ENG

This Friday the 23rd, it's been detected that one of the senior cats of my shelter, Asustada, has contracted Feline Leukemia (FeLV), a highly contagious and deadly virus that has put not only her health, but the entire Miaozota shelter at risk. Due to the costs of maintaining the shelter, I'll have to rely on this campaign to raise funds for an urgent treatment to save Asustada's life, which is estimated to be around 1000€ if she reacts positively.

The other 2000€ will be used to test the rest of the shelter's cats, to rule out the possibility that they're also infected with Feline Leukemia (FeLV).

Asustada is a female cat who wouldn't get anywhere near us, she and her sister Aterrada would always avoid us. Over time, she slowly began to trust us, started approaching our house more often, seeing that we bothered to feed her. One day, a strong rainstorm hit our home, and we heard meows of agony outside. The cat was giving birth at our doorstep with her sister by her side, but after opening our doors, they ran away scared in the middle of the storm. Scared, she took two of her baby cats and they ran away with us being powerless to give them any shelter, Asustada with one baby cat in her mouth and, to our horror, her sister with the other.

A short while later, we realized that she and her baby cats were doing fine in a nearby nest, and for whatever reason, she began to trust us. Her kittens were born at the same time as two other female cats who trusted us better gave birth to theirs. However, it shocked us that Asustada was catching so much attention, not only from her own kittens, but from the other two female cats as well, so much that she began to breastfeed them. That led us to the realization that she was a nursing cat, a mother who liked to take care of all kittens.

Eventually, she showed up at our doorstep walking awkwardly, as if she was nauseated. She looked at us with a tilted head, and after taking her to the vet and treating her, we learned that somehow, Asustada had taken quite a strong hit. Not long after that, a Feline Calicivirus outbreak had left Asustada toothless and the once beautiful black cat she was was now losing weight and looking very skinny. Now that she was letting us touch her and carry her, we took the opportunity to shelter her, especially after finding out she suffers from such a deadly disease as the Feline Leukemia (FeLV). I wish to have the opportunity to give her the quiet enjoyable life she deserves, at least as much as science allows me to give her as much quality of life as possible.

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ESP

El viernes 23 detectaron que una de las gatas veteranas de la colonia, Asustada, ha contraído la leucemia felina, un virus altamente contagioso y mortal que ha puesto en jaque la salud, no sólo de ella sino de la colonia entera de Miaozota. Dado el gasto que conlleva el mantenimiento de la colonia, dependo de ésta campaña para recaudar los fondos para una terapia de choque urgente y salvar la vida de Asustada, lo que supondrá un gasto de casi 1000€ si no reacciona bien al tratamiento.

El restante de los 2000, suponen un desembolso para hacer pruebas al resto de los gatos y descartar el contagio de la leucemia felina.

Asustada es una gata que no se acercaba tan apenas a nosotros, siempre andaba huidiza con su hermana Aterrada... Cuando empezó a coger confianza, se acercó más a la casa, viendo que tratábamos de darle alimento. Un día, una lluvia abundante caía sobre el pueblo, y en nuestra puerta escuchamos maullidos desgarradores. La gata estaba dando a luz en la puerta de casa con su hermana al lado, pero al abrir la puerta se apartaron mientras seguía cayendo el aguacero. Del susto sacó a dos gatitos y salieron corriendo sin que pudiéramos hacer nada por darles cobijo, Asustada con uno en la boca y para nuestro asombro, su hermana recogió al otro gatito llevándoselo con premura.

Al tiempo vimos que ella y los gatitos estaban bien en un nido cercano y por lo que fuera, empezó ya a coger confianza con nosotros. Los gatitos nacieron coincidiendo con los de otras dos gatas que si que tenían más confianza y pudimos cuidarlos. Sin embargo, sorprendía que Asustada atrajera la atención, no sólo de su camada, sino de las otras dos para darles de amamantar. Con esto nos desveló que era una gata nodriza, toda una madre que sacó adelante a todos los gatitos.

En una ocasión llegó a la puerta de casa con un caminar torpe, como mareada. Nos miraba con la cabeza inclinada y tras llevarla a la veterinaria y darle un tratamiento, supimos que de alguna manera, Asustada habría recibido un fuerte golpe. A posteriori, una epidemia de calicivirus dejó a Asustada sin dientes y la gata negra hermosa que era, bajó de peso y quedó muy escuálida. Ahora que se dejaba tocar y coger, aprovechamos para poderla tener a resguardo y más, tras haber hallado que Asustada padece de la temible leucemia felina. Quisiera tener la oportunidad de darle una vida tranquila y apacible que merece, al menos el tiempo que la ciencia nos ayude para que tenga una buena calidad de vida.