Lucy aka Chicago
October 4th, 2008 - Sandra Marshall
Updated October 7th with new video and photos ….. see below
This is Lucy, the stray cat that I brought back from the Cat home on Monday (29th) as I just couldn’t leave her to die. She had been missing for 3 or 4 days and looked so thin and lifeless. I also felt very responsible for her as she is one of our Almerimar strays and it was me that helped to catch her and take her up to the rescue home in the first place.
She had been there about 3 months and should have been off to Germany in early August in search of a home or ‘family’, but owing to some infections at the cat home no one has been leaving for a while. This was concerning and things have been made worse recently by Gisela, the lady who runs the home, being taken ill herself.
I think little Lucy may have been ill for a few days and no one was there to notice. I always check all the cats when I am there and particularly the ones that came from us. Thank goodness as when I brought her back on Monday she was so lifeless and didn’t seems to have the strength to eat even if she wanted to. I’m not sure if I have ever seen such a thin cat and Begona, our vet, said that she was dangerously de-hydrated.
Anyway we have persevered with syringes of liquids and later meat smoothies every couple of hours, and in the last couple of days she has started to eat and drink on her own, and is doing a lot of snuggling, purring and cleaning. We have a long way to go, and she is still on antibiotics but we are very hopeful for her now.
AND we are getting very fond of her!
Video
Some footage from Day 4 and 5 when she had started to show signs of good progress:
QIK Video
In case you missed the QIK videos that Chris streamed on Friday when he was feeding her:
Lucy Eating
Lucy Snuggling
Photos
Why Chicago?
Well she has 4 white paws so white socks = Chicago White Sox according to Chris! It gets worse, he is now saying that Chicago = musical so she can be called Roxy!!!
Chris has kept a really good log of the care and progress on Twitter, which you may have seen across the top of the site, and you can see below:
You can follow her future progress and much more on our twitter account.
Please check out Almerimar Life Strays for ways in which you can support the strays, and if you are interested in helping with a donation, foster home, helping feed or clean then please email me.
October 7th Update
She is getting much stronger, happier and cheekier!!! We have moved her into a bigger cage with a basket to sleep in, food and water and a litter tray. As you can see she is certainly friendly. She still has a slight cold and is still very thin and unsteady on her legs, but she has started to show some interest in playing with a ball.
About Almerimar
Almerimar is located in the region of Andalucia, Spain. The nearest airport is 30km away in Almeria. Other airports that are within 3 hours include Malaga, Murcia, Granada, and Alicanti. Other holiday resorts in the region include Mojacar , Aguadulce and Roquetas de Mar
Almerimar is a great place to live as an expat amongst the expats, or to work amongst the Spanish. There are all kinds of properties including villas, apartments and town houses for rent or sale. It is a very traditional part of Spain, with traditional Spanish foods so if you plan to travel to Spain either to look for jobs, for your company to trade with companies in Spain, or to learn Spanish and enjoy the Spanish weather then come and take a look.
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