<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/11890407/patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/starving-cat-left-dead-snowbank-adopted-raritan-fosters%3Futm_sourc" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> Welcome to a happy ending on Caturday</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of the <i>Patch</i> (Bridgewater, NJ) at:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/starving-cat-left-dead-snowbank-adopted-raritan-fosters?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/starving-cat-left-dead-snowbank-adopted-raritan-fosters?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">—————————————————</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><h1 class="Title_CardDetail__Title__1wx4U" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 2.5rem; line-height: 1.2; width: 545.609375px; font-family: proxima-nova, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Starving Cat Left For Dead In Snowbank Adopted By Raritan Fosters</h1><h2 class="styles_CardDetail__Description__255i_" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px; color: rgb(132, 132, 132); font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-family: proxima-nova, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Camper was left for dead before a foster with Somerset Regional Animal Shelter took him in and fell in love before adopting him for good</h2></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — Nine months since Camper was left for dead in a snowbank in Manville, he now has a new lease on life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">He is gaining weight, loved and recently found his "furever" when he was adopted by his foster parents Nancy and Paul Gedbaw from Raritan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">A Good Samaritan found the elderly cat weighing only 3 pounds in a snowbank off Camplain Road in Manville in late February. He was taken to Somerset Regional Animal Shelter where he was nursed back to health.<span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"> Gedbaw used to work for the shelter and now volunteers as a foster. She took in Camper because she always favored the senior cats since no one wants them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">She started fostering Camper on March 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">"He was in isolation at first because he was ill. Then one day he sat on the floor crawled into my lap and into my chest and began purring," said Gedbaw. "I fell in love immediately."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Gedbaw said her intention was to take Camper home and keep him there until he recovered. But plans changed.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">"Yeah, we just fell in love with him," said Gedbaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Gedbaw ended up adopting Camper on July 20. Since then he has been slowly gaining weight. When he first came to Gedbaw's home he weighed 5.5 pounds. The vet said Camper should weigh around 9 pounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">"We just wanted to get him out of the shelter to recover in a nice environment and gain weight," said Gedbaw.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Camper is a long cat that loves to eat despite his mouth issues which require a high dose of steroids.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Since September, Camper has continued to gain and weighs around 7 pounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">"He is a super loving cat, still a little skittish," said Gedbaw. "He is super affectionate and really a social eater. He won't eat if no one is around."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Camper is also a "counter surfer", who enjoys jumping on the counter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Camper is estimated to be about 12 years old and with his age Gedbaw said keeping him home with her was better than being in the shelter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">"It's a better lifestyle, less energy," said Gedbaw. "He is better in a quiet household. He has brought life to our household."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">To learn more about Somerset Regional Animal Shelter or to make a donation visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://srasnj.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(6, 118, 56);">srasnj.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FOSRAS" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(6, 118, 56);">facebook.com/FOSRAS</span></a>. The shelter at 100 Commons Way in Bridgewater is open daily for adoptions from noon to 3:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">—————————</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Photos . . .</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">Camper in his new "furever" home in Raritan.</span></p></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_110621.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_110621.jpg</a></div><div><div></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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