Feral garden calico cat trades street life for indoor furever home after several offers to join hoomans fur family, saving her life from the winter freeze: ‘I am so lucky that little Lottie chose us.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jan 31, 2026 2:00 PM EST

It is not often that a feral feline will choose to walk itself into the home of a stranger, but that is exactly what happened in this story.

And we know you are likely thinking to yourself, well what reason would this cat have to walk into the unknown of a stranger's home if not for a place to give birth or pass away. But we can tell you that much to our and to stranger's surprise this was not the reason that our feral feline sought out shelter.

The real reason we will leave for you to discover as you read through this riveting tale of feline forward behavior that breaks the conventions of cat composure and shows that no matter what, a cat is capable of taking great strides to support itself, even if that means trusting in a hooman whom they have not yet learned to trust. Sometimes you just have to leap in blindly and hope for the very best to happen. 

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    I just hope she won't try and escape."
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    I have posted a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, that cat sadly got hit by a car just 2 weeks later and G. d. I was so sad because he just started to trust me.
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    A few days ago, a new calico cat showed up and she is the sweetest. I again asked the neighbors if someone was missing their cat (as she snuck in with me because of the terrible winter weather). Nobody
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    claimed her. My boyfriend, my sister and I have noticed that she looks pregnant. This or it might be worms or another dise. Is it likely for her to be pregnant despite the time of the year? I wasn't able to look
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  • Well, this is certainly an interesting one. It is not often that a hooman will be targeted by so many cats one after the other. It seems as though the Cat Distribution System is heck bent on making it so that this hooman has a fur baby. And judging by the amount of care and concern this person already has for a cat they barely know we would happily find ourselves agreeing with the CDS’s choice in hooman. But judging by the time of year (at least per the cold) it is not likely that this catto is pregnant…

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    at her belly and check for the teats. She seems to be accustomed to humans so maybe she was abandoned. She enjoys pets a lot. I would love to bring her home as we have lost a couple of
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    outdoor cats over the years on the same road and I am seriously so over it. I only keep my cats indoors. We expect terrible weather over the weekend. Our plan is to take her to the vet on Monday and get her checked for an ID-chip. As
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    stated in the last post, I have a 16 year old senior indoor cat. I don't want to expose her to potential illnesses. How should I proceed? If she is pregnant, does that stress her out too much? We have a lot of barns where she
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    is sheltered from the cold. When I take her inside, how long should I put her in quarantine? Should I even try to take her inside? She constantly sits in front of my door and wants inside since she snuck in
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    once. Any advice is welcomed. Sorry it the post is kind of all over the place.
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    Hi guys! I just left the vets office and we have news! Little Mrs. Lottie is in fact NOT pregnant. But she is riddled with fleas and worms. She is
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    not spayed and the vet said she is about 2-3 years old. She has a bad tooth, probably she got bitten by a mouse. We will continue to monitor. I was afraid she might have FIP,
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  • Excuse you? A cat who has a mouse bite? What kind of topsey turvey Tom and Jerry world are we living in where a street cat has incurred an injury from the bite of a mouse? It sounds absurd to say it even. Maybe that is how this poor thing got worms in the first place. But either way it sounds like this clever catto knew it was time to seek out support as between her physical condition and the weather conditions it does not sound as though she would have made it all to much longer by herself. 

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    but I have ordered a X-ray and she is doing great! (the doctor said it wasn't really necessary if I didn't want to pay for it, she has no other symptoms but I wanted to make
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    sure everything is fine). Also I now know for a fact that she isn't preggers. She did amazing, besides a little panic-p e in the
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    carrier, but that was totally expected. I have gotten her blc d drawn and we will get the results tomorrow afternoon. She got dewormed
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    TRIXIE TRIXIE
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    and treated for the fleas. If she is fine, we can start to introduce her to our cat Baghira. No one has come forward to claim her even though the
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    ger elle
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    post got shared a lot and has reached thousands of people. I'm glad that she doesn't have to go through labor and I will spay her in 4-6 weeks once she settled down. She is
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    such a sweetheart and while I am sad that she was one of the many cats out there without a loving home, I am so glad she came to our house. I will love and care for this
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    little girl as much as I can. I will keep her indoors to protect her from getting ran over by a car. In Germany, we call calicos "Glückskatzen" which loosely
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    translates to "lucky cats". They are seen as a symbol of luck. And I am so lucky that little Lottie chose us. If we can't find an owner, she will be our newest addition to our family. So fingers crossed the will get
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    along with our old lady. If there aren't any more updates, she will be ours. Please please please spay and neuter your cats!
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    Worried-Awareness-84 OP I don't want to make a whole post about her again, but today I have bought a lot of enrichment toys for her. The fleas are dropping dad from her coat and I have been brushing them out with various brushes. Thankfully she likes it a lot. I have bought her a large puzzle board, different small toys, catnip spray and a cardboard scratcher for her 'base camp'.
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    I also called the vet because of the bloodwork and little Mrs. Is - besides all of the parasites and the tooth - healthy! That means I will let her discover the house a bit more tomorrow while Baghi is in another room. Also I feel comfortable to slowly introduce the two to each other through the door. For now, she isn't bolting out of the door or crying, but she sits right at the door when she hears me enter. I just hope she won't try and escape. I can get her spayed in 4 weeks earliest, so she
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