r/CalicoKittys

3 months old and barely over 2 lbs, because she refuses to be a normal sized kitten!

Amanda was found in my wood shed at roughly 3 weeks old. Took her in and bottle fed her, sense shes been bottle fed she goes on many adventures. Learning to kayak with brother Dazzle now

Do they make life jackets this small? A pool noodle?

Her fur is so beautiful!

I sure wish my building management would allow me to have more than one cat so that she could have a playmate besides just me.

I rescued this princess last December; she had just had kittens right here in my garage.

Everything is fine now. She had five babies; I found homes for three, and I kept her and the other two.

But her behavior makes me wonder what she went through before arriving here, and how I can give her the best approach.

She's very scared all the time. After practically six months here with me, I imagined she would be calmer by now.

She integrated normally with my other cats, never attacking any of them or getting into fights with them; she seems to get along very well with cats.

But with me, it's much more difficult.

She's not aggressive; she's never scratched me, but for example, whenever I reach out to touch her, she shrinks back, completely terrified.
Any sudden movement from me triggers this reaction, even if I'm not interacting with her. The other day I bent down to tie my shoe and she flinched, thinking I was bending down to hit her.

It makes me sad because I really want her to know what affection is. I don't know what she went through before here, I don't know if she was abandoned while pregnant. But her reactions make me wonder if she's been hit or something like that. I don't know how to make her trust me.

Had the biggest croaky meow wanting food (I didn't get footage of that).

There she is eating wet food. Also not my cat, but that is a story in itself.

My family called me weird for celebrating her birthday, could use some reassurance 😂

This is my sweet angel, Tana. No she is not named after Tana Mongeau, although she gets that a lot lol! She is 13 years old, and she's from Saudi Arabia! Before I adopted her she used to wander around my neighborhood, and she always slept in my cactus pot in my front yard. So obviously I had to keep her and I named her after the street I lived on, Tanajib! Tana for short, but she has tons of different nicknames of course :) Since she has a flat face, she has had a lot of dental problems over the years so she has no teeth except one canine! She also has an instagram if anyone would like to follow!! @toothlesstana 😸

We have achieved what equals cat harmony. She doesn’t like the big boys to run up on her (that would be Butters and Gus). I have seen her and Holly playing chaise. And her favorite toy is a kick toy shaped like a snake.

This is my sweet girl Dixie (9y)!

The girls are the best they can be.

We adopted her from the humane society a month ago and she’s a total sweetheart :’)