february

Hmm...well, today was interesting. As most of you know I am at college and living in a dorm. Today I found a cat (soon to be known as Cleo) wandering around campus. She didn't have a collar on and some people told me that they had seen her around these past few days.

So, I decided I was going to rescue her. I brought her up to my room (which is totally not allowed) and let her hang out for a while. She is a very pretty traditional Siamese, clean, extremely friendly, probably a few years old, and very skinny. My boyfriend thinks that she was probably abandoned recently. I gave her water, made my roommate get some chicken, and made a litter box out of a small cardboard box and some torn up newspaper.

I called around for some rescue groups because I didn't want to have to keep her the night. They were surprisingly unhelpful. Luckily, I accendently called a pet store and they gave me a number of a lady who could help. This woman, Shelly, apparently spends her time taking in homeless cats and finding people to adopt them. So, I wandered around my hall, knocking on doors until I found someone who gave me a box I could mess up and poke air holes in. Then I made my friend drive me to Shelley's house so I could drop off Cleo. She said that tomorrow she was gonna check to see if Cleo had been spayed and would start putting her up for adoption this weekend.

This experience made me love cats even more. For the 5+ hours I had her up here, Cleo just walked around my room like she was the shit. I'm gonna call tomorrow to see how she's doing. Hopefully she finds a good home; keep your fingers crossed.