I need URGENT advice, hurt cat....not mine..

[moosmom]

Oh Carole,

I'm so sorry you had to go through this. That 6itch of a neighbor could have easily prevented this from happening if she had just been a responsible pet owner. I'd have a difficult time concentrating too not knowing what happened to the cat. I wish there was something I could say to make you feel better. All I can do is give you hugs and say a prayer that the cat is either okay, or finally succumed to her injuries and is no longer in pain.

((((((((((HUGS)))))))))) to you for being such a caring person

xoxoxoxoxoxo

[carole]

Thanks Donna your kind words do indeed help, part of me just wishes the guy had never told me about the cat, then I would not have even known, but then the other part of me knows I was mean't to know so I could at least try and help, but I have not been of much use or help to that poor suffering kitty, i keep going down the road to see if I can spot it, but no luck,it is probably hiding under a verandah or shed, I just hope to that its suffering will either end quickly or it will heal, the injury looked bad, but it might be able to survive it, those feral kitties are hardy creatures and overcome amazing things, not that any kitty should have to endure any of it.

You know Donna the SPCA are a waste of space just about, they have one inspector for the whole of my city, we have a population of over 120,000 people, of course it is hardly their fault as they have no government funding, I voted for this government, and I think it is time I sent a message to them telling them what I think of it and past governments who will not help fund our SPCA's.

I may have to ring animal control and tell them there are feral cats and they will be trapped, but I am not sure if that is the best thing or not,they are going to their death if I do that, and also what if the wrong cats get trapped, even my own, i cannot keep them inside forever, Geez Donna I just hate all this, it wears me ragged with worry, they don't call me worrywart for nothing ya know lol.

PS i think she has gone away for a few days, most of the cats are not hanging around much, even the neighbour beside her had noticed it, Duchess the pregnant one was hanging around and going for the rubbish bags,(rubbish collection day today) poor thing here she is pregnant and not even getting enough food for herself, disgusting.,Trouble is I cannot be sure if she has come back and fed them a morsel, as she was back last night briefly when we went over to see her.

[carole]

I have an update, I told one of the other tennants about the cat yesterday and told her is she saw it to come and see me, she knocked on the door this afternoon saying it was at the units, so we got hold of the SPCA, the one and only inspector, she came out and unfortunately she did not get the kitty it went under my neighbours house, but now we have a trap set, I will keep checking to see if it gets trapped, if not by 4.30 i will take the trap away and it will be reset tomorrow, but keep all your fingers and paws and toes crossed kitty comes out today, as tomorrow we won't know where it is, of course they have to notify the owner, which is a pity, she has gone away , so i am not sure if she will be back tonite, still at least one of the other kitties got a feed from the leftovers satchet for trapping, oh i so hope we can get this poor wee kitty, i know its life will be over, and that hurts me more than anything, but it cannot suffer like this either, besides it had a pretty lousy life anyway. please prayers for a good result, thank you my friends.

[Soapets]

Prayers from Nebraska..................... Turn things over to God. He will take care of things............

Deb

[Karen]

What an ordeal, we hope the kitty finds its way to the trap and you can end its suffering. I would then be tempted to find a spay/neuter flyer and make copies of it and leave a new one at her house every day.

[Flatcoatluver]

oh my fingers are crossed keep us updated please!!

[carole]

Thanks for the ongoing support folks, right now I feel like using a profanity but i won't , we caught a cat alright, but the wrong one, the sister or brother of the injured cat, my I was tempted to hand that one in too, but i need the trap for the injured kitty, tomorrow is going to be harder as we will have no idea where it is,this sure is going to take some miracle if we are to get it, it is determined not to be caught, I thought it would have been hungry enough to go for the trap, I guess I was wrong, we did not even know the other cat was under there, but I figured this was a possibility, each day that goes on is another day of suffering, I am desperate to capture kitty, my mind won't rest until I can.

Keep those prayers a coming folks, kitty needs all the help it can get, I know the sad truth is it is the end of its life when I catch it and that tears me up inside, but I know also it is the only thing we can do,but gosh it is a hard thing to think about, even knowing its for the best in the long run.

I am wondering what the so called owner is going to do when she sees the note left by the SPCA, I hope i don't end up in a confrontation with her, because I don't feel strong enough to handle that right at the moment, still the SPCA have asked if I will make a statement if required I have said I will, she will probably get off with a warning anyhow, she can always use the excuse I can't capture the cat, still she made no attempts to contact the SPCA I was the one to do that, so that does not look good on her part, I must tell you also when the SPCA arrived, low and behold the land agent for the landlord of the units happened to be there by chance, so she heard it all, my understanding is she is allowed one cat no more, so they now know she is breeding cats like fleas, i made sure she heard that, and they are not properly looked after, apparently get this, the neighbour had complained there were mice under the unit, strange with all those kitties, now wasn't that a stroke of good luck, i never knew who the land agents were, now I do and it might be one way of getting her out of my neighbourhood, sadly that won't help the kitties she has.

Will keep you updated, I am going to set the trap again tomorrow. wish me all the luck in the world to get the right kitty this time, thanks.

[moosmom]

Carole,

What an ordeal you're going through. I know it's difficult, but you need to think that trapping the kitty is a good thing, even though the end result may very well be euthanasia. At least the kitty won't be in pain anymore and won't die alone out in the cold elements.

I hope the landlord nails the 6itch for breeding. Backyard breeders hold very low esteem with me. They're down there with other bottom feeders such as lawyers and car salesmen.

I give you KUDOS for caring. Some people would've just thrown their hands up in the air and said, "Oh well!!"

Love and hugs,

Donna

[carole]

The trap is set again, no takers, we don't even know where the kitty is now, it may still be under the house, probably dying a slow painful death, which makes me feel sick to the stomach, I will keep trying to get this kitty if its the last thing I ever do.

[carole]

UPDATE, well we kept the trap there all day long, luckily i could see all the other cats were not under the house, we finally gave up late afternoon, and went and did the paper run, low and behold we check out her place and there is the kitty, hobbling around, the little devil is so cunning, it must have been under the house all day and would not even take the bait, anyhow I have had enough, I rang Jenny the SPCA lady and told her she has done nothing for this poor wee thing, and i want her prosecuted if you can, she actually stopped by my home, and told me she had issued another notice telling her if it did not get vet treatment by 5pm tomorrow she will be taking her to court, a small victory in itself, but still that does not help the kitty, I just fear this will blow up in my face and the kitties will be the ones to suffer, I am scared that moron boyfriend of her daughter's decides to kill it, legally they can if it is done humanely, but i doubt that would happen.

The guy's next door told me when they took her cats new kittens over to her they were like two days old and he said they have never been seen since, she just took them , never said anything and shut the door, now I am thinking that moron did take them for eel bait, the thought makes me shudder, I cannot believe anyone could be so cruel, but just look at her leaving this poor kitty to suffer, I am so darn fustrated, I can see the kitty , get so close and then boof its off, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let there be a decent end to this awful story and soon, because it is wearing me out both physically and emotionally.

P.S the kitty is sitting on her doorstep right now, and I only wish I could get it, but as soon as we get near it is off again.

[carole]

UPDATE-I GOT THE KITTY, I cannot believe it we got the kitty, I had told you that I had seen it on her doorstep, but when I took another look it was its brother or sister, it was on the neighbours steps (One of the ladies there had already helped me by telling me the cat was back the day before) the other room-mate walked right past it, and I thought geez if she can do that maybe just maybe she can pick it up, so here I am yelling out of my two storied window asking her can she do that, she said yes, so hubby goes off in a mad rush to get a cage from my girlfriend down the road, and we go over there, piece of cake she puts some gloves on , picks it up and we have kitty, just like that after all those hard three days trying to trap kitty.

I bawled my eyes out when I saw the state of kitty, before I had only seen it from a distance, the smell was horrendous, pus and blood on the back leg, it was huge, anyhow to cut a long story short kitty's foot has gone almost dead and would be amputated, it also had a horrendous hole under its front leg as well, I had noticed it limping there, but had no idea what lay beneath, it's temp was 40.5 and it was de-hydrated, for a semi-feral kitty it behaved extremely well, probably no worse than either my cats would in this distressed state, even in the cage it was pretty docile, probably getting too sick to fight back, it looked at me with the most sad eyes, it just broke my heart and still does, but I am comforted in knowing, it has pain relief, antibiotics, and was hydrated, also a warm comfortable bed and food something it has never had,tomorrow they will get the SPCA to come and see, take photos and of course the decision will probably be made to put it to sleep, that bit really still hurts tremendously, as it deserved so much more in its sad short life, It really had potential to be tamed, it had been patted by the boys next door and they were fond of it too.

My heart is heavy tonight for more reasons than one, but I am relieved that kitty won't suffer no more, I am so tired I feel i could sleep for a week, but I will be lucky to get a mere 6 hrs in knowing me. Thanks everyone, this rescue has been a combined effort, from the man who brought this to my attention to my two sets of neighbours and the SPCA, and from you all who gave me the encouragement to keep at it, I know now why I happened to be the one to be told about this, it was meant to be, for me to help rescue this wee soul.

Now I have to hope the SPCA will continue with a prosecution on that B***h, I sure will give them a statement anytime they like. well folks that is all, I am off to try and get some shut-eye.

[AbbyMom]

Good work, Carole. You have the heart of a determined rescuer. I'm so sorry he's so ill.

Perhaps a prosecution by the SPCA will help prevent future tragedies.

Get a good night's sleep. You deserve it.

(May your neighbor be plagued with nightmares.)

[carole]

Thanks, I just hope she rots in hell to be perfectly honest, we still have all the other cats to deal with, this could just keep happening, and new kittens about to be born, I am hoping they can talk her into surrending them, the neighbours on both sides are distressed also by it all and want something done too, so she is not very popular around here.

Everytime I think about kitty it just makes me bawl my eyes out, woke up at 2am thinking about it and away I went, I know that today is probably its last day alive, i only wish someone at the vets would take it, but I know that possibility is zero also because it is semi-feral if it were tame it might have happened, I will never forget this to the day I die, I have felt traumatised by it all to be frank, and its injuries and wee face will haunt me forever, but i know I have done the only humane thing possible and I feel comfort in knowing that.

[Laura's Babies]

GOD Carole, I KNOW you have been through the wringer with this. God put YOU in charge of helping this wee one and you HAVE done the best anyone could do for the poor baby! I commend you for that!

[moosmom]

Carole,

Get a good night's sleep. Whatever the outcome, at least you got the cat away from the yutz of a neighbor. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they do prosecute her for animal cruelty and neglect.

Sweet dreams.