Browse social stories in the Meow As Fluff archive, with photographs and accounts from the people who care for these cats.
When Heide was asked if she and her partner Zan would be willing to foster Zebedee X, or Z, a Sphynx kitten who was born with severe cerebellar hypoplasia (CH), she immediately agreed. "We were familiar with CH," says Heide,…
When Janet learned about Roo, a special needs kitten who was searching for a forever home, she and her spouse John weren't actually looking to adopt another pet. "It was during the pandemic and we had enough going on,"…
When Rachel, a volunteer with Animal Rescue of the Rockies, was asked if she was interested in fostering an adorable calico kitten with malformed legs, she immediately said yes. "The rescue I volunteer for knows I love…
After the passing of her beloved 26-year-old cat, Lucy was going through a difficult time and was yearning to open her home to another animal. "We thought that we had the experience to be able to look after a cat with…
When Courtney Blount -- a volunteer with The Kitten Carer, an Australian cat rescue -- learned about a special needs kitten and his brother who were in need of a foster home, she eagerly agreed to help the young felines. The…
When H Due, a certified veterinary technician, was on their lunch break on January 14, 2020, they saw a post on Dane County Humane Society's website about an earless tabby cat who was looking for a forever home.
When Fuff joined Veronica's family in May 2009, he was just three months old and appeared to be a pretty typical Burmese kitten. "Even that small he had a massive purr motor and he instantly hooked us, " remembers Veronica.…
When her family's cat Lily gave birth to a litter of four kittens on June 30, 2020, Flora noticed the firstborn feline appeared to be different from his three siblings. "We saw that his mini hind paws were curled inward and…
After losing her beloved senior cat to a stroke, Kathreen Magnusson was desperate to fill the void the Persian feline's passing had left in her life. Thankfully, in August 2018, she learned about Boogie, a paralyzed and…
When Roland Huddleston's coworker brought in a pair of kittens who had been rejected by their biological mother, he immediately noticed the female cat appeared to have some form of paralysis, while her brother did not. "One…
When Kerstin saw a photo of a pair of tabby kittens, Konrad and Mia, who were being fostered by a veterinarian until they found a forever home, she was immediately interested in adopting the young cats.
