I'm sad to say my first entry is a sad entry. Yesterday my daughter came in the house and said there was a weird furry creature sitting on the bricks. So my husband and I go out to look and it's a kitten who's eyes are sealed shut with mucus infection shit..
This makes me really angry and sad because there is a lady up the street that we call "the cat lady" because she feeds strays but they are not taken care of. She usually has about 20 sitting around her front yard at any given time.
So I put some gloves on and picked up the cat and walked up to her house. I knock on the door, she opens it and I ask her if she knows who this kitten belongs to. I have tread to carefully because she is crazy.
Anyway she waves her hand around saying, "I don't know. Cats are all over up here." I then point out to her how sick and starved the kitten is. She takes it out of my hands and proceeds to tell me that all kitten get gooky stuff in their eyes. I say the hell they do! I was raised on a farm with ALOT of cats and I have never seen one this bad. I then grab it back from her and tell her that I'am going to have the city come and take care of all the cats around her house, because they are suffering, diseased, and starving.
I take the kitten home and get a warm wet paper towel to clean it's eyes so it can see. As soon as I wipe pus spurts out of it's eye. I panic! I have never dealt with anything like this. Both eyes were full of pus. I cleaned them both out until I could see it's eye's. It didn't meow once or fight me. My heart was breaking the whole time. I got her to eat some ham and put her in a box, making sure not to touch her. So I took her to the animal shelter today, but I really don't think she has much of a chance.
So today I have been looking up at the cat lady's house and I haven't seen a single cat. I'am willing to bet that they are all in her house. I really don't know what to do at this point except pray for the poor things.
This makes me really angry and sad because there is a lady up the street that we call "the cat lady" because she feeds strays but they are not taken care of. She usually has about 20 sitting around her front yard at any given time.
So I put some gloves on and picked up the cat and walked up to her house. I knock on the door, she opens it and I ask her if she knows who this kitten belongs to. I have tread to carefully because she is crazy.
Anyway she waves her hand around saying, "I don't know. Cats are all over up here." I then point out to her how sick and starved the kitten is. She takes it out of my hands and proceeds to tell me that all kitten get gooky stuff in their eyes. I say the hell they do! I was raised on a farm with ALOT of cats and I have never seen one this bad. I then grab it back from her and tell her that I'am going to have the city come and take care of all the cats around her house, because they are suffering, diseased, and starving.
I take the kitten home and get a warm wet paper towel to clean it's eyes so it can see. As soon as I wipe pus spurts out of it's eye. I panic! I have never dealt with anything like this. Both eyes were full of pus. I cleaned them both out until I could see it's eye's. It didn't meow once or fight me. My heart was breaking the whole time. I got her to eat some ham and put her in a box, making sure not to touch her. So I took her to the animal shelter today, but I really don't think she has much of a chance.
So today I have been looking up at the cat lady's house and I haven't seen a single cat. I'am willing to bet that they are all in her house. I really don't know what to do at this point except pray for the poor things.
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I agree, a gut wrenching account, the good to come out of it though is how the quality person that you are handled it, your truly loving skills were a highlight in an otherwise as you say sad strory. You are a fine example of what human beings should be about as opposed to generally what we fail to be.