@caturday community, today I'm sharing Rhylie's story with you.
On July 22, 2024, an acquaintance showed us a photo where a Carey kitten was being given up for adoption. Not many months before, we had lost Luna, our 2 and a half year old Carey cat, and we fell in love immediately.
Little Rhiley came to revolutionize everything: super stressed, incredibly scared, and a sweetheart. Since we had already had a Carey cat, we knew what we were getting into, so with a lot of patience and love we gained her trust. She was given to us on July 24, 2024, and by the 27th she was already eating alone and letting us touch her. In fact, the 28th was her first official photo shoot... in the bathroom because she still didn't trust us 100%.
Unfortunately, on August 27th, I went to feed her and noticed something strange in her tail. I told my daughter and she saw it and sent photos to a friend, who said, "Take her to the vet now, that's a prolapse!" My mother suffered from uterine prolapse so I knew what he was referring to and we took her to the vet for the first time. There they gave her antibiotics and a treatment and they sutured her anus until it was a very small opening.
The cat evolved well with her wet diet and her treatment. The doctor was amazed, she said she had never seen a rectal prolapse in such a small baby.
Luckily, Rhiley's spirits never dropped, nor did her appetite or energy.
Everything seemed to be going well until 15 days after finishing the treatment, her tail came out again. We ran to the vet again and the doctor performed the same procedure and gave her the same treatment... but she didn't give us a definitive answer or send her for x-rays or other tests and although the cat acted as if nothing had happened, we didn't like the situation at all.
In fact, although the family that gave her to us seemed like very good people, the cat was very scared and defensive, which left us thinking from the beginning.
The truth is that I decided that I had to stop making things up. Having your anus sutured hurts for God's sake! I told my daughter that was enough, we started her on a wet diet and we always have the antibiotic on hand, but I forbade the family from touching her or stressing her out. If she comes close, great, but don't stress her, give her space and let her be.
Today I can happily say that Rhiley is a healthy and beautiful fat girl who only lets herself be petted from time to time, but healthy, loved and happy, in fact she has already been spayed and next month she will be 1 year old.
If her feeding is normal although we are always vigilant, she is a sweet and strong-willed creature, our warrior, our miracle.
Until the next opportunity! 馃樅
Spanish Version:
Hola comunidad
El 22 de julio del 2024 un conocido nos mostr贸 una foto donde daban en adopci贸n a una gatita Carey. No muchos meses antes hab铆amos perdido a luna, nuestra gata Carey de 2 a帽os y medio, nos enamoramos de inmediato.
La peque帽a Rhiley lleg贸 a revolucionarlo todo : super estresada, incre铆blemente asustada, una ternurita. Como ya hab铆amos tenido una gata Carey, sab铆amos en lo que nos est谩bamos metiendo, as铆 que con mucha paciencia y amor nos ganamos su confianza, nos la entregaron el 24 de julio del 2024 y para el 27 ya com铆a sola y se dejaba tocar, de hecho el 28 fu茅 su primera sesi贸n de fotos oficial.. en el ba帽o porque todav铆a no nos ten铆a 100% confianza.
Lamentablemente el 27 de agosto, fu铆 a darle de comer y not茅 algo raro en su rabito, le cont茅 a mi hija y 茅sta lo vi贸 y le envi贸 fotos a un amigo, 茅ste dijo 隆ll茅vala al veterinario ya, eso es un prolapso!. Mi madre sufri贸 de prolapso uterino as铆 que yo sab铆a a que se refer铆a y la llevamos por primera vez al veterinario. All铆 le suministraron antibi贸ticos y un tratamiento y le suturaron el ano hasta dejarle una abertura muy peque帽a.
La gata evolucion贸 bien con su dieta h煤meda y su tratamiento, la doctora se asombr贸, dijo que nunca hab铆a visto un prolapso rectal en una beb茅 tan peque帽a.
Por suerte, el 谩nimo de Rhiley nunca decay贸 ni su apetito o energ铆a.
Todo parec铆a ir bien hasta que 15 d铆as de finalizado el tratamiento volvi贸 a salirsele el rabito. Nuevamente corrimos al veterinario y la doctora volvi贸 a realizar el mismo procedimiento y a ponerle el mismo tratamiento.. pero no nos daba una respuesta definitiva ni le envi贸 a hacer radiograf铆as u otros estudios y aunque la gata actuaba como si nada, la situaci贸n no nos gust贸 nada.
De hecho aunque la familia que nos la entreg贸 parec铆an muy buenas personas, la gata estaba muy asustada y a la defensiva lo que nos dej贸 pensando desde el principio.
Lo cierto es que yo decid铆 que ya no m谩s andar inventando. Tener suturado el ano duele por Dios!. Le dije a mi hija que no m谩s, le empezamos su dieta h煤meda y siempre tenemos el antibi贸tico a la mano, pero le prohib铆a a la familia estarla tocando o estresando. Si ella se acerca, muy bien, pero no estresarla, darle su espacio y dejarla ser.
Hoy puedo contar con alegr铆a que Rhiley es una gorda sana y hermosa que s贸lo se deja acariciar de vez en cuando, pero sana, amada y feliz, de hecho ya fu茅 esterilizada y el mes que viene cumple 1 a帽o.
Si alimentaci贸n es normal aunque siempre estamos vigilantes, es una criatura dulce y firme de car谩cter, nuestra guerrera, nuestro milagro.
Hasta una pr贸xima oportunidad! 馃樅
