Re: [AlpacaTalk] off-topic: not alpacas
On Aug 18, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Heather Zeleny wrote:
> 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* Argh!!! How could I have possibly
> typed that non-word???? I NEVER say that! ~~~ SUPPOSEDLY 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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