So I have rescued a lot of cats over the years and after losing our oldest cat in December last year and losing 2 brothers to the same disease(FIP) in the 4 months after that I decided to stop rescueing. Financially it was (and is) a heavy burden and not to mention the emotional stuff. I am also highly sensitive and somewhat an empath so it's been rough.
This week I am filling in for a newspaper round on the outskirts of towns(farms and stuff) and I noticed this one adress with cats and kittens. I wanted to add some flyers for free neutering from a foundation but this morning something happened and of course I can't shake it off.
I drove up, said hi to the kitties as I always do(mostly just to be polite) and this tiniest of kittens comes running to me..I just wanted to give him a stroke and then be on my way...he nearly jumped in my car and was meowing and purring for attention. The blue in his eyes is gone but he's sooo tiny and no doubt infested with fleas and worms..I scooped him up to see if I could deliver him to his owner because I was scared he wouldn't get out of the way if I drove on. Noticed a littermate with URI but I didn't dare do anything..I gave kitten to farmer, mentioned how I loved cats and didn't want to see little guy squashed and went back to work.
But now I have a stone in my stomach...I feel like this kitten came up to me for help and I left him...I feel bad for him and his littermate but if I were to take them I would break a promise and possible take in diseases again....There aren't that many rescues here(not like america or england) and most is strictly voluntary because they can't make people look after the cats. For the free neutering as well, people have to call the foundation I mentioned...
Part of me wants to take a carrier a scoop the kittens up when I go back tomorrow morning but that's so wrong on so many levels....
This week I am filling in for a newspaper round on the outskirts of towns(farms and stuff) and I noticed this one adress with cats and kittens. I wanted to add some flyers for free neutering from a foundation but this morning something happened and of course I can't shake it off.
I drove up, said hi to the kitties as I always do(mostly just to be polite) and this tiniest of kittens comes running to me..I just wanted to give him a stroke and then be on my way...he nearly jumped in my car and was meowing and purring for attention. The blue in his eyes is gone but he's sooo tiny and no doubt infested with fleas and worms..I scooped him up to see if I could deliver him to his owner because I was scared he wouldn't get out of the way if I drove on. Noticed a littermate with URI but I didn't dare do anything..I gave kitten to farmer, mentioned how I loved cats and didn't want to see little guy squashed and went back to work.
But now I have a stone in my stomach...I feel like this kitten came up to me for help and I left him...I feel bad for him and his littermate but if I were to take them I would break a promise and possible take in diseases again....There aren't that many rescues here(not like america or england) and most is strictly voluntary because they can't make people look after the cats. For the free neutering as well, people have to call the foundation I mentioned...
Part of me wants to take a carrier a scoop the kittens up when I go back tomorrow morning but that's so wrong on so many levels....