“On first sight, we were concerned …”
When Charlotte Holder, an animal rescue officer with the RSPCA, responded to a call about a cat who needed help, it was a story she’d heard before. A cat had been abandoned and was now living in dirty conditions, covered in fleas. Someone had been taking care of him, but they were no longer able to watch over him properly.
Holder arrived and took one look at the cat, later named Sid, and realized this rescue was anything but ordinary.
Sweet Sid had a nose deformity that made his face look a bit different, which is likely why he was abandoned. Holder could tell he was also having trouble breathing, and she rushed him to the RSPCA’s Newbrook Animal Hospital to get him assessed.
“On first sight, we were concerned Sid needed urgent treatment due to his nose, but when we did vet checks, he seemed to be breathing OK, but he really needed to get back to health with his weight and fleas, and then he came on leaps and bounds really quickly,” Emma Finnamore, a cattery supervisor at the RSPCA, said in a press release.
The team discovered that Sid had some minor eye issues as well. He was a very special cat, but none of his challenges affected his personality or demeanor. He was a lovely cat who just needed someone special to take a chance on him. Luckily, he didn’t have to wait long.
A family who already had a blind cat at home learned about Sid and knew he would be perfect for them. He headed home and met his new cat and dog siblings, and now it’s like he’s been a part of the family all along.
“I remember seeing Sid’s little face on the RSPCA website and thought he was beautiful,” Kate Cooper, Sid’s new mom, said in a press release. “I have had cats with medical needs before, so this is something that I am prepared for … He is a lovely boy — such a sweetheart — who loves playing with Echo and Froska, and they often cuddle up together.”
Sid was abandoned because he looked a little different — and those same looks ended up being the reason he found his happy ending.