Hanging by a Thread

Pet Patrol is an entirely volunteer-run, non-profit cat rescue organization in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. All our cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and any health concerns are addressed before they are available for adoption. Please visit our website for more information about our charity. www.petpatrol.ca

Hi, I am Ramos - meaning the strong one, and I have lived up to my name.

I was found in the barn where I was born and I was in such distress and

thought no one could help me. My mom didn't know what to do, and when I

stopped struggling, she just walked away and stayed with my siblings.

She was trying her best to protect us from the large barn animals

downstairs, by having us in the hayloft, but it is not as safe as being

in a home. I had stumbled onto some baling twine, used to keep the big

bales of hay together. There was a pile of it there and as I fell into

it I got all tangled up and then even worse - it shifted over an edge -

now I am dangling dangerously. I was so scared

and panicking; I was trying

to get away from it but now it was around my neck and my front

right leg was above my head - it really hurt and the only thing that

stopped me from falling further was the twine around my paw. I felt

like I had been hanging like that forever and I knew this could be it, I

could die like this, but I kept crying until I had no more strength and

passed out. (Just as the farmer saw the dilemma Ramos was in he had

stopped breathing. Quickly cutting away the twine the farmer breathed life back

into him and they got this wee baby untangled.) The twine was tightly

wrapped around my leg and neck and the more I had struggled the tighter

it got. I was in bad shape. My shoulder was dislocated, I had cuts

along the same leg, my paw had no circulation in it anymore and it was

swollen four times its normal size. My leg was dying! I had no feeling in

it. It took a few days before I got to Pet Patrol and by then my

leg was infected and they could see that it needed to be amputated.

Funds are needed as quickly as possible to help cover the surgery costs.

I am a wee little guy who has eight more lives to live and they will be

in a happy home once I have my surgery and recover. Please donate - I

don't mind being a tripod kitty.

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