'Finnegan wasn't made for outdoor life': Heartwarming cat dad rescues lonely forest feline from feral fate and transforms him into a pampered city kitty through the power of love

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    In 2021 I was living in a cabin in the woods of east GA and my cat Orville would sit by the window yowling every night at this little guy who was too scared to come close.

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    I started leaving food out, and on a cold and stormy February night he finally let me get close enough to pet him, and he was SUCH a sweetie.

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    I let him inside the cabin (much to Orville's chagrin), and he continued to be such a nice little guy.

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  • Poor guy, Finnegan must have had it rough living on the outside. Nobody likes to sleep with one eye open, and we're sure that living in the woods was not the safest of places for a cat to live. We hope the only thing he has to hunt now is the occasional unopened can of tuna!

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    I could see that he was covered in bite/claw wounds, his ear was half bitten off, his fur was matted and his face was swollen.

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    I took him that night to an emergency care vet and had him assessed and treated.

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    He hadn't been neutered and he had to be shaved down to get rid of all the mats.

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    I spent a few months nursing him back to health, got him neutered, and slowly introduced him to Orville (they are inseparable now).

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    Now 4 years later Finnegan is a healthy, happy, thriving city cat who loves to snuggle, headbutt, and lounge around in the sun.

  • It's always the ones you rescue that are the sweetest because they've tasted what life is like on the other side - having to fight for everything, not knowing where or when your next meal will be… it sounds awful. But now we're sure he wants for nothing!

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    Fradzombie This might get buried, but I wanted to add some info and couldn't figure out how to edit the post.

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    My suspicion is that Finni was cared for as a kitten and let outside where he became part of a cat colony in the woods. There are a bunch of farm cats around my parents property where I was staying, and they have seen a good number in the

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    surrounding woods. After about 2-3 weeks of healing up I tried letting Finni back outside to be an indoor/outdoor cat like all of the other farm cats. He came back ~12 hours later all scratched up again with an even bigger & meaner cat from the colony looking for food. After

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    that I knew Finnegan wasn't made for outdoor life, he was trying to be friends with the other cats and they were going to town on him.

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