Kitten rescued from a raging rainstorm, covered in fleas and fear, but fabulous foster turns their life around by finding him a furrever home: 'He now lives his best life.'

When they say the Cat Distribution System works in mysterious ways - they really mean it.

When there's a raging rain storm outside, the last thing you expect to find is a screaming kitten. But such are the ways of the CDS, and the truly meowsterious ways it opperates in. It's like this secretive body / organization / witches coven, or whatever it is, can create the purrfect situation for a cat to be adopted - or at least fostered and nursed back to health, until they find their forever home. When people say that "the starts alligned" for them to adopt their cat - you know it's all thank to the Cat Distribution System.

But, as you may have already guessed, this one person really did find a kitten screaming in the rain. So while they didn't have any way to contact someone else, they decided "I will foster this flea-ridden feline and I will find them a forever home - just as any cat deserves." And we appreciate this person so much for doing so. Them, and anyone else who volunteers as a cat's foster.

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Cats and showers have a long, dramatic history of mutual distrust. If you’ve ever tried to bathe a cat, you know it’s less a cleaning routine and more a small-scale opera of claws, hisses, and expressive tail thwacks. The reason cats generally detest water isn’t laziness or spite - it’s evolutionary logic. Domestic cats descended from desert-dwelling wildcats, where water was scarce and bathing wasn’t a daily necessity. Their fur is excellent at self-cleaning, and they spend hours grooming with their sandpaper tongues, removing dirt, debris, and even some oils naturally. Add to that the shock of sudden cold, slippery surfaces, and being confined in a tub or sink triggers fight-or-flight instincts in even the most chill house cats.
Yet, sometimes a cat bath becomes unavoidable - especially if fleas enter the picture. Fleas aren’t picky - they’ll hitch a ride on even the most meticulous groomers. In those cases, a carefully administered flea shampoo can save a cat from endless itching, discomfort, and potential health issues like anemia. It’s crucial to use lukewarm water, gentle handling, and a specially formulated shampoo to reduce stress. Even though the process is dramatic, cats usually recover quickly, resuming pre-shower fluffing and grooming as if nothing traumatic happened. Cats hate showers because evolution made them excellent self-cleaners, but sometimes survival (and flea-free happiness) wins over pride.
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