Cat Sisters Rescued from a Filthy Auto Shop Walked Into Their Forever Home and Never Looked Back
Two young sisters pulled from a colony of cats living in a dangerous, filthy auto shop in New Jersey have found their forever home, and from the moment they walked through the door, they acted as if they had always lived there. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue Group Jetta and Lexus were part of a colony of roughly fifteen cats discovered living at an auto repair shop in New Jersey, surviving in conditions as grim as they looked. Cats were huddled among piles of trash and debris, navigating snow and filth with almost nothing to eat. A former adopter from NYC Animal Rescue Group happened to pass by, recognized how dire the situation was, and contacted the rescue immediately.The rescue moved quickly. Over the course of two days, volunteers worked to trap as many cats as they could, pulling cat after cat out of the cold and into safety. Jetta and Lexus came out together, which was exactly how it needed to be.They were malnourished, covered in fleas, and both had eye infections that needed immediate attention. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupAt the vet, the sisters received everything they had been going without. They were treated for their infections, vaccinated, dewormed, spayed, and microchipped. The eye infections cleared. The weight began to come back. Lexus and JettaCredit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupWhat emerged from underneath all that hardship was a surprise to no one who spent more than five minutes with them. "The most precious, sweetest, loving, adorable young girls," NYC Animal Rescue Group shared with LoveMeow. The shyness of those first days gave way quickly, and Jetta and Lexus showed exactly who they were.They were affectionate from the start, leaning into every hand that reached for them. Each day in care, they grew a little more comfortable, a little more themselves, and a little more certain that people were worth trusting. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupFrom the cage, they moved to a foster home with Sophie, and that's where the real transformation took hold. Sophie gave them space, time, and something neither of them had known before: a proper bed. They claimed it immediately and slept there every night, pressed against each other, while their coats filled back out and the last traces of the auto shop faded behind them."They are happy, loving, extremely affectionate, playful and very very lucky," the rescue shared. Lucky felt right. But earned felt closer. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupThey chased toys across Sophie's floors, investigated every corner with the focused intensity of cats who had decided a place was theirs, and took turns requesting attention from anyone who sat down long enough to offer it. Curious did not quite cover it. They were thorough.The adoption inquiry came in, and it was the right one. A home that would keep them together. Bonded cats are common and tend to take a bit longer to find the right home. Lexus and Jetta wasted no time deciding this was their place. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue Group"In a matter of minutes, they made themselves right at home," the rescue shared. "Exploring, eating, playing, and falling asleep on the bed." The two cats who had spent their first year of life navigating a junkyard in the snow walked into a warm apartment and immediately began deciding which pieces of furniture were theirs.All of them, it turned out. No comfy area was safe from a nap. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupTheir new family renamed them Margot and Poppy, names that suited the cats they had become rather than the place they had come from. By any name, they are the same two girls: happy, loving, extremely affectionate, and entirely inseparable.From living in a pile of trash and filth to sleeping on a warm bed in a home that chose them. "From living in a pile of trash and filth to living in a safe and loving forever home," the rescue shared. That is exactly what happened, and exactly what they deserved. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupThey came out of an auto shop in New Jersey with nothing. They have a home now, with a family who chose them together and intends to keep it that way. Credit: NYC Animal Rescue GroupShare this story with your friends. More on Jetta, Lexus, and NYC Animal Rescue Group on Instagram and Facebook. A special thank you to their foster, Sophie @sophiedemorelos.Related Story: They Take in 2 Kittens in Need, From the Very Beginning, the Cat Brothers Clearly Belong Together
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