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Little Tich's JournalCat With Dreadlocks Loses 2 Pounds Of Fur
Source: The Dodo
Everyone can relate to having a bad hair day. A cat named Hidey knows all about it.
Hidey's bad hair day probably lasted for years. When people found her, she had 2 pounds of matted fur on her back — about the weight of a pineapple or a small bag of rice.
An elderly man in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, owned Hidey, as well as a Siamese cat named Siam. The man had Alzheimer's disease, and when he'd gotten too ill to live by himself, his family moved him to a nursing home. The cats, unfortunately, got left behind.
Paul Russel, a distant relative of the elderly man, was the first to think of the cats. Well, really, one cat.
"When they put him in the nursing home, I thought, 'Hey, he has a cat,'" Russel told The Dodo. "The house was still open, so I went down and left some food for the cat until we figured out what we're going to do. Then somebody mentioned that he had a second cat. So I started searching around, and suddenly this huge creature darts out from under the bed and runs down to the cellar, and I thought, 'What was that?'"
Hidey's fur was so matted that dreadlocks had formed. "At first I thought it was a cat who had a blanket draped over her that she dragged down," Russel said. "But no — it turned out to be Hidey. She hid down in the corner of the cellar. I'm down there with a flashlight looking — it was almost like a horror movie. And I found her hunkering in the corner. Probably very scared. Probably in a lot of pain."
Russel took Hidey (so named for her inclination to hide) to the Animal Rescue League and Wildlife Shelter in Pittsburgh, which will is affiliated with the Western PA Humane Society.
Read more: https://www.thedodo.com/calico-cat-matted-fur-2157871011.html
Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/animalrescuelg/
Giant Cat Left At Shelter Finds A New Home Within Hours
Source: The Dodo, December 1, 2016
He weighs 21 pounds!
Edgar the cat was surrendered to the Humane Society of Carroll County in Maryland when his owner could no longer keep him. (Edgar, it turned out, didn't get along with his owner's grandchildren.) The staff at the humane society were shocked when they first saw Edgar — because of how huge he is.
The 9-year-old cat weighs in at 21 pounds, which is much larger than an average cat. (He's not quite as big, however, as Samson, who was recently named New York City's largest cat.)
Edgar truly is a gentle giant, and the staffers who helped process him into the shelter were amazed at how loving and patient he was.
"Edgar was so sweet coming into the shelter and handled his intake process with shining stars," Michelle Fidler, director of animal care at the Humane Society of Carroll County, told The Dodo.
Since Edgar was so noticeably large, Fidler thought the shelter's Facebook followers might enjoy seeing his picture, and was shocked by how excited people got over him.
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Edgar the gigantic cat became an internet sensation, and people from all over the country began bombarding the shelter with adoption requests for the very special cat. A local woman heard about Edgar, too, and that day she and her boyfriend made their way over to the shelter to make Edgar the newest member of their family.
"As soon as I saw his picture, I was in awe," Jenna Schwartz, Edgar's new mom, told The Dodo. "I've never seen a cat that big before, he really catches your eye. He's gorgeous!"
Read more: https://www.thedodo.com/21-pound-cat-shelter-2122076200.html
Note: Edgar's new mom is person #4 holding him.
Humane Society of Carroll County homepage:
http://hscarroll.org/
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