Coady's story as told by his Community Caretaker:

Coady was born in the summer of 2007 in a litter of two from the first feral cat of ours named Gracie. He was always tiny and seemed to look like he wanted to be a pet rather than a feral cat. Every time I would go out to feed them he would never run away but keep his distance and watch me. But if I came too close he would walk away further. He was a lot smaller than all the other cats. When I decided it was time to capture all of the kittens and any cats I could, keep some and give the other ones up for adoption, we could not capture Coady. We got his Mother, Gracie and I paid $75 to get her micro chipped. vaccinated and spayed at the Humane Society. I could no longer get them done for free. We decided we had to try to control this cat population.

I also caught another older daughter of Gracie's, a black and white one named Lilli whom I planned to keep as well, but she had kittens recently so we had to let her go until the kittens were older. Now she is trap shy and will not enter the trap. We finally caught Coady one cold fall day and I took him into the Humane Society. Every one there said he was a beautiful cat, part Siamese and very slim looking. But he was too small to have him neutered, he had to be at least 5 lbs and he was only 3 lbs, too small for any kind of surgery yet. I had already decided to keep him but as a feral cat, not a house cat. I took him home and set him up in our outside cat pen, which I use for my house cats. He would just stay in one spot in the straw under shelter near his little house and he seemed so sick. So the next day my husband and I decided to bring him in the house and keep in a dog kennel to keep him warm. Once inside he looked and acted sick and slept most of the time and almost seemed lifeless.

Now we were worried and both of us decided he will live with us but we will have to take him to our vet and get him checked out. After blood work was drawn, stool samples taken, the Vet discovered he was anaemic because he was full of parasites, a common occurrence with feral cats. After medication and more blood work later Coady started eating, playing and was more aware of his surroundings. Eventually once he was cleared of parasites and was vaccinated we let him out to meet our other two house cats Lucky and Casey, both of whom were strays also.

He has become a wonderful addition to our family, loves our dog Baily and likes to bug Lucky and Casey. He has been neutered and is parasite free. He stays in the house and does not seem to want to go out, and if he did I would take him into the outside cat pen to keep him safe. We also have fishers in the woods that like to prey on cats so I prefer to keep my inside cats safe.

Indoor domestic cats take advantage of the bathroom's heat lamp. Coady peeps up from the sink.