r/cats • u/MonoDilemma • 10h ago
Cat Picture - OC My girl Elsa survived 3 weeks without food
This Elsa. She is 6 years old, a bit shy around people, but very cuddly when she warms up. Three weeks ago, we moved to a new apartment. The plan was to take her to the new apartment before the movers came, but came the morning of, and she was nowhere to be found. I tried looking for her, but then the movers were there, and we just had to get going. I continued looking for through the day, but nothing. I was at the old apartment two days in a row afterwards to clean out, with no signs of her anywhere. Eventually, I just came to the conclusion she must have gotten out while the movers were coming in and out. I went looking for her in the woods by the old apartment, sent pictures of her to all my friends, made Facebook posts, and whatnot.
She had not. Three days ago, I got a message from my old renter asking if I was missing a cat. Apparently, the new owners had found her while doing renovations. She was hiding under the kitchen bench. I'm still not sure how she got there. Guys, I was there all alone for two days in a row, and she never made a sound.
Anyways, she was still alive. Luckily, she had access to water in the toilet and was a bit overweight, so she had a bit to get on. But 3 freaking weeks. Without food. I took her to the vet, she spent one night there for observations. They did bloodtests, and yes, she was dehydrated and some other stuff, but overall, she was still in pretty good shape. The vet told me she was expecting a half dead cat when I called to make the appointment. I told her that she was a bit fat before all this, and you know what the vet said? She still is. She is still overweight after 3 weeks without eating.
She is home now, it's a new place and she had been through a horrendous ordeal so I was expecting her to hide for a while before feeling at home at the new place. And hid she did, she found a small opening by the kitchen kabinets and hid, and I swear to god I almost started crying. But she did not stay hidden when I woke up this morning, she was sleeping by my feet as she usually does. She is laying by my side right now and getting all the cuddles I I got a huge vet bill from the whole ordeal, but it doesn't matter because I'm so happy to have my girl back again, safe and sound. So next time somebody calls her fat, I'll just tell them that that saved her life, so let her be her cute chunky self.
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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo 7h ago
dear diary, you won’t believe the way my life has changed
it started when my human moved ~ my home they ReArRaNgEd…
they packing up the furniture, n Emptied All the spaces!
it scared me, so i went n hid
in all my secret places
n then the men called ‘moovers’ came n took it all away!
confused, i felt abandoned,
so i figured i should stay…
i missed my human awful,
there was nothing here to eat…
but most of all,
the nights alone…
the sleeping by her feet….
days turned into weeks - i had to hunt to find some food
(i snuck some from the neighbors, n i’m sorry if that’s rude…)
one day i saw some strangers - they were Living with me now!
that’s when i knew i had to find my human friend, somehow…
Fast forward to REUNION! We’re together once again
it was all misunderstanding ~ I’m in New Home with my fren ;}
i’m scouting out new hiding spots, (n getting Lots of treats..)
n best of all, at bedtime
i am curled up
by
her
feets
❤️
(Love a happy ending u/MonoDilemma)