Laura from Castle Donington, England, came across a friend’s post about a stray kitten in distress last October as the first leaves began to turn yellow.
The kitten, it turned out, had come from a nearby farm. Laura recalls, “She was the smallest of the brood and was evidently abandoned by her mother.” “She was only five weeks old, flea-infested, and her eyes were painful.”
The proprietor of the website she nailed was unable to apprehend her. He requested assistance in the hopes of receiving medical help for the sick kitty. Laura didn’t hesitate to react.
“I made an appointment with the vet and went straight there, picking up the kitten. She was even smaller than I expected and meowed all the way to the doctor.”
The skinny girl was in addition to having a cold. With all that, she turned out to be an affectionate baby, although a little harsh.
She started following the guardians on their heels and hugging them all over their knees shortly after her move.
The girl had a nice night’s sleep on the first day of the housewarming celebration, making up for the missed sleep. She requested food and attention from her people when she awoke about midnight.
“From the minute she arrived, she was a superstar: she ate, drank, played, and quickly grew accustomed to the tray,” Laura adds.
“We didn’t get enough sleep the first several nights since she required regular nursing.” “All we wanted was for her to begin looking and feeling better.”
The kitten was treated for fleas and cat flu, fed well and petted endlessly. Her eyes cleared up, weight increased and energy appeared. In just six days, the kitty almost doubled in size.
Laura fell head over heels in love with this fluffy ball immediately on the day of their first meeting and knew that she could not part with her. “My husband Lewis agreed to keep her permanently on the condition that he choose the name Riley,” adds Laura.
Riley put her paws to work once they were strong enough. No toy could survive the force of her hind legs’ strikes, which were as strong and rapid as those of a rabbit.
Riley learnt to climb on her people’s high bed on her own in about two weeks and was extremely pleased of herself.
Her personality sprang forth in all its brilliance, shaking the home like a hurricane.
Riley decided to reign and lead her family.
Whenever her people were sitting at the computer, she would come and poke her curious nose, and also try to take away fountain pens, as if criticizing the handwriting. Energetic fluffy ceased to be naughty, only getting exhausted.
She is now approximately four months old and has a very defiant personality! “We don’t know where this wildness comes from,” Laura adds. “It may be from my youth on the farm, or it could be just juvenile playing, or it could be both.”
“She makes us laugh a lot, and it’s lovely to see her grow stronger despite her stubbornness!” She likes to annoy her elder sister, Fliss, our first rescue cat.”
Riley has grown from a sickly street cat who was even rejected by her mother to a healthy, joyful, and curious young lady.
The ex-tramp is enjoying the life she’s always wanted.
