08/27/2026
Some of you might remember our boy Jupiter, now named Sammy, who came into our care more than two years ago as a six week old kitten. He was spotted by a concerned citizen trotting down the road trying to follow his mom by scent and sound but when she turned up a driveway he didn't know where she went because he was blind and had lost her scent. If that person hadn't been driving by when she did Sammy would not have survived. He was tiny and sick and blind and it was getting dark out.
We had a long journey of appointments and treatments with a veterinary ophthalmologist and against all odds we managed to save both of Sammy's eyes and a good percentage of his vision. He has a congenital malformation of the eyeballs and he had an ecoli infection in both eyes. Throughout all of his appointments Sammy had his own personal chauffeurs who brought him to every one of his specialist appointments in Victoria. They would put their phone on speaker so I could listen in and chat with the vet as needed. At some point they finally let me know that they couldn't imagine their lives without Sammy so they officially adopted him. He's now a very happy, and sometimes cheeky, forever member of their family.
I never stopped thinking about that poor mom cat though but unfortunately she came from a property where we were never successful in getting permission to help with the cats. They didn't think free roaming intact cats was a problem. But by luck or fate or whatever it was, we have now come up with a way around this problem and as of yesterday Sammy's mom who is named Baby has finally got to retire her worn out little uterus. Baby has also found herself some fabulous caretakers and we will continue working with them to tackle this large colony.
We always try our hardest to get the mom and all the adults too, even if it sometimes takes two years.
