Marie

Meet Marie, enjoying her perfectly made to her size baby chair. I sold others in the past but it took time and didn't make me much. Man took this one home for a previous cat, with a calico cat from the past in mind that would always sit on a red plastic baby chair.

Marie came to my neighbour in 2016. I forgot but thanks to Facebook I know the date. I did remember he named her Leah. By the time she was adult sized I spotted her in my yard eating bread crusts thrown out for the birds. The owner is notorious for sparcely feeding his dogs. I said to her: one day, if you agree, you'll be mine.

I'll try to keep it short. I know she had loads of babies. All to be sold. But one was kept to produce even more. In 2019 formerly Leah started to come to my place to eat. She was obviously pregnant. But still went back home. In 2020, during Covid19 lockdown she came back, pregnant again. I couldn't work, had a close to three months paid holiday so I had a lot of time to spend with her. And she decided to give birth in my house. The next day the complete family was picked up by a stray cat society. I was about to start working again and with my irregular hours it was the best thing to do. The rescue people were thrilled, because they had offered the owner to 'do' both his cats for free and he refused.

When she was brought back to me three months later she almost jumped in my arms. Still I opened the back door and let her free. She never went back to her previous home. Marie has gained a lot of weight since and also her fur that was very poor came back. At the time we couldn't even see the rings on her tail.

Marie's daughter was later on picked up by neighbours and sent to SAZ because she was pregnant and roaming the streets looking for food. She was placed back in the yard and still lives at her original home. Apparently she's been taken good care of now.

But we also have Marie's granddaughter, Belle, but that's another story. Also how we named her and renamed Marie.