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Prequel to Remember!!!
Nov. 12th, 2013 06:41 pmPrequel or facts for Remember!!!
I recently posted a story I named Remember, the story of Lily visiting Sash (pronounced Sah-sh) short for Sasha and had many read it. One reader mentioned it was cute, and while I am grateful for the statement, it made me think that I needed to clarify quite a few things.
First point, parts of this story are true. What led up to the story is true and quite horrendous. I volunteer at a no-kill shelter, the Tama County Humane Society. We have had quite the year in cats, like so many shelters have. We are over-full on cats, and have quite the waiting list (60) of cats that need to come in.
Some people in another town started an organization for their area that helps animals. What they are specifically I am not sure, I know there is a license involved, and I know they have had dealings with many animals. We have a contract with them, that IF we have ROOM, we will take animals into our shelter to care for, spay/neuter, and adopt out.
This organization had been a needle in the neck about bringing cats in. Rudeness on the phone, badgering, etc. We finally agreed to take 2, I repeat 2 cats from them. Two ladies show up on the specified day, we go through the logistics, one of them harassing the other volunteer about not taking these cats earlier, and then she smirks. “We have a surprise.” Here’s the surprise, they didn’t bring us 2 cats, they brought us 7!!! One neutered male, and one mother with her 5 babies. We were told they were about 5 weeks old and so far were quite healthy. Mom was skinny as all get out and needed tanked up to keep the babies healthy. We scrambled to get them settled.
Here is the problem with us gaining kittens at that time. We like them to be in isolation so not every person who walks in the door is picking them up, mauling them and giving them every germ they’ve carried for the past year. Our back room has problems, no carpet, mold in the walls, etc. So, 5 healthy kittens and mom go in, not quite a month later, from September 18th to October 11th, we have 5 kittens who cannot breathe, will not eat, and one that actually dies from it all coming out of that room. Mom got out and was fine. Lily pad did not make it long enough to recover from her illness.
I took the other 4 with me, and had them here in the house on a volunteer basis for 2 weeks on 2 and a month for the other 2. It took that long to get them healthy and ready to be on their own. Sash was literally skin and bones, barely eating, I had to force it down his throat and there were several days I was scared he was going to die.
One female, Carolina, is still regaining her eye sight back, while the rest are unscathed. One female, Virginia, has been spayed and adopted. Sash is now round and sassy, our tiger guardian again, and he turned the corner so fast I wondered what motivated him. Thus the story Remember!!! It is my memorial to a beautiful little girl who didn’t get enough time or care in her short life here on earth.
I recently posted a story I named Remember, the story of Lily visiting Sash (pronounced Sah-sh) short for Sasha and had many read it. One reader mentioned it was cute, and while I am grateful for the statement, it made me think that I needed to clarify quite a few things.
First point, parts of this story are true. What led up to the story is true and quite horrendous. I volunteer at a no-kill shelter, the Tama County Humane Society. We have had quite the year in cats, like so many shelters have. We are over-full on cats, and have quite the waiting list (60) of cats that need to come in.
Some people in another town started an organization for their area that helps animals. What they are specifically I am not sure, I know there is a license involved, and I know they have had dealings with many animals. We have a contract with them, that IF we have ROOM, we will take animals into our shelter to care for, spay/neuter, and adopt out.
This organization had been a needle in the neck about bringing cats in. Rudeness on the phone, badgering, etc. We finally agreed to take 2, I repeat 2 cats from them. Two ladies show up on the specified day, we go through the logistics, one of them harassing the other volunteer about not taking these cats earlier, and then she smirks. “We have a surprise.” Here’s the surprise, they didn’t bring us 2 cats, they brought us 7!!! One neutered male, and one mother with her 5 babies. We were told they were about 5 weeks old and so far were quite healthy. Mom was skinny as all get out and needed tanked up to keep the babies healthy. We scrambled to get them settled.
Here is the problem with us gaining kittens at that time. We like them to be in isolation so not every person who walks in the door is picking them up, mauling them and giving them every germ they’ve carried for the past year. Our back room has problems, no carpet, mold in the walls, etc. So, 5 healthy kittens and mom go in, not quite a month later, from September 18th to October 11th, we have 5 kittens who cannot breathe, will not eat, and one that actually dies from it all coming out of that room. Mom got out and was fine. Lily pad did not make it long enough to recover from her illness.
I took the other 4 with me, and had them here in the house on a volunteer basis for 2 weeks on 2 and a month for the other 2. It took that long to get them healthy and ready to be on their own. Sash was literally skin and bones, barely eating, I had to force it down his throat and there were several days I was scared he was going to die.
One female, Carolina, is still regaining her eye sight back, while the rest are unscathed. One female, Virginia, has been spayed and adopted. Sash is now round and sassy, our tiger guardian again, and he turned the corner so fast I wondered what motivated him. Thus the story Remember!!! It is my memorial to a beautiful little girl who didn’t get enough time or care in her short life here on earth.
