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My name is Dixie!

Posted over 8 years ago

My basic info

Breed
Domestic Shorthair
Color
Age
Sex
Female
Pet ID
7341981
Hair Length

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Dixie and The Breakfast Club:  On May, 1st, around the day this litter was born--their umbilical cords still attached--someone took the mom, Dixie, and her babies, and taped them inside a cardboard box, and then threw them in a dumpster behind the Mars supermarket in Cockeysville, Maryland. That afternoon was a freak thunderstorm, and it rained so hard the streets were flooded. The box washed out of the dumpster and into the road--and a Lucky Cat Rescue volunteer almost ran over it! But she investigated, and inside were Dixie and her three boys--Latkes, Waffles and Pancakes. The volunteer took them in and gave them a safe place to stay. The next day, another volunteer brought over Bacon and Eggs--two newborn females who were abandoned by their mother in the rain the day before. Knowing that babies have a better survival rate when they have a mother's milk, we thought to see if Dixie would nurse them--and she did. She took in the girls and has cared for them as if they were her own; she's been a truly excellent mother and has made great strides in overcoming her fear of humans. Now she's a love-bug who enjoys being petted and is getting used to being held. She plays through the door with other cats in her foster home, but thus far has been kept in a room with only her litter. Her adopter will need to be an experienced cat owner who knows how to read cat body language and is willing to give her a few weeks in her new home to learn to trust and get used to any other friendly cats.

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