to spay and neuter your pets.
I watched a small 4 week old kitten die today. He was a little orange male. I went into the Isolation room after feeding all the healthier cats in the main cat room to find this little kitten that looked like it was dead, lying on his side. He was skinny and his eyes and nose were sick. I picked him up, and he meowed a very painful meow. He gasped for air. I knew it then that he wouldn't last through the night. I held him against my chest and sat against the wall. Dustin, my boyfriend, was with me at the humane society volunteering. We sat there petting and keeping him warm and loved for probably 30 minutes or more. We prayed for him. It was unlikely he could be saved, though I had considered taking him home anyway. So I prayed that if God would take him, that He do it quickly so that that poor little kitten would not have to suffer any more than he already had. And then we sat and waited as he would twitch, gasp, and cry until he gasped his last breath and stopped moving. I pressed my finger under his little leg and against his ribcage. I felt a small weak heartbeat. I felt for it again, and I felt nothing. He died in the both of our hands. But we weren't the only One holding him. What a good and wonderful God He is. If He had not taken him then when we had him in our hands, he would have died alone and cold.
He shouldn't have had to die that way. He shouldn't have ended up in a shelter in the first place.
Please, spay and neuter your pets. I don't care if it is "just" a cat. Cats are induced ovulators. They ovulate when they are bred. They have VERY high pregnancy rates. And sooo many cats end up in shelters. We kill hundreds of cats a year. And then there are some like this kitten that get so sick and die. It doesn't have to be this way. Please don't continue to make people like me clean up after your messes. Spay and neuter your pets. It is the only responsible thing to do.
I watched a small 4 week old kitten die today. He was a little orange male. I went into the Isolation room after feeding all the healthier cats in the main cat room to find this little kitten that looked like it was dead, lying on his side. He was skinny and his eyes and nose were sick. I picked him up, and he meowed a very painful meow. He gasped for air. I knew it then that he wouldn't last through the night. I held him against my chest and sat against the wall. Dustin, my boyfriend, was with me at the humane society volunteering. We sat there petting and keeping him warm and loved for probably 30 minutes or more. We prayed for him. It was unlikely he could be saved, though I had considered taking him home anyway. So I prayed that if God would take him, that He do it quickly so that that poor little kitten would not have to suffer any more than he already had. And then we sat and waited as he would twitch, gasp, and cry until he gasped his last breath and stopped moving. I pressed my finger under his little leg and against his ribcage. I felt a small weak heartbeat. I felt for it again, and I felt nothing. He died in the both of our hands. But we weren't the only One holding him. What a good and wonderful God He is. If He had not taken him then when we had him in our hands, he would have died alone and cold.
He shouldn't have had to die that way. He shouldn't have ended up in a shelter in the first place.
Please, spay and neuter your pets. I don't care if it is "just" a cat. Cats are induced ovulators. They ovulate when they are bred. They have VERY high pregnancy rates. And sooo many cats end up in shelters. We kill hundreds of cats a year. And then there are some like this kitten that get so sick and die. It doesn't have to be this way. Please don't continue to make people like me clean up after your messes. Spay and neuter your pets. It is the only responsible thing to do.
