Five years ago, I spotted a few kittens roaming up and down skittishly along the staircase and corridors. I wanted to know who their owners were, I followed them. Sigh… it was the same owner that took two kittens home many years back because they found them pitiful and dumped them to the feeder, who is me, to feed!
I helped her to sterilise the kittens, including FG. There were four or five of them including FG. Whenever after a cat had been sterilised, I no longer care if they are indoors or outdoors anymore. FG was the only one who didn’t want to be at home. She stayed outdoors and hung around behind the lift. I sterilised them when they were around five-months-old. As FG grew older, her tummy seemed to be abnormal. Both sides of her tummy were protruding, just like Toofy. But that didn’t mean she had health issues. Other feeders were feeding her too and she grew fatter and fatter.
Whenever I saw her late at night, she was always lying flat with her fat tummy spreading. I left kibbles and a can of wet food to whoever wanted to eat if there are hungry at night. Since her tummy was often seen spreading on the ground, I didn’t notice if she was losing weight until Xiumin, the feeder who feeds in the evening told me that she didn’t look good. On the very night I checked on FG and felt her spine. I took her to the vet the very next day.
FG had a growth on her kidney. The first few days she was looking happy, active and ate a good handful of kibbles and wet food that was mixed with probiotics. She deteriorated so quickly. She stopped eating anymore…
She was still grooming when she was home. I am glad that she was home. She didn’t eat for the next three days. I can’t imagine if she was suffering this way in the drain or anywhere that they could hide themselves.
Her owners didn’t seem to live there anymore and hope that they are not giving any problem to the feeders she currently lives now. Rescue never ends because of all these irresponsible people.
We cremated FG the following day. I almost forgotten that she had left when I was looking at the empty space where she used to sleep.
May the merits accumulated be dedicated to her favourable rebirth!
***Thanks Xiumin for sponsoring her medical bill, food and cremation.
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