Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

We couldn’t sleep last night because of the intermittent crying of another kitten. The cry reminded me so much of Kitty. At first we thought tat perhaps the mother is around and the crying will go away soon, but by mid-day, there was still this little sound.

Trevor and I decided to look for it outside but we couldn’t see anything. The faint sound seemed to come from the stockroom of the apartment downstairs, so we decided to give them a visit!

The lady living there was kind enough to let us in and look for the kitten in her backyard. We still couldn’t find anything, so she decided that if she finds something she’ll just send an SMS.

A few hours later she texted - the kitten was indeed inside their old stockroom. We went to her apartment to look. It was stuck behind an old furniture against the wall and the floor was flooded with water. I took the kitten out and saw that she was big - I mean at least more than twice Kitty’s size! This kitten’s eyes were already open and she had teeth already too - so she must be at least 2 months old. She was so ugly!

We took the kitten to our apartment to clean and dry her, and put her on a towel and hot water bottle. While I was cleaning her I noticed that she had deformed hind legs! I was so shocked, I’ve never seen a cat with such a deformity before, so I thought that they probably don’t survive. It was lovely but also sad at the same time.

Below is a photo of the new kitten, one of her white hind legs sticking out on her left side, and a bit of her hind paw visible on the right. She can’t stand at all and can barely crawl dragging her legs behind her. I saw that the kitten had a normal long tail -and I thought, a normal tail but crooked legs, and not crooked tail and normal legs! I always liked cats with crooked tails…

Her mother must be around - at least that was what the lady told us - she said she saw this big black and white cat. Where the kitten was stuck, it was clearly impossible for the mother to rescue her baby.

It might still be possible for us to give this kitten back to her mother by tomorrow before we leave for Singapore. I’ve been seeing a big black and white cat under the stairs of our apartment, so that must be the mother!

But will this kitten survive the urban jungle with these deformities?

Should we keep her and raise her as a normal cat? Try to give her something like “hind rollers” so she can move about easier? If she doesn’t have other more serious problems, she may still be able to grow up and play with George and Fortun.

Earlier today, while looking for the kitten outside, I managed to take a photo of Kitty’s tree - the tree where we found her and where we buried her after she died a week ago. The large block on the left side of the tree near the roots is her grave marker.

Trevor suspected little Kitty was deformed too - because she really really was tiny…

And now we have this strange kitten, she is so ugly and yet so lovely, how her little white hind paw sticks out from under her tail … Life is truly a wonder…

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