Just got a call from a local farmer. He and his wife were getting ready to torch their burn pile when they heard mewing sounds. They removed some of the logs and waste in the pile and unearthed 3 kittens who aren’t sounding (by their description) as if they are doing very good. They are on the way here to drop them off and then I will go and sit at the vet’s office till they can work me in. I have already been there once today (Jedi is having her lumps removed).
If on the first of the month, anyone can send some monies for the cats, it would be appreciated. I lost my one donation of cat food source. They decided to give to the local shelter instead. So anything sent here would be used for the good of these cats.
Please pray for these three babies. I have no idea how old they are, what kind they are but I was told they are all three shivering and it is 70 degrees outside right now- 🙁 I will fill you in when I return from the vet as they will be working me in- don’t know when i will return.
5:00 p.m. update- Kittens needed warming fluids, food and are full of fleas but are to weak to put anything chemical on them right now. Icy to the touch when they arrived here- one of them was just flat. She was lying on a towel with her head completely buried down in the towel mewing loudly. When I touched her it was like touching a block of ice! I had coffee so she got a few drops of coffee and Karo and thankfully, she swallowed it. We rushed off the vet at 1:30 and we just now got home.
They are four weeks old, cute as the devil and they look like Maine Coon mixes (all girls or so the vet thinks) I have sub cu fluids to give to all three of them, and they are on AD at the moment. They dove into their food. The two bigger kittens rebounded quickly after the fluids, but the kitten who was flat, she is still on the edge and I hope I can pull her through. She is so weak and wobbly. I have her near me in a warming cage and she is eating with assistance so that is good. I am grateful they were found before the burn pile had been torched.
This is the kitten who felt most like an ice cube. I am calling her Gypsy and I am praying she won’t die-
At 8:27 p.m. Gypsy passed over the Bridge
This is her luckier sister (no name yet)
And then here is the third kitten also a girl
purrs to those kitts – and to you….
Lucky babies that the farmer heard them. I will keep my fingers crossed that the little one pulls through (as do all of them, of course).
Very lucky for everyone. Purrrrring for all of them, but especially the little flat one. So glad they were doing well enough to noise.
So sorry to hear Gypsy did not make it. Shedding tears for her as I post this message. Thank you for trying to save her.
Poor Gypsy. I’m glad you named her and that she was with someone who cared when she died. I will see what I can do for a donation.
It is never easy to get them when they are just on the edge. To watch her suffer was heartbreaking although it was short-lived thankfully. She had not one ounce of fat or muscle on her tiny body and stayed so cold to the touch no matter what we did to help bring her around. But she knew that someone cared- she died in my arms and now is away from pain, cold and darkness.
Your father has gathered Gypsy up. She’s in his gentle hands, warm and happy and purring. Just as he cared for animals while alive, same now over the Rainbow Bridge.
Mournfull purrrrss. So sorry that Gypsy was too far gone to help. At least she knew love for a few hours before leaving.
We hope the other two recover and have good, long lives ahead of them.
A food order should be arriving on Tuesday July 2. 2-16lb bags dry kitten, 48 cube Nutro kitten wet, 48 cube wet friskies. I know it won’t put a dent in it but I hope it helps.
sorry to hear about little Gypsy, hope her sisters make it.
Bless you Janice for the food help. As others have commented I am sure she is purring in your Dads lap as are the other kitties you have lost before her.
Janice! Thank you so much and yes, it will put a dent in it for sure! Do you know how much 12 growing kittens can eat? LOL