A few weeks ago, I received an email with a plea for help. There is a calico kitty in Portland with a timeline on her life. She was rescued by a lady who then took her in to be spayed but she had a bad reaction during the operation and they declined to spay her. She almost died. The woman took her back home where she got pregnant, had several kittens and was an excellent mom but her aggression factor became almost intolerable.
The woman has other cats and they are now being threatened by this calico’s behavior. The gal has contacted (according to what I have been told) all the humane societies, shelters, and rescue groups. No one wants to take her on- I was asked “Could I take her?”
My first inclination was to say no, but instead, I wrote to the owner and explained all that has transpired here recently. She immediately contacted me and said she would get the cat fully vaccinated and keep her long enough for all the boosters to take effect before bringing her here to the sanctuary.
I gave her a list of things I would need for this kitty and told her the first thing I would do is take her in to my vet to be spayed. I needed all chart notes on the first operation so we could see what drugs she had a reaction to and avoid putting her in harm’s way. She was initially supposed to be spayed at a low-cost clinic, but they do keep chart notes I would think.
I will be starting on her new room today. It will be inside of the old enclosure- essentially it will be 8’x8′ two rooms- one room inside the other with a long corridor. One room being the introduction room, the other the sick room. The walls will be insulated, there will be a plexi-glass viewing window and if a cat does get inside, there is a long narrow corridor to capture the cat before it gets inside either room.
It will have a linoleum floor and the shelves will also be covered in linoleum (hard for germs to stick on that substance!) So, I better get to work. We are short some of the supplies, but we can make this work temporarily. The motto of this sanctuary is “We take cats others won’t.” I am so tired of death and the fact that this cat has a date with a needle, just chills me to the bone. No one wants to spay her and no one wants to live with her aggression. Unless my vet decides otherwise, her spay will be the first priority after she arrives.
Meet Agatha
Awwww MA! God bless you and Agatha!
She’s a beautiful girl but she doesn’t look happy. I’ll be curious to see her face in about a month after she’s had time with you.
poor girl – those hormones are a pain!
That is not a happy kittie. To us, she looks as more sad than mad, though.
Hang in there, Agatha. Once you aren’t spending all your time tending kittens, maybe you’ll feel better.
You’ll have quite the set-up there when you’re done, though you already have a good operation in place. I hope Agatha will be easy to deal with; after her spay, I think her life will be much better. I wonder what it is that made the clinic not want to go through with her spay.
Off topic – Did you ever hear, was that kittie from a few weeks ago actually rabid?
No she had blunt force trauma to the brain 🙁
Well, that’s better, we guess. But still a long ways from ‘good’.
Poor poodin’.
I am so happy for you that the kitten did not have rabies. That ordeal was a bit scary. So sad for the little baby kitten though.
Agnes has the most beautiful green eyes.