Re: An Amazing Cat Named Four
- From: "Charleen Welton" <ilikecats@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:10:25 -0500
Thank you Ann, we need all we can get. It is early morning here as I write
this. I looked out my office window to see if Four had arrived and there he
was sitting quitely and like the gentleman that he is with his fluffly tail
wrapped around him waiting for his breakfast. Caring for him is more than
feeling sorry for him, he is charming and endearing. Your purrs will help
speed his eventful week. Thank you.
--
Charleen
Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro
The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin
St. Cloud, Florida USA
"Ann" <ann791@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Purrs on the way.
Ann
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"Charleen Welton" <ilikecats@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The Story of a cat named Four. This is a long story, three years long!
Purrs for a happy ending to it.
Three years ago a magnificent, truly magnificent, healthy, adult, male,
Maine Coon cat came into our Central Florida neighborhood to visit those
of us who were out working in the yard, bar-b-qing or sitting out. He did
not want anything , he was purely a social animal. He visited us and a
real treat for me is that he was a "talker." We had many wonderful
"conversations." He was apparently someone's cat as he was well fed and
groomed.
After months of his visiting he disappeared for about a week. When he
returned he had the most horrific injury I have every seen on a cat. The
fur and skin was torn from him from under his jaw to his shoulder and
from the top of his neck to just under his neck. This was down to the
muscle.
At this point no one knew if his people abandoned him or if he, in his
fright, would not return to them for he became a "stray." A scab formed
over the injury which was a good thing. This took a long time though
because of the size of it. Unfortunately the scab came/fell/was ripped
off. Another scab formed and a massive, truly massive, infection set in
under it. The cat's head was misshaped and his shoulder and surrounding
area swollen to terrible proportions and shapes. At this point most of
the neighbors had talked to their vets and were told to shoo him away,
keep him away from the family cats for fear of disease. The scab fell off
and the abscess drained. My husband, David, our roommate, Larry and I
tried for weeks to trap Four to take him to the vet but he was too wily
to be trapped.
By now two years had passed since that magnificent cat came to our
neighborhood. He would disappear and reappear. He was now, emaciated,
frightened, unwanted. I started feeding him. It took months to gain his
confidence. Up until 10 days ago he was coming into my porch every day
for breakfast and occasionally returning for dinner. He has been in the
house, the bedroom, living room and office and very comfortable in those
rooms. He is a cat that is used to a house and I believe he wants to live
in one. I am having an issue with my 13 year old, spayed, female, Aggie
Marble. When he comes in she urinates inappropriately. Helen Miles is
helping me deal with this issue.
We live 22 miles from Disney World and some of the houses in this area
are second homes to people from the northern United States who come here
during the winter. Four has stopped coming here and David and I found out
Sunday that he is staying with a Snowbird family who is feeding him and
we think sheltering him. I believe that when he was disappearing that he
was being fed by these families and he would reappear when they left to
return to their Northern homes.
He is an incredible cat; when you think of all that he has endured over
three years as far as how he used to live and then had to live, the
physical problems he's gone through, the trust issues his kitty brain has
had to sort out. The wound has not healed, it is still open although
smaller than it was originally was. He deserves much better than what he
has now and I hope with all my heart I can see that he gets it.
Four returned here two days ago for his meals. Helen Miles has been a
huge help to me. Please think Positive Vibes as we implement a plan to
get Four trapped and to the vet within a week. One of the times when he
is eating I will close the inside/outside door so that he is confined to
the large safe-for-him porch. A Have -a-Hart trap will be in place. I
will feed him for four days in the trap. On the fifth day I will rig the
trap to close when he is in it and whisk Four away to our fantastically
wonderful and most understanding vet, Dr. Mulero. Hopefully Four's
injury can be taken care of with a minimum of discomfort/pain to him and
a through exam will show him to be healthy. The injury may be difficult
to deal with and a stay at the vets for a couple of days is a
possibility. If we are able to get him vet care a relative has told me
that he will help pay some of the vet bill as that may be a problem, I'm
thankful for that, but I am worrying about the cost of the rest. Still,
we'll cross that bridge when we get to it - first we have to get Four and
get him treated.
Major, major Purrs and Prayers are requested for Four's successful
capture and that his vet exam shows him to be in basically good health
and that his injury can be treated in a manner that will result in swift
healing and no complications and that we can find him a forever home -
either with me if he is accepted by Aggie Marble, or by some doting slave
who can treat him in the manner he deserves.
Please click on the links below to see the handsome gentleman, Four.
Warning: some of the 3 pictures are graphic. He is such a very handsome
boy!!
www.weltonfamily.net/images/c1.jpg
www.weltonfamily.net/images/c2.jpg
www.weltonfamily.net/images/c3.jpg
--
Charleen
Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro
The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin
St. Cloud, Florida USA
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