08/18/2026
🖤JINX CHOSE US 💜
A few months ago, someone dumped what we thought were five cats in our yard. Five turned into seven.
Since then, we’ve been feeding them, providing fresh water, and working tirelessly to trap each one so they can be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and given a chance at a safer life. So far, we had successfully trapped three, gotten them fixed and vaccinated, and released them back into the little group that has made our property their home.
And then something strange happened.
One of the tiniest cats in the group, a little black female who had always run from us, walked right up to me. She rubbed against my leg. I couldn’t believe it. I reached down, picked her up, and she simply let me. I thought, “Well, I guess we just “trapped” number four.”
But once I got her safely inside, I realized something wasn’t right.
Two large bones protruded from her lower back near the base of her tail, and her little belly looked suspiciously round. I immediately made a vet appointment, worried about both the deformity and the possibility that she was pregnant.
The news broke our hearts.
At only about six months old and five pounds, this tiny girl had apparently already survived being hit by a car. Her pelvis had been fractured or broken months ago, and because she received no medical care, her body did the only thing it could do. It healed itself. Unfortunately, it healed badly, leaving her pelvis permanently deformed.
And she was pregnant.
Because of the way her pelvis had fused and how incredibly small she is, our veterinarian believed she would likely be unable to deliver her kittens naturally. Attempting to carry the pregnancy to term could have cost both her life and the lives of her babies. She was estimated to be only about three weeks pregnant. So we made an incredibly difficult, but very clear, decision.
We chose her life.
Yesterday, Jinx was spayed and her pregnancy was terminated. She came through surgery beautifully and is now recovering here at Crystal Hollow, where we are tending to her every need. And despite everything humans and life have already thrown at this little girl, she is unbelievably sweet.
She purrs. She gives head boops. She leans into affection. She looks at us with those enormous green eyes like she has somehow decided that maybe humans aren’t so terrible after all.
I keep thinking about that moment in the yard. Why, after months of running from us, did she suddenly walk up and rub against my leg? Maybe it was coincidence. But part of me will always believe that somehow, Jinx knew she was in trouble. And for whatever reason, that day she decided to let her guard down and choose me.
So now, we choose her.
Jinx has had more hardship in her first six months of life than any little cat should ever experience. From this point forward, we hope her story looks very different. Safety. Full bowls. Warm beds. Gentle hands. Head boops. And the knowledge that she will never have to survive alone again.
🖤 From wayward to welcomed. 🖤
