Liesje
Posted : 3/28/2007 7:21:57 PM
First, where are you from? You might want to add your location in your profile, in case someone here reads the post and is close enough to you to offer help.
Second, it's great you took this cat in. I understand about the bills. I found a five week old abandoned kitten in a hollow tree. I took it to the vet for de-worming, but couldn't afford any more. Luckily, my friend had told me she wanted a baby kitten so she came with her husband to adopt it from me the next day. I was syringe feeding it while trying to get it to use a litter box and try some adult wet cat food. Since my friend wanted a cat, she got all the shots, etc, and still has it.
Third, if this is a stray/feral cat, your best bet for ensuring it's quality of life is going to be finding a free or low cost program that speuters and treats ferals and re-releases them. Sadly, many no-kill shelters think they are doing good by trying to keep these cats, but they are born and grow up wild and won't be happy indoors. The Humane Society may find the cat unadoptable and euthanize it. Personally, I think that would be better than it getting sicker and dying of an infection, but the most important thing right now is to find a way to at least get it treated and then deal with whether or not it is adoptable.