Las Vegas cat rescuer shares heartwarming update about dumpster kittens progress despite discouragement of her friends, says: ‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 28, 2025 4:00 PM EST

When we left this story last, we were in the midst of a brazen rescue, which was unfortunately rather marred by the people surrounding the rescuer. While not everyone is born a cat lover, you would assume that most people understand the need to rescue stray cats and help them not overpopulate at the very least. But this poor cat rescuer got no support, or even sympathy from the people around her for the great work she had done. Thankfully, this did not stop her from doing all that needed to be done to actually make this lost feline's life the best that it can be, including giving it a new home and fur family.

And that is the tale that we get to hear about today, the heartwarming moment when this somewhat feral feline finally met her furever family of fellow cats and hoomans. A moment that so many shelter cats wait for, and yet so little of them actually get. It is a wonder that this cat got given this golden opportunity and even more so wondrous that their pawrent did not list to the nay sayers around her.

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    "She is a hardcore biter due to her age"
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    Hello! I'm not sure if you remember me, but I posted a couple of weeks ago now about a kitten I had saved in my neighborhood and how I was not prepared for how mean some people would be about it.
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    When I wrote that, I was in a place of genuine anger and sadness. It wasn't every single person I ran into telling me I did the wrong thing, but it was quite a few people, some I thought were pretty close to me, that said something that
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    made me incredibly confused and come to the realization that a lot of people do NOT like cats. Before I delve a bit deeper into that post and answer some of the same questions I received on that post, I
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  • Well, we hate to confirm what this rescuer felt, but yeah quite a lot of people do not like cats. And much like any other irrational dislike, it is due to preconceptions that have been formed over thousands of years and gently trickled into our collective mindset. Things such as the clever independent women of the medieval times who had house cats who kept them safe from diseases, branding them witches. Even though we know none of that to be true, society still suffers from the stigma. 

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    wanted to update you all on the kitten Frankie's story since there's been many requests for an update. Frankie has been in my bathroom for quite a while due to not receiving a
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    SNAP test during her vaccines and spay appointment. The vet that I went to originally specializes mainly in spays and neuters, hence why they didn't really think it was important to SNAP test her even
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    though I stressed that she was primarily outdoors for the first 4 months of her life. While they did a wonderful job with the spay, they're not really that great at communication. She
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    will not be going back there, and I have told them that she will be receiving the rest of her vaccinations elsewhere. I have since brought her to another vet that offers low cost
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    wellness checkups and testing in my city. I am pleased to announce that she is negative!! They have given me the go ahead to start introducing her to the rest of the family, and she has also healed very well
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    from her spay. It was very hard to keep her under control to heal. The last time I dealt with a post- spay was about five years ago, with my little 5 year old girl. I have another appointment booked with them
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  • Wow, what a wonderful update to hear. It is not all too often that you get to find out what happened to a poor cat that was picked up off the street. But in this case we have been truly treated to a wonderful story, of trust building, healing and the integration of this sweet cat into the lives of its new family. It is so heartwarming to hear the stories of responsible and caring pawrents. 

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    to give her the booster shots she needs on the 27th, but she is so well behaved at the vets. We will probably be sticking with this vet due to their low costs but also wonderful personalities. Funnily
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    enough, it's actually where we got our 8 year old boy from. If you live in Las Vegas, I highly recommend checking out Hearts Alive Village Animal Clinic. They are very understanding and some of the sweetest people I've ever met. There's no
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    bs with them. Frankie is officially 5 months old as of August 5th. She is a hardcore biter due to her age, and I've been learning how to redirect her with toys, as well as saying "Ow!" and
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    pulling away to get her to stop. She is incredibly rambunctious and curious. She enjoys being held like a baby and sung to. She will straight up start making air biscuits, it is the cutest thing. I didn't
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    mention this in my original post, but we did find out she broke her tail in two places while she was outside, unfortunately. The vet just said that since it's already healed and there's no necrosis, there's
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    no point in really doing anything about it. It doesn't diminish her quality of life, and she's still incredibly playful. She still uses her tail to express her irritation to us, haha! I'm currently in the process of teaching her how to shake
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    and sit, and she's picked up on it super fast. She's so smart and listens fairly well for a cat. I just adore her personality and I'm hoping she's going to be a wonderful addition to our family. I will be
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    doing the slow introduction method that I've looked up and I'll probably update that on another sub since Frankie is not longer stray cat. I am very nervous but I'm hoping all goes well.
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    We recently opened up her space by letting her roam the main bedroom with the bathroom still available as her toilet. Both of my cats can smell her quite clearly as well as hear her now. My older cat does not
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    care, he just walks around with no concern. My younger cat though is very panicked. Now that she can actually smell and hear her, she's very concerned and is currently hiding under the bed.
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    Hopefully with slow intros I can get them to be great friends. They're actually a lot like each other, which is probably why my younger cat wants nothing to do with Frankie haha.
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    They have seen each other through the crack of the door and they've just hissed at each other. My youngest one I wanted to beat her up so that's great.
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    For my neighbors, they've watched her follow me. They've watched her running around. For the couple of neighbors that expressed their distate for her existence, you'll be happy to know I have said absolutely
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    nothing to them if I don't have to. They don't even know she's still alive and with me. They've asked me what has happened to her or if I've seen her and I just shrug and go dunno. Some of you have gotten mad at me for interacting
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    with them, but what a lot of you don't know is when my husband's car was broken into, those same neighbors rallied to get video footage, gave statements on what they saw, and even went as far as to let me know that
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    something didn't look right with his car. They stay around when we called the police to make sure they had all the information they needed and thanks to a lot of them, they found the culprits who did
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    it. They're not the worst people but they are questionable with what they support and don't support. I just now know when to give information when it's needed versus going hush hush, like a little info diet.
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