Rozita just texted to say one more kittens has died and the Calico is fast fading. She has decided not to send the Calico to the Segambut sanctuary as she doesn't see any point in doing so. Might as well stay with the little one till the end.
Then, as though that isn't bad enough, I came home about an hour ago, and this is what I saw on my road...
A tabby kitten has been run down on my road. I fear it's Cheque, who is co-owned by two neighbours. We've talked to the girl who co-owns the cats about spaying but she wasn't keen initially. Finally, we got her to get one of the female cats, Cheque, spayed, fully sponsored.
I fear this is Cheque lying on the road.
UPDATES at 12.30pm - The girl said it's NOT Cheque. But it is another one of Cash's kittens.
Cheque's mother, Cash, I was told, has given birth eight times. The girl brought Cash to the clinic, but Cash was found to be pregnant again. The plan was to get Cash spayed after delivery. I have been texting the girl about this. In the photo above, that's Cash, the mother, sitting on the road, looking at her dead daughter.
Yes, it is extremely heart-beaking.
I'm quite sure it is Cheque, but cannot be entirely sure. I texted the girl; there is no reply. There is also no one in her house. That's Bunny under the car, keeping watch as well.
Cash (the mother) was meowing very loudly and kept coming towards her dead daughter.
Poor mum. I distracted her so that she would be at the side of the road. She is very friendly, and I patted her, hoping it would be some comfort for her. Sigh...how do you comfort a grieving mother?
Cleo is under the car, also watching.
Bunny came to have a closer look. I had to shoo him off.
Mother Cash, and another two tabbies - must be her new kittens. She has had so many litters now.
Cleo approaches.
I got another neighbour to ask if she could contact the co-owner. We knocked on his gate. There was no reply. Finally, we decided to pick up the kitten and wrap her in newspapers. The owners might want bury her themselves.
My husband did that unpleasant task. Mother Cash came by to sniff as she watched the whole thing.
It is very, very heartbreaking.
The new kid-on-the-block is this white ginger, the one Cathy has offered to catch. I believe she is female but could have been spayed as she hasn't got pregnant after so many months. As much as we want to spay-neuter the strays, we can't be too gung-ho about it - we don't want to subject any animal to being opened up twice. For pets, it's hard when the owners do not agree.
This is Mother Cash and (I presume) two more of her kittens. I've asked the girl before what the co-owner does with all the kittens. She says he takes them back to his kampung. I've offered spay-neuter assistance many times, too.
Two months ago, I took this photo of Cheque as I was walking home one afternoon. I had wanted to blog about her, as being one of the cats we finally got spayed, after talking to the owner. I guess I never quite got down to doing it and I had kept the photo on my desktop all these months. I had a look again at it last night as I was clearing my desktop. I did wonder if I should trash the photo, but decided against it.
Updates - I'm glad it is not Cheque, but it's still one of Cash's kittens and a life is lost. May the kitten have a good rebirth.
It is a sad day.
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