Honey Bun is not a sweet cat. We can't lie to you and say that she will make a great companion. But she does need a new place to call home. She was trapped from an At Risk location, and we have good reason to believe she is not safe (if returned).
Now... the low-down on Honey Bun:
She has behaved aggressively in the trap and feels very threatened by people (but who can blame her?). Honey Bun is aloof in the field and doesnt tolerate contact.... she is a textbook feral cat.
Her feeder called us for help and she reports that Honey Bun's abdomen was largely distended and she felt the cat was pregnant. We must have asked dor left ear pictures three times and STILL couldnt tell, for sure. When we trapped her, we hoped the mystery would be solved... but alas...
We were STILL on the fence about her left ear and we couldn't decide if it was tipped or just withered. We dropped her off at Sheltering Hands after crying over the hypothetical kittens (yes, all weekend we were agonizing over this). We got the best phone call from the clinic a couple hours later...
Honey Bun is NOT pregnant. She is an ANCIENT community cat and she IS eartipped (though it isn't readily apparent). She is missing most of her teeth (which explains her perpetual blep) and she had two pellets lodged in her abdomen. The vet removed the pellets and sewed her up. She recieved all vaccines and a dose of Revolution. We had her chipped while she was under anesthesia and she is now awake and confused.
As you have read, she is not safe in this neighborhood . Her feeder told us that a neighbor had threatened to poison the cats and is just intolerant of their presence.
That's enough for us. We hate to see this happen because she would just as soon be back to her best life and out of the crate. She wants the familiar territory that she knows... but we cannot give that back to her in good conscience. We need a new arrangement for Honey Buns. She could be an outdoor cat or barn cat. She will likely not acclimate to indoor life, but we would be willing to attempt this (with the right foster) and under specific parameters to prevent us holding her as a hostage indefinitely (if taming her isn't possible). We are an Ocala FL, foster based rescue. Please submit a cat application (linked on our website) if you think you could help by offering Honey Buns a safe place to land and/or live out her days:)
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