The new entrant in my life … Puchi …. a kitten

Well… they say a cat has nine lives… the one which has come into my life two months back has at least exhausted 3 so far!!! I had found her in the compound of where we live .. she was with two other kittens and a mother cat. I had presumed she was the mother of this one too..  when I got some milk for all of them, the mother cat started punching this one as if it was a boxing bag!!! Finally I simply picked it up and brought her home with a clear cut intention that I will take her down the next day in the morning… well that morning is still to come!!!

I have discovered many things after the entry of this very malnourished kitten into our lives – my husband can be a devoted cat lover, I started feeling ignored as now my husband has a new bed partner… Puchi… She makes sure that she sleeps between us!! I have changed my sleeping abode since my doctor has discovered that I am allergic to cat although I love animals!!! I have discovered why doctors dont tell you beforehand in details how allergy tests are done – simple – nobody would say yes to the painful procedure !!!

Well, I was telling you how Puchi has used her 3 life times so far – once she started getting better and bigger, we found she was happier in the natural surroundings and had a gala time playing with the kids in the evening. So we started leaving her in the compound in the evenings. One day my husband found her all beaten up … there are a lot of tomcats.. so perhaps one of them took a strong dislike to her and gave her a good beating. She was nearly paralysed and we took her to a vet with a lot of trepidation. After a few injections and medication, she was ok. On the check up trips to the vet, she attacks the vet. The vet is sure she has a very good memory of the injection jibes she has made Puchi go thru and intends to take revenge!!

The next time she recovered, she again showed her clear intentions of where she wanted to be – outside in the natural surroundings – this time around it was quite a challenge to even catch hold of her in the nights to bring her home!! So one night she was nowhere to be seen anywhere.. we thought she must be sleeping somewhere. Before going off to sleep, my husband just went to look for her once more. She was nowhere to be seen. Then somewhere on sheer instinct he went down and looked in to the pit of the lift … Puchi was there. It was a shock for all of us. Finally my husband managed to rescue her from the pit.. Again we had Puchi dragging herself all around .. her hind legs were not working.. Believe me, its a sight I would not wish upon anybody. Finally X -rays and visit to the vet assured us that she was in one piece…not before we had a few worrisome moments!

Well, now by Gods grace she is good and jumping all over the place, including us.. sometimes it feels as if we are extensions of the furniture for her.. the manner in which she walks and jumps all over the place!! She understands every word we say and has a penchant for proving us wrong!! She makes sure that she gets to know everything that is available for her on the menu before she starts having her meal..

Currently we are fervently looking for a safe home for her, people willing to adopt her since my allergy is in bad shape… People tell me why dont I just leave her down or some residential property and very honestly, when I have my bouts of sneezing, wheezing and coughing I am tempted to do so but then once I look at her, I simply know I cant.. She is so cute, vulnerable and beautiful.. I simply cant let her go like that.. she deserves a good home and caring people.. I hope she finds one soon…