There isn't much to report about today. It was pretty routine, just cleaning cages and petting kitties, however, I suppose I'll write about a certain cat named Magenta.
Magenta is a half tabby half white female cat, who is playful, energetic, and fun. Unfortunately when the Humane Society got her, all of the white spots on her fur were dyed a bright pink, hence her name Magenta. Regardless of this, she is happy and recently delivered a litter of kittens, who were all adopted!
I've come to really like Magenta. She always is excited to see us when we go to her cage and can be a real pain in the butt when trying to clean around her. She's affectionate and silly, and always makes us laugh.
At the Humane Society, veterinarians routinely come in to spay and neuter cats, and with kitten season almost here there is an abundance of momma kitties. A number of operations took place these past few days, and Magenta was one of them. Unfortunately, the amnesia that is used during the operation didn't agree with Magenta, and she fell ill.
Normally, Magenta is jumping around her cage, meowing, and being lively, but yesterday she was curled up into a ball in the back of her cage. Melissa, Nancy, and I, who all work with cats, all noted the drastic change in Magenta's attitude, and alerted the clinic. After she was checked over by the clinic, she was eventually moved to Drop Off, so she could have a larger cage, but we were all still worried about her.
This morning however when Melissa and I were making our rounds to the cats we were delighted to find that Magenta was back to her usual self! She was running around her cage, rubbing up against our arms, and meowing so much it was like she was making up for lost time.
This is a pretty anticlimactic ending, but it's still a good thing one of my favorite cats is feeling better!
Aww I'm glad that Megenta is okay! It must be kind of difficult to work in a animal shelter since you must see sick animals all the time. I do not think I could ever do that. It's a good thing you noticed a change in her mood so you could alter the doctors that she was sick or having a bad reaction to something. Are there a lot of sick animals there? I am kind of jealous that you get to interact with animals so much. Sounds like a pretty cool project even though you have to clean so many cages. I am really glad Megenta seems to be okay, this would have been a very sad bog post if not! Hope the remainder of your project goes well!
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