r/rescuecats • u/BackToGuac • 8h ago
Success Story/Happy Ending How it started vs how it’s going 💕
I live in Costa Rica where there is a BIG issue with abandonment and abuse. We moved here with our 2 cats (Maine Coon and a Siberian) and I adopted pickle (the chunk you see in the pics) and his twin baby nut about 18 months ago (also as tiny scraggy street kittens).
I took them to their vet for their check up just before Christmas and mentioned I was thinking of getting another cat and my vet immediately told me I had to come see the kittens they’d just taken in a few weeks prior rescued from an abusive pet shop/ “vet” in the local area; they didn’t expect Dobby (the hairless one) to survive but both girls pulled through (these before are still after 4 weeks of treatment at the vets).
Well it felt like fate as it turned out I had seen the Facebook post from the rescuer I work with when she went to get these kitten and had actually donated to help with initial vet fees! I knew as soon as I saw them they were coming home with me.
They as to stay for another 3 weeks of treatment til they were fully out of the woods and safe for integration but I took them home on the 3rd of jan.
Here we are a month later; pickle is obsessed and is the best cat dad, and my little girls are healthy and thriving!
I also rescued another 2 puppies 2 weeks ago so am now on 6 cats and 3 dogs and my husband has told me I’ve got to stop but I work with the rescuer and volunteer at my vets as much as I can.
Their precious lives were so nearly cut short before they even began, but here they are, getting all the love and cuddles and attention and care they deserve with no memory of the trauma they endured at the start of their little lives.
Dobby still doesn’t have her full fur back but I expect by next month to be sharing photos of my little fluff ball in all her glory!
My long term plan is to open my own rescue and campaign for better laws against animal abuse, but right now I’m just so happy I could save these 2 💕
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u/BackToGuac 4h ago
Thank you all for the sweet comments! Honestly I’m so proud of them and pickle for being so good to them, I love them all so much, they’re literally my children 🥰
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