26/04/2026
**Week 19ā25 April**
Just when I thought I had already been through the worst of itā¦ this week arrived, and it didnāt hold back.
**19/4 -Sunday**
A tiny premature kitten came in from Å»ebbuÄ” through Animal Welfare. Just 60 gramsāso impossibly small, so fragile. You could feel how hard life already was for that little body. Despite everything, despite the care behind every 1-2 hours, I lost this baby on the 21st.
**21/4-Tuesday**
A tabby and white little tabby and white boy came from a fosterer. Originally this kitten was found abandoned with two siblings in Rabat and placed with a foster mum cat. However this kitten wasn't growing like the others wasnāt like the othersāhe was smaller, weaker, struggling. He was even being pushed away, unable to compete, unable to feed. When he came to me I realised that he was badly congested and couldnāt latch on to suckle. We started antibiotics and gave him a fighting chanceā¦ hoping it would be enough. In the last days he had improved a lot. Congestion has decreased enough for him to suckle well from a bottle so we are very hopeful for him.
**23/4- Thursday**
A bittersweet momentāmy two older kittens left for their new home. Happy tears, knowing they were ready and safeā¦ but also the quiet that follows when theyāre gone. For a brief moment, I had time. Space. Breathing room.
It didnāt last long.
**24/4 -Friday**
Two newborns arrived, found alone and rejected by a foster mum who wouldnāt accept them. They had already struggledāunsuccessful bottle feeds, dehydration setting in. Their tiny bodies were sneezing, fighting infections before their eyes had even opened. Antibiotics started, and once again, the clock reset to constant care.
**25/4- Saturday**
The phone started ringing early.
I had plans. A full weekend ahead. For once, something outside of feeding schedules and alarms every couple of hours. But this life doesnāt wait for plans.
Another kittenāaround a week oldāfound near the Maritime Hotel. Cold. Barely responsive. Hanging on by the thinnest thread. Of course, I said yes.
And then more.
Later in the afternoon six kittens came in through Animal Welfareālikely from three different litters, all different ages varying between, 3.5 weeks to 6 weeks approximately, all needing help.
In just 24 hours, I went from two kittensā¦ to eleven.
Eleven tiny lives, all depending on me.
Right now, Iām beyond full capacity. Thereās no room left, no extra hours in the dayāonly hope that things will stabilise. That the older ones will soon eat on their own, use the litter, gain strengthā¦ that the weight of it all will ease, even just a little.
Because this is what this season doesāit overwhelms, it tests, it pushes you to your limits.
And all I can do nowā¦ is hope the phone stays quiet, at least for a little while.
