Unadoptable' Cat Wouldn't Let Anyone Near Him But His Rescuer Never Gave Up, Now a Year Later...
Source: Lovemeow
A year ago when rescuers came across the saddest looking feral cat on the streets of Boston, they knew they had to trap him and get him help.
His name is Coconut.
Rescuers of Boston's Forgotten Felines went on a TNR mission when they spotted a pathetic looking feral cat who was in terrible shape. He was beaten up and living in constant fear on the cold streets of Boston.
Their initial plan was to neuter him and return him to his feral colony, but as soon as they noticed his poor condition, they knew they had to help him.
"Coconut was a mess. He had URI, UTI, goopy eyes and had something covering his tail that looked like oil. Not to mention ear mites and chronic diarrhea along with a bad back leg," Joni Nelson founder of Boston's Forgotten Felines said. "But it was his nasty attitude that made him hard to like. The pathetic thing couldn't go back to his colony in the shape he was in."
They took him in and placed him in a cage where he received his daily meds. His infections started to clear up but he was still very grumpy and wouldn't let anyone near him. Feeding and cleaning his cage became very difficult as the kitty would lash out when they tried to open the door.
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Slowly but surely, Coconut progressed to letting his human clean his eyes. As Nelson got closer to Coconut, she discovered the reason why he had such a hard life as a feral.
"It took two very deep bites from him to realize he was deaf and could only see shadows. He was frightened and no one knows the torture he went through living on the streets for so long in that condition."
Read more: http://www.lovemeow.com/unadoptable-cat-wouldnt-let-anyone-near-him-but-his-rescuer-never-gave-2269059394.html
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Coconut's Journey FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/CoconutsJourney/
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Boston's Forgotten Felines FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/BostonsForgottenFelines
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Deaf white cat
Source: Wikipedia
Deaf white cats are domestic cats with a pure white coat. Some all-white cats suffer from congenital deafness caused by a degeneration of the inner ear. This condition can occur in cats with yellow, green and blue irises, although the chances of deafness are dramatically increased with blue irises. In white cats with mixed-coloured eyes (odd-eyed cats), it has been found that deafness is more likely to affect the ear on the blue-eyed side. White cats can have blue, gold, green, or copper coloured odd eyes.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_white_cat
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What wonderful people who saved him. 
Stories like this rip my heart out! I am so glad he was rescued - and that no one gave up on him! 
BTW, I found my own cat in a grocery store parking lot. He was still a tiny kitten, but already pretty defensive and determined not to be caught. They were doing construction, another reason I needed to get him out of there, and a couple of the young workers had tried to catch him, but were badly bitten for their trouble. I couldn't have managed it alone, but a guy who worked in the store and his cat-loving wife who came to pick him up helped me catch him, she had a basket and he had gloves, and they refused to give up! 
That was 2 1/2 years ago. It took awhile, but he actually looks for affection now and has grown into a beautiful cat, also long haired, but black...
