Spicy Carolina

 

Spicy Carolina’s Story

 

Just realized I have her story on FB but not here :P

 

This girl is a miracle to say the least.

 

Back in February Spicy was found in Victorville injured and scared. She is a true feral, meaning she cannot / will not ever be socialized enough to adopt. Spicy had a hip injury that made her appear to be paralyzed. Another “rescuer” offered to pick her up and have her euthanized. I offered to give her a chance. A cat does not deserve the death sentence simply for needing time to heal and being feral!!!

So, I brought her home and isolated her. I set up a camera so I could observe her without being in her face. Due to her hip injury, she dumped her litter box multiple times a day. Each time it was cleaned up and I asked for suggestions on a box to accommodate her injury. Nothing worked so we just cleaned it up each time. At time I swear she dumped it on purpose though!

Over time she began healing. As April rolled around Spicy began using her legs more and feeling more comfortable in her new environment. Due to her injury, she could not be returned to her previous environment, obviously. On Easter Sunday she had kittens. Unfortunately, the kittens were premature and did not make it. Every effort was made but due to her injury early in her pregnancy, the kittens had malformed and thus passed soon after birth.

Spicy was allowed into the full female enclosure where she quickly settled in. She is definitely camera shy though. I do catch her from time to time and can say that her hip injury is 100% healed now. She runs, jumps and does everything a normal kitty should. I have even caught her playing with some of the toys they have. Spicy is happy, healthy and well adjusted.

It is one of the best feelings to know that I gave her this chance, was blessed to watch and help her heal. She will never be a cat that can be touched, and I am fine with that. I know she is alive and that is more than others would have given her. I have many videos of her on my YT channel and will post more as I am able to catch her on camera. Spicy does elude the 2 cameras quite well, but I know where she hides and peek in on her every day.

This is her story though, not mine. Spicy lived on the streets of Victorville, was likely born to a feral mama. Her life was not easy. How she got the hip injury is not known. A friend saw her, caught her and held her for me to pick up. Had she never been injured she may have been still hiding out there. The complex she lived at had threatened to start poisoning the feral cats, which is how I became involved in trapping there. It was a small colony, it has grown, even though many have been trapped, spayed / neutered and the social ones have been adopted out.

There are some who are sharing some of Spicy’s videos, saying “This is how Evelyn keeps her animals” – without showing the full story. Yes, some of her videos show how she dumped her litter box all over her cage. All of the videos show how every time she dumped it we went and cleaned it up. Caring for a semi paralyzed cat is not easy, especially one who will attack you if you get too close. She calmed down enough for us to keep her cage clean.

Why the smaller cage? Her injury required her to have a small space to limit her movement so she could heal properly. Once she regained full movement she was allowed out of the cage. Knowing how to treat illness and injury is a requirement of rescue. People who claim it is cruel to cage a feral – in some cases it is. In Spicy’s case it was necessary for proper healing. Ask any vet about a hip injury in a cat, see what they say.

I have chosen to give Spicy the time she needs to come around. I will not try to force her to socialize with humans. Spicy is now an inside kitty and several people help with the caretaking so she can get used to other humans, like a few other ferals we have. Her acceptance of humans will be on her time though, not ours. She has earned that. I have a scar on my right thumb from the day I went to pick her up. Since that day she has calmed down some.

To take one video out of context of her full story though is disrespectful to her, not me. This is a kitty how fought the street life to survive, got injured and still fought to live. She deserves people to know her full story.

Below is my YouTube Channel. I invite you to check it out and subscribe so you can see when new videos are uploaded. I have tons that I saved from the FB clean out that I am in the process of uploading to YT.

My life is an open book. I invite anyone to contact me directly with any questions. I let a lot of bullshit slide because it is simply not worth the drama. Most people research enough to know that drama is simply that, someone’s lies and false spin on things. For those who believe such false spins, enjoy your fiction because I have zero desire to entertain the drama.

Unlike some who call themselves rescuers, I simply do not have the time to be online all day creating drama. My day begins with the animals and ends with the animals. The little bit on time I do get at the laptop is spent doing research, furthering my education or relaxing. I often wonder how animals are cared for by “rescuers” who seem to be online 24 / 7……. I guess their history speaks for itself huh?

Ok, ta ta for now. Time to change mama kitties bed and rest a bit before the afternoon shift!!!

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/@mischievousslave