This Online Community Shares Before And After Adoption Pics, Shows How Love And Care Changes Cats (30 New Pics)

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Its Been A Year

Final score:

216points

Experts estimate that about 35% of all households in the United States have a cat. So my question to the rest of you is this: what are you waiting for? I'm joking, of course. Bringing home an animal is a big responsibility (which comes with many rewards), and should not be something you rush into. If you are unsure whether or not you are ready to make this move, check out this cat adoption checklist by American Humane and this cat care guide by ASPCA. They should give you the information you need to make up your mind.

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Took A Chance, And Decided To Rehabilitate This Boy Instead Of Letting Him Be Put Down. One Of The Best Decisions Of My Life

Final score:

176points

This Online Community Shares Before And After Adoption Pics, Shows How Love And Care Changes Cats (30 New Pics)

Its Been A Year

Took A Chance, And Decided To Rehabilitate This Boy Instead Of Letting Him Be Put Down. One Of The Best Decisions Of My Life

What A Foster Home Can Do For A Sick Cat...now Misza Is Enjoying His Cat Retirement After Being A Neglected Feral For 15 Years

Toby And Quinton Were Rescued Together And Adopted As A Bonded Pair. Toby Has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome And Quinton Was Toothless. They Became Brave And Happy . Quinton Passed Away Recently, I'm So Glad We Had Him For The Time We Did And He Passed Knowing We Would Keep His Best Friend Safe

8 Years Ago Today The Triplets Were Born. From Bottle Feeding Every 3 Hours, To Beautiful Lazy Babies. Bob, Possum, And Arwyn Made Me The Crazy Cat Lady I Am Today

Before And After. What A Transformation!

Bones Had Some Issues With Ringworm When We First Found Him (~8 Weeks), But He’s All Better Now (2 Years)!

A Local Vet Treated This Rescued Stray From A Bad Case Of Fungus/Ringworm Few Months Ago. Look At Her Now

Our Kitty Was Already An Adult In The Photo On The Left. A 6 Month Glow Up

My Mom Is A Realtor. She Went To Show An Empty House And Found That The Previous Owners Had Left Something Behind

I’m So Happy For Her Progress

Two Months Ago I Found Him Mangled, Probably Had Been Run Over, And Almost Dead Due To Dehydration. Vets Had To Amputate One Of His Front Legs And Tail. Today We Finally Took The Cone Of Shame Off And Let Him Chill With Us On The Bed

Rey When I Found Her On The Street And At 1 Year Old. Good Job, Baby Girl!

Two Months Of Love Changed Mr. Biscuits

Found This Girl In November 2019

From Being Found In Our Woodshed Two Years Ago With Wounds The Vet Believes Was From A Coyote , To Yesterday A Happy Healthy House Kitty. Meet Chip!

I Found This Kitten Dumped In The Middle Of A Road Too Weak And Hungry To Get To Safety. The Photo On The Right Is What 6 Days Of Cuddles By The Fireplace, Lots Of Food And A Cosy Bed Can Do

When We Got Hilda She Was Very Underweight After Having Recently Given Birth; Somewhere In The Last 6 Months She Turned Into A Long Haired Beauty Queen!

Apollo Has Given Us Just As Much As We Have Been Able To Give Him

After 6 Months Spent In A Shelter, They Thought He Would Never Get Adopted Due To Him Having Fiv. Now He's Been My Bud For Over A Year And Living His Best Life

2 Years Ago Today I Walked Into A Petsmart And Met A Cat Named Sonny

So Much Healthier

This Is My Best Friend Lcdr Ryker. I Was Told You All Like These Kind Of Stories

Frank At A Couple Weeks vs. Almost A Year, Also Threw In The Christmas Photo With His Brother Teddy

Got My Feral Kittens At 4 Weeks Old And Now They’re All Grown Up

My James Won't Ever Be Cold Again

Found This Girl In Need While In Greece, Now She Is Our Chunky Mischief Maker

The Week I Rescued Him And 4 Months Later. He's A Terrible Office Assistant

Jerry, Found In A Box With His Siblings, Covered In Oil And Fleas At A Couple Of Weeks Old. Now, At 11 Weeks, Healthy And So Lazy. We Fostered All Four Siblings And Adopted Him Ourselves

Wally Update Pt.2. He Chonkin’ Up Nicely

A Little Bit Stressed And Dishevelled At The Rspca In 2018, vs. At Home With Me In 2020

Abe Just Needed The Stability Of A Forever Home For His Fur Coat To Fluff Out

I Found Him In A Parking Garage, All Matted And Flea-Ridden. Here He Is 9 Months Later

This Is Fefa. We Found Her Almost Blinded With Over 200 Fleas (After Washing)

When I Adopted Pauli (18 Years Old) As A Hospice Care Case In 2018, They Told Me He Wouldn't Live More Than A Few Months. How Wrong They Were!

Little Selina Turned Up In My Garden With An Open Wound On Her Back, Nearly Starving To Death

Our Little Teo When He Was Found Abandoned In A Dumpster In Greece To Being Cuddly And Sleeping In Sweden

My Cat Ruben Just Passed His 2 Year Adoptaversary. This Is The Day I Brought Him Home Versus This Month!

Found Him Sleeping Under A Parked Car. Now He Sleeps In My Bed Every Night

I Adopted Zeuss When He Was 6 Months Old, And That's The Best Decision That I Have Ever Made

A Year Ago (Left) Versus Now (Right) - The Difference A Year Of Love Makes!

Before And After In Three Months. When I Found Her, I Spent Almost Three Days In A Row Without Sleeping. She Was Very Ill. Now She Is Ok. And Her Name Is Eve

Our Newest 5yo Family Member - We Thought He Was A Short-Haired Cat, But It Turns Out He’s A True Floof

From Terrified Cat Who Hid For Over A Month After We Got Her, To Cuddly Kitty Who Has No Concept Of Personal Space. We Still Have A Long Ways To Go, But She’s Getting There, Slowly But Surely!

Recently Rescued And Adopted A Tripod Kitten. I Want Everyone To Meet This Little Fighter - Mitzi!

Update: I Posted The Two Left Pictures Several Months Ago & Many People Commented On How Much Floof My Kitty Acquired In 4 Months. I’ve Had Her For Over A Year Now & She Is Fluffier Than Ever!

After Our Old Cat Passed Away We Swore We’d Never Have Another Animal, It Was Too Hard. 8 Months Later We Found This Guy In A Car Engine. Butters Has Made Us Love Again!

From A Dirty 3 Week Old Kitten To An 11 Month Old Sexy Boi, Meet Jack!

I Was Told That You Guys Would Like This. My Cat Before When He Was First Seeing Me And Now. I Love Him

My Cat Was In A Shelter With A 84% Kill Rate, & Was Denied Transport To A No-Kill Rescue Bc He Was "Too Ugly". He Was So Sad And Just Wanted Love. His Story Was Posted To Fb & He Was Saved! I Adopted Him A Month Later (In 2018). He Is So Loving And Such A Sweetheart. Every Life Is Worth Saving!!

We Adopted This Little Guy After He Was Found With A Crushed Leg, Leg Was Repaired With Three Nails And He Is In Perfect Condition Now. He's The Best :) Meet Theo!

Not Really An Adoption Since She Showed Up At Our Front Door Crying To Be Let In! Meet Ammut! ~8 Weeks To 1 Year!

Ran In Front Of My Sister’s Car And Wouldn’t Move Until She Picked Him Up. 2 Years Later And He Became A Giant Floof

Ulysse Is A Special Needs Senior That I Am Fostering. He Had Been In The Shelter Since January. If You Can't Adopt, Foster!

We Found Buccaneer On Craigslist, He’s Missing An Eye Due To A Rooster Pecking It Out, And His Whiskers Had Been Cut. Picture On Left From November 2019 And Picture On The Right Is From January 2020

The Difference A Year Makes... From Living In An Alley In -20°c (-4°f) Weather, To Queen Of The Household. Meet Rosie

Last Of His Litter With An Upper Respiratory Infection And All Grown Up, Our House Panther

From A Scared And Shy Girl. To A Happy, Loving, Belly Exposing Girl. After Almost Three Years She’s Finally Trusting Me Enough To Lay Down In My Lap. It’s One Of The Best Feelings. I Love Her So Much

From A Scared Stray Cat With 3 Newborn Kittens (Plus 4 Adopted Ones) To This Confident Chonker Enjoying Her New Forever Home

My Neglected Flea-Ridden Baby As She Was Found And Just A Few Days Later After We Brought Her Home. Daisy Has Quite Literally Bloomed In Such A Short Amount Of Time!

We Fostered Jester After Her Leg Amputation At 6 Weeks Old. She Was Found With Her Leg And Shoulder Shattered And Was Terrified Of Everything. Now Her Incision Has Healed, She’s Staying Forever, And She’s The Happiest Little Tripawd

From 9 Weeks To 9 Months, Meet Saffron!

This Is Arnold! We Adopted Him 3 Weeks Ago, And He’s Had An Amazing Transformation. I’ve Never Met A Cat With So Much Moxie

What 6 Weeks In Foster Care Does For A Skinny, Crusty, Poopy Kitten. I Love Sending Happy, Healthy Kittens To Their Forever Homes

Rescued From The Streets Of Cairo At 3 Weeks, Ashes Was An Underweight Orphan Who Was Littered With Infections And Didn't Know How To Groom Himself. 2 Months Later In Toronto, He's Happy, Healthy, And Very Handsome!

Found This Baby Boy At The Side Walk, Dehydrated, Unconscious And With Severe Eye Infection. Long Story Short, A Little Love And Care Could Transform Anyone. 3 Week Into Rescue And This Little Fella Couldn't Stop Loving Me

When I Got Sweet T She Couldn’t Walk, Meow, Eat Or Breathe Well

From Scaredy Cat To Sofa Cat

Found The Triplets On Mother's Day 9 Years Ago

Jax Was Found As A Very Feral Kitten. She Would Bite And Hiss At Anyone Who Tried To Touch Her. Now, Three Weeks Later, She Screams For Food And Will Roll Over Onto Her Back To Ask For Pets

8 Year Old Tuna Slept Behind The Toilet For A Week Because She Was So Scared. Now, Three Weeks Later, She Owns The Place

In 2007, Molly Was Rescued From A Snowbank

Odin The Day I Found Him In A Trash Bin Behind A Walgreens And Odin 5 Years Later. The Bathroom Is Still He Favorite Place To Hangout

A Not Very Happy Little Man Before Adoption To The Happiest Little Fluff

Today Is Db's 5 Year Adoptiversary. He's Gone From A Terrified Loner, Who'd Been In A Shelter For Six Months, To A Loud, Affectionate And Still Playful Old Pirate

Timón And Pumbaa Born On May 10, 2015, Celebrating 5 Years Of Being Super Spoiled! A Stray Gave Birth In A Neighbour’s Backyard And We Found Them Under The BBQ With Infected Eyes. Couldn’t Bear To Leave Them!

Saved This Purrito From A Street Gutter, She Was Tiny And Had A Respiratory Infection. 7 Months Later She's A Beautiful Lady

They Gave Her Away On Facebook. After A Flea Bath, Eye Drops And Antibiotics, Horchata Is Good As New!

Mr. Smith At The Shelter Compared To His 5th Birthday/2 Year Adoptiversary Party Yesterday