Caturday: The new girls

Meet the new fosters, Docee and Putz (name change pending.) These two have a sad story - their previous guardian lost his home (apparently due to a fire, but details are sketchy) and because he was in a halfway house program he had difficulty locating a new abode. They served as his service cats (specific reason unclear, but maybe for anxiety or similar social issues) but he was forced to take them to the Seattle Animal Shelter because he couldn't sufficiently care for them. It's quite brave for him to do that in the face of what must have been a lot of difficult emotions, and the shelter agreed to hold them for some time while he attempted to locate a stable housing situation. Unfortunately they are very shy and stopped eating at the shelter, so they were fostered out to a woman who already had several foster cats, and were forced to stay in her garage. They started eating again, but it was quite cold in there and not an ideal location, so the shelter sent out an SOS to find new digs. Enter me and my bleeding heart :)

It took them a few days to adjust here as well, but now they're very friendly to me, and Docee is a total lap cat (which is why I can't get a good picture of her!)

Docee, a tabby mix

Putz, a dilute tortie

Taken Sep 26, 2007 (click images to enlarge)