Gucci was found as a starving kitty, stuffed into a small carrier and left along a country road to die. The carrier was full of feces and urine meaning that the poor cat, who wasn’t more than a kitten herself, had been there for quite a while, dying slowly. Soon after being rescued, Gucci gave birth to six kittens. Their umbilical cords were wrapped around each other causing some of the legs of the kittens to be deprived of oxygen and later amputations.
After our veterinarian untangled the kittens and Gucci and the babies were back at our shelter, tragedy struck. Gucci became very sick and had to be rushed to the vet, along with her fragile babies. Unfortunately, she had a bad infection in her uterus and was dying. She was rushed into surgery to save her life, but she would no longer be able to nurse her kittens.
Experienced kitten fosters took on the laborious task of round-the-clock feedings for this high-risk litter. Despite their best efforts, over a period of a couple of weeks, one by one each kitten died. Sometimes, despite everyone’s best efforts, some lives just can’t be saved. We did everything possible, but they were beyond saving.
You don’t know when starting a rescue effort who will or won’t survive. It’s so easy to take the viewpoint that this or that case is hopeless, so why try? The answer is that people in rescue work need to try. The outcome isn’t always what is hoped for, but we do our very best.
Do you realize how much your support and prayers mean to us? We can’t possibly do what we do without you. You are the wind beneath our wings … Please come and meet Gucci. She is doing well and would love to thank you, in purrson, for giving her a chance.
