Update: We are happy to report that they were adopted together to a loving home.
Lida is a rescue cat mama who loves her kitten like no other. She only has one kitten and this makes her baby extra special for her.
A few months ago, Lida a calico kitty was spotted and taken to a local animal control agency as an “unclaimed” pregnant stray cat. She was then rescued and placed in the care of the Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center (Facebook).
“At her first medical exam, it was determined that she had three kittens developing,” said the shelter, but when she began to labor, it was not an easy task for the new cat mama. After trying everything possible to promote contractions with no luck, they decided to take her to veterinary care. “We felt it was in the best interest of mom (who was exhausted at this point) and unborn kittens to be examined immediately. We transported her to the after hours veterinarian who agreed that Lida was unlikely to deliver naturally. We contemplated waiting until the morning to perform a c-section at our veterinarian but the risk was too high,” the shelter wrote.
“After detecting just one heartbeat on ultrasound, we authorized an immediate c-section.” Then the little ginger boy was born and became the only survivor.
Lida hugging her new born baby
It was an immediate plethora of love from Lida to her new born. She started nursing the little guy despite just coming out of the surgery and recovering. She cuddled with her only kitten like her most precious thing. “Everyone caring for these two are just in awe at their bond; Lida has completely redefined ‘devoted mother’ and Thomas is just precious and very much in love with his mother,” said the shelter.
There is not too much time where the two aren’t together. Today baby Thomas is thriving and Lida is improving day by day. Thomas just got fixed today and the first thing he did after the surgery was to snuggle up with his mom in a comfy bed.
Mom’s love!
Thomas is very attached to Lida
“He is resting on her paw, and she is resting on his paw…they are completely intertwined from nose to tail…”
Pure love!
Photos by Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center (like them on Facebook).
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They love each other so much! Too sweet!
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Here is a super cute video of them!
So precious, and so heartwarming!
Oh wow. You can see Lida loves her little boy very, very much. I am in awe. Cat mamas are amazing.
Oh, I hope they are not available for adoption unless they go together!
Thomas & Lida were adopted together. <3
very heart warming. Lida and thomsa are beautiful
its amazing how much they love each other, they are inseparable. Its very heart warming to see the bond between mother and son.
Im sorry to hear that she lost the other two.
its incredible !!
baby thomas is just too sweet
Amazing!!!
Such love for each other!
Such a capability and capacity for love. We, as humans, have a lot to learn! Thank you for posting such an inspirational story and fine photos!
When it’s time to find a furrever home, I sincerely hope they will be kept together; I can’t imagine either of them ever being completely happy if they are separated. Please keep us posted.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW LOVE!
They’re gonna need a bigger bed! I also hope they get to stay together for long, happy, healthy years.
Cat mommies are the best….
Am I the only one that this made me cry like a little girl? Too sweet!
Now that is love. They are so beautiful.
Where are they now? Please don’t ever let them be separated!!! I have 2 female cats that were litter mates and I’m sure if they were separated they would die of loneliness, they love each other so. Please don’t let that happen to Thomas and his Mommy!!!!! Shauna, no you are not the only one who cried like a baby!!
Lida & Thomas live together with people they selected to be their furever humans.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I’m reading from Italy. They’re so sweet. I do hope they will be kept together… <3
They are adorable! I hope they can both be adopted together…
I really hope they are adopted together – what is the current status? these two are the sweetest bonded pair i have seen and it shows that they do care for their babies and it is important to some cats… thx for sharing this story
So sad that the other two babies didn’t survive.
But it’s lovely to see the bond between these two! My tortie Betty had her first & only litter when she was a stray in my boyfriend’s neighborhood &, like Lida, was pregnant with three, of which only one survived. I ended up taking both mother & daughter (whom my boyfriend named Cassie) home & I couldn’t be happier. Cat mums FTW!
I rescued a pregnant mama, and she delivered 5 kittens, but one was born dead. All three girls got good homes, but her ginger boy stayed with us. There’s something special about ginger cats. Mom and son are still together with us and are great cuddlers.
The firmest bond in nature <3
I LOVE that last picture! So adorable! So glad they’re together furrever in a home !!!!
SO HAPPY THAT LIDA AND THOMAS WERE ADOPTED TOGETHER!! TOGETHER FOREVER!!
SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE IN THERE
LOVING,CARING,SAFE,FOREVER HOME AND HAVE BEEN!!
IT IS HAPPY DANCE TIME IN HONOR OF
LIDA CAT AND THOMAS KITTEN, NOW TURNING
IN TO CAT!! WOOO HOOOO!!
Such a sweet story. Love the pictures and glad they got adopted together! So adorable!
Sooo nice and sweet to so much love between mom and her son.<3
OH LITTLE MAMA!! What a sweetiepie you are, and Thomas is so adorably handsome. Thank you to the doctors, staff and humans for rescuing both of them.
That is just so sweet! So happy that they got adopted together!
Great these twoare still together
Kudos to the people who adopted them.