God bless her. Looks like you've been adopted. She is such a pretty color.

That is the same way we usually get our cats- they choose us. It works out nicely.

I am glad you were finally judged 'worthy' by Sweet Bippie!

Janie

What a sweetie, Bippie instinctively knew coming to you was the best thing that has ever happened in her life, this has happened to us too.

One day a long haired orange female appeared in our yard and wouldn't leave. She wormed her way into our house and into our hearts. She followed me everywhere I went, if I went over to the neighbors she was sitting on their porch waiting for me to come out.
One day shortly after she came to us she followed me into the shed where I keep the gardening tools, lay down at my feet and had a stillborn kitten. I rushed her to our vet, he had to do a complete hysterectomy, he said she was so full of infection if I hadn't got her there right away she wouldn't have made it. I guess she knew the vet was going to help her as she licked his hand and purred while he put her under.

When I went to pick her up later that day, the vet said if we didn't want to keep her he had fallen for her charms and would love to have her himself.

I don't know what this poor girl had gone through before coming to us but she was starving, her hocks were raw, she had ear mites, and her throat was stripped of fur.

I think she had a pretty good life with us the vet figured she was about 6 or 7 and we had her for 10 or 12 years.
I have a picture of "Annie" somewhere, if I can find it I'll post it.

Annie was a real treasure who came to us from who knows where. I hope Bippie gives you as much joy and laughter as our Annie did for us.

Annette

Aww what a sweetie Sweet Bippie is! So glad she found a good home. May God Bless both you and her! Becky

In for a second peek. Her coloring is just gorgeous. She looks almost like a Abyssinian European Burmese mix.

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Bippie went for her vet visit today. Probably her first ever! She does not have FiV or any other communicable disease. She does have heartworms and maybe tiny kittens in her belly. She is anemic and has athsmatic symptoms. We just went to a substitute vet this time for some worming pills and testing and general physical. She is very tired due to heartworm and intestine worms. Very sweet and a tiny bit skittish with humans but "begging trust" at times. So we need to watch her and help her with discernment. She's still growly at other cats, of course and needs to be taught not to stake out the food bowl or the litter box as her own territory. She LOVES my hubby!

Bippie's a beauty!
It sounds like she's already adjusting quite well to her new family.

Hope things continue to go smoothly,
Patti

Oh, too sweet!! I am such an olden, at school....some one was having trouble spelling something, and I just threw out,"oh,check it out in your Funk & Wagnall". 90% of the room had no idea what I was referencing!!!

Nancy - you bet your sweet bippie.!!!!

Smart Bippie, to choose a family where she could fit in so well. How do they KNOW? Ikey just walked right up here and commenced to show us what a clever fellow he was.

Nell

Aaawwwwww! Double Bless her heart and yours too for taking her in.

What a rough start for her. I never knew cats got heartworm. Will her kittens survive the heartworm med's? From what I hear it's pretty nasty medicine.

Give her a big kiss on the forehead from me.

Edna

She's lovely, and has gorgeous eyes. Our Beatrice was a stray. The list of ailments strays have really can be daunting. I hope things work out for y'all.

Thanks for your thoughts on Bippie! She's doing fantastically well. Today she is spending more time closer to other cats and is less defensive about food and water and the toilet box. I'm very proud of her and the other cats.
Bippie can not get heartworm meds. There is no cure for heartworm in cats. They expire and are released from their systems and you just hope their expiring does not kill the cat. Boo Boo had two very serious incidents of near death when her two worms died. Bippie will be on meds so she isn't reinfected, but that's it. Her kittens if still tiny (if she really has any) will be removed at the time of spay. We are trying to catch her very early to be easier on her system. 6 cats in this house is PLENTY without the possibility of 6 more!!
Now off to see if I can find more feeders to match the basement. 6 cats and one feed and water is not enough!