The moving video of a cat experiencing its first minutes of freedom and happiness after being held in a cage
After confinement, it’s time for play and love for a cat who is entitled to a new start with a volunteer foster mother. The video showing these first precious moments moved many Internet users on TikTok.
Going through a foster family is a necessary step for most cats from shelters, taken in from the street or having experienced trauma. This transitional phase allows them to prepare for adoption in the best conditions.
Madeline , who goes by “ @peachandpumpky ” on TikTok , is a volunteer foster mother for felines in difficulty. Although she already owns 4 cats, all from shelters, she is always ready to open the door of her home to an animal in need of a fresh start.
Recently, he was given a Snowshoe with a painful past and who needed a lot of attention. The poor kitty had lived for more than 30 days locked in a cage.
Madeline filmed the arrival of this cat at her home and the very first moments of freedom and joy that he was able to experience. The volunteer posted the video on TikTok on April 10, 2024 and the Parade Pets website relayed it.
We therefore see the animal discovering the simple pleasures of the cat’s life of which it has been deprived for too long. While meowing loudly while addressing his benefactress, Snowshoes being known to be talkative (they inherited this characteristic from their Siamese ancestors ), he jumps, plays with his toys, tastes his treats, lies down on his dog kennel. inside, scratches and gets petted on the head.
A long and complex process
At that time, he could not yet meet the other cats in the house. Madeline , in fact, took the precaution of keeping him alone in the bathroom at first so as not to jostle him. Adapting a cat to its new environment is sometimes a long and complicated process. What can we say then when the animal has experienced confinement for a certain time…
The other reason for his isolation is that he is positive for FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus). Madeline explains it in another video where we discover, in passing, that this cat is called Haven and that he is 4 years old. Peach , another of the volunteers’ 4-legged friends, is also positive for FIV, and she therefore knows perfectly well the measures to take so that the animals can live together in complete safety.
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