Friday, August 20, 2010

Sweetie the Persian

Well, there was a change of plans and Butters and Shea will be with us until next Saturday. Which is fine because they are such great, well behaved cats. Thinking they were going to leave tomorrow, I committed to taking on a Persian who would be going to a Persian rescue in VA on Saturday, the 28th. So, now we have Butters, Shea and Sweetie! Yes, it's a mad house around here :)Sweetie is just about as precious as any kitty could be. However, when she was brought to me after being pulled from the shelter this morning, she was COVERED in flea dirt! Completely and totally covered. I kept her at work with me and brought her straight home after work and gave her a good bath. She was wonderful. But, soon into the bath, I started to get quite disturbed.......
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Some of you may find these pictures to be graphic and disturbing. Proceed with caution. These pictures were taken after Sweetie's bath. Apparently, she was brought to the shelter in this condition by her dis-0wners and wasn't there long before her rescue...... all I know is, she doesn't have to worry about ever being neglected like that again.
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This was the tub after the bath. That's blood-tinged water from the major flea infestation.This is the towel I dried her off with. She needs another bath. Of course, I applied a dose of Advantage to kill the fleas and gave her some iron drops and pedialyte.I will be dropping her off at the vet first thing this morning. I hope they can help her!I hope the bath made her feel better, poor girl.

41 comments:

Sparkle said...

Poor Sweetie! She must have been suffering terribly! I have worked online to help get a few kitties rescued from high kill shelters and it never ceases to shock me how awful some humans are. Every time I complain about mine, I at least have to acknowledge that there are many cats out there who are WAY less fortunate than me!

Hope said...

wow. that was one dirty kitty! She is absolutely adorable tho!

Milo and Alfie Marshall said...

It just makes us even more happy that she was rescued. Thank you for helping her survive.

Catio Tales said...

Poor Sweetie. I hope she feels soooo much better now. Tickles to her, and all the others.

HH and The Boys said...

Such a sweet face. She is so lucky to have you to make her feel better.

Old Kitty said...

What on earth happened to this poor kitty?!?!:-( Awwww poor sweet Sweetie!! My goodness!! How awful for her!!

Thank you so much for looking after her and giving her some much needed tlc. Poor kitty!!

Purrs and hugs to her and to Butters and Shea too!

Take care
x

The Monkeys said...

Oh the poor thing! I hope that the vet is able to make her feel better, but she must feel better after the bath.

She is so adorable! I love her face. She reminds me of my sweet Bella!

Brian's Home Blog said...

That poor little sweetie has got to feel better inside and out, she is a cutie!

Daisy said...

Ah, poor Sweetie! It must have been so uncomfortable to be covered in fleas and flea dirts. I hope she is feeling much better now that she is clean and flea-free.

My Mind's Eye said...

Oh my word....that poor sweet baby girl...I, mom, have lots of skin allergies that make me itch...I cannot imagine how she must have felt. Did she cooperate during the bath? That many fleas...oh my word she does need a serious vet exam!!
Well done on giving her much needed relief.
Hugs Madi and Mom

Teddy Westlife said...

Poor baby. At least she has some better times to look forward to now.

Mishkat said...

Poor Sweetie! We can't believe how much flea poop was on her - that is awful! Thanks so much for taking care of her - we hope she feels much better soon.

The Taylor CatSSSSS said...

Poor little baby!!!!! Thank you for taking care of this beauty!

Anonymous said...

That poor baby! She looks very content wrapped up in the towel, though. She must know she's going to a better home!

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

Poor Sweetie! She must have been so uncomfortable.

SASS....Sammy Andy Shelly Sierra said...

Oh, poor, poor Sweetie!!!!!!!! No kitty deserves to be in that state!!!!!

We are so very thankful that she found her way to you so you could bathe her and help her!!!!!!!

We are purring as loudly as we can that the vet will help the beautiful girl and that she will soon be A-ok. We will be watching for updates about her. xxxxxxxx

Katnip Lounge said...

Poor poor Sweetie! We poop on her horrible dis-owners' pillows.

She must feel so much better...such a cute face. we hope the vet can fix her all up and she finds a new, caring Forever Home.

Angel Junior, Orion and Sammy said...

Wow! Poor Sweetie! We bet she does feel better! Just getting all that off of her had to help!!! She is such a doll. We will be purring for her!

Emmylou said...

What a sweetie! Shame on those unparents...she deserves to be loved.

BeadedTail said...

Oh noes, that's just awful! We cannot understand how people can be so terrible to let that happen to such a sweet kitty. We bet she felt much better after her bath and we hope the vet can help her too. We're sending purrs to beautiful Sweetie!

Pip said...

OMC! That is so unbelievable!
I am so glad she is with you now. We purrs she gets a loving furever home, she so deserves it!

Cory said...

Sweetie girl! She must feel so much better now. You are amazing and wonderful to take such good care of her. We will be purring for her.

Amy & the house of cats said...

Oh poor Sweetie - she is such a cute, sweet looking girl. We are so glad that she has been rescued from those evil jerks who let her get so much flea dirt - oh she must be so much happier now after that first bath - and we bet after the second she will be even happier! That doesn't happen too often we bet - a bath making a cat happy! But we are so happy she will be well taken care of now!!

And that is cool that Shea and Butters will be there a little bit longer, so they get to spend a little more time with you!

Jacqueline said...

Poor Sweetie, she must feel better since that bath; that had to be miserable...Bless you for taking care and helping this adorable baby...Best of luck to her...Happy weekend friends...xoxo...Calle, Halle, Sukki

Anonymous said...

The poor thing!! We guarantee she feels better! And we're so glad she's getting rescued. As for her previous owners.....

Pfffft!!!

Cara n Crew said...

Oh, poor baby! We bet she feels loads better. Thank you for helping her even with your full house! Here's hoping she finds a pawsome furever home soon.

-Pip, Smidgen, Minnie

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Poor Sweetie. She must feel so much better after her bath. The fleas must have been driving her mad.

The Island Cats said...

OMC!! Poor Sweetie!! That bath had to make her feel better!!

Quill and Greyson said...

Purrs little Sweetie!!

Tigger said...

Lots of love to sweetie.

CCL Wendy said...

Oh my! Poor, poor Sweetie! Whoever owned her should be charged with animal abuse!!!

I'm just so glad she's in your gentle and loving hands right now, and that her life can only get better after this.

She will make someone a gorgeous and loving pet.

On another note, Shea, Butters and Saylor are on the LOLSpot for Friday.

Cindy said...

Poor little thing! Thank you for taking such good care of her.

The Florida Furkids said...

Poor little Sweetie. We hope the vet can get her feeling better fast. We know the bath and flea meds had to help.

Sniffie and the Florida Furkids

Cat said...

I'm certain your bathing helped her to feel better! That poor darling, hopefully she can find a safe and loving home :-)

JB's Big and Small Worlds said...

Oh, poor Sweetie! We are so glad you are helping her! She looks gorgeous!
--JB

Miss Lizzy said...

That is HIDEOUS!
I hope her dis-owners get fleas, bedbugs, and lice. Major infestations that do not respond to treatment.
What a good & kind person you are!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Poor Sweetie... We hope she nefer meets another flea her whole life!

We love Luna said...

oh poor chérie!
I hope everything will be okay with her soon, I will send good energies for her!
purrs and love
Luna

Marg said...

Wow, that is just awful. Poor thing. Maybe the vet can give her a shot to boost her immune system after being eaten alive by fleas.
Gosh you have wall to wall cats at your house now. How is Gretchen doing?? You sure are terrific you two to do all that for those kitties. Sure hope they find a good home now. Wish we lived closer so I could help you. Take care.

Parker said...

How miserable she must have been! She is adorable and very lucky to have you to help her now.

Rene said...

OMG, she must feel so much better after that bath! Poor girl!

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