George called a bit ago, his niece who cleans homes that have been vacated had called him. Inside one rental, she had found a cat and it was injured. She wanted to know if I might take the cat and help it. What can I say? It was George after all- they brought the cat to me- one look at this kitten and I rushed it straightaway to the vet. The only thing that I knew about the cat is that a neighbor when questioned told the niece that the cat had either been beaten or run over by a car.
They saw me right away and when my vet saw the kitten and the shape it was in, his face just fell. (There was no saving this young tomcat) and after he was sedated, they did films. They determined that first, all the ribs were broken and the kitten wasn’t even taken in for vet care. Then, the pelvis was broken- again, no vet care so the pelvis healed improperly. Then the legs were broken- again no vet care and lastly, the jaw. OMG. The problem with the mouth injury is again the vet wasn’t consulted and infection set in- the kitten couldn’t even eat and when the mouth was opened, you could see the squamous cell carcinoma had invaded the mouth. You could also see the entire jaw bone exposed through the gums. My God this kitten wasn’t even 8 months old!! He was so dehydrated and weak- even if we could save him, it would be so costly as there is only one clinic that could do the restorative work on the mouth and the pelvis. It would be so stressful and painful for this RUSSIAN BLUE kitten- it wasn’t feasible. So I kissed the top of his head and stood there as he left a world where he only knew pain in his short life and went to a much better place. On the way home, I had to stop several times at the side of road to empty my stomach.
The vet said the abuse and neglect was intentional- INTENTIONAL to what end? What monster does this chit anyway? He didn’t even have a name and even though they only gave him minimal sedation- he was so ready to leave this world that he was almost gone before they injected him. I’m shaking, I am so mad. Of course the renters are gone and left no forwarding- may they fall into a sinkhole and never be seen again.
Please if you can send any monies to CATS Inc right now, we need it in the worse way. we need it to settle the euthanasia bills as well as Gump’s hospitalization and ….and….and… this has been a sucky week for gray kitties-
I can’t say anything that you could print. I will try to send you something but it may be a while. I have to recharge my Paypal account and it takes a week. I’ll definitely help, though it may not be much.
How horrible. Poor baby. :’-(
Karma is a real b***h. And I hope karma is 10X as heavy returning the unkindness to the people responsible.
we hope that karma catches up with whomever did this to that baby. but we are glad that George and his niece and you were there to help this baby over the Bridge….
That poor little baby, just breaks my heart how someone can do such a thing. If there is a hell the person that did this certainly belongs there. Karma forgive me for these thoughts it is not for me to judge but for you to extend your justice.
Hi-thank you for what you do for the cats. But I don’t understand, how could neglect cause a squamous cell to occur in a cat. And how does a cat that young get squamous cell? thx
This kitten’s mouth was a mess of stomatitis, gingivitis and oral tumors. The house cleaner who found him told me later she had never seen so many cigarette butts in her life (and bottles of alcohol left behind). Smoking can increase the risk for oral cancers. The kitten was also wearing a flea collar (another risk for oral cancer). Without knowing what if anything the kitten had been fed or how many meals it missed it is hard to say when the cancer first set in. All I know is that this kitten never stood a chance at a real life and was taken way to early. But that was the only way out of the incredible pain he was in.