Young Ruby Tuesday has been living with us for 8 weeks now. She was a skinny little thing when she moved in with us and has done nothing but eat since she got here. Her own food and anything our other cat leaves gets hoovered up.
She was living as a stray prior to that and was obviously in "not knowing where her next meal was coming from mode".
The weather has been cold and wet for most of that time, so she hasn't been keen on going out and getting any exercise. So she is turning into a chubby little thing. In her defence, she does have a very thick winter coat on which makes her look a lot wider than she actually is.
She seems to have settled down to a more regular feeding pattern now. and we have regular play sessions every day so hopefully she will settle down to a more normal weight now.
Oh she is gorgeous. We had a tortoise shell cat who adopted us when we first came to Australia. She belonged to a neighbour of ours but the poor little cat wasn't allowed inside their house and didn't get fed too often either, so she decided to move in with us. We did ask the neighbour if we could take the cat with us when we moved house shortly afterwards and she said 'yes but she wouldn't stay because she was a wanderer' She stayed with us for 18 years and we still miss her.
@onewing A very similar Story with Ruby. She is only a year old but has had two "owners" before us. Neither of them seem to have looked after her properly. She has been trying to move in with us since July and we finally gave in to her in December. She shows no signs of wanting to wander anywhere..... She is such a sweet and affectionate little thing and I must admit I have been spoiling her a bit...... but time for a diet I feel. :)
Ruby Tuesday is a beauty! She isn't fat, she's fluffy! Reminds me of our Katniss and similar story but Katniss was a pregnant stray when she came to us almost 5 years ago. :)
