Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Queenie
Queenie is a tabby and white cat who has been with me for a couple of months now. (The picture shows her with Sylvester.) Her owners asked some neighbors to look after her for a week, but never came back! The neighbors called Keighley Cat Care as they could not keep her. When my colleagues got there they found a filthy flat and poor little Queenie stank of cigarette smoke!
Because we were full she moved from place to place and by the time she came to me she had been in five homes in a week. Not surprisingly, the poor little cat was stressed out and didn't know where she was. She hid away in a closet for several days and wouldn't eat. On the third day I took her to the vet for her first vaccination but the vet found she had a fever and infection, so could not do the vaccination - she was given a shot of anti-biotics instead. I suspected this was due to stress. Two days later I took her back and her temperature was normal, so she got her vaccination.
Although she was no longer feverish, it was day 6 before I could get her to eat anything at all, and then all she would eat was tuna (i.e. cans of tuna from the supermarket, not cat food). After a few days she graduated to tuna flake, an "own-brand" cat food from one of our local supermarkets. This is a "complementary" cat food, not a complete cat food, but it was better than nothing. After some days I started mixing in a complete cat food with her tuna flake and soon she was just eating the complete food. However she is quite a fussy eater and every so often she demands her tuna flake again!!
Queenie is a lovely little cat, friendly to everyone, playful and affectionate. She will make a great pet for someone when she finds her special home.
# posted by bizwrite @ 6:03 AM
