Our Cats

We were called to a house by a busy road in Bradford to trap neuter and return some adult cats as things were getting out of control. As usual we found some kittens. They had turned wild but were just too young to neuter. We were intending to keep them for a few weeks until they were big enough to neuter and then would be looking for a farm or stables for them. One of the kittens Mopsy started with diarrhoea and became jaundiced and had a very large tummy. After a few investigations she was found to have a badly damaged liver as some of her blood vessels were thought to be deformed. This is just one of the many reasons we need to neuter feral colonies as Mopsy's parents were probably related therefore causing her deformities. Poor Mopsy deteriorated. The vet volunteered to come in early on the Saturday morning to operate on her. We needed to know exactly what was going on as we couldn't send her brothers and sister off to a farm if she had something catching. Mopsy spent the night at the vets, it was touch and go if she would even be alive next morning and if she would even survive the surgery, the vet nurse took her home to make sure she got all her medication. Survive she did and is still with us months later. Even the laboratory where her blood samples had been sent are interested in her condition as the odds of her still being alive were so slim. They have kindly offered to reduce their fees on testing future samples. Mopsy is still a little timid but has taking her medication well. She is having lots of fun and playing just as a kitten should do. She loves to carry anything she can find in her mouth and then runs off with her trophy. While ever she is happy and eating we will look after her. The minute she stops eating we will call it a day. She has already survived much longer than we could have hoped for. She may not have a long life but we will make sure she has a happy one. Her brother and sisters were neutered and then offered a home on a farm. They too now have a happy life well away from any busy roads. We have stopped anymore little Mopsy's being born as we caught all the adults and neutered them. All this hard work takes time and money, but it saves a lot of suffering. One of the many reason we all volunteered to join Cats Protection.

The Good News and the Bad. October 2009 update

After all that Mopsy has been through and not expecting her to live she has now been discharged from the Vets and runs and plays like any other cat. Her last bloodtest showed that her liver had somehow regenerated itself. We don't know what her long term future is,lets hope she has many years ahead of her.

The bad news is that she hates being picked up. For months every time she was picked up she had a pill put down her throat or went to the vets or had a bloodtest. She was a feral kitten so much prefers the company of other cats. Will put one foot on your knee if you are eating something she likes the smell of and will delicately take food from a finger, but try and touch her and she has disappeared. Thank goodness we don't need to get her to the vets that is until her booster vaccination is due. Then it will be like a military exercise to get her cornered in the smallest room. Once she is caught she doesn't complain just gives herself up and resigns herself to whatever is going to happen. Once back home and with her pals she is happy again. Although she is now well it would be cruel to rehome her now she has settled so well and we must watch out for any health problems and get her treated immediately to make sure her liver isn't failing again.