Millions of homeless cats in U.S. shelters already struggle to get the loving homes they deserve, so it may be particularly challenging when there are two inseparable homeless cats.
However, two cats in a foster home in Florida have made it quite apparent that they will not part ways.
They even hold each other’s paws.
From the beginning, it seemed that Lily, the Siamese mix, and Rosa, the sleek black kitten, were destined for each other.
“Rosa came to me seriously underweight and sad,” Andrea Christian, a foster for St. Francis Society Animal Rescue, told.
A few days later, Christian received a call to collect another really ill kitten that had spent a week or more in the intensive care unit. Lily had been discovered in Tampa on the side of the road; she resembled a skeleton.
Christian, an experienced foster for abandoned cats, started the difficult task of making the new inhabitants feel secure and at home.
Christian made the decision to introduce Lily to Rosa once she had finished her antibiotic prescription.
Christian said, “It was love at first scent!”
The little black cat was very good luck for Lily, who was still quite weak and having difficulty walking. “She was suffering from toxoplasmosis,” Christian explained.
But Rosa — along with a course of hydrotherapy — seemed to help Lily gain her strength.
The two had been inseparable for the past few weeks. The other follows the first one as they begin to investigate their foster home. One takes a nap as the other follows suit.
One sometimes usurps the meal when the other goes for the same food bowl when one goes for it.
“They are shy still,” Christian said, but she has observed the best friends helping each other learn to be brave. “They are coming out into the general population with the other fosters during the day now which is huge.”
Now the pair is facing a new challenge: finding a forever home where they can continue to stay together. Hopefully, their love for each other will inspire a loving family to adopt them.
