Molly
Here is a picture of our newest member of the house. Twelve weeks old, just out of major surgery because some scum tossed her out a window of a car going about fifty and smashed her hip.
Luckily Kip Ward who owns the hotel where we do the workshops has spent the summer and fall doing fundraisers for the local vet to take care of stray animals. The vet can do what they want with the money. The Humane Society wanted to put her down because she was so badly injured but the vet and the staff there would have nothing to do with that.
In walked Kris for our normal monthly supply of cat food and the next day, after surgery, we left with Molly, one of the cutest and most energetic cats we have ever had. Molly would not be alive if not for the kindness of all the people who helped Kip raise money for the local fund for stray animals and the dedicated people at the clinic.
Three days later, even though Molly is missing one hip socket, she’s running around this big house like a twelve week old kitten, learning to use her leg that really isn’t attached by anything but muscle. And she is the sweetest cat we have ever rescued. Molly got lucky, we got lucky. Thanks Kip and all the people who donated to the fund, and thanks to the driven vets at the clinic who just wouldn’t let go of a beautiful kitten. Kris has more pictures on her Facebook page.
And folks, if your local vet has a fund for helping out stray cats and dogs, toss in some money next time you are at the vet. Most vets have a fund like that and you would be surprised at how many animals it helps.
She’s gorgeous! (Tortise-shell calicos are my favorite kitty coloring). Glad she’s adjusting, are the other cats still running in terror?
What a beauty! And a great story to go with it.
What an inspiring anecdote!
Oh, Dean, she’s so sweet! What a sweet little face. I’m so glad you could give her a home.
JC and I lost a kitty on Friday. She was nineteen years old, and we’ve had her with us since she was only one year old. We rescued her from the shelter back in Moscow, ID. She was our “naughty kitty” who would drink out of the toilet if we left the lid up. She was in good health all her life, but she developed some tumors and they stopped her food from digesting, and she went downhill fast. On Friday, we had to make a hard decision. I think we’re going to be sad for quite a while.
Ahh, bummer, Barb. But wow, 19 years is a great run. I wish more of our cats would last that long.
Right now Kris is out running and little Molly is limping around, usually carrying a toy in her mouth, while the three large cats either hide or glare. So all is fine so far. Normal.
Do donate to the funds, folks. Next time you are in your vet’s office, ask if they have such a thing. Even five or ten bucks will help save a cat or dog or neuter a stray. Every bit helps.
How gorgeous! It’s great to hear of people fundraising for homeless pets in times like these- here in the UK more and more people can’t afford to keep their pets and the shelters are stuffed full, but I expect it’s like that everywhere. I’m more a dog person myself
but Molly is really sweet, I hope she continues to thrive.
My first dog, now 12 plus with diabetes, I got when I was 46. A woman who rescued dogs had about 5 in her home, in addition to the 3 that were her own.
This dog, named Lucky (aka Lucksie aka Moony aka Big Girl aka Mutty aka Fadooba in adfinitum), is a part Germ. Shep and Black Lab, has big ears. We have had a love affair since she joined my home, we looked for a dog as we had moved to a home and with one child, wanted him to have companionship.
It might have been a humane thing for us to do, but this dog has been up at night with me as we traversed my wife’s breast cancer 5 years ago, multiple hospitalizations of my parents, and my own health issues. So the ‘rescue’ was more a rescue of me, rather than of Lucksie.
She’s had diabetes for nearly 5 years now, getting 2 shots a day, and she was joined 7 years ago by Rory (aka little girl aka little mutty aka little moony………she’s a fiesty American Eskimo) and I wish dogs lived as long as people usually do.
As for cats, I LOVE them, but at age 25 or so I developed a dramatic allergy, whereas previously I house sat and took care of cats without any problem. When I met my wife she had 2 and she would only find new homes if 1) someone would take both and 2) we made a commitment and both situations developed……..so I commend you on being so involved with the animals that surround us, love us, support us, and allow us to do one of the most important human functions, to give love.
My best,
Barry
SO very happy for Molly. Congrats on the new baby, Kris and Dean.
Barb, so very sorry for your loss. That always stinks. Even if nineteen is quite respectable it’s never long enough.
If I may add to the donation request, any amount (as already said) helps a great deal. What also helps is if you can spare an hour or two a week to volunteer at shelters. They always need people.
Kind of a tangent: Besides the millions of dogs and cats who always need all the help we can give, wildlife does as well. We have a local shelter/rehabilitator here that is wonderful and helped several times when I rescued injured birds. Anyway, they always need more funding and volunteers as well.
Thank you a million times over for taking that gorgeous baby into your home! And three cheers for Kip and your vet’s office!
Oh my goodness, that poor kitty. She is so lucky to have had that help and to have you to take her in! She is absolutely gorgeous and I hope she continues to be happy and healthy. And that the other cats learn to be her friends!
So glad Molly found a great home! And what a beautiful cat she is!
Barb, many sympathies. We are facing a similar decision probably in the next few months with our oldest kitty, 20+. He has good days and bad days. We have to decide at what point the bad outweighs the good, and it’s hard of course, because he can’t explain to us how he’s feeling.
May your sadness quickly fade, and may new joy come into your life soon.
(We will adopt another kitty after a bit – we like having two. Probably it will be a black kitty because they are the least likely to be adopted. I happen to think black cats are beautiful. Both of our present ones are black.)
Beautiful coloring. Thanks for finding a home for another animal.
What a great rescue. Our last three cats were orphans or strays and they seem to be the best pets… they must know they’ve been saved.
I wasn’t aware that most vets have funds for situations like this. Dean & Kris, may I suggest you try to get a little news coverage on this…. not only to spotlight the kindness but also the idiots who airmail helpless animals out of cars.
Several years ago some idiot here set fire to a puppy. It survived, and our station did so many stories on this the state legislature enacted tougher animal cruelty laws. Perhaps Molly could be a “spokes-cat” in a similar manner.
Oh, what a sweetie! Our two younger cats both came from the rescue, and the older one just showed up an claimed us one summer. (She left us samples of every sort of prey possible on the back porch for a while. She was somewhat disappointed when we said “indoors only, kid” but she got used to it.)
None of our kids had to suffer as poor Molly did, but we are so happy to have rescued them, anyway. They bring so much joy into the house.
What a cutie! The pie-eating cat I mentioned was another rescue cat. She survived by begging handouts from workers at a dump until we got her. To this day, she likes bread and cheese, at least in small amounts.
It might be worth habituating Molly to being handled, especially around her hips. She’ll need the knots brushed out of her hair and other TLC, and she may need to re-learn that human hands are wonderful things, not things that hurt her. Rescued cats don’t always forget that early trauma so easily.
Good luck to you all!
She’s already a lap cat and a person cat. She stays with either Kris or me all the time she is lose in the house. At night we keep her in one room until she gets her stitches out, but during the day she’s out and running about and sitting on laps. She’s wonderful and not in trauma at all, which is lucky. However, my large white cat who had huge adult cat trauma is having issues with her. (grin)
Torties are sweet, personable, and she’s got a line down the middle of her nose like the “Black/White” guys in the old Star Trek episode. So does ours! They are supposed to be good luck–and may such blessings follow you for taking her in. But even just having a sweet girl like her is blessing enough.
Dean, congrats to you and Kris! What a cutie!! And I’m not surprised she’s doing so well. Cats are so resilient, especially when they are with people who love them! When Eerie lost his leg, it never slowed him down. He even still caught birds. (Suicidal birds, maybe.)
I wish you and the newest member of the household very well!!