tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762566238392637932024-03-05T04:26:53.421-05:00Cat Shelter Felix, SerbiaA homeless cats shelter in the Vojvodina region of SerbiaFelix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.comBlogger452125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-40656847565415888092020-03-02T03:10:00.000-05:002020-03-02T03:49:05.132-05:00On the Horizon for Spring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This winter has been unusually kind to us so far, we’ve had absolutely no snow at all. Fingers are crossed that March won’t bring us an unpleasant surprise, as it's usually capricious and unpredictable here weather-wise, but hopefully we'll escape<br />
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and won't experience any nasty freezing temperatures and heavy snowstorms when spring is just right around the corner. On sunny days, all of the Felix kitties are either having fun in the yard or climbing up on the roof to soak up some sun on the warm tiles<br />
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without a care in the world and everything looks just like it should.<br />
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We are, on the other hand, distressfully aware that the outdoor enclosure (which should've been strengthened and renovated years ago) is still holding up by pure luck, but it will definitely need to be replaced in the spring. As most of you who’ve been supporting the shelter already know, the existing chain link fencing has been droopy and distorted for years while the supporting posts<br />
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are rusty, slightly misshapen and have unquestionably seen better days. It will cost a fortune to renovate the chain-linked fencing enclosing the perimeter of the whole yard and the roof and yes, maybe we bit off more than we can chew, but the safety of<br />
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our 120 kitties depends exclusively on the security of the enclosure and we can’t postpone fixing it forever.<br />
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During our blogging break (which lasted more than three years) a lot has been going on at the shelter, but the problems we had been facing before regretfully letting the blog sit idle for such a long time are still the same. Many of the kitties you knew and loved are sadly no longer with us, they passed away peacefully when their time had come. Dozens of the new<br />
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kitties you’re yet to hear about have arrived at the shelter and settled in, our bottle babies have grown into young and mischievous adults and we still take in the odd new rejected and hopeless kitty who has nowhere to go every now and then. The youngest shelter<br />
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residents at the moment are Taiga, Mish, Willa, Maximus, Ivory, Tiara, Bailey, Nina and Sheldon (who has already lost one eye due to infection; however, his surgery will have to wait until he stabilizes significantly). Stay tuned for more info, photos, and updates<br />
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on our youngsters. I know that our website badly needs updating, but taking care of the kitties comes first and everything else has to wait - we’ll get there eventually.<br />
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Even though abnormally mild and snowless, this winter brought us strong<br />
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winds and some freezing nights nevertheless. Luckily, we succeeded in raising the funds for gas in the nick of time and all of the cats’ rooms are enjoyably warm, but most of the silly kitties just love to go outside whatever the weather and with a herpes virus making<br />
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the rounds through the shelter, quite a few of them have eye discharge. That’s been happening during the cold season since we can remember and that’s exactly the last thing we need right now.<br />
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Every day is a struggle and it never gets any<br />
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easier, but even when we are feeling utterly miserable while mourning the kitties we’ve lost, when we are flat broke and pondering whether we would be able to feed the cats and when it seems we can’t go on with the battle, there is a faint ray of hope that tomorrow will be<br />
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better. And with your invaluable help, it really can and will be better.<br />
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I guess that you’re pleased to know that Cat Shelter Felix still exists, although we haven’t shared news with you here for quite a long time. After <a href="http://novisadcats.blogspot.com/2016/08/nothing-is-over-until-its-over.html" target="_blank">Danica’s stroke</a>, we suddenly got engaged in a situation unlike any we’d dealt with before and the burden felt almost unbearable at times. We were swamped with work, overwhelmed with problems and inundated with cats, so our blog had to be put on hold on the back burner, but we were feeling chronically guilty for being quiet for such a long time. Now that we<br />
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have managed to set up some kind of routine at the shelter, we also have a new opportunity to start blogging again; the onset of a New Year is always a good time for new beginnings. Officially, we are back on track!<br />
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You all know that Felix shelter has been a forever home for a three digit number of cats for ages and right now there are around 120 shelter residents that we share our lives with. This rather lively and large kitty family consists of various members: the elderly,<br />
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youngsters, grumpies, mischievous monkeys, sweeties and gentle ones, healthy or chronically ill kitties and cats with disabilities. Some of the cats you knew and loved three years ago are no longer with us, but many new youngsters have<br />
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grown up here and numerous sick or injured strays have found their way to the shelter and into our hearts. Once you get to know them, see their photos and read their stories, we are certain you will love them just as much as we do.<br />
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The last day of 2019 is slowly creeping up on us and now it’s time for celebration. As the New Year dawns, I hope it is filled with the promises of a brighter tomorrow. May the universe bless you all in surprising and joyful<br />
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Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-477352240468222092016-12-31T11:38:00.003-05:002016-12-31T11:38:54.993-05:00Happy New Year! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Every end marks a new beginning. Keep your spirits and determination unshaken, and you shall always walk the glory road. With courage, faith and great effort, you shall achieve everything you desire. We wish you a very Happy New Year!<br />
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Over the last few days that they have been out of the house, they’ve already squeezed through the wire mesh a zillion times and instead of having fun in the yard, they spend their time walking on the top<br />
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Please <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/cat-shelter-felix-635434" target="_blank">donate</a> as much as you possibly can! Without your support we won’t be able to carry on for much longer and the shelter will sadly have to be shut down. After all of these years of<br />
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Danica suffered a significant stroke that<br />
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The biggest problem we were facing was that the cats wouldn’t be able to live alone<br />
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Anyway, although I wasn’t exactly eager to keep on living here, I never really had much of a choice – if a private animal shelter closes down, the city council is supposed to find some solution and take over the animals. As the city pound in<br />
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Danica was certainly doing her best to take care of the cats, but with her health declining, things had been spiraling out of control over quite a long time. Only one cat was tested for FIV and FeLV; many cats that were periodically showing symptoms of some mysterious diseases had never had an accurate diagnosis; the house was a total disaster, with leaking ceilings from which chunks of mortar<br />
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As always, first things come first - Danica<br />
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Many of the cats that Danica took into the shelter in 2010 when she moved in are quite old and either chronically ill now or in delicate health; the same applies to Etela’s cats which survived the fire that<br />
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This leads me to my next point, our current situation. With Danica<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6qTN2arNiOPY5WoP7X1gHUnDA7HXNb52z7tAf4JK_JNuPpq9GAvd4Fho7UTfVIjOZ4pUJc1hJ4jnpe8a42BIVOlYm8vovIEkN8JxR8pIemknd1enxphEsztmyuwBCtUmSCn0RRS_9hQ/s1600/IMG_0457_resize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6qTN2arNiOPY5WoP7X1gHUnDA7HXNb52z7tAf4JK_JNuPpq9GAvd4Fho7UTfVIjOZ4pUJc1hJ4jnpe8a42BIVOlYm8vovIEkN8JxR8pIemknd1enxphEsztmyuwBCtUmSCn0RRS_9hQ/s320/IMG_0457_resize.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>as long as we could. Right now we are flat broke, we can’t keep borrowing money from friends and relatives forever (and we’re expected to pay off these debts one day also) so I fear we will soon reach the point of not being able to feed and treat the cats properly if we don’t think of something smart and soon. We are now applying for various grants for shelter improvements, but without some serious help the shelter will not be able to hold on much longer.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGAQ4MR0llCVmQYmZpldUpH-iI4VrIKF_IdRYP-Ji9R0Ot-VZXmX1RzLAgzPqPW50x34TXTAp1O2MUV_x73f0NUgIr4CvoFAnMBBpm2RRSQoOBYmyJprX2Fx1dDZtFsb_t8Q8hHLyYXg/s1600/IMG_0411_resize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGAQ4MR0llCVmQYmZpldUpH-iI4VrIKF_IdRYP-Ji9R0Ot-VZXmX1RzLAgzPqPW50x34TXTAp1O2MUV_x73f0NUgIr4CvoFAnMBBpm2RRSQoOBYmyJprX2Fx1dDZtFsb_t8Q8hHLyYXg/s320/IMG_0411_resize.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>If we somehow manage to get the funding we need, we could enlarge the outdoor enclosure for the cats while strengthening the existing chain linked fence (which is a must this summer as it’s barely holding up, after sagging under the weight of snow<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6UJVo7YI3k-5uuU0J9iv9ic7g218ix2l-LEO40J8xicRRnavxfhO_uh0gNcvR4WjUVvMpj12k_uSgiyLVB3vfSOiwIZgy5pq1NrGjDgleVENUi8mHcLgBQB6kHhYrrGRFHll0x7ICAA/s1600/IMG_0453_resize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6UJVo7YI3k-5uuU0J9iv9ic7g218ix2l-LEO40J8xicRRnavxfhO_uh0gNcvR4WjUVvMpj12k_uSgiyLVB3vfSOiwIZgy5pq1NrGjDgleVENUi8mHcLgBQB6kHhYrrGRFHll0x7ICAA/s320/IMG_0453_resize.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>year after year) and we would get 30 square meters more. We need fencing with finer mesh that could be added to the existing fence which is already enclosing the shelter as it’s become weaker as time’s gone by and the links are too large to prevent little kittens<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUre7RppM8nrfMOu_C8PLhPaBqEYdYhTXCji_fzgyEkOTwYo0BpS3AGcyjaqbEgFLtukjJd_HIPQ9Z0TgGAPp6jzlKyGguDnnIt17H_GHlH8KEGB8g7swfDuS1VCS6ic9XqFXvQ97jUs/s1600/IMG_2557a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUre7RppM8nrfMOu_C8PLhPaBqEYdYhTXCji_fzgyEkOTwYo0BpS3AGcyjaqbEgFLtukjJd_HIPQ9Z0TgGAPp6jzlKyGguDnnIt17H_GHlH8KEGB8g7swfDuS1VCS6ic9XqFXvQ97jUs/s320/IMG_2557a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>and skinnier adults as well from escaping through the wire. It would still leave us with half of this property empty, as the shelter currently occupies less than one half of it and if we succeed in finding enough sponsors sometime in future, we would be able to<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ32wBaItjf9vgQFTP0_G43ydIoopHRdIdpURwkh0Jl_c87EvCPaPq5hdlUXTtlhy2a-FXbTa37ePTMEBVd7Tjr025sodaVmnate6xzaAxf6DPof8vC8Bavk8vxraqut-2cibYv13e9zs/s1600/IMG_0423_resize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ32wBaItjf9vgQFTP0_G43ydIoopHRdIdpURwkh0Jl_c87EvCPaPq5hdlUXTtlhy2a-FXbTa37ePTMEBVd7Tjr025sodaVmnate6xzaAxf6DPof8vC8Bavk8vxraqut-2cibYv13e9zs/s320/IMG_0423_resize.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>build one more outdoor enclosure as big as this one, with at least one large kitty room. Then we’d have enough space to take in dozens of lonely, hopeless and abused strays who would be our temporary residents - we could get them ready for adoption and<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_i3RNul02FKFDyHYp2DMK46PNs1bHvh0uQ4Jg89F7c7xegIoM5kyaI319ICuI1VCPIoXMsBMsO147D4ZJgSj4RNkvhynzv1e8sKmJJotTlK_eX991NFSSRqZoIyg0I7hzFQ904tpDm8/s1600/IMG_2609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_i3RNul02FKFDyHYp2DMK46PNs1bHvh0uQ4Jg89F7c7xegIoM5kyaI319ICuI1VCPIoXMsBMsO147D4ZJgSj4RNkvhynzv1e8sKmJJotTlK_eX991NFSSRqZoIyg0I7hzFQ904tpDm8/s320/IMG_2609.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>they would stay with us until finding well screened forever homes. That being said, I hope the time will come when we’ll be able to replace the outdoor fence which is already threatening to fall on us.<br />
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From this point on, we will have to create<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhTLGHA-DsM1q9d1gmeCnTAF0YWJCNzCbJFHNTWKbKxcjJaJYUqKBQoVG4hHfbSPaDxtws6djKE8We5I50VamN9H9Dqdipc966UkAWUShAY-hqFuiH1ED2nOGscEhThi6tYl83jBcSPo/s1600/IMG_0298_resize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhTLGHA-DsM1q9d1gmeCnTAF0YWJCNzCbJFHNTWKbKxcjJaJYUqKBQoVG4hHfbSPaDxtws6djKE8We5I50VamN9H9Dqdipc966UkAWUShAY-hqFuiH1ED2nOGscEhThi6tYl83jBcSPo/s320/IMG_0298_resize.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>monthly fundraisers for covering the costs of cat food and vet care for around 130 shelter cats (I’ll continue supporting my own pets, like I’ve done for years). However, I’m honestly not able to cover the ongoing costs of all the shelter kitties, regardless of how<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfPhy2MaXA7PoABE7nYXagCeT74oiEe0SZcmt7XheyEmXlyGEwahzzEIw8ijMuYpXxw1uwon3v5g8agqBiPKgOup4S0wdRuqRbd6DXoBfzRBeH7IVkk4DtOABrwr5XOSgnP6hSKLexis/s1600/IMG_1223a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfPhy2MaXA7PoABE7nYXagCeT74oiEe0SZcmt7XheyEmXlyGEwahzzEIw8ijMuYpXxw1uwon3v5g8agqBiPKgOup4S0wdRuqRbd6DXoBfzRBeH7IVkk4DtOABrwr5XOSgnP6hSKLexis/s320/IMG_1223a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>much I wish I could, so if and when we fail to raise enough funds, the cats will go hungry and without proper vet care. And if the shelter closes down due to the lack of funding, it will be the end for all of its residents. We are doing everything we can to stay afloat, but<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqS6JwXY4cviJ8tBkWCwN76b67tW0hT7VOwNpWVHjXoM0cDfFSZ_SsuF2dzPp2cbp5bqC1Jw9A3loH4Hs_dRigIA_au66E_zcrirdyi7Pd2V-yVB8yFbIcomth6AilWcr2BiAFTNZqe8/s1600/IMG_0365_resize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqS6JwXY4cviJ8tBkWCwN76b67tW0hT7VOwNpWVHjXoM0cDfFSZ_SsuF2dzPp2cbp5bqC1Jw9A3loH4Hs_dRigIA_au66E_zcrirdyi7Pd2V-yVB8yFbIcomth6AilWcr2BiAFTNZqe8/s320/IMG_0365_resize.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>we can’t give what we don’t have and we don’t know how to find money where there is none. We’ve fulfilled all of our legal obligations a long time ago, all of the shelter cats are vaccinated, spayed/neutered and the younger ones are microchipped as well, but we have never had any kind of help from the state in the form of Governmental funding to help and improve the conditions for our shelter residents.<br />
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Felix shelter, like all of the shelters in the world, relies<br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKNChAcL6wBHdI7WdCQnTO1ixPr7MpDt2HbpBzNxc5sEPo_NGIMMHDO1p-h-AtUWwVaavxFEoaJE3HGHx570MsQ3GwMfKnKzordAKfvO3XGp4tTFObXWYVsnYOL-lwzOw3TgjOvp8864/s1600/DSCN5729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKNChAcL6wBHdI7WdCQnTO1ixPr7MpDt2HbpBzNxc5sEPo_NGIMMHDO1p-h-AtUWwVaavxFEoaJE3HGHx570MsQ3GwMfKnKzordAKfvO3XGp4tTFObXWYVsnYOL-lwzOw3TgjOvp8864/s320/DSCN5729.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Is there any way to write about someone truly special when aching sadness is far too deep and the overwhelming grief too unbearably painful to be poured into words? When all we are capable of thinking about is how wonderful it would be if we could turn back<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GkmaxKZ73KGh39GmWj6zdBBdtlX0Su6WiSgTweXiD3BxQWnMqVD2Uizzdp7I6XZli0L8FLeZ5KyEp4upuWTNgEj413dCv3SxxExTIZivFLvgxaIFESW_Ez5kieFJ-8TiYczFulo2PyI/s1600/DSCN5832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GkmaxKZ73KGh39GmWj6zdBBdtlX0Su6WiSgTweXiD3BxQWnMqVD2Uizzdp7I6XZli0L8FLeZ5KyEp4upuWTNgEj413dCv3SxxExTIZivFLvgxaIFESW_Ez5kieFJ-8TiYczFulo2PyI/s320/DSCN5832.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>time? When memories of happy days from the past are valued much more than the sad thoughts of the grim present? When our desperate clinging to hopes and dreams and maybes and what-ifs abruptly ends, leaving us with nothing but insufferable emptiness?<br />
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Our sweet boy Ian is gone. After almost a month of his undaunted, stout-hearted struggle for life, his frail little body just couldn’t take it anymore. He was so weak over the last few days that he could<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_6EVtpJuLNAKoUz69RlsfwWhBsAboIYRT7xC0CmxcoqNTgXUN98hzgcr3uMmjLLaukI7niSvxth9_h4Q4ky7pyzct3XxzULy8pNlC8BUjhiLdYBkwc5yk99Krxic7OrZLb2YZxkFY4g/s1600/12112333_1137117539650637_1502252716482336150_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_6EVtpJuLNAKoUz69RlsfwWhBsAboIYRT7xC0CmxcoqNTgXUN98hzgcr3uMmjLLaukI7niSvxth9_h4Q4ky7pyzct3XxzULy8pNlC8BUjhiLdYBkwc5yk99Krxic7OrZLb2YZxkFY4g/s320/12112333_1137117539650637_1502252716482336150_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>familiar voice, he was making it clear he wouldn’t give up. He was only a year and a half and just a month ago he seemed to be a cheerful youngster growing into the gorgeous, powerful kitty boy he would’ve become, an amazing, joyous creature without a care in this world, who was making every day count. But we should’ve known by now that life is unfair and way too often, the best die young, like shooting stars, like fleeting glimpses of divine light…<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9MBfdPa2KF67XoWSG3AJHXA5V5gEUpj2ZC60P1fZ4VTCzY_cntgMHeD8bISv3dhyphenhyphenbKKfG8W0bG1KF34xmrLNPe46Chyphenhyphenef3cxe0soV0VJ-4Ume0XRJoUKK25Hx23t31SrfkkjgEgotzI/s1600/DSC02196a1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9MBfdPa2KF67XoWSG3AJHXA5V5gEUpj2ZC60P1fZ4VTCzY_cntgMHeD8bISv3dhyphenhyphenbKKfG8W0bG1KF34xmrLNPe46Chyphenhyphenef3cxe0soV0VJ-4Ume0XRJoUKK25Hx23t31SrfkkjgEgotzI/s320/DSC02196a1a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Our striking little guy was around eight months old when he arrived at the shelter in August of 2015. He was most likely born on the street, where he had been living all of his life together with his kitty friends, until all of them were poisoned and he was the only one left<br />
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Adored by many, he had been thriving at the shelter until he<br />
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As Ian was FIV positive, the vet<br />
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Unfortunately, our sweet boy was dealing with too many serious problems at the same<br />
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Sadly, the end had to<br />
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Wait for me, sweetie and let your light shine bright while you soar among the stars. Loving you has been a privilege. </div>Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-73040788720741814382016-05-14T18:36:00.000-05:002019-12-31T19:39:39.816-05:00Six Little Fighters<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJl7W5591MPHBZx8yG7HEr0iWrTqGOHtJmtPJycJJsyJ6z-_pLB7kc-TUGPybGvKqG1RZwmL1gsg1fClCGOCv2HzG5NGvMLYlDWVUFaQNs0KyvpuFM37aCzdFKG1yOOXkP-57_j4x8Rs/s1600/IMG_1006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJl7W5591MPHBZx8yG7HEr0iWrTqGOHtJmtPJycJJsyJ6z-_pLB7kc-TUGPybGvKqG1RZwmL1gsg1fClCGOCv2HzG5NGvMLYlDWVUFaQNs0KyvpuFM37aCzdFKG1yOOXkP-57_j4x8Rs/s320/IMG_1006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Kitten season has kicked into full gear and abandoned babies, frequently just born and with their umbilical cords still attached, are literally everywhere. Irresponsible cat owners here feel that spaying/neutering is cruel, but I guess separating the<br />
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Of course, it’s impossible to know<br />
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Five of them finally pulled through and began to eat on their own, but the tiniest one, a little black<br />
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The little black girl already has a sponsor, our dear friend Kim, who named her Phoenix, as she defeated death by a hair’s breadth and sprang back to life. If any of you would like to virtually adopt and<br />
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And if you’re unable to sponsor one of them, please <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/cat-shelter-felix-512392" target="_blank">give us a hand with the costs of their upbringing</a> which are already skyrocketing with some help from their vet bills. No amount is ever too<br />
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May you feel the hope of new beginnings, love and happiness during this joyful Easter holiday. Have a great and wonderful Easter!<br />
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Just when donations are hitting an all-time low, three of the shelter residents have become ill. Kajac has been coughing and wheezing for days and has been diagnosed with bronchitis again, thus he is being giving antibiotics and is being kept in the cage which he hates, so he’s sad and miserable at the moment and feels betrayed. We are not sure why his airways are so over-reactive and what kind of inciting agents he responds to, although he's undoubtedly overweight and therefore he’s more susceptible<br />
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to breathing problems, but regardless of the cause, antibiotic treatments are expected to help him. He is not very people friendly, which makes him difficult to be treated at home, but he behaves nicely at the vet's – he is calm, reasonably cooperative and<br />
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utterly unhappy.<br />
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Silvestra has stomatitis, gingivitis and periodontal disease; her infected gums are being treated aggressively and once the infection calms down, she'll need to have at least three teeth pulled and all of the plaque and<br />
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tartar removed from her remaining teeth. She's essentially a healthy, tough cat but even the toughest get sick sometimes, and the problem is that she becomes literally hysterical when she’s struck in a cat carrier or even worse, in the cage. Anyway, what needs to be done<br />
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needs to be done, and if she was able to overcome the stress of everything that had happened to her before she arrived at the shelter, she will certainly succeed in coping with these new and unexpected problems.<br />
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Ali is in the worst<br />
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shape of all. He’s been losing weight gradually but steadily over the last few weeks even though his appetite is very good, so we dewormed him again and his blood test showed nothing out of the ordinary. Nonetheless he kept becoming skinnier and<br />
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skinnier; his coat became messy and dull, he had continuous diarrhea and it was clear that he had some serious, yet undiscovered health issue. After repeating all of the diagnostic tests we could think of - X-rays, UV scan, analysis of his blood sample in a<br />
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laboratory in Belgrade, fecal examinations etc, the vet has finally come up with an accurate diagnosis – Ali has Giardia infection. He is painfully, gauntly thin and frail, his once luxurious fur has lost all of its former splendor, his liver is enlarged and there’s mucus in his duct bile, but he is eating, fortunately, and is being given two different antibiotics three and two times a day. Considering he is a young cat who has been healthy and strong all of his life, the vet thinks he has excellent chances<br />
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to recover completely, even though the treatment will be long.<br />
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We really need your help! Monthly donations are not even covering the costs of food for ten days now, much less for the entire month and we can only dream about paying<br />
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the vet bills! We usually spend at least 1600 euros on cat food and litter every single month, and when we add the costs of vet care, special food for chronically ill cats and the wages for a helper that we have to pay cash in hand our expenses are<br />
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enormous! We have no support from the local community, as people seem to think that we exist exclusively for when they want to get rid of the cats they are not interested in taking care of anymore, but after that we sink off into oblivion until they come across another<br />
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unwanted cat or kitten. We don’t threaten people with chucking the animals out of unpaid wild boarding places or rented sheds, we are not able to look at a sick cat or kitten and do nothing until all of the money necessary for treatments arrive but as far as the<br />
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public here thinks, our cats are safe and they can probably live on air.<br />
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Please, help us with anything you can possibly afford! If you can’t donate, we hope you wouldn’t mind sharing our plight until it reaches someone who thinks even<br />
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shelter cats’ lives matter! Please take a look at our <a href="https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/9425-help-the-feline-residents-of-cat-shelter-felix-live-better-quality-lives" target="_blank">project</a> and <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/cat-shelter-felix-512392" target="_blank">fundraising page </a>and get to know our kitties a little better, maybe you’ll be touched by their sweet faces and you will feel compelled to do something for them. Carefree and happy as they seem,<br />
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they all need to eat and from time to time some will become ill and need extra help. They really have no one else that cares but those of us here - and you.</div>
Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-16914632909734263552016-02-21T01:32:00.001-05:002016-02-21T01:32:35.526-05:00Celeste Deserves a Second Chance!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Celeste’s loving elderly owner passed away four months ago and she had been living all alone at their once happy home ever since, spending her days waiting for someone who would never come back. She was fed regularly by her owner's nephew but she was shy, reserved and hardly ever left her hiding places behind the furniture. Eventually the apartment got emptied out and Celeste was trapped; her owner's relatives couldn't or didn't want to keep her, so she arrived at the shelter the next<br />
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She's probably around eight years old, but she’s still unspayed and although she doesn't look sick, she has bald patches on her back and sides. The vet says it's caused by a combination of hormonal issues and stress and it should resolve itself when she gets spayed. She also has mammary gland hyperplasia, a benign condition in which an excessive amount of tissue grows, resulting in enlarged masses in the mammary glands; she needs to<br />
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be spayed as soon as possible and she has to be tested for FIV and FeLV.<br />
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For now Celeste’s living in a cage in a separate room, as she might not feel comfortable in the presence of other cats just yet and we are trying to spare her any<br />
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further stress and upset. Despite being a little fearful, she is extremely affectionate and cuddly when she lets her guard down. Please, <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/cat-shelter-felix-512392" target="_blank">help us give Celeste the chance of living a long, happy and healthy life</a> in which she’ll never be abandoned and alone<br />
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Friends are forever! Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!<br />
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Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-63249831970488656152016-02-05T00:53:00.000-05:002016-02-11T00:54:17.683-05:00There Are Three New Stars in the Sky<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0poStopk1jL9Beu-nA4lkv842Hktifk6y76SWvk4ODwf_0kH79c6k8Qot5d2bD0llevhoBO1uIiLfmQyE-1VqUFHxdBEhKwmG9VyAC4fNnaktLKU-ymWThZkL-y0fESOrhGMorADi_8/s1600/joca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0poStopk1jL9Beu-nA4lkv842Hktifk6y76SWvk4ODwf_0kH79c6k8Qot5d2bD0llevhoBO1uIiLfmQyE-1VqUFHxdBEhKwmG9VyAC4fNnaktLKU-ymWThZkL-y0fESOrhGMorADi_8/s320/joca.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We should’ve gotten used to it by now that whenever something good happens, something bad is right around the corner and the bad overshadows the good way too often…<br />
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Just when we relaxed a little bit after finally filling up the gas tank,<br />
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However heart-wrenching it may be, I simply have to write about them one last time, as if this loving final farewell to each one of these forever gone beauties will somehow release<br />
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Luce was an 18 year old kitty girl whose owner sadly passed away last year and she evidently couldn’t reconcile herself to the loss of her beloved human. She’d been protesting and behaving badly at home for months before she arrived at the shelter last autumn, terrified and confused, as she had always been the only pet. However, it didn’t take her long to nicely adjust to her new<br />
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Veca was the next to leave us. At the age of 22, we knew she could fall asleep and not<br />
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Whoever said that “misfortune always come in threes” was right. Joca was between 12 and 15 years old, in perfect health and great shape, a big affectionate kitty boy who was cuddly to boot. He was beautiful<br />
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Godspeed and farewell, my little darlings…at least for now. Spread your wings out wide and soar above the skies, fly free bathed in love,<br />
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"As the sky grows dark and the moon glows bright<br />
As strange creatures and critters appear in the night<br />
As the goblins growl and the werewolves whine<br />
We hope that Halloween sends a chill up your spine!"<br />
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I’m obviously not much of a blogger, and we all deeply apologize for the past three months of total silence, but we’re finally back on track, even though we certainly haven’t spent the last twelve weeks just sitting around doing nothing and twiddling our<br />
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thumbs. All of you, our devoted friends and incredible supporters, already know too well that we’ve been engaged in shelter repairs for years now and sometimes I wonder why we couldn’t take just a little break, why at least this year we couldn’t avoid dealing<br />
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with more renovations, more troubles, more worries, huge expenses and less sleepless nights. But that’s the way things go around here and if we can choose either to do the job properly or not do it at all, I guess the answer is pretty clear.<br />
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After some thinking, we came to the conclusion that the warmest months of the year would be the ideal time for fixing some minor issues we’ve never addressed. Most of the platforms, ladders and wooden wire spools the cats are<br />
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having so much fun with while playing in the yard needed to be replaced, as autumn rains and the winter cold had taken their toll and there was no way any wooden items could last another winter. When we inspected them carefully, we were a little surprised to find<br />
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out how much all of these kitty toys had deteriorated over the last couple of years. The platforms were half rotten already, all of the ladders had broken or missing rungs and most of the boards our kitties just love to rest on were twisted and warped. It was high time to do<br />
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We won’t bore you with describing what we did, how we did it and how much it all cost (a fortune!) but the ultimate results are four new and solid platforms that are supposed to last for years and five new ladders which make it<br />
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easier for all of the cats, and especially the tripod ones, to climb up to the roof. The longest and widest wooden board in the backyard, on which many of our kitties are regularly posing for photos as it’s their favorite resting place, has been replaced with<br />
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new joists, assembled to last much longer than the old board and it’s able to bear more weight which is not an insignificant characteristic… Moreover, the cats’ outdoor sandbox in the front yard and the one in the backyard have been enclosed with brick walls and<br />
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not only do they look great, but there will be no more sand scattered all over the place.<br />
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We’re still trying to raise the funds to renovate the outdoor fence, but it won’t be an easy task as we’re supposed to rebuild the brick-made pillars<br />
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and the small walls between them, clean and polish the old iron fencing and replace the sheet metal part of the gate. That old fence has been perilous and wobbly for the last three years and the fact that it’s still holding up is a pure miracle, so it would’ve been<br />
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great if we had managed to get it renovated before the first snow.<br />
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As to the kitties, most of them are doing reasonably well, with the exception of our two older residents, Sneska and Tabadzija, who sadly have turned out to be chronically<br />
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ill. It’s a shame the true nature of their problems (that said, I particularly refer to Sneska’s long lasting health issues) wasn’t discovered sooner, but it wasn't, and all we can do now is to try and save what can still be saved. Sneska's kidneys are failing and the reason<br />
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she's been so skinny (and gauntly thin sometimes) is that chewing becomes very painful to her every now and then because of uremic stomatitis which is a consequence of CKD, her primary illness. The prognosis is guarded and no one seems to have the<br />
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faintest idea of how long she will live, but since we have started to feed her prescription renal diet mixed with some wet food she looks more cheerful and she even seems to be gaining weight, slowly but steadily. Considering all of her health problems over the last<br />
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few years, I guess we should be happy that her condition has improved, even just a little. For as long as she is eating, there is at least a tiny spark of hope…<br />
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Tabadzija is developing megacacolon which has been diagnosed<br />
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very early on. In the beginning, right after the first UV scan he had, we were terrified to learn there was some kind of a shadow on his liver, indicating a tumor, but luckily what we saw was just his large intestine, which was actually enlarged and filled with hard fecal<br />
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matter. He has been fed only soft wet food over the last couple of weeks and is receiving laxatives (liquid paraffin) every other day to help him empty his bowels. He looks and behaves normally otherwise, although his belly still seems to be slightly swollen. We’re all aware that<br />
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he must be around 15 years old, but if he’s provided with adequate food and regular checkups at the vet’s, it’s highly probable that he’ll still have a few more years of full, quality life.<br />
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Valerie, our new kitty who arrived at the shelter with an old<br />
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injury of her right rear leg that healed wrongly so she was practically unable to use it at all was operated on. The vet managed to save her leg by basically breaking her incorrectly healed knee joint again and fixing it into the proper position with<br />
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screws which were supposed to be removed in approximately two weeks time. To everyone’s big surprise, when the time came it turned out that he couldn’t remove the screw from her knee joint as it had miraculously slipped down her bone<br />
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and couldn’t be taken out without cutting through it; naturally, nobody was eager to see her having yet another surgery. Anyway, she is recovering nicely and learning to walk on all four legs again which will take her quite some time, but she is finally using her right<br />
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rear leg after around eight months of not being able to even hold onto it and taking everything into account, her recovery is going very well.<br />
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Now the bad news: we’re having serious financial problems at the moment and the situation at the<br />
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shelter has become quite alarming. Next to no donations have been coming in lately and we’ll soon reach the critical point where we’re not even able to feed the cats properly! I know all of them look nice and well cared for at the moment, but they will deteriorate rapidly if<br />
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we can’t provide them with even the basic necessities! Many of our kitties are aged between 17 and 20 and enabling them to eat quality food is indispensable, it’s not a luxury, it’s a must! If things keep going like they have been for quite some time now, we’ll find<br />
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ourselves in big trouble. Unfortunately, there isn’t some magical food fairy that drops off free food and we’re certainly not able to feed almost 120 cats every day on our own (is there anyone who is?) So we’re forced to rely on the kindness and generosity of<br />
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strangers.<br />
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Is it possible that no one out of the thousands of friends I have on Facebook is able to donate anything towards the cost of cat food? Do the kitties deserve to starve just because we are not screaming, wailing and pleading<br />
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for help two times a day? Should we talk about and maybe even consider closing the shelter and turning all of the cats back out into the streets, after years of heartily fighting for them and working way beyond our limits, as they are obviously totally unimportant to people and not even worth thinking about or saving? Is there anyone out there who really cares?<br />
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Without some sort of assistance soon, everything we’ve campaigned and fought so hard<br />
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for here could quickly be lost. Even the smallest donations help, they add up and it’s better than nothing at all. Please help if you can, even sharing our plight with others helps out, you never know who’s out there that would like to get involved and see these kitties<br />
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remain safe and healthy in the only place that’s shown them caring and love. You can donate through PayPal, our <a href="https://www.youcaring.com/danica-s-cat-shelter-felix-374463" target="_blank">YouCaring fundraising page</a> or our <a href="https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/9425-help-the-feline-residents-of-cat-shelter-felix-live-better-quality-lives" target="_blank">project on betterplace.org</a> and please bear in mind that we sincerely appreciate all of the help we get, even<br />
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when our thank you notes are late, which they usually are. We are deeply grateful to all of our friends and donors who have been supporting our work so unselfishly for years now and all of us here genuinely thank each and every one of you for your unlimited kindness<br />
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with every ounce of our beings!</div>
Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-25496442597640946952015-06-30T15:26:00.000-05:002015-06-30T15:29:20.104-05:00A Trip through The Wringer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have never been this quiet for such a long time and therefore I honestly don’t know where to begin. After a myriad of serious and not easily solvable problems which have had us completely stuck for months, now the time has come to move on. With ever<br />
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aching hearts, though with eyes full of hope, we’re still not whole but we’re wearing our emotional scars with pride, “desolate yet all undaunted” and finally ready to face the upcoming challenges head-on.<br />
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All of the kitties are reasonably well – that<br />
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is, those who survived this last winter, the saddest and most heartbreaking winter ever. The latest cold season wasn’t that cold after all, we were spared the powerful snowstorms we know so well, but some of our oldest and sickest kitties lacked the strength to make it<br />
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until spring, although all of them put up a hell of a fight. A part of us died with every single one of those valiant fighters until we reached the point where we thought we simply could not go on, but the spark of hope and gleam of love in the trusting eyes of our kitties<br />
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who are still here wordlessly told us the simple truth - there’s no giving up, as cats are for life.<br />
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After a dreadful and harrowing winter came spring, with sun and light, with smells and colors and with a breath of a new beginning. Trying to<br />
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assuage the slight hint of despair still present right beneath the surface of our seemingly buoyant selves, we engaged in a big spring cleaning, which was not only necessary but also a perfect way to clear our minds. All of the vines, climbing plants and hedge bindweed<br />
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that had already dried up were removed from the chain link fence, all of the trees were pruned and both yards cleaned up. During the process we were surprised to find out just how bad the condition of the wooden platforms, ladders, timber tables and other big outside<br />
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toys is - and our kitties love them so much! Almost all of the wooden items in both yards need to be renewed or replaced, but this time some metal parts are going to have to be added so everything will be able to last much longer. We strongly hoped we would be able to skip<br />
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repairs of any kind for at least one summer, but it evidently isn’t meant to be…<br />
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A bunch of minor repairs can easily turn into a big headache, as little costs add up to make these much needed renovations far more expensive than we first thought<br />
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and planned. Moreover, a three-digit of cats still need to eat every day, whether we’re trying to fix some issues at the shelter we've never worked on before or not, and veterinary treatments for the sick ones is simply unavoidable. Donations during the<br />
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summer are usually slim, as most people are heading off on vacation and are consequently strapped for cash, but the kitties’ needs remain the same, if not even bigger.<br />
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We managed to de-worm and de-flea all of the cats last<br />
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weekend, even the grumpy ones who despise humans and would do anything they can to refrain from being touched; nevertheless the procedures were completed successfully, leaving us weary, sweaty and with some serious scratches.<br />
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Now it’s about time for mandatory yearly vaccinations against rabies, and it’s a huge financial burden aside from it being the announcement of trouble, which will include a lot of running, scuffling and struggling with not-so-friendly cats -<br />
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although it would be fair to say that even the cuddliest, most affectionate and loving kitties regularly freak out when they see the vets. However, if we all end up with just a few scratches and bite wounds, we’ll definitely consider ourselves lucky.<br />
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It brings me to the point: if you are able and willing to help us accomplish anything at all this summer, please consider donating any amount, no matter how small, to our <a href="http://www.youcaring.com/danica-s-cat-shelter-felix-374463" target="_blank">project</a>. And if you can’t donate, we’d really appreciate it if you could do us the<br />
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favor of sharing and spreading the word. It’s well known that no one can do everything, but everyone can do something and Helen Keller brilliantly formulated this irrefutable truth “Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.”<br />
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Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-41643941917165544762015-04-05T22:07:00.000-05:002015-04-05T22:07:01.409-05:00May You Have a Wonderful Easter!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Easter reminds us that hope must never be lost for as dark as the road may seem, there always lies light at the end of it. May all your dreams come true! We're wishing you a very happy Easter filled with joy, peace and serenity!<br />
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Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-6404180170979294822015-02-04T21:00:00.001-05:002015-02-04T21:00:45.104-05:00The Long and Winding Road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We've been too quiet lately, not because nothing worth telling was happening, but because too many things happened and we really needed some time off to be able to fully comprehend unexpectedly good news and to digest the bad events.<br />
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Success and failure, joy and sorrow, light and dark, I guess that’s how life goes …<br />
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Last year was a hard but fruitful one, with many ups and downs, big dreams and even bigger worries, filled with countless interchanging moments<br />
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of pure bliss and deepest sadness, accomplishments and defeats. In light of recent sad, tragic events I can’t help feeling totally drained, exhausted, mentally depleted and tired to the core, however I’m trying to make some sense of what was going on. This story<br />
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might take a meandering path, even though it would be way easier to start it with the end.<br />
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The good news, which is not really news anymore for many of you but it doesn’t hurt to summarize, possibly repeat and emphasize, is that<br />
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some major shelter repairs were completed last year. The roof above the kitties’ rooms in the backyard was renovated, new gutters were purchased and put in place, the metal part of the roof extending over the newly made concrete path to the<br />
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supporting columns that were built last spring was also added. Transparent window blinds were put up to protect the sheltered area beneath the roof eaves and also the corridor below the renovated roof mentioned above from biting and frosty<br />
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northerly winds. Several minor problems were successfully handled and many issues addressed while the massive repair work was ongoing and we’re honestly more than thrilled for accomplishing so much.<br />
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Unfortunately, last year’s phase of shelter repairs lasted forever and it wasn’t until mid November that we began to think of raising funds for the first tank of gas for central heating. Things couldn’t have looked darker until the awesome Laura Simpson and her very<br />
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impressive organization <a href="http://harmonyfund.org/" target="_blank">The Great Animal Rescue Chase & Harmony Fund</a> stepped in and managed to raise almost the entire sum needed in no time at all. Thanks to all of the wonderful people who responded to our plea for help, none of the Felix kitties even<br />
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noticed the severe drops of outside temperatures in December as their rooms were properly heated and pleasantly warm. The first shipment of heating fuel is supposed to last until the end of February and then we’ll have to find a way to raise the funds<br />
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for another gas delivery.<br />
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We’ve been quite lucky this winter as to snow so far, we had two brief snowfalls and weren’t snowed in just yet. However, I’m not holding my breath as we’ve been cut off from the world by snow at least twice<br />
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every winter since the shelter was founded and the cold season is far from finished. Right now the days are cold, sometimes sunny and bright, sometimes dark and gloomy. The ground is frozen in the morning and night temperatures are below zero, but maybe<br />
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this winter will be a dry one, even though I can’t believe we’re that lucky.<br />
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Over the last few weeks we’ve lost all three kittens that arrived from Belgrade where they had been living at a construction site. They were all born<br />
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with incurable FIP and I still can’t pull myself together. I took them in last autumn wishing to give them a chance at a nice, fulfilled and pampered life here at the shelter, but I had no possible way of knowing they were all doomed from the start. My brave little sweeties put up a hell<br />
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of a fight and tried to stay with me for as long as they could, but the dreadful and most feared virus affecting cats against which there’s no known cure always wins. The deadliest cat disease has claimed three more angels…<br />
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Sadly, we all know<br />
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that misfortunes never come singly and when it rains, it pours. My gorgeous black panther Njanja, who’s been struggling with health issues for more than a year, finally gave up the fight. After all of the injections, UV scans, various drugs and treatments that we<br />
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hoped would make him feel better, he was just too tired and worn out to be able to fight anymore. He passed away peacefully in his sleep and took a piece of my heart when he left. Even though I’m totally shattered and the world is hollow, bleak and dark<br />
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without him, I know there is now a new star shining in the deep blue of the night…<br />
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But life must go on, there will be many more heartbreaks mixed with delights, more sorrow and more joy, new challenges and new demands, but<br />
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those who had to leave to where we can’t follow just yet, will never be absent from our hearts. And somehow, together with all of the others who are still brightening our lives, they too give us the strength to carry on, even when we think we can’t endure<br />
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another day. It’s the start of a brand new year and we must look ahead with optimism and hope that this year will be our best year yet.</div>
Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-41109678491797096172014-12-31T14:22:00.001-05:002014-12-31T14:22:49.851-05:00Happy New Year! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Let us leave behind sadness, regrets and painful moments and have a new start full of joy. We hope this year will be the year when all your dreams come true! Happy New Year 2015! <br />
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Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-36317570719110588602014-12-24T19:26:00.001-05:002014-12-24T19:36:10.746-05:00Merry Christmas!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wishing you a Merry Christmas, touched with wonder and filled with love!<br />
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This last month has been so hectic, stressful, joyous, worrisome and intense with work at the same time that I don’t even know where and how to begin a narrative. The most important and thoroughly awesome news many of you already know is that<br />
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we’ve finally managed to raise the funds for finishing the shelter repairs in the backyard at the last possible moment, thanks to the heartwarming generosity of our amazing supporter from New York who sent us $1,500US via Harmony Fund, and<br />
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also to the always wonderful Harmony Fund which chipped in another $400US. This year’s phase of repair work was just finished a few days ago; we’ll be facing the upcoming winter with new hope, less worries, more faith and not even the inevitability of several<br />
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frosty, snowy, gloomy months awaiting us is that dreary anymore.<br />
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However, it would be an exaggeration to say we now have nothing to lose sleep over, as we should’ve started to raise funds for the gas for central heating weeks ago, but simply weren’t<br />
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capable of dealing with two big problems at the same time. The gas prices have just gone up (which is not unusual for Serbia, particularly at the beginning of the heating season), so we’ll need around $2,300 USD for just the first tank of gas alone. And yes, we<br />
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know that maybe cheaper energy sources can be found and we’re totally aware that central heating costs a fortune to run over the cold months, we’ve been having the same problem year after year, but there’s definitely no other way to keep all of the<br />
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kitties’ rooms warm when the outside temperatures are well below zero. The additional problems in this part of the world are the strong, persistent, bitterly cold winds that chill you to the marrow, blow through every hole, drive cold air through every crack<br />
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and make the real temperature feel much lower than it actually is. Plus not to mention the uncomfortable truth that we were snowed in at least once, but usually a number of times every single winter over the past few years.<br />
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Taking everything into account, we came up with the brilliant idea to put up transparent window blinds (instead of those useless tarps we had) to protect the sheltered area beneath the roof eaves and also the newly made corridor below from the icy<br />
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northerly winds so characteristic for Vojvodina – all the while nonchalantly ignoring the fact we have no money to turn our irrefutably good plans into reality. The necessary materials have been purchased on debt and the work is more than half done already; once it’s<br />
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finished, hopefully less fuel will be needed to keep the kitties’ rooms properly heated. Even if it doesn’t happen, all of the cats are obviously enjoying their new sheltered spaces and most of them are not just watchers, but they’re active participants and<br />
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helpers while the work is still ongoing.<br />
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Nevertheless, nothing we’ve done so far ensures that the shelter kitties’ well-being won’t be compromised in the freezing months ahead. Our biggest worry is easily understandable -<br />
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winter’s in the air and although the cats seem to be relaxed while soaking up the rays in the yard, the autumn sun isn’t warm and we’re already getting some chilly, wet, gloomy nights. The electric heaters we’re currently using can’t warm up all of the<br />
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cat’s rooms and even though nice, sunny days that are becoming rarer and rarer still manage to keep our spirits high, many kitties are sneezing and sleeping snuggled up with each other, which means they’re feeling the cold. They do look content and happy in<br />
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the photos when they’re resting on the new roof beneath the clear sky, but it’s also possible they’re actually trying to warm themselves, absorbing the fragile heat of late autumn days… Long story short, the first tank of gas has to be purchased as soon as<br />
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possible although we haven’t got the faintest idea of how.<br />
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Is it possible to raise more than $2000USD on such a short notice? For some, maybe, but unfortunately we are usually not that successful. I know it’s hard to believe that<br />
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the cats could be freezing in a place that looks so nice and in which they’re undoubtedly blossoming, but they can and they will if we fail to purchase the life saving gas for central heating before the real fury of winter hits. Please, help us with anything you can<br />
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afford to keep a three digit number of furry, loving beauties warm and cozy in the only safe real home they’ve ever known! The time is rapidly running out! No amount is ever too small and it’s very highly appreciated!</div>
Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-84156881930191877892014-10-31T17:54:00.000-05:002014-10-31T17:54:52.606-05:00Happy Halloween!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,<br />
All are on their rounds tonight;<br />
In the wan moon’s silver ray,<br />
Thrives their helter-skelter play"<br />
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Happy Halloween to those who celebrate today! May the spirits and witches grant you all your wishes!<br />
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Stay safe!<br />
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Felix shelterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907640133800839664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876256623839263793.post-90117002855619767492014-10-08T14:56:00.000-05:002014-10-08T15:11:55.666-05:00Our Shining Golden Boy That Refuses to Give Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Taking in a cat or a kitten with an unknown past is habitual for cat lovers and rescuers worldwide and after years of experience we are all accustomed to finding grossly neglected, gaunt, sickly, and often seriously injured little creatures.<br />
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Understandably, it leads us to erroneous thinking that we’ve seen it all and that nothing could surprise us anymore. But sometimes, when a kitty that has just walked into our lives unthinkably abused, horrifically injured, broken-spirited and hopeless seems to<br />
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carry all of the pain and sadness in the world, we simply must wonder what kind of society we live in…<br />
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And that’s exactly what Morgan looked like when I first laid my eyes on him. Still just a kitten, he must’ve experienced a living nightmare that<br />
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no kitty baby should ever go through and the consequences were terrible. His left eye had leaked out, probably because of some untreated Chlamydia infection, his other eye didn’t look promising either, and his left rear lower leg has obviously been amputated for<br />
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unknown reasons. The surgery was performed badly and unskillfully, his leg was cut in the totally wrong place and his stump has basically had the skin sewn shut over the bone. What’s even worse, he was and still is leaning on that leg as he walks and I fear the<br />
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bone will protrude through the skin when he gets bigger and heavier, so it can reasonably be expected that the bone will break longitudinally under the burden of his weight in a few months, just like one of Milance’s legs did. Compared to all his<br />
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major problems, the fact he was skinny, weak and full of worms and fleas seemed to be insignificant and minor.<br />
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From day one we knew that enucleation of his left eye (or more precisely, of what’s left of it) will<br />
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need to be done, and if it turns out his eyesight in his right eye can’t be saved, the same surgery will be necessary for that eye as well. His left rear leg will have to be amputated properly, but this time the surgery will be performed by a skilful vet with lots of<br />
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experience who knows what he is doing. But it’s one thing to plan, and quite another to implement…<br />
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Morgan’s surgeries were scheduled for September 18th, but his right eye started to bleed the evening before and the leaking blood, although not<br />
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abundant, lasted the entire night. When we arrived at the vet clinic the next day, it turned out he actually had a corneal ulcer on that eye, so he was put under general anesthesia and the same surgical procedure which was done on Joca's injured eye months ago - a<br />
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third eyelid flap - was performed on Morgan’s right eye as well, in a desperate attempt to save him from being totally blind. The third eyelid has been sewn shut over the eye to bring a healing blood supply to its surface, although it's questionable whether<br />
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his vision in this eye even exists, and if it does, whether or not it can be saved. Even though he appeared normal (despite his problems) before the surgery, he had a hard time enduring the general anesthesia, he began having difficulty breathing, started to wheeze as soon as he<br />
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was intubated and he nearly died twice on the operating table – luckily, the vet somehow succeeded in resuscitating him both times. His unskillfully amputated leg and the remains of his left eye weren't even touched as the vets were literally racing against the<br />
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clock to save his life.<br />
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Morgan managed to survive the surgery but was in critical condition for days afterwards. The vet suspected he either had pneumonia, or had been badly beaten or had some serious heart problem and I couldn’t help<br />
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wondering if I’d ever know the truth of what happened to this poor baby in his short life. For about 10 days he’s been under antibiotic treatment, receiving Longacef every day and now it’s crystal clear that nothing else can be done until we find out what’s wrong with<br />
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him.<br />
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He had the eye flap stitches removed 10 days after the surgery and although his right eye looks a lot better than before, we still don’t know whether his vision is saved or not. He’s being given oral antibiotics now and his eyes (or better<br />
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said his right eye and the hole which was left after his left eye leaked out) are being treated locally, with eye drops and antibiotic ointments. He still has abundant brown discharge from both eyes and at this point it’s impossible to say when he will be ready for the next<br />
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surgery.<br />
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This cute ginger and white boy has gained a lot of weight and made many friends since he’s arrived at the shelter. He spends his days eating, sleeping and playing with his pals, blissfully oblivious of his health problems and totally<br />
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unaware he managed to pull through by sheer luck. It’s a miracle he’s still here with us after everything he’s been through; whether he was a victim of abuse, indifference, ignorance, incompetence or all the above, he behaves as if nothing bad has<br />
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ever happened to him. Even if he was loved and pampered from the beginning of his life, he couldn’t be happier.<br />
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Morgan’s now a joyful, cuddly, playful little boy, with no care in this world and blind or not, he’ll have a bright, promising<br />
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future. Does he remember his sadness and despair? Does he ever think whose fault it was? Possibly, but highly unlikely. Did he forgive? Absolutely. He’s a cat and cats don’t know what hatred, resentment and bitterness are, in difference to us, “superior” humans<br />
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who decide on their lives and deaths.</div>
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