That is such a sad story! Rest in Peace Peaches.
Originally Posted by Pami
Natalie we know you did all you could to help this baby girl. It was not fair. She never deserved this, as small, as it is, she did know some sense of love and care the last few weeks of her life. She is at peace now.
Hugs to you. Many have crossed your path to be helped, some over the bridge, some to to new families, but either way, you have shown so much love, compassion and dedication to these poor helpless animals, day after day after day. You deserve so much for your endless effort
Originally Posted by Pami
Natalie we know you did all you could to help this baby girl. It was not fair. She never deserved this, as small, as it is, she did know some sense of love and care the last few weeks of her life. She is at peace now.
Hugs to you. Many have crossed your path to be helped, some over the bridge, some to to new families, but either way, you have shown so much love, compassion and dedication to these poor helpless animals, day after day after day. You deserve so much for your endless effort
Rest Peacefully little Angel
I noticed that about her right away too. Did she maybe have another condition that was undiagnosed?Originally Posted by Cinder
She looked thin and frail. Was there anything else wrong with her?
My thoughts exactly.Originally Posted by carolinalima
Why, why did I open this page...
This is a great story, thanks for sharing it! People who abuse animals are nothing but bullies, but the way your friend turned Kasey's fate around showed true courage. And if not for your love and willingness to open your heart and home to Kasey, she'd probably still be getting kicked around somewhere.Originally Posted by Claydust
Kasey our most recent cat, brought home in May 2008, she is an 8 to 10 year old torti that I rescued from one of our company's sites.
She was brought there when she was a kitten for rodent control, they had her spayed and she had her shots. I go to the site occassionally as part of my job and the cat has known me for all these years.
As time went on, enevitable changes went on and she did not receive the best of care and in some cases I heard she was kicked around etc. Through all this, she retained a nice nature with people and craved attention. (Later examination showed an old injury to her left rear leg and the tips of the upper canines were broken off.)
She was losing patches of fur and looked to be in bad shape. A couple of years ago, a few people at the site, pointing out the lost fur had the foreman load her into his truck to take her to be euthanized because she was "sick". One guy there who I have known quite a while stepped in saying just a %$^%&* minute, and stopped it.
Last April, I was on site for a few days working on a job and had seen enough, I came home and we talked about it and on the next run up there, I brought a cat carrier and took her home.
We did all the vet stuff and the recommended slow introduction to the resident two cats, from separate rooms etc. She did very well on good quality food and is in very good shape, now and all the fur with full torti colours grew back quite thickly. She has basically "imprinted" on me and has retained her friendly nature with people. She has adapted well to being a house cat and seems happy she doesn't "do" winter anymore.
As I type this, she is happliy grooming in "critter bed", as usual in sight of me.