We rescued Tulip from Hamilton Animal Control where she found herself as a stray. Tulip must have been outdoors without shelter as the tips of her ears were frost bitten when we rescued her, but they have healed up nicely.

Here’s a note from Tulip’s foster mom:

“So my foster mom wrote a nice bio about me but no one responded. She wrote a second bio, and still no one showed any interest in adopting me.

I figure, I might as well just write one from my own perspective and hopefully it speaks to you and you will take a chance on me as your new animal companion.

Where to start, where to start, where to start? Well, as you can see, I am a fluffy black cat with a white streak on my belly. I know, I know, we black cats don’t get adopted all that easy, especially when there are cute kittens around who need homes. I’m a good girl though and I’m not asking for the moon and stars, just a second chance to live a happy life with a friend.

I like it here in my foster home well enough and my foster mom is great but I am not loving it. At first, when the lovely ladybirds rescued me from a prison cell, I was ecstatic just to be free. I came to my temp home and was by myself in my own space for quite some time and got a lot of one on one attention from my foster mom and I was coming out of my shell and letting go of the woes I had faced in my short life.

BUT, then they came, 5 little piranha’s of cute and cuddliness, all needy and sweetness and light, bluck….5 tabby kittens. Now, I’m not saying I hate them necessarily…..but :o) I get on okay I guess, cause I have to really but I miss the one on one time, the alone time, my ME time, with a human. Now, I, ugh, have to share, bah. Every time I try to get in some love and affection, along skips one of those little fluff balls and gets in the way and I get crabby and hissy and, okay, a little bit swatty.

I’m not a bad girl, I would just prefer to be in a quiet, less rambunctious environment, one where I can grow and come out of my shell on my own terms, where my human is all mine and we can work on our friendship over time. I’m going to be honest, I have had a pretty crap life until recently. I ended up on the streets this past harsh winter after being discarded, which resulted in frostbite to the tips of my ears and pads on both my feet. I was lucky I didn’t freeze to death cause I was only 5 ½ lbs. My previous humans didn’t treat me very well and I am nervous at times when being pet and react by becoming nippy. I’m not trying to hurt you but I would be best with no children and a human that is patient and understands that sometimes bad things happen o good animals and that I just need time and love to get over my past.

I am ever so sweet. I love to follow my foster mom around, always rubbing up against her leg while she is captive in the washroom. I enjoy a lovely body massage and head and under the chin rubs (but in small doses for now). I purr, I jump up on the bed and couch for cuddles but then get put upon by those blasted kittens and I’ve got no patience for them all rubbing up on me and in my face, bluck, that’s my job to do to the human, not to other cats.

I do get along with other cats though and besides the cuteness posse, there are 3 adult cats that I share the place with but would love you all to myself or perhaps just another animal.

My foster mom wonders if I ever sleep cause I’m always around especially when she wakes up in the middle of the night. She says I remind her of the cat girlfriend to Pepe Le Pew, the Looney Tunes skunk cartoon.

Can you take that leap and be my human companion? If so, I love and cherish you forever and our friendship will continue to grow as I get more comfortable with you and you me.

I look forward to hearing good news from my foster mom.”

Tulip found her forever home with a lovely person!