A cat showed up in our neighbourhood when I was a kid. He didn't belong to anybody so eventually my family took him in. My other two cats HATED him though so eventually we had to find him a new home. They sent us pictures once and awhile.

All the cats I have now have been rescued. The first was dropped off with his sister at the grooming salon in my work. The second showed up on our doorstep and never left. The third was a group on month old kittens my brother found in the snow. We took them in and found them homes and kept 1. Those are my moms.

I have two that were strays and brought into my clinic. The third is a cat from another litter we found in my mom's backyard. They were 2 weeks old and I bottle fed them and found them homes and kept 1. I managed to trap the moms and fix them because I think that was the third litter we found.

And a few others from my clinic. A dog who came in for euthanasia I adopted out to my friend. Same with two kittens to my sister in law. They came from a pet shop for euthanasia and had little colds and fleas and she treated them and kept them.