r/CatDistributionSystem 24d ago

General Information Important Hot Weather advice for Cats

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Summer Solstice has arrived and with it the start of Summer. This is the time of year we need to look out for our furbabies and protect them from hot weather.

Here are the key temperature thresholds for our furbabies:

Ideal Comfort Zone: 20°C to 26°C (68°F to 79°F)

Too Hot / Risk Zone: Above 30°C (86°F)

Emergency Threshold: Above 35°C (95°F)

Cats that are at higher risk in hot temperatures are Kittens, senior cats, overweight cats, and flat-faced breeds such as Persians and Long Haired Cats although all cats need protection from getting too overheated during hotter times.

Cats and overheating:

Our Furbabies find it difficult to regulate their body temperatures in hot weather as they sweat through their pawpads, lips and chin. They are also covered in fur ( apart from the furless breeds) so cooling down can be difficult for them.

If your cat starts panting heavily during very hot weather( please see the heat chart above) then they may be suffering from heat stroke. If you think this is the case seek immediate vet treatment as cats will not survive without life changing damage to their organs and brain when they suffer from too high a temperature for too long.

Happily most of the U.S, Canada and surrounding countries have air conditioning in their homes. If you are in the UK, parts of Europe and hotter Countries such as the Middle East we have to rely on other sources in order to keep cool.

Keep your cat indoors when the sun is at it's warmest usually 10.00 - 3.00p.m although in extreme temperatures keep all pets indoors.

• Before letting your cats outside do a heat test and touch the concrete ground in your garden or outside your home with your hand, if it is too hot to touch it is definitely too hot for the paw pads on your pets.

• Provide plenty of water in a few different places throughout your home, pop some ice cubes in too if you can, keep the water topped up.

• Make some shaded areas with cool spots for kitty to lay in or on. Ideally your kitty will sit or sleep on a cooling mat but if they are having a typical cat day then they will ignore it and lay elsewhere.

• Place cool damp towels so kitty can lay on them and allow access to your bathroom and anywhere inside your home with a tiled or stone floor.

• Try wrapping a frozen bottle of water in a tea-towel and place it near to where your cat is laying.

• Move rooms if need be and avoid the sunnier rooms.

• Place fans with air circulating around the room.

• Try gently spraying them with cooled water, they may hate you at the time but it will cool them down.

Here are some Cat treats you can make for kitty to help hydrate them during hot weather, these are also ideal for helping Feral cats if you have garden cats or help with strays in your area.

Scoop some spring water tinned tuna or salmon ( make sure it's non oily and not in brine) into an ice cube tray and freeze it.

Freeze some churus or any liquidy squeezy type cat snacks.

Cat milk can also be frozen into little treat sized noms ( do not use normal milk as most cats are lactose intolerant).

Bananas/melons can be mashed up and frozen too even kittys' usual wet cat food can be frozen as a treat or for trying to tempt kitty to eat .

Keep small packets of wet kitten or cat food in the fridge, not only are they easier to open and slide out in one squeeze, but kitty gets to enjoy some nice fresh cold food

Here is some important advice Curtesy of Cats Protection:

Sunburn in cats:

All cats can get sunburn, but cats who are white or have thinner fur are more at risk. Being out in the sun a lot can lead to skin cancer, so it’s important to make sure your cat doesn’t spend too long lazing in the sun.

Ears and noses are where your cat is most likely to get burnt. Keep an eye on them and make sure they have plenty of access to shady areas.

Signs of sunburn in cats:

If your cat does get sunburn, there are a couple of symptoms to look out for, including:

red, sore skin in the affected area,blistering and peeling.

If you notice this, make an appointment with your vet straight away.

Can I put sun cream on my cat?

You can put sunscreen on your cat, but you need to make sure it’s pet-safe first so speak to your vet about the best product to use. Make sure you use SPF30 or higher and that it’s waterproof.

You should apply sun cream to your cat’s nose, tips of the ears, belly and groin areas as well as anywhere that has thin to no fur to help protect them from the sun.

Avoid sun cream with zinc oxide and a group of chemicals that are referred to as salicylates in the ingredients. Both are toxic to cats and can cause them to be very unwell, particularly salicylates.

Signs your cat is dehydrated:

It’s important for your cat to get enough water. This can be through drinking and through eating wet food. Staying hydrated will help to keep your cat healthy and they may need to have even more water when the weather is warm.

If your cat doesn’t get enough water, they may become dehydrated. Signs your cat is dehydrated include:

their gums. If your cat’s gums are sticky or tacky, this may be the first sign of dehydration

their skin. Very gently pinch their skin. In a well-hydrated cat, the skin should snap back into place immediately. If it doesn’t, they could well be dehydrated

their eyes. Severely sunken eyes that appear dry can indicate significant dehydration

their paws. If their paws feel cool or cold, this could be a sign of dehydration

If you are worried your cat is dehydrated, ring your vet straight away.

Further helpful info:

Spruce pets also have a handy page of information called Do cats sweat?

Feral and Cat colony help and advice can be found here from:

https://www.alleycat.org/community-cat-care/summer-weather-tips/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Feral_Cats/comments/1lh8mdz/heat_wave_hot_weather_discussion_megathread/


r/CatDistributionSystem Mar 31 '26

Kitten Information It's Kitten Season 🐈‍⬛

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Mamma Agnes and her Mewborns curtesy of u/mc385

''Spring in the air there's magic everywhere when you're young and in love'' so goes the song and it is truly the Season for love and reproduction wherever you look, Kittens, lambs, chicks, babies, puppies, yuckers ... yes yuckers !!!

Newborns no sign of Mom

Your first instinct may be to swoop in and just grab the little cherubs .. STOP yourself and have a careful look around for a sign of it's mother. They may be off hunting for food or moving other kittens somewhere. If you are uncertain on what to do, this clear and concise guide from r/AskVet on how to proceed gives step by step actions on what to do next It’s kitten season! You found a litter of kittens - now what?!. All guides state that kittens have a much higher rate of survival if left in the care of their Mother so please wait and watch carefully before stepping in. If the birthing environment is dangerous or the kittens look injured or ill then please by all means intervene.

Also, If there is just one kitten please look around for the rest of the litter in case the Mother cat has dropped the kitten whilst moving them.

Newborns, no Mom ..help!!

You will have to do everything that Mom would do and that is feeding this baby, keeping it warm, helping it to go to the toilet and monitoring it constantly

Here is Bottle feeding advice from Hannah Shaw the kitten lady, you will need KMR which is Kitten Milk Replacement thankfully available in most large grocery stores, vets, etc plus a feeding bottle or syringe.

Helping kitty to poop and pee again advice from the Kitten Lady with a video demonstrating how to help the little one to go to the toilet. Read the whole page please as it will tell you how to keep this cherub warm with the aid of a heating pad and which ones to buy.

This is life saving advice from u/wolf_spooder an ex vet and kitten foster who is also a member of the Cat Distribution System here:

Just to add to this, I recently started fostering a 4wk old kitten that was abandoned by its mom. I’m very experienced in cats and kittens, and worked at a vet hospital for a while. I really struggled with this little one and keeping her alive for the first week or so (she was very thin when I got her and it sort of spiraled from there).

Get a food scale if you don’t already have one, and start keeping tabs of your kittens weight (use the gram setting). It will help you to know if kitten is gaining or losing weight so you can intervene quickly if you see it’s losing weight. Good luck and good job saving a life.

Further advice on what to do and not to do with Newborn kittens and good reading can be found on the Animal Alliance NYC website and via the Cats Protection UK, all the links provided connect you directly to the right web pages.

Please also consider making a post on our sister sub too via r/Feral_Cats to get additional advice from veteran members who have vast knowledge on trapping and helping with strays and ferals

Newborns and Mother:

If you have taken in a 'Trojan cat' as they are lovingly called then you are in for the experience of a lifetime. There is so much advice available for a soon to be Mom and her kittens that at best we recommend that you visit  the Kitten Lady, Hannah Shaw for help and advice. Hannah is an amazing lover of cats and has helped thousands of people over the years with cat and kitten help and now has several excellent videos demonstrating all kinds of advice on helping with cat care including Pregnant Mom and kitten care - Birthing Mom and kitten care. Pregnant and Birthing Moms need plenty of fresh water and kitten food if available as kitten food contains protein and essential nutrients needed for fetal development and the production of kitty milk so get shopping.

Kitten:

If the kitty is not a newborn then after a quick vet check to confirm kitties age this little one will need you to become their parent, kittens are teeny tiny pooping, eating and meowing machines wrapped up in fur, purrs and love with the lifetime rewards of caring for them far outweighing the time taken in nurturing them. This is the toddler stage and they will be learning how to use the kitty litter tray, how to eat and how to play along with taking lots of naps. Kittens learn faster than human toddlers and usually take to their litter trays pretty quickly.

Here you can find an up to date list of supplies you may need to keep them fed, cosy and happy essential supplies for kitty again referring to the Kitten Lady.

Trapping advice Mom and Babies:

Here is advice on how to trap Mom and babies with an option of spaying too by Feral Cat Focus WNY Trapping Queen and kittens.

Useful helplines for Cat help and advice:

General advice:

https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/blogs/news

https://www.kittenlady.org/

https://www.alleycat.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Feral_Cats/comments/1rsvjb9/kitten_season_guides_info/

How to tell a kittens'age

Tiny beanies curtesy of u/cherveny2
You can't see me curtesy of u/IceCubeDeathMachine

r/CatDistributionSystem 14h ago

From feral to family Found him in a dumpster literally

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Was screaming a lot didn’t really see him but I tracked his ass by sound was really feral and fill my hands with scratches and bites ,
His paw was kinda broken now he come real far long and now he cuddles really nicely and 5 months old his name is fiesty cow or lelo and my other cats like him like a lot he will leave the dryfood and go to the house garbage looking for food u can take him out of the dumpster but you can’t take the dumpster out of him hahhaa he still kinda of feral but only for new people but give him time and he will cuddle with u


r/CatDistributionSystem 2h ago

Sensitive Content Meet samir couldn’t find a fitting name at that time

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My shift had just ended at the hospital so i was going home and i saw a cat enter the hospital I laughed and said what do u need medicine lil fella or what than i took a closer look and as u can see he’s totally blind and had serious malnutrition i could see every bone in his spine so i took him to the vet and stayed for 3 days than i took home he needed some 24 hr care his age between 7-10 ( from his teeth) , he never scratched me or hiss at me like never the way of his sleep made me laugh every time he slept anywhere like a truck that got flipped in the highway and he thinks that u will take him to his bed , when he get playful he wil hit u with the belly of his paw never the claws. it was the hardest fostering i had I really loved him but sadly couldn’t let him stay so i found a good home to have him


r/CatDistributionSystem 13h ago

Are you kitten me!! The cds was really generous with this one

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My blood boil when I remember but basically some neighbor put them like this because the mother birth them on her roof and she didn’t want cats wondering on the top of her building ( the food from kids that tried to help but didn’t know how ) i tried explaining to her a lot that they need there mother and she will not know them if u kept them away but she refused i put them back on the roof so basically i adopted them it was really rough couple of months but one died and the 7 lived and after they reached like 6 months then went to a (big farm literally ) my friend has one and he needed some so now they don’t recognize me but i am happy that they lived


r/CatDistributionSystem 14h ago

Update 1 month update on 3 state kitten!!

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Link to first post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatDistributionSystem/s/ytLhzicuMn

Hey everyone I’m back with an update!! If you can remember, we found a kitty 3 states away from our home during a trip. Our vet says she has a perfectly clean bill of health, we just have to fatten her up a bit and let her get bigger before she can get spayed! We were deciding on naming her Zoey/Zip/Zippy or something relating to the state we were in but we landed on a name after we got home. So we’d like to formally introduce ✨Nico✨!!

When we initially started the drive home I was (understandably) really worried about introducing her to our already established cats. I was super scared that, because our big cats are from the same litter, that they wouldn’t be very nice to her or shun her from being a part of the family. At first we kept her in our bathroom with her own litter box, food, and water. We’d let them all see each other through the door with a laundry basket in between (unfortunately the only “sheer” thing we had to keep a barrier but still allow them to see each other). To my surprise, there was no hissing, back arching, or swatting during any of their interactions. About a week after these laundry basket meetings we decided to get rid of it and let them fully interact with each other. I was prepared to grab one of my big cats and end the meeting immediately if someone went rouge. I would have never guessed that the moment we took away this laundry basket that Junimo (the big fluffy one) would be the first to enter. What surprised me most is the fact that after all the sniffing and inspecting he did, he started grooming her! Ever since that day, Junimo (June Bug) and Nico have been pretty much inseparable. They play all the time and I always find them sleeping together. Mittens, my other big cat, has always been scared of everything but loves to play. I’ll be sitting at my desk and out of nowhere Nico will be tumbling in the room with Mittens right on her tail. They’ll stop and play with some toy that’s on the ground for a few seconds then Mittens will bolt out of the room with Nico right behind him. Nico has shown such a sweet side of her and I’m so happy she’s been able to adjust to our family so easily. Unfortunately, the days of “cuddly small baby” are over and it’s now “fluffy war criminal” but hey, it was nice while it lasted, right? To be expected, she’s super food motivated so you’ll have to watch out for your plate while you’re eating dinner. She’s officially off of kmr and has shown more interest in regular wet food compared to kitten. Her favorite toy right now is a bundle of ribbon that’s attached to a ball that rolls around on its own but she’s pretty happy with anything she can get her grubby little paws on. Including my Lego sets :,) Overall, I’m happy to have another member of our family and glad she’s able to have another chance at life with us.

Big cat tax at the end. (Mittens left, Junebug right)


r/CatDistributionSystem 23h ago

Awarded a Cat Update on kitten found in body shop 7/5

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Pretty clean bill of health, more visits scheduled. He went from bathroom quarantine to bedroom quarantine (we have an older dog whos vision and hearing are going, want to wait til hes a bit bigger and she gets used to his scent).

Hes still a little skittish when I walk in, but he comes out fast, and he loves my wife. Of the 5 other animals we have, special needs dog is terrified of him, older dog whines to see him, but we're being careful. Older female cat is curious and interested, younger female just hisses like a brat, and male (in pictures) is slowly coming to terms that another cat also lives in 'his' room. He tolerates the kitten, but is less than thrilled. Kitten very much wants to be his friend.

Hes two months old, up to a relatively healthy weight, his injuries are healing nicely. We still didnt decide on a name yet, too many good choices. Smaug, bento, cheeto, Ryan gosling, pippen, puck, Hermes and mango​​


r/CatDistributionSystem 10m ago

Adopted Human Mentioned Biggie in CatsAdvice, so here’s my Velcro kitty

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I’m not gonna bang on about him too much here but this is Big, aka Biggie…

He’s a massive softie and when he sleeps, he’s dead… I open his mouth she he’s still snoring….

One random day in January he just climbed into my car and since then he’s always around.
He’s just discovered the garden last Friday and hasn’t left it since, he’s basically Velcro and doesn’t leave me out his sight anymore… and the shocking part is he gets on great with my dog (which ALSO btw hates cats so I don’t understand either don’t ask me….. added pic of them both at the end, very surprising to me…)

Yeah idk where he came from I just know as soon as he’s in my arms he falls asleep 🤣🤣🤣


r/CatDistributionSystem 12h ago

how old are these stray kittens?

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bf found kittens living his garden, we’ve been feeding them for a month but the mammy cat this week has moved them elsewhere and brings them back like once a day to eat, he lives on a bad country road and is afraid of a car hitting them as they’re so young and inexperienced. We’ve got a cardboard box in the downstairs bathroom and are planning to keep them there during the night. Is this unethical? the mammy cat is feral and will not come into the house but the kittens are picked up easily enough. Plan to get to vets soon to get dewormed and booked in for neutering etc. but just wanting a rough estimate of their age. These pics are two weeks old as of rn


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Smol Delivery My parents found a kitten.....

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My dad found this illegally smol void in the street the other day, but unfortunately he is allergic so they are trying to find a good home. We always had a cat growing up and I know deep down they want to keep it (he quickly went out and bought kitten formula and syringe to feed it lol). Plus it's just them so I know they could use a companion.

I already have 3 of my own in a 2 bedroom apartment, but damn it's always so tempting when they are this smol! On the other hand I am missing a void in my collection ughhhh curse you CDS!!!


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

My CDS kitty and her pittie friend.

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Every morning, our CDS kitty waits by the door to greet our pibble. Our pibble looks forward to it. She has made it part of her routine. It’s the cutest thing. They have an adorable friendship. Our pibble used to watch the kitty from the window and kind of whine. I wasn’t sure if she wanted to eat her or meet her. So we started minor interactions to see how it went. Our pibble has never been around a cat before that we knew of. But this is how it’s going. Just the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. I would love to bring her inside but our other dog isn’t as fond of cats.


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Meet the new members of my gang 🐱

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I always get my distribution on a regular basis 😁

From left to right: Sachi, Kit, and Kat 🐱💙

Sachi is not sibling to Kit and Kat but as you can see she's a natural 😸

Every rescue cats or kittens that I get I'd have to make sure there's a certain theme on every batch. Lol

Kit and Kat was rescued together with Mama cat, her name is Kisses. Their Chocolate themed names. 😁

Sachi was rescued alone, and I met some people lining up with me at an ATM and I asked them if they could suggest any names, so there's that. haha 😂


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

I didn't belive the CDS works, but a kitten found us yesterday

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My bf works at a printer shop surrounded by a lot of stray cats. This little guy just showed up one day, walked in and asked for cuddles. He is very calm and cuddly. He is also around 6 months tops.

We asked the owner if he had a mom or siblings, but they all said it was the first time they saw him. They were also worried about him being attacked by other cats or by being struck by a car.

My bf and I were already gonna adopt once we move in about a month... I guess this moved up our plans. We got

We named him Sparrow


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Smol Delivery Cat distribution system strikes for the first time!

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1.4k Upvotes

We’ve lived 20 miles outside a medium sized city for 6 years and this is the first time the CDS has hit! My son found her under our shed and unfortunately we think she may have been dumped- she had very few ticks and no fleas on her. She is very friendly and cuddly towards us. The boys are taking her to the vet tomorrow for a check up- I’m guessing she’s somewhere around 6-8weeks old. My son has named her Tide and we are currently working on convincing dad she should stay and join our menagerie of animals 😂

Update: she’s 1.7 pounds! The vet estimates her to be around 7-8 weeks old. She is now all updated on vaccines. Our youngest dog has chosen to continuously clean her, so I think she has spoken 😉


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Awarded a Cat Lovely stray fits into home very well but worried about financial situation kit

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Last night when I came home from lab (I’m a phd student in chemistry) I heard a screaming meow coming from under a car in the lot. When I called out to the sound he immediately came to me. I was obviously shocked because I’ve seen my fair share of strays around the city but have never encountered such a situation. He let me pick him up and bring him up to my apartment- I felt so anxious because I already have a cat and have dealt with a lot of trauma from a freak accident of my first rescue so I didn’t even know what to think. Plus I’ve never had to acclimate two cats and was consumed by fear of a territorial/hostile situation between them.

Fast forward to today and you can see how they are getting along in the photo(lol) . I didn’t even think such a click in personality between cats was possible. I was so astonished by this cats demeanor that I was absolutely dumbfounded that the vet said he wasn’t microchipped or neutered. Additionally, the change in my resident cats behavior towards being more curious and playful is more than obvious to me, as if he’s been waiting for a friend of his own kind all along.

I want to keep James (his given name from me) but I just don’t know if I can support another cat on my student salary. My parents have said that I should give him to a foster but I’m quite conflicted.
Any advice from one in a similar situation would be much appreciated.


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

From feral to family Is it still considered a CDS delivery if it’s kidnapping? 😅

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Long story short- new stray showed up that seemed way too friendly to not be someone’s lost pet, so I plucked him off the street and brought him inside to post his info around. He doesn’t seem to belong to anyone afterall, but is quickly becoming an unintended part of the family.

Short story long- I leave food and water out for the neighborhood strays and ferals, and one showed up the other night that I’d never seen before. This poor cat would get startled and paranoid at every little noise to the point that it was too scared to eat, and I was thinking man what an awful way to live. Our resident porch stray (who is very sweet but gets territorial over his spot!) came over and started making those pre-fight aggression sounds towards this white cat, so I went outside to break it up. The scared white cat ended up at the end of the driveway and I thought “I’ll just throw out a ‘pspsps’ and see what happens”… and much to my surprise this anxious cat came running right up to me! We have a LOT of strays and ferals in the neighborhood, and this is the first time a “pspsps” has worked on any of them haha. He instantly let me pet him, and he started purring as soon as I touched him. I thought “this cat is way too friendly to be a feral, it must be someone’s pet that escaped”. I didn’t want to just take a picture though in case he never showed up again, so I knew if I wanted to help I’d have to commit. So I scooped him up (which he didn’t even mind!) and brought him inside.

I posted his picture on Nextdoor and a few other places. He had a tipped ear so I knew he’d been neutered and vaxxed (which is good since I had no time to set up any sort of quarantine from my other cats!), but I was still thinking he belonged to someone and maybe just had been gone so long he got TNR’d. He was friendly but he was DESPERATELY trying to escape and get back outside, he almost broke the screen off one of my windows trying! I almost just let him back out but I was like sorry bud I already posted you online, I gotta hold onto you for at least a few days! Luckily petting him or picking him up just instantly calms him down and gets him to purr, he is just such a sweetheart. He’s so sweet in fact that I actually had to check his paws to see if he had been de-clawed because I had only ever felt his pads! (Thankfully, not de-clawed, just very polite) Anyway, after the first two days I think he realized he was safe and stopped trying to get back outside, and seemed content to just look out the window like my other indoor kitties.

I got a couple responses on Nextdoor from people thinking he was their lost cat, but he ended up not being theirs. I took him to the vet to get scanned- no chip. It was looking more and more like I had just kidnapped a stray off the street lol. I certainly wasn’t going to kick him back outside and make him terrified and homeless again, but I’d never intended to keep him. It was getting dangerous though because I had to start calling him something. I was watching the NHL playoffs at the time and they kept mentioning this one defenseman’s name over and over: Theodore. I thought, man, that’s an adorable name lol. So he became Theodore, or Teddy Bear. And he really is a teddy bear, he’s just so amiable and chill. He’s very vanilla (which fits his appearance!), doesn’t have a big personality, just seems content to be here.

Two of my original cats are completely indifferent to his presence. My 3rd cat, my CDS delivery from last summer, is the issue. She has always wanted to play with my other two cats, but they’re much older than her and she’s a bit of a psychopath when she plays, so they absolutely shut her down any time she gets near them, even if she’s just trying to headbutt or snuggle. It’s made me really sad for her and I’ve considered getting her a kitten or younger cat just so she has someone to play with that didn’t always rebuke her socialization efforts. So in comes this new chill cat, who’s seemingly quite young and playful as well. What does she do? She hates him and hisses and runs any time he gets near her lol. That’s cats for you! (I realize I didn’t do proper introduction methods, but it was a spur of the moment thing bringing him in) So I’d been thinking I should find someone to adopt/foster Teddy since I didn’t want to cause my other cat daily stress, plus 4 is a lot for my tiny apartment. But it’s been a few weeks now and she seems less horrified by his presence, the hissing has lessened, and I’ll even hear them chasing each other at night! I’m just happy they’re finally playing with each other. So he’s pretty much part of the family for the moment


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Update Walter, the Battle-cat Galactica, taking a very photogenic nap.

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Walter, the conquerer, spends most of his time with me. He loves my room, sleeps on my bed every night, and welcomes me when I come home from work everyday. My wife is jealous, and rightly so since she put in the majority of the work in gaining his trust when he was a stray. But he always welcomes her attention, so it's okay.

But who cares about that when he gifts us with TEEFS?! This guy doesn't know how to NOT be photogenic.

This is a great example of how Walter, the cat that goes bump in the night, has settled in and truly become a member of the family. Now he is not only loved, but also loves us.


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

End of an Era - as long as we can get Spooky Momma fixed.

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The summer of greenhouse kitties is coming to an end....both litters Beans, Toast, Icarus, Oatmeal, Allspice and Cali all found homes. Just one kitty ,Pepper, is so feral he's attacked and escaped all three times, so he's just going to live here now with the outside colony of ferals. They're all black and orange and white so we're calling them our Halloween crew.

Pepper will get trapped and fixed when he's a little older, and any tips for catching the last momma (Spooky kitty, the black and white who looks like she has a day of the dead skull mask on) is appreciated. She's so smart she knows how to eat the sardines out of the trap without tripping it. This summer was fun, but we really don't want anymore kittens 😅


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Are you kitten me!! dogs found cats outside. i am allergic to cats. what should I do?

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I have an Aussie and a Great Pyrenees. Went to let them outside this morning and the Aussie was fixated on a spot in the corner of the yard. I go over to check it only to find this little guy or girl. For the past half an hour, ive been petting it and it’s been purring, grooming itself, and it has been showing signs of being content. Right now, it is laying on my lap sleeping and i have learned that im allergic to cats. I can’t afford to keep the cat both money and time wise. I was thinking of dropping it off at a shelter but im not too sure.


r/CatDistributionSystem 1d ago

Follow up on the gremlin kitten!

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Thanks to the suggestions you guys gave especially Batman, we now have a name for this boy! Batman influenced our name choice. Everyone meet Joker! Think Jack Nicholson’s Joker cuz this baby has flair! Thank you all for the great name choices! He is doing great he is doing well with the dogs no pictures yet of him with them but I will get them! He is slowly making friends with the resident cats. And he is a little whirlwind for sure. He is at the run everywhere and puff up
stage lol. We have to watch where we are walking because he runs everywhere. He is a blessing. We love him so much already.


r/CatDistributionSystem 2d ago

Update In this corner, weighing in at a whopping 48.5 ounces …

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… Bruiser! The featherweight champion of the apartment! In the past ten hours alone, Eugene “Baby Little Bruiser” LastName has been training in blade fighting, parkour, contortion and the speed fern.

Bruiser, the weeny baby kitten who came into my life while I was on a trip two states away, has officially become possessed by a demon. I’m pretty sure that’s what tipped him over three pounds. Today, he discovered jumping. Half an hour ago, he’d never seen that window sill before.

We are at 11 weeks now. He has his next appointment on Monday. Kid is thriving and is so confident, curious and beloved by everyone he meets, and he loves the attention. There’s no trace of the sick baby left in him these days. He’s all fluff and cuddles and chaos.

I don’t know how long is too long for CDS updates. Should this be the last one? (I honestly don’t know the etiquette here, so that’s a genuine question.)

(The costumes are practice for his harness, which is currently too big, somehow. Only with supervision.)


r/CatDistributionSystem 2d ago

Awarded a Cat CDS struck 2 months after losing my 20 yo Manx

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I was not ready for another cat so soon. I’d put all the old things in storage, thought I’d give it a year before I started looking for a new friend.

Cue the rescue I donated my late cat’s food and other perishables to showing me a pic of a cat abandoned at the vet in terrible condition. I offered to take him on as a foster but we fell in love over rotisserie chicken and the rest is becoming history.

This 12 year old Norwegian Forest Cat is a good boy who didn’t deserve to be starved, covered in dirt and fleas and scabs, or to have his nails grow into his foot pads. Thanks to the vet for cleaning his ears and nails, two baths and two flea treatments later he looks more like himself. He will never have to live like that again. Thanks CDS!


r/CatDistributionSystem 2d ago

Smol Delivery This is my new baby Pixels. I adopted her this past Sat from someone else’s post. I saw her and quickly reached out.

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She is a fluffy 8 week old kitten and is too precious. I saw her on a post and quickly reached out. We met and I fell in love. She has only been here a few days but already has the run of the house. She is loving and playful and is currently purring in my lap.

As soon as we got home she checked the place out and then found her a spot and lay down. She is already loving her new home and is such a good fit. She has her favorite toys (a mouse and a little taco) and loves to snuggle. She also is hard at work making biscuits trying to contribute but I would still let her live here for free lol
EDITED TO ADD: And when I say someone else’s post I meant a certain FB (don’t know if I can say that lol) She had posted a pic to another person and I messaged her asking if she was available


r/CatDistributionSystem 2d ago

Awarded a Cat What is this oranges name? Beautiful cds boy that came to us

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r/CatDistributionSystem 2d ago

Awarded a Cat Meet Buster Fromage, sent by the CDS a couple of weeks ago

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A few weeks ago, the CDS blessed us with Buster Fromage, soft as velvet with a sweet trilling, chirpy voice.

My mom died in February, and since then, I've felt adrift, only able to sleep for a couple of hours at a time. One thing that kept popping into my mind when I thought of her were the cats that were ever present in our lives. One night around 2 AM, unable to sleep, I hear yelling right outside my front door. I open up to see this guy. My husband tells the story better than I could:

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