Hi everyone,
I'm posting about a sweet little stray Persian female who was brought in on my on call weekend late Friday night.
Nougat, as I’ve named her, was brought in as a stray by an RSPCA officer very late on Friday night. She was a suspected fly strike, but thankfully we found only eggs, no maggots. She was, however, covered in faeces and matted on her back end and legs so badly that we had to sedate her, clip all the matted fur away, and give her a bath. She also had terrible diarrhoea and fleas. She was treated for the fleas, and we put her on a sensitivity diet. Only 2-days later, her poops are much firmer, with only the odd loose ones, but she has got this on her back legs a bit so I’ve been bathing and wiping her carefully as she will be very sore and she allows me to do so much. She is using the littler tray. She’s also had an antibiotic injection and some medication to help settle her diarrhoea, but she is very wriggly and doesn’t like to take anything via mouth! We’ve also noticed the odd sneeze, but this seems to be more because her nose and eyes were messed up, which I’ve also bathed, and will likely clear up with the antibiotics.
Under sedation, we had a good look in her mouth and all over her, and we estimate she’s only 3-4 years old. She weighs in at a mere 2kg, so will need some steady building up. She’s also had a nail clip, as these were also very long. She is eating very well!
If not already done, she MUST be neutered, and this will be checked with the vets. She will also be microchipped before being rehomed. She’s currently receiving care in Grantham, Lincs, and will be ready to rehome from today.
When you initially approach her, she cowers and flinches and tries to make herself as small as possible, so she will need lots of care and love to help her heal on the inside as well as the outside. She’s already used to seeing me, and will head bump for fusses and has started to flirt a little bit. She purrs her little head off and flops on her side so I will rub her more, which I am happy to do! Someone with Persian experience or lots of time to rehab her will be ideal, as she’ll need careful grooming and little wipes to clean the rest of the dry muck etc from her until she re-grows her glorious fur.
I feel she will turn into a real sweetheart, and just needs a loving new home to give her everything she’s obviously been missing.
Anyone interested in rehoming her, please contact me on: feralstrayfoundation@gmail.com or via PM.
You can see more pics and a couple of videos of Nougat on the Feral & Stray Foundation Facebook page.
There's also a video of her I took. Excuse the silly animal voice!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg--qcHlbOELiz
