Exactly 22 days ago, in this same community, I announced that Melanie, a community cat who lived in the common areas of the building where I live and whom we had spayed, had found a happy home. My mother and sister, who took care of her after the operation, decided to keep her. In that same post, I also mentioned that there was one community cat left to spay, and that would be our next goal. The other cats are males, so in that sense, it should be possible to control the growth and birth of new street or community cats, at least in the area around this building.
This cat, whom we call Kaly, is one of the cats we feed daily, along with one of her kittens, who is still quite young. Once my schedule aligned with a sterilization operation, we were able to schedule her appointment so we could proceed with her sterilization. The operation began mid-morning and cost $20. So we went to the area where she normally was and, after petting her a little to gain her trust, we put her in a cloth bag to check her and take her in my truck.
We arrived at the site and immediately handed her over to the veterinarians, who would return her to us a few hours later with the operation already completed. The sterilization day was held at a relatively remote location, perhaps 40 minutes from where we live, and we had to wait about three hours for the operation to finish. It should be noted that we were not the only ones there; other people had also brought both domestic and community cats for sterilization.
After they gave us the cat, we went home, where we will keep her for a few days while she recovers. Unfortunately, we can't keep her with us, as we live in a small space and already have our cat Catalina Valentina, who so far has been quite uncomfortable with Kaly's presence. Well, I think that's quite normal, since cats are territorial and it must be uncomfortable or strange for her to have an injured or convalescent cat in the same place where she is used to being alone.
Even so, we have no choice but to wait for Kaly to recover and then find a way to put her up for adoption or, failing that, return her to the common areas of the building to continue watching over her and feeding her, as we have been doing. However, what we want, of course, is to find a home for her so that she can live her days in peace.
The first day of care has already been quite complicated, as Kaly, being a stray cat, is not used to being in an enclosed space. However, for her own good, we must keep her sheltered until her wound heals as much as possible and she can then be set free again. At this point, there are no more female cats in the common areas of our building, so there should be no further growth in the cat population. It would be great if the neighbors in the other buildings did the same as us so that, in general, the exponential increase in cats that we see daily on the streets in the area would gradually decrease. This was my experience sterilizing the cat Kaly. It was a pleasure to share, see you soon.
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