Nombre | Rita |
Edad | 3 años y 6 meses |
Sexo | Hembra |
Tipo | Gato |
Estado | No disponible |
Localización | Refugio |
Visto | 77 veces |

Descripción
Rita nació en mitad de una rotonda en la primavera del 2021, allí, en medio de suciedad y coches, su mami tuvo a 5 cachorros escondidos entre las plantas. Les cayó lluvia, humedad,frío...Cuando los rescatamos su hermano Mango no pudo aguantar y a los pocos días murió.
Su mami fue esterilizada, desparasitada y se volvió a dejar en la colonia, libre.
Rita era la más pequeñita de todos y venía llena de parásitos y con un terrible constipado que nos hizo también pensar en lo peor, pero ella demostró lo luchadora que era y pudo con todo
En el mes de agosto, cuando fuimos a vacunar, vieron que tenía una ligera febrícula que a pesar de poner tratamiento no remitía, cambiaron de medicación y ahí remitió, También le hicieron test de sida y leucemia (negativo) y una analítica completa que salió bien. Pero era muy pequeña, no llegaba al kilo de peso y sus hermanos pasaban tres kg. Todo parecía ir bien, Rita no comía mucho y siempre estaba en posición de dolor.
Luego nos dimos cuenta que uno de sus ojos estaba como nublado e inflamado y a los pocos días el otro. Fuimos de nuevo al veterinario mandaron medicación y remitieron a la oftalmóloga, en esos momentos ya planeaba la palabra pif sobre Rita. Cuando llegamos a la consulta de la oftalmóloga, Rita iba con fiebre. Sacaron sangre para una serologia de pif y miraron los ojos...en ese momento nos dijeron que sin lugar a dudas eran ojos de PIF y que poco se podía hacer. También le hicieron una bioquímica completa para descartar otras enfermedades pero todo estaba bien,...se confirmaba la terrible enfermedad.
Jamás hemos llorado tanto volviendo del veterinario, ya que apenas Rita comía y se movía. Se quedaba mirando la comida pero no podía y al hacerlo los dientes rechinaban.
Fueron unos dias muy tristes, nosotros no podíamos dar crédito, no podíamos pensar que ya estaba todo, que solo quedaba despedirnos de Rita. No podiamos darnos por vencidos y comenzamos a investigar y a informarnos sobre un tratamiento del que habíamos leído muy por encima. Por suerte dimos con un grupo excepcional que nos informó sobre dicho tratamiento y que estaba dando muy buenos resultados, pero, siempre hay un pero,el tratamiento es muy largo, muy duro y muy costoso ya que no se comercializa aquí en España y hay que traerlo de fuera, pero es la única esperanza que hay, un clavo ardiendo al que nos agarramos para arrebatar a Rita de las garras de la muerte.
Esto es una carrera de fondo, son mínimo 84 días de tratamiento, 84 pinchazos diarios siempre a la misma hora que harán que Rita tenga oportunidad de vivir.
Rita was born in the middle of a roundabout in the spring of 2021, there, in the middle of dirt and cars, her mummy had 5 kittens hidden among the plants. When we rescued them, their brother Mango couldn't stand it and a few days later he died.
Their mummy was sterilised, dewormed and left again in the colony, free.
Rita was the smallest of them all and came full of parasites and with a terrible constipation that made us think the worst, but she showed what a fighter she was and was able to cope with everything.
In August, when we went to vaccinate her, they saw that she had a slight fever which despite treatment did not go away, they changed her medication and it went away. They also tested her for AIDS and leukaemia (negative) and a complete blood test which came out fine. But she was very small, she weighed less than a kilo and her siblings weighed more than three kg. Everything seemed to be fine, Rita didn't eat much and was always in pain.
Then we noticed that one of her eyes was cloudy and swollen and a few days later the other one. We went to the vet again, they sent medication and referred her to the ophthalmologist, at that moment the word "FIP" was already hanging over Rita. When we arrived at the ophthalmologist's surgery, Rita was running a fever. They took blood for a serology for typhoid and looked at her eyes...at that moment they told us that they were undoubtedly typhoid eyes and that there was little that could be done. They also did a complete biochemistry to rule out other diseases but everything was fine...the terrible disease was confirmed.
We have never cried so much coming back from the vet, as Rita was barely eating and moving. She would stare at her food but she couldn't and her teeth were grinding.
They were very sad days, we couldn't believe it, we couldn't think that it was all over, that we only had to say goodbye to Rita. We couldn't give up and we started to investigate and find out about a treatment that we had read about in great detail. Luckily we found an exceptional group that informed us about this treatment and that it was giving very good results, but, there is always a but, the treatment is very long, very hard and very expensive as it is not marketed here in Spain and has to be brought from abroad, but it is the only hope there is, a burning nail to which we cling to snatch Rita from the clutches of death.
This is a long-distance race, a minimum of 84 days of treatment, 84 daily injections at the same time every day that will give Rita a chance to live.
Their mummy was sterilised, dewormed and left again in the colony, free.
Rita was the smallest of them all and came full of parasites and with a terrible constipation that made us think the worst, but she showed what a fighter she was and was able to cope with everything.
In August, when we went to vaccinate her, they saw that she had a slight fever which despite treatment did not go away, they changed her medication and it went away. They also tested her for AIDS and leukaemia (negative) and a complete blood test which came out fine. But she was very small, she weighed less than a kilo and her siblings weighed more than three kg. Everything seemed to be fine, Rita didn't eat much and was always in pain.
Then we noticed that one of her eyes was cloudy and swollen and a few days later the other one. We went to the vet again, they sent medication and referred her to the ophthalmologist, at that moment the word "FIP" was already hanging over Rita. When we arrived at the ophthalmologist's surgery, Rita was running a fever. They took blood for a serology for typhoid and looked at her eyes...at that moment they told us that they were undoubtedly typhoid eyes and that there was little that could be done. They also did a complete biochemistry to rule out other diseases but everything was fine...the terrible disease was confirmed.
We have never cried so much coming back from the vet, as Rita was barely eating and moving. She would stare at her food but she couldn't and her teeth were grinding.
They were very sad days, we couldn't believe it, we couldn't think that it was all over, that we only had to say goodbye to Rita. We couldn't give up and we started to investigate and find out about a treatment that we had read about in great detail. Luckily we found an exceptional group that informed us about this treatment and that it was giving very good results, but, there is always a but, the treatment is very long, very hard and very expensive as it is not marketed here in Spain and has to be brought from abroad, but it is the only hope there is, a burning nail to which we cling to snatch Rita from the clutches of death.
This is a long-distance race, a minimum of 84 days of treatment, 84 daily injections at the same time every day that will give Rita a chance to live.