From Bored Panda (click on screenshot below) we get the story of Shrek, a messed-up cat that was rescued. Click on the screenshot to read:
Some excerpts:
An adorable and gentle cat named Shrek was found in a feral cat colony, but he didn’t really belong there, since he was bullied by other cats. Because of that, Shrek was malnourished and was covered in scars from catfights. But besides that, the poor guy was partially blind, with goopy, bagged eyes that resulted from a condition called entropion.
His story began when Emily Shields, the founder of Whiskers N Wishes Sanctuary in Marana, Arizona, took him in. Because of his weird look that resembled the ogre character from the animated movie, he was given the name Shrek.
Shrek’s story started at Whiskers N Wishes Sanctuary whose founder, Emily Shields, took him in from a cat colony where the poor guy was bullied by other cats
. . .After all of Shrek’s health issues were treated, he was adopted by a couple from New York, and now Shrek lives a comfortable house cat life.
Besides not getting enough food, Shrek also had entropion, which made it hard for him to see.
At first he looked like this (photo from Wishesrescue Instagram page):
“Shrek was living in a colony of cats near an airport in Tucson, but he was an outsider and was being bullied. He was found by Courtney of Poets Square Cats, which has over 1 million followers on TikTok. I was sitting in a movie theater – watching Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken with my kids – and Courtney texted asking if we had room for a friendly tom cat who was being bullied,” explained Emily.
Emily also described the condition he was in: “Shrek looked really rough. He wasn’t eating enough because of the other cats, and his eyes were pretty goopy and gross. Like many male street cats, he is FIV positive. He looked like a mess.”
Shrek had to get several surgeries due to his condition. Emily explained what was desperately needed and why
“Shrek had entropion, which is where the eyelids grow inwards and the eyelashes are stabbing into the eyeballs themselves. It’s painful and obviously made it hard for him to see. He was neutered and given his shots, then he ended up needing to have his eye surgery and dental surgery as well,” wrote Emily.
Here’s Shrek after surgery (photo form wishesrescue Instagram page):
In the end, Shrek had a happy ending and could leave his previous misfortunes in the past.
“Shrek was adopted by a wonderful couple in New York City, who run his various social media accounts. He is much loved and living an amazing life for a former Arizona street cat. His new dad flew to Phoenix, drove to Tucson, picked Shrek up, drove back, and flew back to New York all in one day to get Shrek home!” shared Emily lastly.
I have tremendous respect for those who take in sick and messed-up cats, giving them a nice, comfortable life with plenty of food and vet care.
Image: shrek.in.the.city
Photo from the shrek.in.the.city Instagram page:
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And, submitted for your approval, two videos. First, a bunch of cats doing funny stuff (7½ minutes). My favorites are “pool cat” at 1:11, yowling cats at 1:20, flehmen cat at 2:29, drinking cat at 2:55, banana-peel cat at 4:00, bath cat at 4:15 (what’s with that?), costumed cat at 6:16, “kissed cat” at 7:07, and cat mess at 7:20.
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And 4½ minutes of scaredy cats. My favorites: cat scared by cucumber at 10 seconds in (I still don’t know if this is a real thing), sneezy cat at 0:19, bag cat at 1:04, lizard-encountering cat at 1:10, and toaster cat at 3:09, But I don’t think people should deliberately be scaring their cats, as many do in this video.
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Lagniappe: I’ve told the story of Mrs. Chippy before, but reader Nigel sent a new link and visited her monument in Wellington, New Zealand (I can’t believe I missed it when I was there!) as well as his own photo taken in January:
I’m a regular reader of your blog and appreciate your robust defence of science as I know it. Keep up the good work. Knowing your interest in cats and NZ you may be interested in Mrs Chippy even if unlikely that you don’t know already. Taken last week when I was there.
The tale of Mrs. Chippy in the cemetery:
h/t: Ginger K,
I wish Mrs. Chippy had been given a TheDodo ending and been adopted by a couple of lonely penguins. I read a book on the Endurance and the recounting of how the crew members had had to euthanize the beloved pets who had kept them going for many months of cold and privation was so sad.
Wonderful story about Shrek.
May he thrive.
Thank you for sharing.
Great stories and videos as always. The videos are hilarious, but I have to admit that I have to sympathize with those poor scaredy cats: such stress! Their adrenal glands were working overtime.
Thanks for this week’s Trifecta – an oasis of felid-based calm in a troubling world!
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Is someone slicing onions in here?