Little Rhiley
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! 😺
Spanish Version:
Hola comunidad @caturday,hoy les comparto la historia de rhylie.
El 22 de julio del 2024 un conocido nos mostró una foto donde daban en adopción a una gatita Carey. No muchos meses antes habíamos perdido a luna, nuestra gata Carey de 2 años y medio, nos enamoramos de inmediato.
La pequeña Rhiley llegó a revolucionarlo todo : super estresada, increíblemente asustada, una ternurita. Como ya habíamos tenido una gata Carey, sabíamos en lo que nos estábamos metiendo, así que con mucha paciencia y amor nos ganamos su confianza, nos la entregaron el 24 de julio del 2024 y para el 27 ya comía sola y se dejaba tocar, de hecho el 28 fué su primera sesión de fotos oficial.. en el baño porque todavía no nos tenía 100% confianza.
Lamentablemente el 27 de agosto, fuí a darle de comer y noté algo raro en su rabito, le conté a mi hija y ésta lo vió y le envió fotos a un amigo, éste dijo ¡llévala al veterinario ya, eso es un prolapso!. Mi madre sufrió de prolapso uterino así que yo sabía a que se refería y la llevamos por primera vez al veterinario. Allí le suministraron antibióticos y un tratamiento y le suturaron el ano hasta dejarle una abertura muy pequeña.
La gata evolucionó bien con su dieta húmeda y su tratamiento, la doctora se asombró, dijo que nunca había visto un prolapso rectal en una bebé tan pequeña.
Por suerte, el ánimo de Rhiley nunca decayó ni su apetito o energía.
Todo parecía ir bien hasta que 15 días de finalizado el tratamiento volvió a salirsele el rabito. Nuevamente corrimos al veterinario y la doctora volvió a realizar el mismo procedimiento y a ponerle el mismo tratamiento.. pero no nos daba una respuesta definitiva ni le envió a hacer radiografías u otros estudios y aunque la gata actuaba como si nada, la situación no nos gustó nada.
De hecho aunque la familia que nos la entregó parecían muy buenas personas, la gata estaba muy asustada y a la defensiva lo que nos dejó pensando desde el principio.
Lo cierto es que yo decidí que ya no más andar inventando. Tener suturado el ano duele por Dios!. Le dije a mi hija que no más, le empezamos su dieta húmeda y siempre tenemos el antibiótico a la mano, pero le prohibía 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 alegría que Rhiley es una gorda sana y hermosa que sólo se deja acariciar de vez en cuando, pero sana, amada y feliz, de hecho ya fué esterilizada y el mes que viene cumple 1 año.
Si alimentación es normal aunque siempre estamos vigilantes, es una criatura dulce y firme de carácter, nuestra guerrera, nuestro milagro.
Hasta una próxima oportunidad! 😺
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