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Written by Pet Samaritans
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The thin dog we had brought in last week is now matched by a small cat in an equally bad way.
She was brought in yesterday by a man who had been watching this little lady for a long time - she's been living rough and no one could get near here. He was surprised when he saw her sitting by a garden shed and not moving. Even more suprised when he managed to pick her up.
There was some hissing and claws out when we lifted her out of the carrier and put her in a cosy pen. It wasn't hard to see why she's been caught though - too frail to put up any resistance - she's just skin and bone. She doesn't want to be touched and is summoning the last of her strength to say 'keep away from me'. Is she a feral cat who's just too poorly to put up a real fight?
We don't want to upset her but did manage to quickly check her over - she's worse than she looks. The long hair is covering bones that are almost sticking through the skin, she's dehydrated, emaciated, her matted fur is sticking to her skin in clumps and there's a tooth sticking out of her mouth at a right angle to her jaw.
She wants to eat and nibbled a tiny piece of chicken but then she gave up. This is such a pretty cat, long haired, well marked and beautiful eyes. They're pretty sorrowful now though - we're off to the vet.
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