Despite her best efforts, all of her offspring were severely malnourished, leaving her with no alternative choices.

JUST LIKE HUMANS, OR OTHER ANIMALS FOR THAT MATTER, CATS NEED THE GIFT OF TIME TO RECOVER FROM A STRESSFUL EXPERIENCE.

They too need the time to heal, time to recover, hopefully, aided by the kindness of a loving hand, someone who cares.

This was certainly the case for a cat family, a Mom, and her litter of five kittens, who found doing their best to survive behind a warehouse in Ontario, Canada. Cailey Seymor, founder of
Dorset Rescue Kittens found out about the family fairly recently, after they were discovered by a good samaritan early one cold morning.

The kind-hearted lady provided the struggling family with a plate of food, delighted to see one and all scampering up to the plate for a meal. From now on they would never have to worry about where their next meal came from. Once they had eaten their fill the woman contacted Cailey.

“She sent me a photo of the kittens asking if we could take them,” Seymour says. “My answer was ‘absolutely.’ She was successful in catching all five kittens and their mom.”

It was clear that life on the streets had not been easy for mom, now named Coco. She was just skin and bones.

“Coco spent her entire life on the streets as far as we know,” Cailey says. “We were worried that she was feral but that couldn’t be further from the truth.”

It took Coco a few days to settle into her new home, but once she did she didn’t look back.

“Mama Coco has finally started to understand the concept of a home,” Cailey said. “At first she would only lay on the ground, never on a bed or couch. She loves attention but didn’t know how to seek it out.”

For her, the good news is no more suffering, from now on she will be an indoor cat.

“She now looks for attention, lounges on beds and couches, and you can definitely tell she never wants to go outside again.”

However, right now the entire family was very much in a recovery process. They were all very scrawny and battling upper respiratory infections. They had been virtually clinging onto life outdoors.

“It was apparent that they had been eating leaves and grass since there wasn’t food readily available to them,” Cailey said.