I may have another cat.
I was not looking for another cat. My boy, Sammy, is quite happy being an only cat in the house. But some times, circumstances come along that you just cannot turn your back on.
This cat is a Persian, long hair, squished up face. She showed up a week ago at the neighborhood cat lady's house where all cats end up living when they are dumped or lost. It was apparent that this cat was not meant to be an outdoor cat. I took some pictures and posted it on FB. Within a couple of hours, I got a call from the daughter of a woman down the street who lost this cat. It seems that it got out of the house at Thanksgiving and has been on the street since then.
So why do I think that I might have another cat? It sounds like an ideal situation, right? Lost cat found. Well, she didn't come to try to get the cat right away. When she did come, it was getting dark and the cat could not be caught so we decided to try the next day. But while we were trying, she said that the cat has bladder problems and she was thinking of having it put down because it has not been able to control it's bladder when it is sleeping. Then she did not come again the next day, and did not call. Today was the second day that she did not come. This cat certainly should not have been outdoors at all, and I know that I would be desperate to get it out of the cold and rain as soon as possible.
The neighbor and I went and sat out on a covered deck where the cat was hanging out, and waited to see if she would come to us, and she did. The owner told us that she was too skittish to come to anyone, including her, but she did come to us. We were petting her, and I finally decided to pick her up. She gave me no problems, and we found out that she was also declawed. I couldn't leave her outside any longer and brought her home, much to the dismay of my resident cat. She has been very charming, letting me brush her a little (there is a lot of brushing and cutting necessary, but that will have to go slowly), rolling around and letting me pet her belly, and playing furiously with a catnip toy.
So now, I am going to wait to see if this woman calls (she has not been the one to call yet). If she does, I am trying to decide whether I will tell her that I have the cat and she can get it or I will keep it if she doesn't want it, or whether I will lie to her and say that it hasn't been seen lately. Since she has yet to call at all, I have time to decide how to handle this.
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I did get the last one from a shelter but my other guys are found kitties. We took in a long hair guy one time (kept him 10 years) his fur was so matted we just knocked him out and shaved it off. Boy! Big difference! Before he would just sit there, now he was running around and playing with the other cats! Good luck!
Thank u for being nice to Kitteh. 
