Meet Our Adopted Cat – Tucker Carlson
In early April we witnessed a car pulling up in front of our home and tossing out a cat through the car’s window. That cat tore through our front yard and hid underneath a bush by our front door for 2 1/2 days. We didn’t know if it was injured, sick or just in plain shock at what had happened.
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We tried numerous times over the course of 2 1/2 days to gain the cat’s trust and to lure him out from underneath that bush. We were finally able to succeed by repeatedly offering it food and talking to it. Our intentions at the time was to just keep feeding it and looking after it while it remained outdoors.
As someone who’s chronically ill and disabled…I wasn’t sure if I could physically take care of a pet…or afford one. Let’s face it, we have tons and tons of medical bills and I didn’t know how we would afford an additional expense.
Over the course of 3 1/2 weeks we fell in-love with this cat. We thought it was a girl and named it Miss Kitty. I went in to see my doctor and talked to them about adopting this cat and making it a 100% indoor cat. At first they said no (due to my medical condition) but after some talking about it…they agreed under certain circumstances.
We had to take the cat to a licensed vet for a head-to-tail physical. We had to get it fully vaccinated. We needed complete blood work for all of the major feline diseases, urine and fecal tests, etc. If the cat passed all of those they demanded that it get bathed, flea-dipped, groomed, ears cleaned, dental check-up, nail’s trimmed, etc. In other words, a full day at the feline spa. We need to make sure this cat was 100% healthy and clean. We can’t take the chance that any germs or diseases would come into our home and affect me.
Hubby and I do Swagbucks and had been stockpiling our SB’s into a rainy day account. Thankfully we had that money stockpiled because that’s what we used to pay for the vet bill, testings, grooming, nail trimming, etc. and used it to purchase all of the indoor cat supplies that we would need. (litter box, cat litter, food dish, food, treats, toys, collar, etc.).
I’m happy to report that our newly adopted cat lives INSIDE our home with us and guess what? It’s not a girl…it’s a boy!!! We found out at the vet’s office that he was neutered at an early age (before the XXX had dropped, so he was neutered differently which made him appear to be a girl). He was bone thin when he first arrived in our front yard and has been making steady progress on gaining weight. He’s currently at 10 lbs. and 2 oz.
After thinking about it over the course of four days we finally decided to name him Tucker Carlson Hill. We just love him and we plan on giving him the BEST life a cat could have! Shameful on his previous owners for tossing him out of a moving vehicle like he was a piece of trash. SHAMEFUL, SHAMEFUL, SHAMEFUL. Their loss is our gain!
You’ll be seeing a lot more of Tucker here on the blog as time goes on but for now we wanted you all to meet our beloved new pet!
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~ Shelly, Sam and Tucker