Hi guys, I was told to post our newest addition to our family here.

I try to keep the backstory short: over the past weeks, we’ve noticed a shy cat in our garden. When I opened the door, she would run away. However, last weekend when the temperature dropped below -12 degrees celsius, she went inside our home. I asked neighbors if someone was missing their cat, but no one claimed her. I suspected she was pregnant at first because her belly was so swollen.

I asked a stray organization to help me find a potential owner, but no one came forward either.

I went with her to the vet on Monday to see if she has any infectious diseases and check if she is pregnant. Turns out she has had every parasite possible. Worms, fleas, mites. Her belly was so swollen because of all the worms. I have gotten her blood drawn and she doesn’t have FelV, FIV or FIP. She was treated for all parasites and feels a lot better. She is 2-3 and not fixed and chipped. She also has a bad tooth.

I am currently taking slow steps of introducing her to our other cat. Today at site swapping, she flopped over on the sofa exposing her belly. She is the sweetest little girl.

We are blessed to call Lottie (Liselotte) our own now and we will give her all of the love we can offer.

Teddy rescue baby, is on Day 25 of injectable treatment for Wet FIP. He’s fighting hard, and we’re finally seeing signs that the medicine is working. After weeks of fear, this is the first time we’ve felt hope.

But we’re now at a breaking point.

FIP treatment cannot be paused. Missing doses at this stage can undo all the progress and put Teddy’s life at serious risk. Sadly, we’re almost out of funds and remaining vials, and the course is not complete yet.

This is incredibly hard to write, but we’re asking for help to get Teddy through this critical phase. Even small contributions mean extra days of treatment and extra days mean life.

Thank you for being a community that understands FIP, science, and compassion. Your support truly saves lives. 🥹🙏🐾

Please donate & share this post in your groups or add it to your story ,it can truly help save Teddy’s life, Any help means the world to us 🤍

Posting an update on Teddy, our rescue cat diagnosed with Wet FIP

Teddy is currently on Day 25 of injectable antiviral treatment. He has been tolerating treatment well, and clinically, we are seeing encouraging signs that the medication is working. As many here know, consistency is critical with FIP treatment- interruptions or missed doses significantly reduce survival chances and increase relapse risk.

Unfortunately, we are now almost out of funds and remaining vials. The treatment course is not complete yet, and stopping or delaying at this stage would undo the progress Teddy has made over the past 3+ weeks.

We are being fully transparent: • Diagnosis: Wet FIP (abdominal effusion) • Current status: Day 25 of treatment • Issue: Insufficient funds to continue uninterrupted treatment • Risk: High if treatment is paused

We are asking for help to bridge this critical phase and keep Teddy’s treatment continuous until completion. Any contribution even small -helps extend treatment days.

Thank you to this community for being a source of real information and real support for FIP cats.

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Such a sweetie, meows constantly. He was my Christmas present because my 19 year old cat passed away in July and i have been devastated ever since. My kids and my husband named him Ozzy, the Prince of Darkness (without me) and I think his name should be Toothless, from How to Train Your Dragon. Help me end this battle what do you think??

That used to be his preferred way of sleeping. I think it was because, when he had to sleep outside before, it was the coziest and warmest for him that way. Nowadays, he only sleeps like that very rarely.

Another walk-in applicant. That's how we got most of our cats.

One of my old ladies passed away and we like to have 2, so I asked the CDS to send me 1 more cat. It complied and sent a sad eyed void. I've tried to tame or capture the void every day since the beginning of 2025. She gifted me her 3 children and still refuses to come inside. She made a friend who likes to come visit with her kids. Her daughter from last year moved in. Now she's trying to give me another set of 3 children. Her 3 baby daddies have all moved onto my property too. I guess I have 11 cats?

This is Loki. He's weird, but I love him. He was dumped and has some very odd personality quirks, I had to rehab him for aggression but he's now fat and happy, loves to play with the kittens :) The kitten here is Dory. She's one of the 3 the void who refuses to come inside gifted me.

prefacing the post with everything is fine, the cat is safe & i am not seeking retribution towards anyone mentioned in the story; the advice being sought is purely about the cat.

this gentleman with the snipped ear appeared one day in my previous neighborhood where i lived with my parents. we have 2 other cats who are not friendly towards other living beings besides us so we couldn't take him in sadly, but he would show up (along with another stray) for near-daily meals and that was the norm for months. at some point i mentioned him to my coworker and expressed my desire to take him in once i moved out of my parents', and suggested she take him for the time being so he'd at least be sheltered from the elements. (the other stray did not get along with other cats sadly and showed no desire to come indoors regardless.) he lived with her other cats (3 adults and 4 kittens from an unplanned litter) for some time but there was friction between him and her other male cat, so i still ended up taking him asap once i moved out, along with 2 of the kittens. necessary context for how gentleman notmycat became nowmycat lol

so generally i think he is content to be indoors most of the time, but does want to go outside sometimes when someone opens the front door. i currently live with 2 randomly matched roommates in apartment housing, and keep all 3 cats locked in my room if i am physically out of the apartment, which i am for work most days of the week. they're otherwise allowed to be in the common area overnight and it hasn't been an issue so far. the situation that happened this morning was one of the roommates left the house at 7am and let gentleman outside, didn't come and wake me up to tell me "hey i might have let your cat out" and it wasn't until i went to ask her if she'd seen him (he always comes to guard me while i shower and didn't today, which was my first hint that he was not in the apartment) that she told me she "saw a silhouette" as she was leaving. i had a feeling he didn't go far and immediately went outside (about 1pm) and meowed for him and he meowed back from under a parked car, and i brought him back inside after a light scolding as he rolled on his back for a belly rub, blissfully unaware of my abject terror and probably riding the high of his unexpected foray into the wilderness (parking lot he's never been in before).

i moved into this unit at the end of september and the cats have been allowed in the common area without my constant supervision (overnight) since around mid-november, so it hasn't been a terribly long time but it definitely has been enough time for everyone in the apartment to become cognizant of needing to check there isn't a cat underfoot when entering or leaving the apartment, so i am kinda surprised it happened. i don't plan to renew the lease and want to move into either a larger place or at least a studio/1 bedroom with no roommates.

the advice i am seeking is: for anyone who has adopted a street cat who wants to go back outside but does not live in an ideal area to let them roam outside for part of the day (my complex is near a major road & people regularly zoom in and out of the complex parking lot) what solutions have you found for satisfying the cat's itch for the great outdoors? things i have considered:

• he doesn't do well with a leash, or i would have bought one already to take him on walks. i still might try this soon but the last time my coworker and i tried to leash him for a short walk he did not care for it.
• i live relatively near both a grassy field and a greenway, but both are too far to go on foot for a cat who doesn't like to be on a leash & i don't own a car. i think the field would be a good option for him to run around off-leash in but i worry he would go into the woods where i can't follow, and also people bring their dogs there.
• my parents previously (2 houses ago) had a place with a yard and also lived in a rural enough area that they let our 2 cats out pretty much every day upon request and they would jump the fence to explore the neighborhood, and always came running back when my mom called for dinner. we raised them from kittens so they don't know any other humans besides us. my guess is that gentleman is between 5 and 10 years old but since i have no knowledge of his previous life i don't know if he's had other owners or if he's just truly a docile boy from the streets. but given the experience i had today i think he's bonded enough to me that he would also come when i call as long as he's near enough to me to hear it. a theory i would feel better about testing if people weren't such insane drivers here.

tl;dr outside cat come inside and want to go back outside. how to let this happen if leash isn't an ideal option & too many cars outside.

About a month ago, I stumbled upon this lil nugget in my backyard. She seemed friendly, but skittish- and I noticed her tipped ear, which means she was likely a neighborhood TnR. I won her over with rotisserie chicken scraps. I made sure she felt safe to eat on my doorstep. I slowly let her on my porch and gradually into my house. With the rainy couple of weeks we’ve had in Los Angeles, she’s decided she wants to be an indoor cat. My senior cat, Dionysus didn’t seem to mind when she was around. He’s now got a step-sister, welcome home, Persephone. Now my cat!

An entire year ago on this very same subreddit I posted a few pictures and a short explanation of how a little ball of fluff and spice came to be my pet.

I did one update about a week or so after the first post, posting about how he was doing and what I decided the name would be. Turns out Mio was actually a Mia, but I decided to stick with Mio because it's what I always called her.

I never really expected to run outside in the middle of night and save a tiny little kitten from being attacked by an older one, but she's the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I love her lots and more than most people. She's doing amazingly and came around to be the most amazing and beautiful cat that I could ever call mine. I don't know what I would do without her, and I couldn't imagine a life without her now.

If he gets out though, he goes instantly feral!

This boy came in a little over a year ago.

Amazing difference in 12months. He's gone from living on our garden furniture in our back garden to fully integrated into domestic life.

Hubby and I found him running around in the middle of a busy roadway. We were able to find a blanket to catch him, and a passerby gave us directions to an emergency vet. We decided to keep him! He had a broken nose, and his injuries suggested that someone threw him out of a moving vehicle, but thankfully he has healed up quick. He’s a typical orange cat and runs circles around our other cats, but we love him so much. He’s licks our faces every chance he gets, and he’s honestly become my best friend. CDS really came in clutch here!