[AlpacaTalk] off-topic: not alpacas
Hi everyone.
Well, my lovely daughter and her wonderful fiancé finally got married
on Saturday after a delay due to emergency hospitalisation of the
groom's sister/my daughter's bridesmaid (same person, we think she'll
do well). But while they were out (at the wedding ceremony and
reception), it appears that someone placed a severely injured cat in
their backyard. She was discovered yesterday while setting up for a
family/close friends luncheon.
This little kitty is possibly 9 months old. She's very pretty. Her
oriental head shape is very similar to my old boy, Shiva. She's got
black/tan tabby markings, as well as some torbie coloring, some white
striping, and actually, some bengal spotting on her. And very large
ears. I fell in love with this kitty immediately. And, she appeared to
take a liking to me, as I was the first person she offered her "tummy
tummy tummy" to.
I took her home with me and placed her in the "small animal hospital,"
my bathroom. I've nursed many a sick cat and hen in there! She slept in
the bathtub, on a stack of 5 shop towels next to shallow dishes of food
and water. she didn't touch either overnight.
This kitty can't walk. Her pelvis is apparently fractured or very
broken. Looks that way to me, it's just not symmetrical. She only moves
from one place to another on her own if she is frightened and tries to
run away. It's clear she was housed in a litter box, she has clumping
clay cat litter stuck to her hind feet and backside. One hind leg is
severely atrophied. She can use it some, but with pain. She's not
confident to eat food offered to her unless it's lying on the ground by
her front paws. She has little bladder or bowel control. She pooed
where she lay and didn't try to move away, or try to move away to do
it. The shop towels were soaked with urine this morning.
She flinched when I went in to check on her this afternoon and made
quick movements with my hands near the doorknob. This sweet little
angel purrs when she hears my voice... any friendly voice, yet she was
obviously abused and starved in her condition, and forced to live in a
litterbox.
I called our small animal vet and told them the story... I'm going to
bring her down for an exam, and I probably won't bring her back home.
Since she has little bladder/bowel control, and is in such pain, even
removing the leg probably won't help this wonderful little life.
I'll write back when I get home.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
White Lotus Alpacas
(formerly West Wind Alpacas)
Creswell, OR
541.895.0964
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
http://www.alpacana
http://www.whitelot
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