Welcome! Thank you so much for taking such good care of the poor kitty.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"~~Tabbi~~" wrote in message
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Hello cat-fans! Got a story for you about a stray cat.

There was a grey tabby/white cat who would sneak in our cat-door after we
went to bed to eat the left over cat food and munch on the cat biscuits.
I
would try and sneak back and catch a glimpse of him but he would always
get
away before I got to the kitchen. This started middle of last year I
reckon.

I knew who it was because on the weekend nights when we would stay up
later
there would sometimes be a worried face peering around the door as if to
say
'Hey! Go to bed, will you? I'm hungry!' The first glimpses I got were of
a
young cat's face. Later, as he got a bit braver, he would be waiting on
the
back door mat for us to go to bed. So, being the sucker-for-a-furry-face
that I am, I started putting out the leftovers earlier. I'd open the
door,
he would run off a short way, then come back after I went back inside.

He was maturing, his face was wider, and I could see (ahem) that he was a
boy-cat as he ran away the few steps.

One night he didn't come for his meal - the next night an awful sight
awaited me. One side of his poor little face was hugely distended from a
massive abscess, his eyes were gooey with cat flu. I put down his food,
tears in my eyes. He still ran away but came back and ate every scrap. I
was encouraged by this (I was also getting meals ready for him, not just
scraps). Two nights later he looked much better, the fur on his face was
sticky from the burst abscess but he looked a lot brighter.

My normal tribe of cats (Bagster, Sally and Dusty) just accepted him. I
was
a bit concerned about his flu, but my guys are all young and vaccinated
and
there was no way I was going to ignore The Little Man as I called him.
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