Hey everyone! Just recently adopted a new kitty!
I was driving home from work last Tuesday, when I suddenly saw this little cat in the middle of the road crying out. I immediately stopped to see if she was Ok, thinking perhaps she was injured from being hit or something.
She was limping, matted fur on her back, had swollen gunky eyes and a stuffy nose. She was a sweetie though, the little girl went up to me right away to be petted.
Another woman stopped by with me to check her out too. She went over to the house that we were in front of to see if the possible owner was there, but no one answered when she knocked.
I decided to go ahead and possibly kidnap pick up the kitty, put her in my car, and take her with me to the vet. The woman didn't know the house owner that much but she knew the name, so she wrote it down and gave it to me.
Soooo I called the vet ahead, who were thankfully open until 9:00 pm and were wonderfully accommodating, seeing me and the kitty as soon as I walked into the office.
After an examination, turns out the poor thing had...
- Fleas
- Lung Infection
- Ear Infection
- Overgrown nails that were digging into her paw, thus the limping
- The matted back fur as mentioned
- Eye Infection
- Upon first impression the vet thought she was four months old, but after inspection she was in fact at least a year old, so she had a stunted growth.
- Underweight
Really decent clues that she was a stray throughout her life. The good news is, she didn't have any broken bones or wounds, which I was first concerned about. Since the whole ordeal was a surprise (And I had literally only knew the cat for 27 minutes upon visiting the vet
) they loaned me a carrier and blankets to take her home in.
I happily offered to be financially responsible for everything- she got dewormed, ears done, received antibiotics, nails trimmed, and I currently have her eye medication that I put on twice a day for ten days. I also trimmed off all the knots in her back. She looks a bit like David Bowie with her large bald spot and funky fur style, but at least she will be comfortable! And she seemed to have really enjoyed the process, acted like it was a massage.
Understandably, she needed to be quarantined from the rest of the kitties for a bit so I prepared her her own private boudoir area when I got home. I pretty much decided very quickly that I was keeping her.
Everyone now is going through the gradual step by step process of meeting each other and getting used to each other, and so far everyone is getting along very well. Especially with Camelot and Morgana, whom by now have gotten pretty used to newcomers and don't blink twice about it.
We are going back in a week and a half for a checkup, get her vaccinations and to eventually get her spayed.
And no, judge me if you will, but I didn't try and contact that home owner
If that person was indeed the owner, then I wouldn't want Meadow to go back to them anyway. SHE IS MINE NOW 
At the vet, where she received food and water:
Couple days later:
Few days later:
She is such a huge sweetheart! And easygoing, friendly, curious and cuddly. What a little treasure! She is like a dainty little lady. Her nickname is already "Little Miss". The road was beside a meadow in a rural area, and her colouring reminded me of a fall meadow, and of course, the season is currently fall, thus the name.
She still isn't 100%, but she is getting there! She can run around now after wobbling about for a bit, her nose and ears cleared up and her eyes are getting better everyday, although her left eye is a tad more dodgy than her right. And her litter box training is going well.
Pardon my long post
I was driving home from work last Tuesday, when I suddenly saw this little cat in the middle of the road crying out. I immediately stopped to see if she was Ok, thinking perhaps she was injured from being hit or something.
She was limping, matted fur on her back, had swollen gunky eyes and a stuffy nose. She was a sweetie though, the little girl went up to me right away to be petted.
Another woman stopped by with me to check her out too. She went over to the house that we were in front of to see if the possible owner was there, but no one answered when she knocked.
I decided to go ahead and possibly kidnap pick up the kitty, put her in my car, and take her with me to the vet. The woman didn't know the house owner that much but she knew the name, so she wrote it down and gave it to me.
Soooo I called the vet ahead, who were thankfully open until 9:00 pm and were wonderfully accommodating, seeing me and the kitty as soon as I walked into the office.
After an examination, turns out the poor thing had...
- Fleas
- Lung Infection
- Ear Infection
- Overgrown nails that were digging into her paw, thus the limping
- The matted back fur as mentioned
- Eye Infection
- Upon first impression the vet thought she was four months old, but after inspection she was in fact at least a year old, so she had a stunted growth.
- Underweight
Really decent clues that she was a stray throughout her life. The good news is, she didn't have any broken bones or wounds, which I was first concerned about. Since the whole ordeal was a surprise (And I had literally only knew the cat for 27 minutes upon visiting the vet
) they loaned me a carrier and blankets to take her home in. I happily offered to be financially responsible for everything- she got dewormed, ears done, received antibiotics, nails trimmed, and I currently have her eye medication that I put on twice a day for ten days. I also trimmed off all the knots in her back. She looks a bit like David Bowie with her large bald spot and funky fur style, but at least she will be comfortable! And she seemed to have really enjoyed the process, acted like it was a massage.
Understandably, she needed to be quarantined from the rest of the kitties for a bit so I prepared her her own private boudoir area when I got home. I pretty much decided very quickly that I was keeping her.
Everyone now is going through the gradual step by step process of meeting each other and getting used to each other, and so far everyone is getting along very well. Especially with Camelot and Morgana, whom by now have gotten pretty used to newcomers and don't blink twice about it.
We are going back in a week and a half for a checkup, get her vaccinations and to eventually get her spayed.
And no, judge me if you will, but I didn't try and contact that home owner
If that person was indeed the owner, then I wouldn't want Meadow to go back to them anyway. SHE IS MINE NOW At the vet, where she received food and water:
Couple days later:
Few days later:
She is such a huge sweetheart! And easygoing, friendly, curious and cuddly. What a little treasure! She is like a dainty little lady. Her nickname is already "Little Miss". The road was beside a meadow in a rural area, and her colouring reminded me of a fall meadow, and of course, the season is currently fall, thus the name.
She still isn't 100%, but she is getting there! She can run around now after wobbling about for a bit, her nose and ears cleared up and her eyes are getting better everyday, although her left eye is a tad more dodgy than her right. And her litter box training is going well.
Pardon my long post
