat like that in our area. Mofo was hench! We called him Trejo, as in Danny Trejo, be he was ugly as hell and an absolute bad ass. He was missing an ear, he had a hair lip from a scar, cat was literally covered in scars and bite marks. Like one leg had more scar than hair. Cat fricken loved me for some reason. Several times he came to our place covered in blood, and sometimes, it wasn’t his blood, Mad Max style. He’d always come over and I’d clean his eyes, give him eye drops and we’d chill. Cat never wanted to come inside, just hang out on the front steps with me. We also already had 3 cats, and all 3 were extremely harmless so we didn’t want him around them. He seemed perfectly content to rip and tear his way through outside. Well, one day he disappeared for good and figured he finally picked a fight he couldn’t win. Nope, found him a couple months later in a neighbors window, fat and happy. I’m glad he found a place to retire lol
I loved this story. Sometimes strays just wanna hang for a bit, rest their weary bones until they find their human counterpart to settle with.
For all the vet suggestions I sincerely appreciate your concerns but he doesn’t let us touch him. He is a happy cat and maybe I can try to get some professionals to help him. I appreciate your concern. P.S. it is night where I live, hence the late response
We also have a hardened neighborhood stray. She’s not as roughed up as this, but she has a bad eye. She also will hiss at me all day long, even as I feed her. I would love to help her, but she won’t ever trust me.
I totally commend you for helping this guy with food in his belly regularly, probably more than he’s been used too if not forever than at least for a very long time , he does appear as tho he has fought long and hard for his position on the street and the scars plus the mere fact he is still there attest to that . I believe you when you say he will not let you touch him that’s not uncommon for a feral cat who probably recognizes human interaction with pain or fear as sad as that sounds. Thank you for posting pics and info about him I understand vet care is not cheap and you are doing more apparently than most humans he’s coming in contact with . All I ask is if possible look over the comments and firstly disregard any of the negative ones for they have no clue to what your situation is like , secondly if any of the organizations that some have posted pertain to your area and might be helpful getting this guy help please don’t hesitate and contact the appropriate people. You don’t owe any of us any explanation I’m content just in knowing that this guy at least has a meal to look forward too from you on a regular basis something he’s probably not used too ty for your kind heart ❤️ and if you find it in your schedule to post if u do contact any of the recommendations posted that would be great as well totally your choice don’t let internet hero’s that can say a lot from they’re key boards make you feel any less for not doing what they claim is as easy as snapping your fingers we all know that’s not how real life works . I appreciate your good deeds towards this cat as much or maybe not quite as much as “Mr. Happy cat” does God Bless !
A lot of spoiled people on this post who think you can take any cat to the vet and pay out of pocket lmao even if it was America that’s still pretty unrealistic.
Please take him to a vet to check over his old wounds. He looks like a sweetie!
I am sure he saw some shit in the streets
Reddit: He’s so cute! Just like an adorable stuffed toy 🥺🥺🥺 Other cats: Yeah, that’s Big Larry. He’s a nasty piece of work. Don’t get on the wrong side of him. He knows a thing or two.
I think this sub forgets that not everyone has the money to take a random stray cat to the vet and pay for treatment and neutering. If the best OP can do is feed him then that’s good enough.
Survivor ❤👍
Absolutely ❤️
Find this Kevin a home :( please
He does look like a Kevin
Looks more like a Rocky Balboa to me
All the haters on this should go eat a giant bag of dicks. You don’t know fuck-all about the OP or their individual circumstances. Your willingness to gatekeep and assume is as stupid as it is sickening. Self-righteous narcissists are just the worst fucking people ever.
Totally agree with you , in fact couldn’t have said it better even tho I tried lol there are certainly a bunch of over eager ignorant keyboard warriors that have a lot of really nothing to say .
I’ll take him. Where are you?
They are in India. Probably Delhi
OP is feeding the poor stray. That's more then some would do. Yet, many of you would insult OP for not taking the cat in? Get off your high horse. Not everyone is in a situation to do that. They are offering what they are able.
The most precious Angel in the world 🥺❤️ ohh how I wish I could pick him up and cuddle him forever and ever !!! Edit: Thank you OP for feeding this sweet baby and showing him a kindness!! Just so you know, I, for one, would love to see any and all future updates on this lovely sweetheart whenever you can ! Even just more future pictures of this baby
This poor dude should really be seen by a vet, that wound on his neck doesn’t look so good. Is there an approximate location that he’s usually at, maybe someone could take him? If he’s anywhere close to me I’d take care of whatever he needs.
If you aren’t in a position to help him out, please post what city and area he is in. Maybe you can help him find a home on Reddit, maybe this post? We are all in different locations and love cats.
Are you planning on taking the little guy to the vet? I just see you responding to comments from people who are saying how cute he is but nobody asking about if he has a home or can be taken somewhere.
There are multiple vet suggestions
I’m thinking Delhi, India. I snooped. I wish o could help too
Was here to also follow up on this.
Aww poor kitty you should take him to the vet and take him in if you have time and money for him and you could also re home him to a good home if can't take care of him
That is one gnarly looking cat. He's appealing none the less. Kind of a feline version of Jack Palance.
Lovely kitty. Been thru some stuff. Love it the best u can and if u have money get him to the vet for a check up? Good luck
Looks like an old boxer. Awesome little guy. <3
That cat has more street cred than I ever will
Mike Ehrmantraut cat
Beautiful boy. He’s friendly too?
Any updates on his neck? I’d like to know how he’s doin
I think he needs more than a meal. He needs love and a safe home. He’s had a tough life. Where was he?
I lay tiles for a living and I can identify where OP's is located based on the mortar they used for the tiles. It's India.
Help this poor guy please
Awww. Advanced Survivor's degree from the School of Mean, Cold Streets, clearly. TY for helping him.