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If adopting is an act of love, taking home an animal with special needs is something that transcends this feeling.
Let us introduce you to Aoife, a two-year-old cat that has stolen the hearts of millions of people. The kitten was spotted on Instagram by two incredible hoomans, Sabrina and James. They immediately fell in love with the animal and decided to bring her into their family. However, Aoife is not a usual cat. She was born with a mangled pelvis and has severe hip dysplasia and a huge curve in her spine near the thoracic area. Due to her spinal deformities, she is also incontinent and has to wear a diaper.
Despite her paralysis, Aoife has a good quality of life and has already become a viral sensation with more than 60k followers on Instagram!
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According to Sabrina, Aoife is incontinent due to her spinal deformities, so the family has to perform a manual expression of both her bladder and bowel twice a day. She also takes probiotics, Miralax, Uromaxx, and pumpkin.
Besides Aoife, Sabrina and James have also adopted 5 other cats, Pebbles, Kevin, Sofia, Ellie Mae and Peter.
The owners revealed that Aoife’s favorite activity is eating. “Zoomies are 2nd. Cuddling with mama is 3rd. She’s a bit of a bully at times, but all the cats get along with each other.”
“Her followers are very vocal about how much they love her story, but it wasn’t until her first reel hit 1 million views that we realized we had a little star,” Sabrina shared.
“She’s stubborn, feisty, fearless and incredibly strong, which makes for hilarious and inspirational videos. We had no idea she would have this much attention though.”
Sabrina told us that watching Aoife thrive despite her disability has made them appreciate their blessings more, taught them to be kinder, and helped them connect with truly wonderful people!
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Poor angel. I’m happy she is in such a good, loving home.
Oh she´s not poor at all, you should visit her Instagram accound, she gets around well and doesn´t notice she´s different at all, there are some videos of her posted on IG, her humans Sabrina and James take the best of care of her. No need to feel sorry for a cat like Aoife, I´d feel much more sorry if she hadn´t gotten the chance to live at all, if she´d been "put down". But the vet and her foster humans decided to give her a fair chance. A Facebook friend´s cat named Blacky was also paralyzed and passed a few years ago at the age of 14 years, he also lived a happy life, he had a wheelchair that he only used outdoors, indoors he got around like Aoife does at her home, by having developed strong muscles in the front legs to move from A to B.
Humans are more about the things they lose, a cat or dog is more like "I have 2 legs that work" rather than "2 of my legs don't work".
Well put! My puppy had distemper when he was younger - my mother would tell me continually to "put him down and get a new one", and that I was "abusing" him by trying to keep him alive. My puppy beat the virus, though he has permanent neurological and physical disabilities - not as bad as Aoife's, but similar (he has to wear diapers most of the time and cannot stand/walk well). He is a super-happy pupper and has no idea he's disabled. He just went to a puppy playgroup today and was so thrilled! I have my Instagram linked on my profile if you want to see how adorable he is XD
From today on cute Aoife has 1 follower more on Youtube and on Instagram (there I can´t post myself without a cellphone, but I can follow, like & comment). 😽😽😽💖💖💖☮️☮️☮️ Aoife´s a lot like angel furriend #BlackyTheWheelchairCat was. He had an own Fakepoop page, not sure if he still does, I do not go to the newsfeed anymore, too old posts shown to me & too many daily newsletters to check.
Poor angel. I’m happy she is in such a good, loving home.
Oh she´s not poor at all, you should visit her Instagram accound, she gets around well and doesn´t notice she´s different at all, there are some videos of her posted on IG, her humans Sabrina and James take the best of care of her. No need to feel sorry for a cat like Aoife, I´d feel much more sorry if she hadn´t gotten the chance to live at all, if she´d been "put down". But the vet and her foster humans decided to give her a fair chance. A Facebook friend´s cat named Blacky was also paralyzed and passed a few years ago at the age of 14 years, he also lived a happy life, he had a wheelchair that he only used outdoors, indoors he got around like Aoife does at her home, by having developed strong muscles in the front legs to move from A to B.
Humans are more about the things they lose, a cat or dog is more like "I have 2 legs that work" rather than "2 of my legs don't work".
Well put! My puppy had distemper when he was younger - my mother would tell me continually to "put him down and get a new one", and that I was "abusing" him by trying to keep him alive. My puppy beat the virus, though he has permanent neurological and physical disabilities - not as bad as Aoife's, but similar (he has to wear diapers most of the time and cannot stand/walk well). He is a super-happy pupper and has no idea he's disabled. He just went to a puppy playgroup today and was so thrilled! I have my Instagram linked on my profile if you want to see how adorable he is XD
From today on cute Aoife has 1 follower more on Youtube and on Instagram (there I can´t post myself without a cellphone, but I can follow, like & comment). 😽😽😽💖💖💖☮️☮️☮️ Aoife´s a lot like angel furriend #BlackyTheWheelchairCat was. He had an own Fakepoop page, not sure if he still does, I do not go to the newsfeed anymore, too old posts shown to me & too many daily newsletters to check.
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