Meet Solar Flare
Hello, I’m Solar Flare.
I was only eight months old when I was found in a trailer park colony in Prince Albert, trying my best to raise seven tiny newborns. Life started out loud, cold, and overwhelming, and I learned early how to be brave and tough. While staying with my foster mom, everything was new: indoor life, humans, and on top of that, a pesky respiratory infection that made me feel pretty crummy. I hid. I hissed but never swatted because that’s extremely rude. Honestly, I wasn’t sure about this whole “people” thing and am still not 100% set on them.
Time passed, and while only four of my babies survived, they were adopted out in pairs allowing my job as a mom to be complete. Suddenly, I had space to figure out who I was. That’s when my foster mom learned something very important about me: other cats are wonderful and I adore them. With confident feline friends around, I discovered that humans might not actually be so scary.. Well, mainly female friends, male humans are significantly more scary which I’m trying to adapt too. If you couldn’t tell by now, I’m very much a cat’s cat, and I adjust best when I have a buddy to follow. If my resident friend gets spooked, though, I’ll take off and hide too, however, just for a bit as I’m curious about what’s going on around me.
These days, I’m quite confident with my foster mom. I still have moments where I need to retreat and observe from a safe place, but once I trust you, I really trust you. Ear scratches are possibly the greatest invention of all time, closely followed by fish-flavored wet food. I may act tough at first, but offer me your hand to smell, and I’ll lower my head for gentle head rubs and I’ll melt… and yes, I secretly love belly rubs too. I’ll even purr about it.
I take my time adjusting to new surroundings, but I’m very submissive with other cats, which makes fitting into a multi-cat home much easier for everyone. Playtime is absolutely amazing, if it’s something I can chase while you don’t move, I’m in. I especially adore string toys, all those months outside made me an excellent hunter.
Now, about my quirks. Cardboard? Incredible. A+ entertainment. I’ll scratch it, bite it, drag it around like a trophy. Blinds are also fascinating, mainly because they have strings. I’m still learning to enjoy being picked up, but if you wrap me in a cozy blanket, I’m perfectly content and quite proud of myself. Though sometimes I will try to hide my head inside the blankets. I also love talking to my feline buddies, I am not very loud and it almost sounds squeaky at times which brings my foster mom a lot of joy. As I mentioned before, I have a preference for female human friends, when I lived outside a nice lady would feed me my favourite fish-wet food.
I do have a chronic upper respiratory infection, which means I have sneezing fits sometimes. It typically sounds worse than it is and it happens when I run around to much. On the bright side, it’s not contagious and doesn’t slow me down. In fact, I feel my best after hanging out in a steamy bathroom while you shower for 15-20 minutes. Very spa-cat of me, even when I let out my squeaky meows to let you know the showers loud.
I may be a little cautious, a little fiery, and a little weird, but if you give me patience, a feline friend, and some ear scratches, I’ll shine just like my name.
About Me
Sex: Female
Breed: Domestic Shorthair
Colour/Pattern: Brown/white tabby
Birthday: January 1st, 2025
Likes: A quiet place by a window
Dislikes: Anything slightly loud
An ideal home would have: Lots of patience for my personality to come out
Good with cats: Yes
Good with dogs: Unknown
Good with children: Yes, but only older/quieter
Would this kitty enjoy a companion?: Yes
Please note all of our cats are in foster homes. If you are interested in adopting please click here to fill out an adoption application, or email contact@streetcat.ca if you want more information on this or any other available cat.