Every feline has a story of exactly how she concerned be with her human, as well as even though there are typical themes – a feline discovers us, we are prepared to embrace a new household member, we see a feline on the internet that tugs at our heart strings – every one of those stories is as special as the feline as well as the human involved.
Sometimes, it takes a lot more than one person to rescue a cat. In Gracie’s case, it took the proverbial village. Her story is exceptional for its “six degrees of separation” synchronicity, including this site, Jackson Galaxy, as well as our good friends Robin Olson of covered in feline Hair as well as Dorian Wagner of Your everyday Cute.
Conscious feline visitor Birgit saw a publish about one of Robin’s foster cats on Jackson Galaxy’s Facebook page. That led her to Robin’s blog. This was ideal around the time when Robin’s kitten Fred had contracted FIP. (Editor’s note: Robin’s publish “Dear Fred” won the 2013 Pettie for finest blog Post.) Fred’s story, as well as the method that Robin devoted herself to assisting Fred as well as all the other cats, truly touched Birgit’s heart.
A few days later, Birgit won a giveaway for a $50 buying spree with MyThreeCats.com right here on The mindful Cat. instead of costs the money for her own cats, she contributed it to Robin’s rescue, Kitten Associates. Afterwards, Birgit as well as Robin continued to interact with Facebook and email.
Birgit wasn’t truly wanting to embrace one more cat. She already has four (three indoor as well as one outside feral cat). two of the indoor cats do not get along, as well as even though Birgit is regularly working on this issue, it always leaves one of her cats, Mojo, on his own. That’s when Birgit’s hubby suggested they get one more feline for Mojo to keep him company.
Birgit choose to phone call Robin to see about adopting Barney, Fred’s brother. Barney was about a year old at that time. Mojo is an alpha cat, so she, or rather, Mojo, was extremely certain about the demands for a companion. The new feline had to be younger cat, extremely laid back, easygoing as well as simple to adapt. Barney would have been a match, however Robin lives in Connecticut as well as Birgit in Florida. even though Robin will often embrace out of state, she felt that it was as well far.
So Robin put Birgit in touch with Dorian Wagner, who is linked with great Karma Pet Rescue in South Florida. They had a feline named Fiona who sounded like she may be a great fit. A date for a deliver from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Jacksonville, FL was set up.
Just when Brigit believed whatever was all setted, a neighbor told her that his feral feline had three kittens, as well as he was not thinking about feeding them as well as threatened to have them removed. Birgit took the kitties into her house with the intent of discovering a foster mom – however this implied that she couldn’t take Fiona ideal away. A week later, Birgit discovered a foster house for the kittens. whatever was falling into location as well as Fiona might now come home.
“When Fiona shown up it was like she understood this was home,” stated Birgit. “I felt like she was implied to be it was for many reasons. It took me a while to dedicate to one more cat, then when I did dedicate to adopting Fiona, I was saddled with three kittens. I believed then that Fiona was not implied to be, but I was wrong. The kitties discovered a foster house which made method for Fiona.”
Birgit altered Fiona’s name to Gracie. She did not seem to respond to “Fiona,” as well as Birgit’s sister-in-law has a Jack Russell named Fiona, so each time Birgit called Fiona, she had a vision of the dog. She named Gracie for her great buddy Grace, who, states Brigit “has a fantastic personality, happy, simple going, full of life with spunk.” The new name fits Gracie purr-frectly, as well as she is already responding to it.
A feline guardian devoted to saving lives, Jackson Galaxy, as well as three feline blogging good friends – feline rescue stories don’t get any type of much better than this one.
Ingrid King
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7 comments on Gracie’s Story: It Takes a village to Rescue a Cat
Random Felines says:
October 2, 2013 at 3:43 pm
I frequently question what all of us did before social media!! fantastic save, fantastic story
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Ingrid says:
October 2, 2013 at 6:26 pm
I understand what you mean. I definitely can’t picture a world without all of these terrific connections anymore!
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Sue Brandes says:
October 2, 2013 at 2:16 pm
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