A kind-hearted woman found the tiniest kitten she had ever seen and went on an incredible journey to save the kitty.
Meet Chili the miracle cat!
Joan Bowell has rescued and cared for many cats on a little Greek island. As she was feeding the cats one evening, she heard some piercing kitten cries but didn’t see a mama cat in sight, so she decided to trace where the sound came from.
“Only 10 meters into the field among some tall bamboo I was met by this sight,” Bowell wrote. “One kitten had sadly died already and this sad and filthy (and eye closed shut from infection) was the one pitifully crying for help.”
The baby was severely malnourished and weak. He looked like he hadn’t been fed for days. “I may be wrong but it looks like momma has given up on the situation.”
She cleaned the kitten’s eyes so they could finally open a bit. She gently washed the frail baby and treated him for fleas and infected eyes and fed him some kitten formula that he was too weak to drink right away.
After a few attempts to feed, she tucked the baby in a box with a warm water bottle to help raise his body temperature back to normal. “Within 14 hours his eyes have gone from being shut closed as if glued and now to both eyes being open.”
He was the most scrawny little thing they had seen, but Chili was strong despite his size.
When he was ready, Joan introduced him to his new sisters, rescue kitties, Kaneli & Vanilla, hoping this would boost his immune system and keep up his appetite which really increased over night.
“His sisters have given him back hope – they provide such physical comfort for him -something he sadly appeared to have been deprived of,” Bowell said.
“I think he had already entered into the ‘twilight zone’ when I found him but he’s got an amazing fighter spirit and has already made an incredible recovery!”
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