Finally, here are photos of the two three-legged cats we picked up at Spokane County’s animal shelter last week. Alayne took these photos of me with them this afternoon outside our isolation cottage. For a rash, fleeting moment, I pondered the idea of trying to hold both of them together for the same photo, one in each arm. But then my 20+ years of cat experience, now hardwired into my brain, suggested that this was probably not a good idea. (Although that might have made for some great blog photos.)
Ironically, as it turns out, both cats are missing the same leg — the left front, although the gray one has a stump of a leg still left.
The tortie, named Honey Girl, was found as a stray by an animal control officer back in October. The cat had a mangled leg, and the shelter took her to a veterinarian to have the limb amputated. Although this cat is just as sweet as can be and loves people, no one was interested in adopting her. Hence the call to us.
The gray one, also a female, had been hanging around a school for five weeks. The students and staff had taken to feeding her, and eventually an animal control officer took her to the shelter. This cat is sweet, too, but isn’t quite as outgoing yet as Honey Girl. Honey Girl is the kind of gal who would come right out and ask a boy to dance. The gray one would wait to be asked.
In this photo, it looks like she’s missing the right front leg, but she has her right foot pulled down and tucked underneath my arm. That’s the stump of her left leg you see hanging over my hand.
You can see there are a lot of similarities with these two — they both came from the same shelter, both are females, both are missing the same limb, both are very nice girls, and both arrived at the same time. But the gray one doesn’t have a name, and thus suggestions are welcome! (But no "Tripod," please.)
There’s something else about the gray one that may be different, too. The shelter thinks she may be … pregnant. Oh, no! Yep. She sure feels round in the middle, so we’ll be taking her in for an ultrasound. We’re just hoping the schoolkids were feeding her too much!
(Click on photos for larger image.)
Rolling Dog Farm Blog 
Leave a reply to Karen Cancel reply