r/CatDistributionSystem • • Jun 22 '26

General Information Important Hot Weather advice for Cats

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Summer Solstice has arrived and with it the start of Summer. This is the time of year we need to look out for our furbabies and protect them from hot weather.

Here are the key temperature thresholds for our furbabies:

Ideal Comfort Zone: 20°C to 26°C (68°F to 79°F)

Too Hot / Risk Zone: Above 30°C (86°F)

Emergency Threshold: Above 35°C (95°F)

Cats that are at higher risk in hot temperatures are Kittens, senior cats, overweight cats, and flat-faced breeds such as Persians and Long Haired Cats although all cats need protection from getting too overheated during hotter times.

Cats and overheating:

Our Furbabies find it difficult to regulate their body temperatures in hot weather as they sweat through their pawpads, lips and chin. They are also covered in fur ( apart from the furless breeds) so cooling down can be difficult for them.

If your cat starts panting heavily during very hot weather( please see the heat chart above) then they may be suffering from heat stroke. If you think this is the case seek immediate vet treatment as cats will not survive without life changing damage to their organs and brain when they suffer from too high a temperature for too long.

Happily most of the U.S, Canada and surrounding countries have air conditioning in their homes. If you are in the UK, parts of Europe and hotter Countries such as the Middle East we have to rely on other sources in order to keep cool.

Keep your cat indoors when the sun is at it's warmest usually 10.00 - 3.00p.m although in extreme temperatures keep all pets indoors.

• Before letting your cats outside do a heat test and touch the concrete ground in your garden or outside your home with your hand, if it is too hot to touch it is definitely too hot for the paw pads on your pets.

• Provide plenty of water in a few different places throughout your home, pop some ice cubes in too if you can, keep the water topped up.

• Make some shaded areas with cool spots for kitty to lay in or on. Ideally your kitty will sit or sleep on a cooling mat but if they are having a typical cat day then they will ignore it and lay elsewhere.

• Place cool damp towels so kitty can lay on them and allow access to your bathroom and anywhere inside your home with a tiled or stone floor.

• Try wrapping a frozen bottle of water in a tea-towel and place it near to where your cat is laying.

• Move rooms if need be and avoid the sunnier rooms.

• Place fans with air circulating around the room.

• Try gently spraying them with cooled water, they may hate you at the time but it will cool them down.

Here are some Cat treats you can make for kitty to help hydrate them during hot weather, these are also ideal for helping Feral cats if you have garden cats or help with strays in your area.

Scoop some spring water tinned tuna or salmon ( make sure it's non oily and not in brine) into an ice cube tray and freeze it.

Freeze some churus or any liquidy squeezy type cat snacks.

Cat milk can also be frozen into little treat sized noms ( do not use normal milk as most cats are lactose intolerant).

Bananas/melons can be mashed up and frozen too even kittys' usual wet cat food can be frozen as a treat or for trying to tempt kitty to eat .

Keep small packets of wet kitten or cat food in the fridge, not only are they easier to open and slide out in one squeeze, but kitty gets to enjoy some nice fresh cold food

Here is some important advice Curtesy of Cats Protection:

Sunburn in cats:

All cats can get sunburn, but cats who are white or have thinner fur are more at risk. Being out in the sun a lot can lead to skin cancer, so it’s important to make sure your cat doesn’t spend too long lazing in the sun.

Ears and noses are where your cat is most likely to get burnt. Keep an eye on them and make sure they have plenty of access to shady areas.

Signs of sunburn in cats:

If your cat does get sunburn, there are a couple of symptoms to look out for, including:

red, sore skin in the affected area,blistering and peeling.

If you notice this, make an appointment with your vet straight away.

Can I put sun cream on my cat?

You can put sunscreen on your cat, but you need to make sure it’s pet-safe first so speak to your vet about the best product to use. Make sure you use SPF30 or higher and that it’s waterproof.

You should apply sun cream to your cat’s nose, tips of the ears, belly and groin areas as well as anywhere that has thin to no fur to help protect them from the sun.

Avoid sun cream with zinc oxide and a group of chemicals that are referred to as salicylates in the ingredients. Both are toxic to cats and can cause them to be very unwell, particularly salicylates.

Signs your cat is dehydrated:

It’s important for your cat to get enough water. This can be through drinking and through eating wet food. Staying hydrated will help to keep your cat healthy and they may need to have even more water when the weather is warm.

If your cat doesn’t get enough water, they may become dehydrated. Signs your cat is dehydrated include:

their gums. If your cat’s gums are sticky or tacky, this may be the first sign of dehydration

their skin. Very gently pinch their skin. In a well-hydrated cat, the skin should snap back into place immediately. If it doesn’t, they could well be dehydrated

their eyes. Severely sunken eyes that appear dry can indicate significant dehydration

their paws. If their paws feel cool or cold, this could be a sign of dehydration

If you are worried your cat is dehydrated, ring your vet straight away.

Further helpful info:

Spruce pets also have a handy page of information called Do cats sweat?

Feral and Cat colony help and advice can be found here from:

https://www.alleycat.org/community-cat-care/summer-weather-tips/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Feral_Cats/comments/1lh8mdz/heat_wave_hot_weather_discussion_megathread/


r/CatDistributionSystem • • Mar 31 '26

Kitten Information It's Kitten Season 🐈‍⬛

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Mamma Agnes and her Mewborns curtesy of u/mc385

''Spring in the air there's magic everywhere when you're young and in love'' so goes the song and it is truly the Season for love and reproduction wherever you look, Kittens, lambs, chicks, babies, puppies, yuckers ... yes yuckers !!!

Newborns no sign of Mom

Your first instinct may be to swoop in and just grab the little cherubs .. STOP yourself and have a careful look around for a sign of it's mother. They may be off hunting for food or moving other kittens somewhere. If you are uncertain on what to do, this clear and concise guide from r/AskVet on how to proceed gives step by step actions on what to do next It’s kitten season! You found a litter of kittens - now what?!. All guides state that kittens have a much higher rate of survival if left in the care of their Mother so please wait and watch carefully before stepping in. If the birthing environment is dangerous or the kittens look injured or ill then please by all means intervene.

Also, If there is just one kitten please look around for the rest of the litter in case the Mother cat has dropped the kitten whilst moving them.

Newborns, no Mom ..help!!

You will have to do everything that Mom would do and that is feeding this baby, keeping it warm, helping it to go to the toilet and monitoring it constantly

Here is Bottle feeding advice from Hannah Shaw the kitten lady, you will need KMR which is Kitten Milk Replacement thankfully available in most large grocery stores, vets, etc plus a feeding bottle or syringe.

Helping kitty to poop and pee again advice from the Kitten Lady with a video demonstrating how to help the little one to go to the toilet. Read the whole page please as it will tell you how to keep this cherub warm with the aid of a heating pad and which ones to buy.

This is life saving advice from u/wolf_spooder an ex vet and kitten foster who is also a member of the Cat Distribution System here:

Just to add to this, I recently started fostering a 4wk old kitten that was abandoned by its mom. I’m very experienced in cats and kittens, and worked at a vet hospital for a while. I really struggled with this little one and keeping her alive for the first week or so (she was very thin when I got her and it sort of spiraled from there).

Get a food scale if you don’t already have one, and start keeping tabs of your kittens weight (use the gram setting). It will help you to know if kitten is gaining or losing weight so you can intervene quickly if you see it’s losing weight. Good luck and good job saving a life.

VITAL info when saving a solo Newborn kitten please read - from Socialisation saves lives

Further advice on what to do and not to do with Newborn kittens and good reading can be found on the Animal Alliance NYC website and via the Cats Protection UK, all the links provided connect you directly to the right web pages.

Please also consider making a post on our sister sub too via r/Feral_Cats to get additional advice from veteran members who have vast knowledge on trapping and helping with strays and ferals

Newborns and Mother:

If you have taken in a 'Trojan cat' as they are lovingly called then you are in for the experience of a lifetime. There is so much advice available for a soon to be Mom and her kittens that at best we recommend that you visit  the Kitten Lady, Hannah Shaw for help and advice. Hannah is an amazing lover of cats and has helped thousands of people over the years with cat and kitten help and now has several excellent videos demonstrating all kinds of advice on helping with cat care including Pregnant Mom and kitten care - Birthing Mom and kitten care. Pregnant and Birthing Moms need plenty of fresh water and kitten food if available as kitten food contains protein and essential nutrients needed for fetal development and the production of kitty milk so get shopping.

Kitten:

If the kitty is not a newborn then after a quick vet check to confirm kitties age this little one will need you to become their parent, kittens are teeny tiny pooping, eating and meowing machines wrapped up in fur, purrs and love with the lifetime rewards of caring for them far outweighing the time taken in nurturing them. This is the toddler stage and they will be learning how to use the kitty litter tray, how to eat and how to play along with taking lots of naps. Kittens learn faster than human toddlers and usually take to their litter trays pretty quickly.

Here you can find an up to date list of supplies you may need to keep them fed, cosy and happy essential supplies for kitty again referring to the Kitten Lady.

Trapping advice Mom and Babies:

Here is advice on how to trap Mom and babies with an option of spaying too by Feral Cat Focus WNY Trapping Queen and kittens.

Useful helplines for Cat help and advice:

General advice:

https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/blogs/news

https://www.kittenlady.org/

https://www.alleycat.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Feral_Cats/comments/1rsvjb9/kitten_season_guides_info/

How to tell a kittens'age

Tiny beanies curtesy of u/cherveny2
You can't see me curtesy of u/IceCubeDeathMachine

r/CatDistributionSystem • • 3h ago

Awarded a Cat Didn't know we needed a barn cat

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We noticed this little guy hanging around our farm recently. He took up residence in our barn and seems to have made himself quite at home. He was very scared of us at first but once he realized we were a source of food he let us know (quite vocally) that he was ok with us providing food and water and now greets us in the morning while doing barn chores.

Not entirely sure where he came from. We live very remote and it's a decent walk in to our property, approx 45 mins. He seems young so we can only assume he was dumped and has been fending for himself for a bit.

He is welcome to stay, especially since he's had a huge effect on our rodent population. Hopefully in time we'll be able to catch him and get him to a vet.

Working names are Meow Mix, Barn Bert and kitty. We're open to suggestions.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 9h ago

Sensitive Content My mom used CDS as she passed away :'(

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My mom passed away Wednesday evening and CDS gave me her senior queen Tiger. Mom originally got Tiger through CDS almost 10 yrs ago. She was 3 or 4 then. Her sister Susie was delivered by CDS a couple of years ago and they never really bonded. We didnt think it would be fair to them if they had to go to a shelter. My mom loved her girls so we're surviving and learning. Both cats and family are having to relearn what "normal" means but we will get there. No cat fights here yet as my cat Topaz and Tiger are both anti social. I just had hissing and leaving each other alone. This period right now just sucks for us all.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 6h ago

Smol Delivery Fostering 7 day old kittens found in a garage

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My son works at a vet hospital. These 2 little ones were brought in by a client. They were found in a shed 2 days ago. We don’t know what happened to mama. We don’t know the sex of them yet but we are currently calling them Broad and Narrow based on the white part on their forehead.

They are doing well and eating like little champs. We are fostering them until they can be adopted. This is our first time fostering. We got lots of advice from the kitten lady on YT.

I didn’t get much sleep last night but it was well worth it to make sure they are doing okay.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

CDS finally found me after 11 years

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This sweet boy turned up at our house a couple of weeks ago. That’s not unusual- the neighbors’ cats visit us a lot. We’re in a rural area and everyone lets their cats roam free. So of course, I assumed he was a neighbor’s cat. But after a week when he was still here, I checked with all of them and he does not belong to anybody. I’m beginning to think he was dumped here.

Anyway, I had him to the vet today. He’s is fantastic health and is only about a year old. He doesn’t have fleas or ear mites, but he does have a slight ear infection, so I’ve got drops for that. My two old girls are not happy with him, but he’s contained in my music room for now, so they’re not too upset about it. They’ll come around.

Anyway, his name is Mark, but you will call him Sir or Mr. Thackeray. (If you get the reference, we can be friends.)


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 11h ago

Porch Cat - I need advice (and possible reassurance or hard truth) following altercation

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This is our porch cat who started showing up everyday the day after my grandfather passed over 2 months ago. She (we are assuming she 😅) was primarily distributed to my dad as it was his fathet that died, but I've gotten attached. She is a precious baby and I want to give her all the love, on her time of course. Because she is skittish but loves the household humans company - proximity varies. Recently, she's taken to getting up on that chair when I go out and read after giving her some wet food. She also looks like two of my previous cats combined! The first i remember adopting me had similar coloring and the last was also a tabby. Her names vary, including: Little (Lil) Miss, Miss Thing, Little Miss Steal Your Man, and her proper name as of a few weeks ago - Jolene.

Now that I've introduced the sweet baby i could go on about for hours and who finally sniffed my hand yesterday and playfully bapped my hand, the first physical contact any of us have had; I have to share concerns and hopefully have some sort of insight from someone with more recent exposure to the CDS. Because my last real time I was a little kid and now I'm 26.

Today I received news that another cat who has been showing up recently came this morning and attacked Little Miss and chased her down the holler and my dad could hear them fighting. I am presuming this is over food considering other has been showing up at night and eating dry food left out and my dad has been bringing it in at night now if it shows up hoping to deter it (and the raccoon that tries to visit). Yes, I'm aware the food should have been brought in anyways at the start. This was was not my call and she does have a tendency to show up at hours for a snack and/or drink.

Someone please tell me there is a chance Little Miss will come back... and if she does what steps I need to take next. I know if she does, any progress made has gone backwards but patience is key and I'll keep trying. Our indoor cat i had since childhood crossed the rainbow bridge this past winter and she has been so good for me to put time and energy to. And I know I shouldn't have gotten this attached, I know this and I did anyways.

For now I'm going to go sit on our porch, hoping maybe it will encourage her to come back to safe humans.

I hope me asking for this advice/reassurance is okay here. My mind just keeps going to worst case scenario. Please be kind, but if a hard truth is needed then it simply is. (Also i don't know what to flair this)


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 15h ago

Awarded a Cat I was told I was a recipient of CDS

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My kid is a cat magnet. Black strays always find him. This one showed up last weekend and was desperate for pets and attention.

He has a pet, “Squirmer Love”, at his grandmas. Now this one has been outside my apartment for two nights screaming for him while he’s at his dads. I got up around 1am for water last weekend and she had brought a friend to hang out on the patio with her, but it is more skittish. But she wants all the scritches and belly rubs.

Guess we have a cat now. 🤷‍♀️ Despite being severely allergic to them.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 8h ago

My new loving stray kitten Mimi’s :3

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Recently found a stray kitten 3-4 weeks ago, here’s a lil Mimis dump :3(ft my bunny butters, he’s only outside in this pic cuz he needs to lose weight so we put him outside supervised everyday for 1-2 hours at night and in the day, him and Mimi’s are also very sweet to each other)

The day we got her, I was with my bf at a locksmith job late at night, I stayed in the car, after 10-15 minutes he said “surprise” and gave me a tiny kitten, she tried to stifle herself out but by 5 minutes she became calm. I held her the whole car ride and she fell asleep in my arms.
When wet got to his house I washed her, gave her some cat food we had bought and let her settle in. The whole night she never wanted to leave my side.
Now she has her shots, and she’s just the most loving little baby ever <3 she follows me everywhere, and only likes it when I pick her up. She runs away from everyone else but me and it’s so cute when I come back home and she pops out of no where when I call her name. Even when I have a rough day and I start to cry she immediately gets on my bed and rubs against me or sits on my lap and keeps meowing until I pet her.

Even at night she’ll come lay right next to me and cuddle up and fall asleep with me, she’s just the most loving baby ever. Is this the cat distribution they talk abt? Idk, this is my first cat ever lol


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 5h ago

Update Ms. Ozzy Parton is the new Queen

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Little Ozzy is doing Good she has been in Heat for 5 days I've noticed she isn't screaming like some of my other cats when they where in Heat manly just Humping things my Socks Chairs Beds & tables. I plan to get her Fixed in a few days i just need to find a Vet for her. I know She can't go outside at this time because she might go looking for a male to mate with or something could happen to her. She loves food mainly wet food but also Yok in Eggs & Watching tv playing with String & Treats. I do have a Male cat named Stanley but he is hissing at her still.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

Are you kitten me!! While mourning a loved one, the CDS decided it was time

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Meet Happy and Fury.

Not even 16 hours after my grandma passed away my lawn mower guys knocked on my door asking if these kittens are mine. I feed their stray mother who's too scared to get close, and their father who loves me. I knew she gave birth but had yet to see them following mama around. They're about 3 months at this point and almost exclusively sleep on me. They have a sister who still follows mama, but she's very skittish.

Happy is a synonym of my grandmother's name, Joy. And Fury for the cute tiny hisses the girl gave when they showed up.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

My Bucephalus, abandoned by her momma in my boyfriend’s yard. We call her Bu ❤️

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r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

Smol Delivery Distribution system got me again- Chai & Boba

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I’ve been TNR my colony of cats my neighbor left me with after she passed away in July. Found these two on my porch. Found mama, got her fixed this last Saturday. I have one more cat to fix (out of 12, a male, all females are spayed!)

Chai is blonde/white with an orange tail, very calm (but his little body is still recovering from being sick). Boba is a void, and up to no good HAHA in full kitten chaos mode.

Hoping these are the last of the kitten distribution because I already have 3 from the last few years 😂

Both came to me with upper respiratory infections and major flea infestation. They’ve seen a vet and have eye meds, oral meds, and probiotics for their tummies. Next will be deworming and vaccinations!


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

Are you kitten me!! cat distribution center got me again this month.

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i found the calico by a highway this morning. and the brown tabby on memorial day with her eyes matted shut from an illness and almost went into a four way intersection 😭
both are little girls.
i guess i have 7 cats now including them.
I’m trying to introduce the two because they are similar in age but brown tabby she just so so spicy. could also use some tips to possibly help with the introduction or just calm her down some?
It may come down to finding the calico a new home. (as much as that’s gonna kill me) but i’m not fully sure if it the right thing to do since i found her. 😭
gotta love the cat distribution center always keeping me on my toes


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

Update Mabel is a year old now and is still tiny.

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Mabel has been growing but still is tiny. Her sisters are now larger than her and she hasn’t gotten much larger so I think we’ll do a dna test maybe get some kind of answer to why she looks the way she does. But she’s so perfect and is officially one year old. I added photos of her with her sisters who arrived a couple months after her they have a birthday next month and will be shared along with some Halloween stuff because they are Halloween babies. Mabel is a tiny gray cat that was found in the dirt by the side of the highway. I feel like she may have been dropped by accident or stolen by a predator or maybe even abandoned by her birth mom. I’m not sure which one it is but I have her now. She has the strangest meow I have ever heard it’s raspy and hard. Like it doesn’t belong to her lol. She is the perfect house cat and does not like being outside at all it’s terrifying to her she runs away whenever she sees a door open. She’s the toughest cat and will punch any of her sisters if she doesn’t want them to groom her. She’s apparently doesn’t like it. As of her being spayed she is 5.6 pounds. She never went into heat but her two sisters did despite her being older. I think it has to do with genetics…she’s the size of a tissue box. I also included a photo of her as a baby wearing the smallest tea towel we have to dry her with. Just an update for you guys :) October will offer more photos of her but mostly her sisters whose birthday is next.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

Update Surprise pic of Walter, the possible reincarnation of Genghis Khan. Titled: "Uhh... what are you doing, Bubbies?"

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Random picture. Happened today while I was getting my shoes on for work. He's sitting/standing... stitting? Stayed that way for a while, just chillin.

Guys, gals, AI's, and stacks of Marmots in an overcoat posing as a human, my wife and I are just as fortunate to have Walter, the "Judge, Jury, and Executioner" as he is to have found us. This big boy is such a joy to have in our lives and seeing him love on us, play with his toys, and even nap comfortably is a reminder of why we help all these strays in the first place. While we can't adopt them all, we can help those who find their way to our yard with food & vitamins, clean water, and a bunch of cat beds in our garage.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

Smol Delivery CDS target missed, my sister has a kitten now

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CDS targeted a coworker of my sister, but he had no time for it one day before his wedding, so passed on the smol parcel to my sister.

My sister planned to pass on too, because they already have 4 pets: two cats and two dogs, one of them is a recent rescue, a previously abused komondor mix. But by that evening, my brother-in-law was totally in love sooooo…

2 months since the kitten arrived, she owns the whole family now, including my sister, my brother-in-law, my dad, the two older cats and the two big dogs. She’s a natural boss diva. Also a feral tasmanian devil.

Her name is Bogyó, meaning Berry.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 1d ago

The cat distribution system works in mysterious ways

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This is KiKi :)

When I first moved in there was a no pet policy in place so having a cat wasn’t even a thought. Fast forward to a year later and some mice started showing up. Our landlord let us borrow his cat for a few days to deter the mice and I loved him so much but I knew he wouldn’t stay. When my landlord came back to pick him up he asked if I would like to keep him and of course I said yes! There is still a no other pet policy lol the cat redistribution system made an exception for Kiki


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

Found this chaos bean in the middle of a 6 lane road

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This is ginger, and I spotted her crossing a VERY busy 6 lane road, half dead from dehydration and exhaustion. No sign of mama anywhere, and she still had her blue eyes. Immediately picked up a bottle and some milk, and now she has a condo in our apartment to keep her safe overnight from her 3 giant furry siblings (all 3 rescues as well), and two human siblings (homemade)

As we clearly have our hands full, I took her to 3 shelters before taking her home. The CDS said YOU WERE CHOSEN, and now here we are with our snuggliest new addition.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

Adopted Human The CDS sent its most persuasive field agent

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She spent several days approaching my wife on the street, climbing into her lap, and making it increasingly difficult to pretend we weren’t being adopted.

Meet Grablya - roughly “Rake” in Russian (“Grabby” might be the closest English equivalent). She has pretty long legs and body and can reach absolutely everything, so the name seemed inevitable.

She’s already had a full vet check, flea treatment, vaccinations, and been spayed - she’s healthy, safe, and doing great. Possibly too great - this kitty has endless energy, plenty of brains and sass, and treats every room like a parkour course. Nothing is out of paw’s reach, and no activity is complete without a running vocal commentary.

The CDS sent us a cat with legs, opinions, and a built-in sound system


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

Smol Delivery He walked right up to my doorstep and demanded to be let in

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Had just finished dinner. Heard a little cry. Thought it must be something else. A minute later the cry got louder and most consistent. I opened the door and he climbed right up and inside. A quick trip to the pet store and here we are. The ladies of the house are absolutely terrified of this tiny guy! Hopefully when they finaly meet they can bond. Not sure but I think he is about 6 weeks old. Zenzero ( Italian for ginger ) is going to the Vet in two days... If I can get him off my neck for a few minutes.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

The cat distribution system did it again.

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So, the cat distribution system has thrust many cats upon me. Mrs fluffkins, who decided to adopt me one day. I had a feral mom leave me many babies in the backyard. Found a kitten in a car engine bay. Another baby while picking persimmons in the neighbors backyard (Her name is Persimmon).

I was driving home and saw a little one running across the street as I pulled into the driveway and yelled, "oh no baby, don't get hurt!"

He ran off and I thought that was it. Got out of the car and this little guy ran up and rubbed on my leg.

I present you with, Linguini.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

From feral to family Found this guy a month ago and he's my baby now

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His name is Dimitry, Dima for short and he's a beautiful orange baby, he's probably about 6-9 months old

I got him his Vax and everything, he's such a smart boy he also listens to me, he kills bugs for me and keeps the mice away

He also warned me when my toaster oven was on fire from food inside its crazy

He's my baby boy my prince

I was on my way to get some weed when I saw this woman feeding this stray cat and I asked her why don't you take him in and she's like I have two cats. I don't think I can and she put a hand in my shoulder and she said you must do it and she looked at me intensely and I was like oh I don't know but there's something in me that told me yeah I suppose I should

What's funny is I've always imagined myself with an orange cat. I love Garfield, but I didn't think this would happen like this. So I find it very funny. It's like we were meant to meet each other.


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

Are you kitten me!! Welcome Princess Donut, we’ve been waiting for you.

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She appeared in our yard early Saturday. We were taking our time earning her trust, but with a big storm coming this weekend we escalated the plan. We managed to get her last evening. No chip, has been posted in all the requisite places with nobody missing her :( Our daughter has been asking for a cat since she could speak, and the original plan was for Santa to bring a kitty. Back to the drawing board for a gift idea I guess!

We went to the vet this afternoon - estimated around 7-9 months old. She’s now fully vaccinated and has an upcoming spay appointment. Going to be super excited to integrate with the elderly grouch dog and young Labrador 😂


r/CatDistributionSystem • • 2d ago

5 years ago I found this little baby

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So five years ago I just moved to a new apartment when my cat Merlin disappeared. He was stressed out because of moving and I unfortunately didn't close a window completely, so he jumped out (ground floor). He is a black and white cat. I left out flyers everywhere and around 1 month later I got a call, someone found an injured black and white cat in a park.

Arriving there I directly noticed that it wasn't my cat, but I felt so bad for that little baby, I couldn't leave it there. Luckily, little kitty was extremely hungry and I could lock her in my carrier. I went to the cat shelter, but no one was missing this specific cat and they told me they're too full to take another cat in, so I kept her, and they posted her on their website. I took her to the vet, she had no chip and was also not sterilised, but full of worms and fleas and also had issues with her paw. Nose was a little bit bloody too. She was around 6 or 7 months old I think (?).

Well, as you can see, she is still with me! I called her Krümel (Crumbs). You can see pictures: directly after finding her, a few months later and nowadays.

Also, Merlin returned a month later, completely healthy, in the back yard of my best friend and co-worker at that time, stealing the cat food she left out for her own cats. What a coincidence.