Sometimes volunteering with animal rescue can be hard. It’s emotionally draining to see the condition some animals are brought to events in, and even more so when you hear first hand from the owners how little they care. I had a man at the spay event on Sunday tell me to my face that it was too much of a hassle for him to put flea medicine on his cat once a month. And this was a beautiful 6 month old Siamese cat with fleas so bad they were in her ears and mouth.
I also had another woman tell me that her cat “would get over it” when I pointed out that it had a massive infection on its front paw (which the vets ended up having to amputate the whole arm just to save the cat, it was so bad).
We also lost Sirius to infection Sunday night, after a traumatic rush to the ER at midnight. He was just too young to save, which is made worse by the fact that this never would have even been an issue if he had been able to stay with his mother. She would have passed on her immunities to her kittens in the milk, and he would have been able to fight it off. It’s heartbreaking to lose such a great cat who was completely innocent and helpless, just because people are heartless.
I'm well aware that I can't save them all, but it doesn't make it any easier when you do everything you can for them and it's still not enough.
Big hug. What you are doing is amazing. Don't forget that.
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