Update (Jan. 29): Speckles has been adopted.

West Philly residents Jen and Rachel are looking for a forever home for their cat Speckles. Here’s what Rachel wrote us:

“Speckles is a young – about 8 months old – tortoiseshell cat. She was an outside cat in a colony in West Philly who was almost fully socialized when we did her TNR (trap neuter release). Then she had an infection after her spay surgery and needed to be back inside to recover and get medications. Once we brought her in for recovery and realized that she enjoyed being inside and would make a great pet we couldn’t imagine putting this sweet girl back out. Plus, now she loves to be around us, although is shy at first with strangers.

Whenever we visit her in her room (we have other cats so we are keeping her separate for now), she purrs, cuddles, and loves to get pet. I seriously would never imagine that a few months ago she was afraid of people! She is about 7-8 months old, FeLV and FIV negative and looking for a new home. We have begun to let her out with our other cats and she seems more interested in them than they are in her, so she would probably do well in a home with other friendly cats.

She has been treated for fleas, de-wormed, and been vaccinated for rabies. We are hoping to collect a sliding scale adoption fee of $25-$60.