When Knitting Was a Manly Art

Continuing with the indoor kitties

Sage Emily is an example of ‘Should Have Known Better’.

We picked up Sage and her brother from the side of a local rural road about 10 years ago. They were tiny, undernourished and abused - Sage still carries two large scars from that abuse. We had already gone through a bout of Feline Leukemia with the resulting loss of cats and decided we wouldn’t bring the kittens inside until they’d been tested to protect the rest of our cats. So we set up a little nest in the back of Eileen’s canopyed pickup truck. Temps that night didn’t drop below 40F, but apparently in their state, it was cold enough. We found both in deep hypothermia the next morning. We weren’t able to save the male, but heat lamps, heating pads and warm bottles of milk revived Sage.

But, some damage had been done. She completely lost her left ear and about 1/3 of her right ear. Our vet says it’s common for the system to shut down extremity blood vessels when hypothermic and with the blood supply shut off, the ear tissue died.

Doesn’t seem to slow her down any… She’s the current Queen of the house and a sweet girl.

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