Posted on 10/25/2020 9:14:09 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
If you are an animal lover, hearing rescue stories about them might be one of your favorite things. Well, this one will surely tug at your heartstrings, as the feline protagonist in this story surprised his rescuers with something they never imagined they would discover.
This is Cotton, a stray cat who had been living in the streets before Joe, the owner of the home where he was found, saw him wandering outside his house in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
He said the lost kitten came out of nowhere and started eating from the bowl of food that he prepared for his cat. According to him, Cotton looked “very hungry, like if he had not eaten in days.”
After watching him for a while, he noticed that the cat was suffering from a severe case of mange, a type of inflammatory skin disease caused by mites. Cotton’s eyes were crusted shut because of this and he is unable to see. Feeling sorry for the cat, Joe went inside his home to find a carrier.
Luckily, he got one and he placed a bowl of food inside. He said Cotton immediately walked into it, still looking so hungry after eating from the first bowl.
Joe posted a plea for help on a local group on Facebook, but no one took notice. Until one day, Carmen Weinberg – who has been fostering stray cats and helping them find homes – came across the post through a friend. She knew right then that she had to help poor Cotton.
“Early the next morning, I drove to pick him up. I took him immediately to my vet, Justin Bartlett Animal Hospital, and they confirmed that he was suffering from mange, was very dehydrated and malnourished,” Carmen informed Love Meow.
The condition kept Cotton from opening his eyes, which means that he had been wandering the streets completely blind for quite some time. According to Carmen, the kitten was purring the whole time he was being examined in the veterinarian’s office.
He was then given antibiotics to treat his mange, a dose of Revolution, and fluids before he was sent home. Fortunately, Carmen had a spare bathroom in her house where she let Cotton stay.
Cotton was extremely skinny when he was found, but he ate well and loved being touched, said Carmen of the rescued cat. “My husband Don, son Carlos and daughter Elisa, are used to dealing with cats with many illnesses and we knew that if we took some precautions, that we could still touch and love Cotton to help him heal.”
Within a few days of staying at Carmen’s household, the cat began to show signs of healing. Through the application of coconut oil to soothe his skin, the crust in Cotton’s ears started coming off. The cat was also given an abundance of canned food and lots of water to keep him hydrated.
As expected, Cotton gradually began to look healthier as he gained more weight and his hair started growing again. But here was the real twist – for the first time since he was taken in, Carmen noticed that Cotton had one blue eye and one yellow eye. What a nice surprise!
Carmen says that Cotton’s personality has changed over time. From being impatient when being touched, the cat has grown to be much more affectionate now. In fact, the cat would not let her go anywhere alone, and would often give her kisses and ask for her attention.
“Cotton is doing very well. He is home. He loves me and follows me around the house all day. I don’t have the heart to put him through changes,” Carmen told Love Meow.
Cotton has totally transformed into a handsome and healthy feline. This cat’s story is proof that the lives of rescue animals can be saved with the just the right amount of patience, dedication and most importantly, love.
Isn’t it wonderful. We rescued Marley from a nearby apartment building. She had mange and other things. She became our Cinderella. Her life was hell outside. Within a few months of bringing her in she looked so much better and happier and lived out the remaining year of her life warm, comfortable, and relatively healthy. Treating mangy foxes is a gift of life too. It’s easy and saves them so much hell because manage affects, joints and organs I believe. Using a small dose of Ivermectin in chicken legs. It’s miraculous.
we really do need a like button. LOL
Want this one, its 18 deaf I triped over it in July. Fractured Ankle has cost 50,000.00 plus
Up at 5am whining to eat eat pukes and craps sleeps thats it.Serves no purpose HSUS dont want it, vet may soon get it to remove from the roster
Pretty kitty!
“It took a loooong time, but she is now a love bug.”
I was given two cats that were sisters and needed to stay together. They had never had a fur-ever home and were already 4 years old, shuffled here and there.
They lived in our basement for THREE YEARS before they ventured upstairs to be part of the family. (In their defense, it was pretty noisy with three boys, but the boys loved animals and were never mean to them or anything.)
But, then they both lived to be 15 years old and were sweethearts and even got along with our two Labs and a Basset at the time. ;)
“...Up at 5am whining to eat eat pukes and craps sleeps thats it...” [Bell Buoy II, post 23]
Ask your animal hospital about the steroid prednisolone.
We took in an abandoned kitten five years ago this past August. She vomited often; it became worse and more frequent. She began losing weight; it obviously distressed her to feel so poorly. This past spring our DVM a form of irritable bowel syndrome; she prescribed prednisolone in solution administered by mouth. The cat quit vomiting immediately and has gained weight; she’s now calmer, happier, plump & prosperous.
Our senior cat turns 18 in one month. Four years ago he developed stomatitis and had to have all his teeth removed; sometimes that improves stomatitis but not always. His failed to clear up. He was unable to eat and nearly starved to death before our animal hospital prescribed prednisolone by mouth. The cat quickly reverted to normal eating habits and regained most of the weight. He enjoys even dry food: swallows it whole because he cannot chew much.
“...This past spring our DVM a form of irritable bowel syndrome...” should read “...This past spring our DVM diagnosed a form of irritable bowel syndrome...”
Maybe you can find a 3 legged dog to trip or a sick animal to torture. Your posts scream, “Look at me!” You do this a lot on animal threads.....show your cruel personality.
I hope it’s just a schtick you use to get attention & not real. Your poor cat.
We took in a feral kitten that was trapped outside my office. Very young, scared, and a fighting spitfire. She’s 99% domesticated now. Don’t know how a Russian Blue would come to be feral, but she sure looks like one.
your poor family
PS, Your such a wonderful humanbeing....per you,you want the frigen thing I will ship it to you FREE
There is none but a typed reply will do the trick.
The Japanese are ga-ga about heterochromia, and while only the Japanese bobtail cat might typically have it, it makes them a valuable celebrity. Often among their mythical characters, having heterochromia is seen as a trail exclusive to royalty.
We picked a Japanese bobtail kitten out of a road on the Miura Peninsula back in the summer of 1986. He was about 9 days old. My wife fed him using a toy baby bottle that came with a doll.
Down the years veterinarians told us to put him down on three separate occasions. Every time my wife took him home and cared for him, and one day he would get up and decide to go on living. Changed my outlook on euthanasia.
Thank You for the nice story. Made my day better
That’s a wonderful story. Our feral lived for years outside. We set up an insulated dog house on a table in the carport & filled it w/ fleece blankets. One extremely cold winter we snatched her indoors. She quickly learned a warm house was wonderful. She’s now a big old house baby. Fur babies are the best.
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Lots of Huskies have 2 color eyes.
Never saw a cat with them before! Wonderful.
My brother does BTW. He can’t remember which is which.
So sweet!!
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