Cat Thought to Be a 7-Week-Old Kitten When Found Along the Road but Turns Out She's Much Older

A feline was thought to beryllium a seven-week-old kitten erstwhile recovered connected the broadside of the road, but she turned retired to beryllium overmuch older.

PixieHeather

Pixie, the cat, was recovered on the roadworthy and brought to a section carnal shelter. "Initially, they thought she was a kitten due to the fact that of her size," Heather, an ER caregiver who often fosters kittens successful captious condition, shared with Love Meow.

Weighing little than 2 pounds, Pixie was the size of a seven-week-old kitten but already had big teeth. Estimated to beryllium adjacent to 1 twelvemonth old, she was a mysterious small cat.

Realizing Pixie needed specialized care, the structure contacted Heather for help. "They called maine and asked if I'd effort to 'work my magic and enactment immoderate value connected her.'"

Heather

Pixie was precise petite and remarkably friendly. What she lacked successful size, she made up for successful personality. "Anyone who meets Pixie falls successful emotion with her. She loves to beryllium held connected her backmost similar a babe and trusts each humans. It was intolerable not to emotion and combat for her."

Heather began moving to amended Pixie's appetite portion treating her terrible tummy troubles.

Heather

She searched extensively for the close nutrient and provided Pixie with supplemental care. Over time, it became wide that Pixie would not turn to a mean size.

Though she was arsenic tiny arsenic a kitten, she behaved similar a feline and had a beardown purr centrifugal that ever gave distant her hiding spots. "She is arsenic coordinated arsenic an big cat, tin climb, jump, and has moody moments. Her eyes are truthful expressive."

Pixie recovered a caller hiding spot, but her large purrs betrayed herHeather

Pixie enjoyed the institution of Noey, the unsighted cat, who was astir the aforesaid property but 5 times her size. "She didn't person immoderate occupation putting him successful his place."

She besides took a seven-week-old kitten, Buttercup, nether her wing, wrestling and zooming astir arsenic if they were siblings. "She followed and pestered Pixie. I deliberation Pixie enjoyed the companionship."

Pixie and her foster friends, Noey and ButtercupHeather

Pixie has a knack for uncovering the coziest napping places. When she discovered a container of clothes, she plunged successful and buried herself successful the brushed pile.

Hoping to settee Pixie's chronic tummy issues, Heather spared nary effort to assistance her. "We tried truthful galore antithetic things. It was 2 steps guardant and 1 measurement backmost for a fewer months. Eventually, the shelter's vet decided to effort a fecal transplant (oral capsules)."

She discovered a container of apparel and jumped close inHeather

With diligent and gentle care, Pixie reached 3.5 pounds arsenic a afloat grown cat. While she had shown signs of improvement, she was inactive not "fixed."

Heather began to interest whether Pixie would ever beryllium "adoptable" arsenic it would necessitate idiosyncratic with exceptional committedness and dedication to guarantee she lived her champion life.

Heather

Then, 1 day, she received a connection from a woman named Trina who had a feline with the aforesaid information arsenic Pixie. Over the adjacent 3 weeks, they communicated daily.

"She convinced maine that she would bash perfectly everything successful her powerfulness to assistance her. Pixie's caller ma thoughtfully made plans for her location and aesculapian accommodations. It couldn't person been a amended match."

Pixie and her everlastingly quality momTrina

Heather sat with Pixie 1 nighttime to stock the bully news. "She slow-blinked, stretched her tiny paw onto my shoulder, and laid her caput implicit my bosom arsenic if she understood and wanted to accidental convey you."

After months successful foster care, Pixie embarked connected a agelong roadworthy travel to statesman a caller chapter. She rested connected Trina's enarthrosis and fell dormant connected her thigh passim the thrust home.

Trina

Pixie rapidly recovered her sunbathing spot by the window, and her purrs permeated the room.

With attraction and an adjusted diet, Pixie's vigor soared, and her property shone through. "Pixie climbed into a buying container hanging connected a doorway and recovered a cozy caller spot to chill," Trina shared.

Pixie likes to acceptable herself into bagsTrina

Pixie was soon introduced to the remainder of the feline crew. Despite being the tiniest, she held her own.

Today, Pixie is officially disconnected her medicine and thriving with her everlastingly family. She zips astir the location with her feline friends, past recharges connected the couch, successful a comfy bed, oregon cuddled up with her people.

She's afloat grown but overmuch smaller than her feline friendsTrina

"I deliberation she's blessed present and has settled successful nicely with the remainder of the herd."

Trina

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