First off, thanks to all of you who have been donating your points to CATS Inc., I have been informed that Fresh Steps is doing a split giveaway. If you have 25 points and you want to mention CATS Inc., in the sweepstakes, we are eligible for the sweepstakes currently running. $10,000 (which would allow us to cat proof our acres with a cat proof fence!) Anyway, they say that $5,000 is for the person who entered and $5,000.00 is for the shelter of their choice.
The link they gave me to post on social media et al doesn’t seem to be working at the moment, so I just thought I would mention it here. I did manage to enter one time- but again it is a drawing so who knows who will win. Fresh Step calls it the 10K split contest. 25 points gets you an entry into it- if you so desire to do this for us.
Today we find out when Mike’s surgery is to be scheduled (if they can even do it for him) It is all dependent on what the ultra sound of his leg looks like. I will know by tonight and tomorrow the rest of the kittens in the bedroom will travel to their new place MeowVillage where I understand there are several foster families waiting in the wings to take these darlings and care for them. All have made it to the almost 2 month mark and Draco has stopped having seizures. We did find out that the seizures were from a passel of round worms and not the meth exposure! That’s how wormy this baby was-
Polliwog, the kitty with the dislocated toe is doing great now. Those young growth plates heal extremely well on their own and she is running and playing along with all the other kittens as if she never fell in the first place.
Grumpy Gretel still has hardened milk sacs. I have her on warm compresses and an antibiotic so she won’t get mastitis, but she is uncomfortable to say the least. Her belly is so bruised that massaging her teats is out of the question- she will bite me every time. I’ve decided to do the warm damp compresses while she is eating and I put the microwave into her cat enclosure so heat is closer. I wrap the towel around her belly and hold it there while she eats. I know if feels good on her- but again, I need to massage the teats and dispel the milk and she won’t allow that without getting snarky with me.
Poor Gretel. Is that from feeding so many babies?
No I think it has to do with whatever abuse happened to her before she came here. Her belly is really pronounced with heavy bruising unlike any I have seen before. if she got into a confrontation with a raccoon or a possum that might explain it. She didn’t get any hit by a car, no other visible wounds show up to substantiate that.
She is going to go back to the vet this afternoon in about an hour. I am worried about all the swelling going on with her teats. It doesn’t look normal, and being on antibiotics over 4 days now, the swelling should be reducing not expanding.