18/05/87 - 08/11/01
Human family: Kaz
Photo(s) of Dinky (3)

Dinky

Dinky was one of three kittens born to a feral cat that lived at the back of my place of work. Mum disappeared when they were eight days old so I brought them home. I took them to the vet the next morning and they said mum hadn't been with them for at least 36 hours. That tied in with the last time we saw here walking off along the top of the fence. She never came back so we guess something happened to her. The kittens were checked over and Tammy was very well, Tigger a bit quieter, but the vet said she didn't rate Dinky's chances at all. She was tiny, limp and had the runs. I bought some cat milk, they gave me some syringes and I took them home and did my best for them. Even though I worked full time I fed them every time they cried including twice during every night. I would cycle home at lunch time, feed them, then cycle back to work. It was exhausting lol. Sadly Tigger died a day short of 4 weeks old. They needed worming but by the time they realised, it was too late for her. She died in my arms at 7-30 in the morning a week before. Dinky however, thrived, and contrary to the vets prediction she lived to be 14yrs. She was put to sleep because of a large tumour in her liver. Apart from having my kids raising these kittens was one of the best things I have ever done.

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