Hello everybody!
Today I want to tell you a story that continues. It can be considered complete when these homeless orphans finally find comfortable permanent homes. The situation with animals in Ukraine is not improving, but getting worse. And the main reasons for this are people's lack of responsibility and lack of state assistance. And the third reason is war, which makes bad people worse and good people better.
They were born from a stray cat sometime during the summer. We (that is, me and the older woman who feeds the homeless) knew about it. But we didn't know where the mother cat was hiding them.
Later, the kittens appeared. Wild, black and white, there are thousands of them on our streets. Why? Because people throw away their pets and don't want to sterilize them, so the cat population increases exponentially. Eventually, these kittens die en masse from viruses, street dogs or cars.
The heroes of our story began to come to the feeding point. September was warm...
On the right is the first photo of Felix, at the age of one month. On the left, kittens and adult cats eat modest food brought by an elderly woman.
And October began with severe cold. I thought about the babies more and more often.
But no one took away my previous wards, who turned from kittens into teenagers. It hurts me that I can't help more animals. Because I don't have enough money. 😿
Once, when I came to visit that pride, I noticed that the black kitten had sore eyes. It eas very sick. If it are not treated, it could lead to blindness.
Rhinotracheitis is one of the most common diseases of street animals. So, I decided to catch them.
The little ones were wild, but they could be caught while eating. A black and white beauty fell into my hands first. She is bigger than her brothers, with interesting slightly long fur and white hairs in her ears.
On October 1, we have the feast of the Protection of the Virgin Mary, so I named the kitten Mary in honor of this holiday.😻
The other two kittens were very thin... I tried to grab them, but they slipped out of my hands. So I had to borrow a "beaver trap". Someday I will show you this device in more detail. My friend and I caught kittens at night. **I remembered well that it was October 2, because it is my birthday!
This is the gift I gave myself.🐱🐱🐱
In a veterinary clinic.
Only the black kitten looked sick, but all three went to the clinic. Because visually healthy babies could also have the beginnings of the disease. The clinic was warm and there was plenty of tasty food, so the savages liked it there.
By the way, our long-time acquaintance doctoress, just moved to a new premises. So they were the first patients.
What an interesting facial expression they have. Do you also think that they are about to speak?
A few days later, we noticed that the mother of the babies, the cat Polyana, was also not feeling well. I quickly took her to the clinic. She had bilateral pneumonia and severe kidney failure. The doctors' efforts were in vain. A seven-year-old street cat died. There are thousands of such cases. We just don't see them. They die in basements and somewhere in the bushes...:(((
Meanwhile, I diligently wrote posts in various Facebook groups, trying to find a permanent or temporary home for the kittens. Almost a million people live in my city. But animals are helped by units.
Thank God that the black kitten (it's a girl) was taken by an old man from the yard where we caught them.
Another temporary home.
Two other children Mary and Felix live in zoo hotel. A day of their safety costs 100 hryvnias (~$3). Returning them to the street is tantamount to returning to death, because they have no warm shelter for the winter. My debt for the clinic is approximately five thousand hryvnias (~135 $).
And I haven't paid yet for the treatment of the serious illness of my other ward, Kuzya.
It so happened that now I have four of my own cats and seven wards looking for a home. Sometimes I panic, and sometimes I'm glad that both they and I are alive. And this means that all is not lost:)
They see toys for the first time:)
Felix and Mary are growing up, playing. They live in a small box and of course this option is temporary, if only because I cannot afford it. They are probably three and a half months old... The older the kittens are, the more difficult it is to find a home, because the competition is very high.
Just in case, I'll leave a monobank card here, which I opened especially for babies.
However, even if you vote for my post, you will help save them.🙏
For the treatment of black and white kittens
🎯 Goal: 5 000 ₴
🔗Link
https://send.monobank.ua/jar/6sQJZNqNrn
💳Number of the jar
5375 4112 0904 6080
PayPal:
melian_sindariel@ukr.net