Without a mother, four newborn kittens were discovered in the backyard. They were quite small, and mom never returned to get them.
The Orphan Kitten Club, a group of California-based animal activists who focus on kittens, was contacted by a site visitor. Coordinator Yige stated, “When I learned the kittens were just a few hours born and abandoned without a mother, I went there to take them up.” They were prematurely discovered on the street, and their mother vanished right away after giving birth.
One of the kittens stood out from the others in that it was extremely little, frail, and frigid to the touch. Yige instantly set it on a warm surface and wrapped her hands over the kitten’s body to warm it.
“I spent about 20 minutes in the car, warming it up, and set off only realizing that the critical danger was over. Warmth is the most important thing for newborn kittens.”
A kid named Jinsik immediately proved himself a fighter. Having thrown off weakness, gradually starting to fill his tiny tummy more and more densely, Jeans went on the mend, but to some extent he was still hanging by a thread. Yige continued to intensively patronize him around the clock, doing her best.
“He was very cool. During that first week, I stayed with him every night, afraid of losing him if I fell asleep,” says Yige.
How often did I believe he wouldn’t live, yet his body magically kept functioning?
After using droppers for a few days, Jinsik started to put on weight and even brightened up. The little miraculous kitten reached the 100-gram threshold and was declared off life support after six days in foster care.
As the kitten grew up, a change in the color of his fur coat became noticeable.
“He was not born with this syndrome. This is probably due to his extreme weakness and soreness in the first week of life,” says Yige.
The kitten was put on a drip every 1-2 hours for the first week, as well as receiving a lot of medications and general strengthening medications after our physician suspected sepsis.
Jinsik’s relationship with one of his brothers, who became his biggest support during his recuperation, was unbreakable.
His brother Velvet was always ready to provide a helping hand to the fragile kitten whenever it needed cuddles or reassurance.
Since the beginning, Velvet has been Jinsik’s loyal guardian.
Velvet defended Jinsik whenever he was ill when the sickness got worse.
Every time Jinsik’s heart rate decreased, I braced myself for the worst. And I noted that in virtually all of these instances, Velvet arrived, shook his brother’s still body, and his pulse started to quicken right away.
Thanks to the tutelage of activists and the unconditional love of his brother, Jeans finally doubled his weight. Having doubled in size, he was still the smallest in the brood, but he had no lack of charisma.
Jeans became playful, curious and mischievous.
Every time he had the chance, he got into a decent battle and developed a lot of guts. The miraculous kitten is now nine weeks old and large enough to move on to the next phase of life: finding a permanent family.
He was really comforted by his brother Velvet, so we placed them in the same care, claims Yige.
“I’m proud of how far they’ve come since the day I got them weak and babies,” Yige adds.
“They were not easy, but I learned one important thing: sometimes we need to slow down and live for one day, one hour or one current action. We need to celebrate small successes and never give up hope.”
The two kittens, who were given the new names Lestat and Laszlo, had a lovely existence thanks to their devoted family.
Over the past three months, both have developed substantially, and Lestat’s black fur now shines in all its splendor.
