Animal Cops RI

Well... Not exactly. But that's kinda how I feel right now. I just rescued a little kitty!

Where I work, we have a patio outside the kitchen. Yesterday I saw this sweet little black and white cat on the patio. When I went outside, she came right over to me and let me pet her. Beautiful face but filthy and the poor thing was skin and bones!! She had an injury on her neck like she'd been in a fight but the area looked shaved. My guess is that she had a home at one point and then they stopped caring for her for whatever reason?

One of my co-workers was out there eating lunch and told me that she had given the cat some of her pasta with meatballs. Not the best thing to give a cat but at least it was some food. When I saw pasta still in the plate, I commented that the cat must not have liked it. My co-worker told me that that was the 3rd helping that was sitting on that plate. The cat had eaten 2 helpings already. She must have been starving!

My heart broke but I have 2 healthy cats at home that I just adopted. I couldn't risk taking this doll home if she had something that my 2 boys could catch. Well, by the time I left work, she was gone. I decided that if she came back today that I would take her to the shelter where I got my boys.

Now, my co-worker also wanted to take her to her vet. That would have been fine with me. However, today, my co-worker was in a meeting and we were about to have a bit of an event on the patio. I figured before everyone was crowded out there scaring the cat off, I'd scoop her up and take her to the shelter. So, that's just what I did. She couldn't weigh more than 5 or 6 lbs. At any rate, I picked her up and took her in the car. I didn't have anything to put her in. I know, you're all gonna say that that was stupid but I'm used to driving with cats in the car that are not in carriers.

She didn't seem to like the car at first. She was literally running around the inside of the car. It was kinda funny to watch her... on the dash, in the passenger seat, on the back dash, on the floor, back on the dash. Finally, after about a minute and a half of this, she landed on my lap. She was about to take off again when she realized where she landed. She just curled up and started to purr. SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!! She didn't budge the rest of the ride. I think she actually nodded off for a minute. When I got to the shelter, she wanted to run when I opened the car door but I scooped her up before she got out and told her everything would be okay now and she settled right into my arms again. She didn't even fuss when I put her into the cage at the shelter.

I can't imagine taking home another cat. Three cats in a 950 sq ft house is a bit much but I can't imagine letting her go to someone else either. I just kinda felt like those people who are on the Animal Cops show must feel. I feel like I gave her a chance at a decent life.

In case we never meet again... Good luck sweet baby. I hope you have a happy life!