I have an email buddy who lives in East Texas, Tyler to be precise. She has been caring for a set of feral kitties outside her house. One of them turned out to be pregnant and just had 5 kittens a couple days ago.
Here's the problem, she can't afford to hardly take care of herself let alone provide any type of medical care for these cats. Food for them has consisted of random non brand name food she can find on sale.
She just emailed saying how the mamma cat is walking 'strangly' and staggered a few times and the kittens are crying more. Mamma kitty seems to be eating, although gulping down, her food, using the sandbox, and drinking but still.
My worst fears are low calcium and/or infection causing problems with the milk, possible malnutrition also (she recently 'upgraded' food to Meow Mix) and some unknown canned food.
I know there is no possible way she can afford to take this cat or kittens to the vet. I'm very worried for the mother cat and her babies as well as the trauma will cause my friend who has alot of health problems of her own. She simply started feeding them because she felt sorry for them, they are not her pets.
She said she had help of one lady from a 'rescue' place but I known nothing about what type of help they are providing beyond helping foster or adopt out the cats.
Does anyone have any phone numbers/addresses/names of good rescue places that may be able to help with vet care for her area?? I would like to email her any info for places that may be able to help these cats out medically.
I know nothing about what types of services or decent rescue places exist in her area. I don't want to accidentally direct her to some cat collector in the guise of a 'rescue' or 'shelter'.
Any information you can post fairly quickly would be appreciated.
If my worst fears are true then the mamma may only have a day or two and possibly the kittens shortly after.
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