A Stray Cat Enters A Couple’s Trash Can And Waits To Be Rescued
You never know how much a tiny act of kindness will mean to someone. It fundamentally altered Granpruno the cat.
A Montreal couple started putting out food for stray cats in their area last summer. They quickly became aware of a grumpy-appearing tabby who appeared particularly eager for food. They called him “Granpruno” because he resembled one of their kittens, Pruno.
Granpruno returned to the couple’s yard for daily visits, but he was so loving and social that they assumed he had a home and a family somewhere.
“This big cat was looking for caresses and he was happy to have attention. He came as soon as they called him,” Chatons Orphelins Montréal, a Montreal-based animal rescue, wrote on Facebook. “He was nice and sociable; his hair was beautiful [and] he looked normal.”
When, one day, Granpruno didn’t show up, the couple started to worry. They hoped he was with his family and doing well, but they continued to leave food out and watch their yard just in case he came back.
A few weeks later, they were taking out the trash when they spotted Granpruno in their garbage bin. The sweet cat had completely transformed — they could hardly recognize him.
“He was skin and bones and he didn’t look well at all,” Chatons Orphelins Montréal wrote. “He came up to them and they hugged him straight away. He let himself go [with them] without saying anything.”
The couple, who volunteer with Chatons Orphelins Montréal, realized he needed immediate veterinary attention and took him to the rescue for help. Test results revealed that Granpruno was suffering from hyperthyroidism, which made it difficult for him to keep food down.
But once the 9-year-old cat started medication, he reverted to his happy, healthy self.
“He’s the cream of the crop and he gets along well with the other cats in the house,” Chatons Orphelins Montréal wrote on Facebook. “He likes to talk or to have cuddles and still likes to have fun. If you have feathers or games with catnip, he becomes a cat that rolls on his back and rubs himself with pleasure. He runs after feathers and he has fun like a baby.”
Orphelins Chatons Granpruno’s foster parents were concerned that finding a home for a senior cat with health difficulties could be challenging, but they fell in love with the gregarious cat right away and chose to take him in permanently.
Granpruno is now at last safe and enjoying a comfortable life with a family who loves him. And he is keeping an eye on his followers.
He desires to be with his people at all times, “Montréal’s Chatons Orphelins reported. “To see what they are doing, he follows them around.