Elderly woman selling home has one heartwarming request for new homeowners: continue feeding the stray cats in the neighborhood with love and care

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    I bought my first home from my neighbor who is an elderly woman. My brother and I were friendly with her because she

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    gave our dogs treats on every walk. We got the deal done without realtors which was awesome, but she had one

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     She asked if we could continue feeding the stray cats she was taking care of.

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    I've had dogs my whole life, but never lived with any cats since my sister is allergic. My brother and I fed the cats outside at first, but

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    we're such animal lovers it wasn't enough. The bond we formed with these cats went beyond feeding them and giving them.

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    Morris CARING FOR CA 9lives SINCE

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    water. We took the plunge and brought in three of the cats we bonded with the most. It ended up being one of the best decisions of my life!

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    Meet Mama (fluffy tortie) Kit (younger tortie) and Blue! We got all the other outside cats we took care of fixed and adopted as well!

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    (The last 3 pics are when they were outside, so much healthier/happier now!)

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     Wow this blew up! Just wanted to give more info on each cat.

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    Mama was the first cat we brought in. She basically never was outside once we took her in because we already bonded with

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    her from visits with our neighbor. Mama has the classic tortitude, but loves tummy rubs and is the

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    softest animal I've ever felt. She is the most confident cat of the three when meeting new guests.

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    Kit (Mama's actual daughter!) was brought in probably 6 months later. She wouldn't even let us approach her outside, but then

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    became very attached to my brother. When we brought her inside, she literally acted like she

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    already lived there and there was zero hesitation from her. She is like a dog. Can pet her anywhere, and loves sleeping on my brother

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    and I. She also loves her mama so much which is adorable. She's as chill as it gets, but shy of others at

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    first. Kit is most attached to my brother (which I'm of course jealous of).

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    Blue was the last cat we brought in. We couldn't touch Blue for first couple months or so. We kept

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    him and Orangey (pic in comments below) in our garage with AC for a while. Orangey we absolutely adored, but we got

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    him adopted by another family (his alpha personality would've been tough with Mama & Kit). We weren't planning on keeping Blue,

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    but he's super timid around other people so he was too difficult to get adopted. He loves us so

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    much, and is less independent than the other two cats. He has a cute habit of rubbing his

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    teeth/gums against my brother and I to mark us with his scent glands. He really wants us to be

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    around him at all times, so would've been devastating to re- home him when he was that

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    attached to us. We officially moved Blue out of the garage and into our home full time around 3 months ago or so.

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    In the end we got 6 cats adopted (one of them brought 3 kittens into our garage) not including the

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    3 we took in. It's something my brother and I are super proud of. We haven't had any cats show up to our door since. Thank you for the kind. comments!

  • These cats are incredibly cute. It's really bold for the woman to ask them to take care of the strays outside, and at the same time it's sweet. You really never know what life has to offer. This woman brought them something so heartwarming and tender into their lives. The debate about cat people or dog people can easily be swayed, because at the end of the day animals are just wonderful. I can be a cat person because I have a cat now, but it doesn't mean I don't want a dog at some point in my life. 

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