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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

931.0. "A kitten and his dad needs help!!!!" by TPSYS::CROSS () Mon Aug 28 1995 10:14

    Hi everyone,
    
    I haven't been in the file for so long now, that I'm sure you don't
    even remember me any longer (especially all the new readers of FELINE).
    But with work and 18 cats in the house, I'm very very busy!  :-))))
    
    I have a really sad tale with a somewhat happy ending that I was hoping
    to share with you guys....I was also hoping that together we could help
    someone.
    
    My husband works with a really nice man at Foreign Motors West in
    Natick, Ma.  This man, Barry Pelletier, and his wife love cats.  They
    have eight in their home.  About a week and a half ago, a little kitten
    showed up on their doorstep, and (as all of us would do) he and his wife 
    took the little waif in to give it a home.  They placed the kitten in 
    their cellar for the nite till they could arrange for a vet appointment 
    to test for Felv/FIV and to get the necessary vaccines.
    
    The next morning, the wife went downstairs to check on the kitten and
    found the stairway covered with blood.  Alarmed she raced to check on
    the kitten, only to find him playing happily with a toy in the corner. 
    Thinking perhaps the kitten had found a mouse, she cleaned up the
    blood, fed the kitten, and went back upstairs.  Three hours later, she
    again went down to play with the kitten and AGAIN found the stairway
    covered in blood.  This time she found the kitten in the corner,
    blowing bubbles of blood.  Frantic, she called the vet who told her to
    bring in the kitten immediately.  
    
    The vet found that the kitten had consumed a rodent that had been
    poisoned.  The poison was causing the poor thing's veins and organs to
    become permeable and the kitten was hemmorraging.  The vet wanted to
    know what she and Barry wanted to do.  Barry's answer was simple, "Save
    him."  They already loved the kitten, and as Barry said, "If your child
    got into a poison, would you have the child put down?"  I guess when
    you love animals as much as we do, they are just as important as human
    beings.
    
    So far, at this writing, the bill is at $600.  Barry is a mechanic, and
    his wife doesn't work as she is at home with their three young
    children.  They have 8 cats to feed as well.  This bill has far
    exceeded what they had hoped it would be.  
    
    When Barry told me the story, I told him I would see if the FELINERS
    would be willing to help out a bit.  I remember we used to have (don't
    know if we still do) a Silver Lining Memorial fund.  It may or may not
    be appropriate, so I have given Barry's address below for anyone who
    would like to send a small donation to help him out, please do so.  
    It would mean the world to him..... and to the little kitten who is 
    still in the hospital on IV's.  He's going to make it....but it will be
    a slow recovery.
    
    Thanks for listening....
    
    Nancy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
931.1	The address!!!!	TPSYS::CROSS		`Mon Aug 28 1995 10:21`	10
	I just realized that I never gave Barry's address.... here it is: Barry Pelletier 72 Pinehaven Circle Rockland, MA 02370 Sorry...brain like a sieve... Nan
931.2	Help for Kitten	LJSRV1::MARX		`Wed Aug 30 1995 13:38`	12
	This story really touched me because of the predicament I found myself in back in January when I rescued Amber, the Great Dane, and found out that it was going to cost a lot of money to get her leg fixed. So many people responded and helped with the finances that I want to give something back. I responded to Nancy off-line to let her know that I would send these people a donation to help defray the cost for this kitten. I hope others will feel led to help. Regards, Donna
931.3	Re: .0	SOLVIT::FLMNGO::WHITCOMB		`Wed Aug 30 1995 13:56`	8
	Nancy: Some folks might prefer to send donations directly to the vet on behalf of the kitten, so maybe it would be a good idea to post the name and address of the vet in charge of this little tyke. Thanks for posting this; we certainly need more caring people like Barry and his family!
931.4	I don't want KI-KI to end up like that!	BIGQ::MARCHAND		`Sat Sep 02 1995 15:58`	39
	Nancy: I'm not glad this happened, but glad the kitten can be saved. I think it may have just saved my grey cat. My son and daughter and I just cleaned out the shed. I was going to put down something on the floor and we would be putting boxes in there for storage. I mentioned to my daughter that I was going to buy some rat poison. I found the remains of a dead rat while sweeping the floor. She said. "Why don't I find out if that's a good idea, you know how KI-KI likes to go hunting and he's bound to come in here looking when the doors opened." I said. "Okay, let's find out if that's a good idea or not." After reading this sad story tonight I know that I definately won't buy the poison. If KI-KI sees a rat, and it's been poisoned, he'll be one sick cat! I certainly don't want that. He's mainly my grandson's cat. He's about 3 years old and my grandson is 5 years old. His name is KI-KI because that's what my grandson named him. He would try to say "Here kitty kitty." but would say "Here ki- ki" instead. So, he's got that for a name. He's a beautiful big dark grey cat with green eyes. He's a great rat hunter. He brought me one for a gift once. Of course I don't think he understood why I wasn't 'honored' with it. My daughter later told me he put it in front of me to show me how much he loved me. We live in a wooded area and there are lots of mice around. I certainly wouldn't want him to catch one that may have gotten into poison in the shed. Especially if I put it there. I couldn't live with myself. I was looking through the file when I saw the title and had to see what that was about first before I looked under 'rat poison'. I needn't look any further on the subject. Thanks, Rosie p.s. This certainly deserves a donation from me.
931.5	our moles are safe!	BIGQ::BITTICKS		`Tue Sep 05 1995 05:59`	6
	The Hon. Colonel Sebastian Moran, DROFFC, is pleased to honor this rescue of one of his troops. He has dispatched his allowance. (And his mother has decided not to put down anything nasty to get rid of the moles, just in case!). Sari
931.6	reformatted to 80 char. for autho	SHRCTR::DJANCAITIS		`Fri Sep 08 1995 14:32`	34
	<<< Note 931.6 by TPSYS::CROSS >>> -< UPDATE on the kitten >- I just wanted to update everyone on this kitten. Barry told my husband yesterday that the kitten was sent home on Wednesday nite of this week. He is perky and on the road to health. He will NOT let Barry and his wife alone. Wherever they go, he goes. He follows them around the house and insists on sleeping with them at nite...mostly wedged between Barry's legs where the kitten proceeds to spend the evening chasing his own tail. One nite, Barry decided to not interfere with the game, and went downstairs to sleep on the couch. The kitten got the bed....Barry gets the couch! Sound familiar? :-)))) Anyway, Barry wanted to thank those who have sent him and his wife donations. Every little bit helps. To the person who responded to me with regards to the Vet's address...that's a great idea. I will find out from Barry the name and address of the vet. Donations are still welcome, as you might expect. So far, the feliners have sent approximately $40. Barry's wife was totally amazed that such a group of people exisited...that there were folks out there who really cared about their situation, and who loved their pets as much as they did. BTW, to those who think of rat poisoning, do think again. I work weekends at Weston Nursery, and they recently had to use poisoning. Our nursery cat, Azalea, was removed from the site for four weeks, to avoid having her ingest a poisoned rats/mice who may still be alive. It's not the dead rats/mice they were concerned about, since most cats avoid dead prey. But poisons will wreak havoc, not only on the animals they are meant for (I still disapprove the senseless killing of ANY animal) but also on the animals who hunt them. Nancy P.S. I will post the address of the vet early next week!
931.7	Happy endings, I love em:-):-):-)	TROOA::TEMPLETON	Will wonders never cease!!!	`Sun Sep 10 1995 20:55`	24
	We went through a very bad 72 hours because of forgotten mouse poison. I came home from work to find Syd (my husband) sweeping the kitchen floor, this is a first I thought, but then he told me he had come in from mowing the lawn to find the new kitten batting a box of mouse poison around the floor. Our last cat was sixteen when she died and would watch the field mice that got into the house with mild interest and then dose off, so after the mice started to do a song and dance for us in the living room, we desided to do something about it. We thought we had got rid of the boxes we had set out but kittens being kittens, he had managed to find one. It is not a very pleasent thought that we might have been the cause of killing a very pretty, funny, loving animal. Needless to say, he is okay, and I will think twice about finding ways of getting rid of unwanted visitors Glad to here everything worked out well for you Barry. joan