A blind cat led a household to her three kittens after in search of a cushty residence her entire life.
Late final month, Coastal Bend Cat Rescue (CBCR) in Corpus Christi, Texas was contacted a couple of feline household of 4 needing a foster residence.
A stray cat was discovered wandering exterior at an aged couple’s residence. Their son, on a routine go to to their residence, observed that the cat’s eyes appeared crusted shut. He adopted the pleasant tabby to her den and was shocked to find three tiny kittens that she had been caring for.
“He contacted our rescue for assist. At the time, the cat was thought to have unhealthy eye infections that sealed her eyes closed,” Mary Huckabee, CBCR Officer, instructed Love Meow.
As quickly as that they had an accessible foster residence, they welcomed them in with open arms.
Two of the kittens had been very malnourished, displaying indicators of an higher respiratory an infection (URI). The cat mom, named Clue, scarfed down the meals earlier than settling in her cozy, heat nest together with her infants (Candyland, Monopoly and Chutes and Ladders) nursing on her stomach.
As Clue’s eye drainage improved, they observed that she did not have regular eye tissue and was utterly blind.
“Our vet thinks she has congenital microphthalmia, born with very small or absent eyes. She will want enucleation to forestall recurrent infections,” Mary shared with Love Meow.
“Being blind does not hassle her in any respect. Mama Clue was very protecting of her infants.”
With a protected residence, heat beds, and medical care, the kittens regained their urge for food and began placing on weight. Their eyes all cleared up after every week of TLC.
Whenever the kittens had been taken out of the dice to be weighed, Mama Clue stored shut tabs on them. She made positive that her infants could be shortly returned to the nest and into her loving arms.
“Occasionally she could be shocked when a child would meow from a spot the place she did not anticipate.”
Watch Mama Clue and her kittens on this cute video:
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At three weeks previous, the kittens had been getting cellular and actively looking for their toes. Mama Clue wasn’t so happy when one or all three of them launched into an escapade exterior the mama-approved protected zone.
“She would carry them again to ‘their place’ time and again earlier than she realized she was preventing a dropping battle and that her infants had been now able to discover.”
Clue enjoys the corporate of her folks and seeks affection from them. She will lean in for head scritches, or flop on her aspect to sign that her stomach must be rubbed. “She begins making biscuits as quickly as her foster mother enters the enclosure,” Mary instructed Love Meow.
“Even although she was an out of doors cat for her entire life and blind, she found out the littler field instantly, and is thrilled to be dwelling a lifetime of luxurious now.”
Mama Clue and her treasured trio are thriving in foster care. The kittens, now at 4 weeks previous, have reached a number of milestones, and their personalities are rising.
“Candyland is sassy and likes to speak. She is probably the most adventurous of the kittens. Monopoly is a laid-back woman. She likes to roll round and get stomach rubs. She is beginning to apply her pouncing abilities on her sisters,” Mary added.
“Chutes and Ladders was initially probably the most standoffish, however now that she does not should get drops in her eyes a number of occasions a day, she is the primary to waddle over and climb into her foster mother’s lap.”
Mama Clue is loving her VIP life as an indoor cat. She won’t ever have to fret about meals and shelter or roaming the streets blind. She will get optimum look after her eyes and a endlessly residence she so deserves.
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