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caroline
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cat mama/rescuer/photographer
https://queencitycatsvt.org/
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My catsitter sent me these pics today
March 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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My sweet angel baby boy foster may be getting adopted this week ♥️
A black cat with one eye and a white tuft of fur on his chest sits on a white windowsill. His yellow eye and his ears are perked towards the camera. He has a handsome, broad muzzle and a perfect round head and triangular ears. A closer-up photo of the back cat with one eye. He’s facing the camera but his eye is focusing on something behind the camera. The side of his face with no eye has fur growing back, still sparse from being shaved for surgery a few weeks prior.
February 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I’m emotionally exhausted. Here’s some pics of cats I took recently:
A tiny black and white kitten with warm brown eyes lays on a plush purple-grey blanket. A neon yellow worm toy is in front of her, out of focus to the camera. A young tortie cat loafs on a colorful rug with one orange paw out. She looks intently at the camera, bright hazel eyes and ears perked. A different black and white kitten crouches on a cat tree with two yellow fish-shaped water bowls. He looks just past the camera, tiny pink ears alert and his hazel eyes focused. A young tuxedo cat with orange eyes lays on a cream-colored bedspread. She looks intently at the camera, the rest of her body relaxed as she plays with a feather toy.
January 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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“what do you mean you need your keyboard and notebook?” says Axel.
A large black cat with one eye and half his face and part of one arm shaved sits on a wood-grain table. He lounges across a white notebook and pen, long arms extending onto a laptop keyboard. He looks quite pleased with himself.
January 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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My coworker got a new dog bed for his pittie but didn’t look at the dimensions so it’s like 1/3 of the size it needs to be. But that’s okay, Bisous wanted a bed anyway!
A tabby cat lays down on her side in a plush beige dog bed. She is lounging quite comfortably with room to stretch her legs, her arms folded to her chest. In the background we see a black cat sleeping in a cardboard box (his favorite bed) with a soft blue towel.
January 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Found this goober humping a blanket yesterday… this is why I only have girl cats 😭
A large black cat sits in a cardboard box with a pink stuffed animal bunny. He has one cloudy eye and one healthy yellow one. He looks up at the camera cross-eyed, and with his tongue and two tiny fangs peeking out of his mouth.
January 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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yes those are his back legs
A black cat sits on a beige ottoman in front of a tv with Baldurs’s Gate 3 in the background. The cat is bending down to clean himself and has both back legs up in the air in a “goalpost”-like position. Every single toe on his back feet is spread out individually.
December 31, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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A googly-eyed good boy
A large black cat sits in a cardboard chewy box (despite that he has the opportunity to sleep in a new cat bed or on a full-size memory foam mattress or even a velvet couch). He has a green polka-dot blanket on top of him and an orange felt ribbon toy in his paws. The cat looks up at the camera, his healthy left eyeball making appropriate eye contact. His damaged, cloudy right eyeball points inward and down, giving the impression that he’s cross-eyed.
December 31, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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I volunteer for an amazing cat rescue in Vermont called Queen City Cats ♥️ Of all the orgs I’ve worked with, this is the one that I’ve found to be the most ethical and transparent.

Axel really needs an enucleation and a dental, but we need help to raise the funds.

www.facebook.com/share/17P4MV...
A surgery estimate for an eye enucleation. The bottom total reads “actual total may vary between $1320 and 1778.26” A large black cat sits on a white box facing the camera. His right eye is cloudy and weeping, and he looks at the camera sadly.
December 30, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Axel is feeling well enough to shred my ottoman… so I guess that’s progress 😅
December 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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Another angle
A brown tabby lays on a grey floral blanket with her legs and belly out. Her belly is a light beige color and is very fluffy and soft.
December 29, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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My favorite activity is putting my face right here…. Bisous is very tolerant
A large tabby lays on a grey floral blanket, legs and belly out. Her stomach is very fluffy and soft.
December 29, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Just found out my foster cat likes drugs 😭
December 21, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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*disturbed sniff*
A grey and brown tabby cat stares at the camera. She has one eye which is lit up by the camera flash, and her nose is flared open. Her mouth is slightly open, showing off her two-toned bottom lip and her bottom teeth.
December 19, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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We got some bad news from Axel’s vet today. Apparently his blind eye is cancerous and will have to be removed. Please consider donating or sharing this post so we can get him the medical care he needs 💔

www.queencitycatsvt.org/donate
A close up on a black cat’s face. His right eye (left to the camera) is sunken in and discolored, with discharge and tears. His left eye is healthy and yellow, and looks into the camera. He leans forward, whiskers and mouth pursed. A black cat sits on a white bench, looking up. His right eye (left eye to the camera) is cloudy and discolored. His left eye is healthy and yellow. An itemized estimate for Axel’s enucleation surgery. At the bottom, is says “total may vary between $1320.42 and $1778.26”
December 18, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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I love my three girls but they are dumb as rocks. Axel figured out a food puzzle that took them two weeks… in 30 seconds 🤦🏼‍♀️
A black cat stands next to a white food puzzle with five upright, green cups. Each of the cups has a yummy treat inside. He reaches into the cup to retrieve the treats. A black cat sniffs a food puzzle - a white dish with four green cups placed upright with treats inside.
December 14, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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Axel (new foster) is a very chill man
A large black cat with silky fur sleeps on a beige carpet. His arms and legs are stretched out while he sleeps.
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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How do I convince my partner to let me adopt this crusty one-eyed boy!?!?
A large black cat with one yellow eye on the left looks up at the camera. He is loafing on top of a white bin, tail tucked around his paws. He squints his right eye which is scarred and blind. The same large black cat sits on a chair under a blanket canopy. He’s falling asleep slowly, eyes closed, his black fur looks very silky and shiny.
December 11, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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can you believe this
An elderly black cat with white whiskers sits in a fluffy grey and white bed. She squints one eye and has her mouth slightly open, with just the tip of her tongue and one fang peeking out.
December 9, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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king(s) of the (cardboard) castle
December 1, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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Meanwhile his similarly-sized 3lb brother Jones is busy bullying the resident freshly-neutered tomcat Gob (Jöbe)
A small orange kitten confidently stands over a large grey tomcat. The grey tomcat is laying down, watching the kitten curiously as he is four times the age and size of the kitten. The entire photo is completely out of focus except for a litterbox in the background.
November 30, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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Portrait mode and I do not get along. Please enjoy James, a three-month-old kitten figuring out how to use his two extra thumbs
A tiny orange tabby kitten lays on a chair under a cafe table. He is in the midst of rolling over, his polydactyl thumbs gripping the grey fabric of the chair cushion. The tiny orange kitten is standing up now on the chair under the cafe table. He gazes down from the chair to the floor, planning his path of attack. The only thing in focus in the photo is his giant polydactyl double thumbs.
November 30, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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Thankful for my girls 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈
An elderly black cat with white whiskers and a small white spot on her chest sits in a pile of grey and white blankets. Her ears are up and attentive but she appears relaxed. A one-eyed orangey tabby cat lays on an unmade mattress, looking up at the camera. Her little nose and mouth are pursed as if she’s about to meow. A small mackerel tabby lays on a blue velvet couch with a beige and black fleece blanket. Her right front paw curls as she makes one-handed biscuits, while the left front paw holds her tail that curls around her body. Her singular right back leg is stretched out under her.
November 28, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Obsessed with this little guy eating his dinner (volume up)
November 28, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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So thankful for my three disabled cats guarding me while I pee
A large one-eyed tabby cat stands on the beige bathroom linoleum floor. She stared at the bottom of the cracked-open door. A smaller, darker tripod tabby sits closer to the camera, her tail curled for balance. A large one-eyed tabby paces along the bathroom linoleum floor, watching the door. An elderly black cat stands in the doorway, peering out of the room. A smaller tripod tabby sits in the middle of the room with her tail curled.
November 25, 2024 at 3:11 AM