The 4-week old baby calico kitten we found blind from infection and in such desperate need of care 10/08/09 is being fostered with a volunteer from Bobbi & The Strays.  Thanks to the efforts of our good friend Penny forwarding and posting our urgent bulletin far and wide, this solution was found in the nick of time.

The baby was taken first thing the following Monday to a veterinarian and had surgery on both eyes.  The operation is meant to help her eyes heal.  At this moment, the future for her sight is still uncertain, but after being treated for parasites, UTI, URI, and pain, the kitten is feeling  much better, and has transformed from a listless creature on death's doorstep into a lively, active kitten.  The volunteers named her Grace.

There will be a careful and painstaking screening process, but when she is well enough, Grace will be put up for adoption through Bobbi & The Strays.  We will give periodic reports here.

Grace is one of seven kittens born to Ruby, the current alpha female of my mother's backyard colony, which is registered with the NYC Feral Cat database.   Faithful readers will remember, before my mother became ill we had volunteers from Friendly Ferals coming regularly to TNR (trap, neuter and release).  That was after (and largely because) The Captain (the alpha female at that time) gave birth to Jack on our doorstep and abandoned him.  Friendly Ferals successfully TNRed 15 cats.  Only Ruby and Sylvia could not be caught.  Within months they were pregnant, and the cycle had started all over again.  - JD