For several months now, we have been feeding some cats that live in the common areas of the building where we live. My wife and I have decided to focus mainly on cats that don't have homes, since we know that some cats do have homes but also live on the street. Logic dictates that cats with homes eat at least somewhat regularly, but those without homes depend on the goodwill of neighbors and whatever else they can find, presumably by hunting.
We feed a total of three cats: two females and one male. The male is the youngest of them all, and we have watched him grow from a kitten into a medium-sized, strong, and healthy cat. On the other hand, there is a calico cat who was pregnant until recently, but unfortunately lost her litter. We are planning to spay this cat soon, as we know the problem that can arise from having so many fertile females and a large number of cats in a small area. We know that this upsets some neighbors who do not understand animal nature.
In that regard, today we spayed the cat you see in these photos. She is a relatively young Siamese who has not had a litter until now. We decided to do it early because she showed signs of being in heat, and we wanted to prevent her from getting pregnant so that she wouldn't expose a future litter to living on the street unprotected, with the strong sun and heavy rain affecting them. This morning we picked her up where she usually rests and took her to the vet where we also spayed our cat Catalina. We left her there at around 10 a.m., and at around 1 p.m., they told us that she had already had the operation and that we could come and pick her up.
It is impressive how cats are completely sedated after the operation. They are completely immobile, without any movement, and you can only see them breathing, but this is completely normal. The vet told us that she would start to react around 8 p.m. and gave us a prescription with some instructions. Right now, we are taking care of her at my mom's house, since our cat is in our apartment and we want to avoid any discomfort, as cats can be quite sensitive to changes or the presence of other cats they are not used to.
We will take care of this cat for a couple of days until she fully recovers from the anesthesia and feels less pain, then we will release her into the common areas where we will continue to monitor her, treat her wound, and feed her. As I mentioned, we have the same plan for another cat who recently had a litter of kittens, which she lost completely. The idea is to spay as many cats as we can so that the unwanted cat population does not continue to grow.
Something that today's gesture leaves us with is the desire to even keep the cat ourselves, but unfortunately, we don't have the space for that. Similarly, we will take some photos and post them on some Instagram pages where we will offer her for adoption, so that she can find a family that will take care of her and where she can be happy.
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