This kitty has been hanging out around my apartment complex for the last week, and was pretty friendly. I was walking home from my sign language class thinking, “I’m going to put some food out for that kitty as soon as I get home.”
When I got to the spot where I usually see Kitty, I saw a girl standing there next to that cat. We started talking and she was saying she didn’t know what to do with it and wanted to take it to a shelter. I told her that cats can survive fine outside if they aren’t declawed; and there aren’t any shelters around here that accept cats. I soon figure out that this cat is declawed though so I decided we needed to do something about it.
So, to make a long story short this cat winds up in my apartment for a brief amount of time. It was pouring rain all day and Kitty was soaked so I had to give it somewhere to stay while the other girl figured out what she could do with it.
I live with my boyfriend and when he got home I told him to hurry and shut the door. He came in and yelled some profane words when he saw a cat in the living room. He handled it pretty well though after his initial freak out about it.
Anyway, the other girl came over and put kitty in a carrier and is going to take it to some sort of no-kill shelter in capital city. I hope everything works out for Kitty, but this is a good example of why it’s not the best idea to declaw cats. This cat had no way to defend itself and was lucky it was close to a college campus with few threats to it.
