NYC ACC - updated!!
I found a sick kitten this morning a block away from home. He was sitting on the front yard of one of the huge houses on the block. At first sight, I thought it was a gray squirrel, but upon a closer look, it was a three month old gray and white kitten.
His eyes were closed, but had mucous running from them on both sides of his snout; an indication of a possible infection. Reacting to my voice, he got up and stumbled two baby steps across the lawn. Watching him stumble, I knew I needed to do something... especially when this is the week Sylvester passed on last year. His stumble reminded me of Sylvester's.
I knew I wasn't suppose to touch him due to possible disease transmissions such as monkeypox and rabies. I wanted to help, so I noted the house number he was laying down in front of.
When I got into the office, I looked up ASPCA to see if they pick up stray sick animals. Apparently they do not, but the Animal Care & Control of New York City center does! I was so glad to have found a blog site that listed their number. I quickly called the center and informed them of the situation. I gave them all the details of the location and my personal information.
I hope they find this poor kitty. He needs care and a home.
This one is for Sylvester... needless to say, I now have the center's number stored in my cellphone for future sick stray animals I come across.
Animal Care & Control of New York City
Phone: 212-788-4000
Locations & Hours (They pick up strays until 6pm each day.)
Website: http://www.nycacc.org
Updated: The Animal Care & Control pickup crew called me on my cellphone at 12:04pm to confirm the location of the kitty. I gave them the location again in hopes that they would be there soon enough. I couldn't help it, so I called the guy back on his cellphone at 12:34pm and to my surprise, they had found him!! He said that the kitten was very sick and thanked me for calling. I double confirmed that the kitten was a gray and white and I thanked him instead for doing what he does. :) I think I will name him "Smokey". I pray that he will be okay and will find a nice home soon.
His eyes were closed, but had mucous running from them on both sides of his snout; an indication of a possible infection. Reacting to my voice, he got up and stumbled two baby steps across the lawn. Watching him stumble, I knew I needed to do something... especially when this is the week Sylvester passed on last year. His stumble reminded me of Sylvester's.
I knew I wasn't suppose to touch him due to possible disease transmissions such as monkeypox and rabies. I wanted to help, so I noted the house number he was laying down in front of.
When I got into the office, I looked up ASPCA to see if they pick up stray sick animals. Apparently they do not, but the Animal Care & Control of New York City center does! I was so glad to have found a blog site that listed their number. I quickly called the center and informed them of the situation. I gave them all the details of the location and my personal information.
I hope they find this poor kitty. He needs care and a home.
This one is for Sylvester... needless to say, I now have the center's number stored in my cellphone for future sick stray animals I come across.
Animal Care & Control of New York City
Phone: 212-788-4000
Locations & Hours (They pick up strays until 6pm each day.)
Website: http://www.nycacc.org
Updated: The Animal Care & Control pickup crew called me on my cellphone at 12:04pm to confirm the location of the kitty. I gave them the location again in hopes that they would be there soon enough. I couldn't help it, so I called the guy back on his cellphone at 12:34pm and to my surprise, they had found him!! He said that the kitten was very sick and thanked me for calling. I double confirmed that the kitten was a gray and white and I thanked him instead for doing what he does. :) I think I will name him "Smokey". I pray that he will be okay and will find a nice home soon.
posted by Sparky X | 9:33 AM
4 Comments:
Good job dr. vet. Sylvester is applauding you right now in heaven (i'm sure he can do such things in kitty heaven). :-)
LOL... :) hmmm... maybe I should call ACC to show up at Davis to save the chicken that's going to be dissected...!
Hahah, too late! Chicken's gone to heaven. :-( It gave a good fight towards the end. We had to re-cannulate the trachea and corotid artery. That made us stay an hour later in the evening. ><
Hmmm... re-cannulating the trachea AND carotid artery? Are you sure the chicken didn't have TB? How many ml's did you extract? I suggest administering 1 mg of vitamin K (blood thickener) to the chicken one week prior to dissection next time, to decrease the action of coumadin. Also, apply a coronary stent to the carotid artery (BTW, which one? Left or right?) to ease the blood flow.
After the procedures, Mr. Chicken should take Tylenol with Codeine, 10mg every four hours AND 10mg of Celebrex twice a day for any inflammation for the next two weeks or as needed.
Tell the chicken to call me in the morning.
Dr. Sparkyx Vet, MD
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