My friend's friend had to move out of her apartment and where she moved to, she couldn't take her cat, Ally. My friends agreed to foster Ally until their friend got her own place again. They've been fostering Ally for the past few weeks, but Ally was an indoor outdoor cat before coming to them, and surprise, surprise, she has worms! So outside she went since they didn't want her giving their cats worms. Ally is not spayed, no flea preventative, and no de-worming was done when they found out. They just figure it is not their responsibility. The girl who owns Ally said she'd cover the cost of de-worming her but my friends didn't say anything about her doing so, so I take it she still has worms.

Ally greets us just about every time we go outside, rubbing our legs and wanting attention. I suspect she might be pregnant since a male cat was following her around a few weeks ago and he has stopped coming around. If my husband and I had the money, we would take her to go get checked out.

I live in Virginia, and while the weather is not horrible, temperatures do drop at night. Currently, it is 40. Night temperatures all next week are in the 20's. I feel that is too cold for her. Maybe I'm just being silly, but I don't want her outside in the cold like that, especially when all she wants is some love.

So I have hinted to my husband that I wish she could come in from the cold during the night. He agrees but our worry is that she would bring in fleas and worms, and give it to our animals. Our animals are due for a flea preventative and I was thinking, maybe we could just get an extra for Ally and talk to the vet about getting her a de-wormer. This would probably involve us taking her to the vet and such, which we don't exactly have the money for, but I'm willing to do what I can for her. She also needs to be checked for pregnancy. Is there anyway to check at home? She would probably sit still and let me check her belly, but I have no idea what I'm checking for. If she is pregnant, I would guess she is about 2 weeks along.

So, any thoughts?