My partner and I adopted Kelly in late October 2020. When we picked her up she had gone through at least two houses, had severe anxiety that had caused her to lick the back of her leg clear of fur, a bloated abdomen and urinary problems. Within the first week, she stopped licking her leg. The next week we learned she was incredibly scared of blankets. A month after adopting her we brought her to her vet for a nail trim (we’re first-time nail trimmers and wanted to make sure we would do it properly), they gave her a quick check-up and let us know that Kelly was no longer bloated, was extremely hydrated, and had a healthy urinary tract. Several months after her adoption, just last week, she slept with her stomach out for the first time. She lays on and around the blankets in the house, communicates with her mummy and daddy when she wants more water and spends every day cuddling in her favourite couch corner. She’s started letting her mummy pick her up and bring her to bed for cuddles and to hold her when the rain gets too loud. Kelly loves meeting new people and loves her grandmas, who she rubs up against every time they come to see her. Her new best friends are a catnip-stuffed turtle and every string she lays her eyes on. Kelly has also become a HUGE fan of belly rubs and loves to keep watch over her catio garden.
Overall, Kelly has made a complete 180. She is silky and shiny and always happy. She’s the best addition to our family and so much more than we ever thought. We love her so wholeheartedly and by the number of slow blinks she returns and the times she shows us her tummy, I can see that she loves us too.
Kelly has found her forever home where she will never encounter stressors again. She is our one and only princess who makes amazing leaps and bounds every day. Just last night she slept beside her mummy’s head, half-on-half-off a blanket that she would have avoided in October.