News
Mar 10 2009
The Story of Lucky
This is 2 days after rescue. At this point he had several meals, fluids, medication, warmth and love. More photos to follow
- Lucky
He can’t sit; he can’t walk. But he is alive! Sunday night a young couple were out walking their dogs. They heard an animal crying. The gentleman handed his wife the leashes, and he went to investigate. He found a young cat, laying on the cold cement, crying for help. When he went to pick him up, the cat was cold and rather stiff. He was so emaciated that you could see every bone in his body. They hurried home and gave him a warm bath. The water was black with dirt that came off of the cat. They called me for help. We quickly wrapped him in warm blankets, put a heating pad under his cage blankets, offered a small amount of food so that his system would not reject it, and snuggled him in for the night, and waited with crossed fingers.
He made it! The next morning I offered a small amount of food, put fresh, warm blankets and heat around him, and he looked at me as if to say thank you.
I took him to the vet. He was given fluids, an antibiotic shot, and the vet said he felt that the cat was close to one year old, weighing less than 1 pound. When found, he had a collar and flea collar on him that were so tight that he was no longer able to swallow. He was starving to death.
His name is Lucky. I will post a picture once a week to show the progress he is making. He is sweet, appreciative and has a very strong will. He is Lucky.
