26/10/2024
You never got to meet these kittens… They were two we were unable to save this summer and their story reminds us of Midnight’s in the post we shared above. When we came across this post, we wanted to share it because of how strongly it resonated with us and many of our experiences.
Midnight’s life and death felt very much like many of the kittens we struggled to save this summer. These emotions and frustration that we couldn’t do more while giving everything we had mirrored many of our own feelings.
If it felt like we were quieter than normal this past summer, you aren’t wrong. We have been dealing with a lot “behind the scenes,” AKA offline. We have had an excruciatingly hard few months, as everyone in rescue does frequently, but it took such a toll on us emotionally and financially that it was too hard to not only process ourselves, but then reflect and post about it online as well - opening up for the masses is daunting and many days, we just couldn’t do it. We dealt with panleuk, FeLV, and just so much suffering and so many senseless deaths that could have been prevented had someone spayed or neutered their pets. We dealt with ringworm, coccidia, wounds and neglect cases that made us question people and how anyone could treat animals certain ways. We felt like we were in trenches, with no way to get out, and not posting about our endless nights of efforts that resulted in kittens who didn’t survive broke our hearts and souls enough that we didn’t feel like typing it out to relive in any way. In some ways, that’s the opposite of what rescue platforms should be - everyone should see the good, bad, ugly, and in between so they can get a complete picture of the hard work and effort it takes…. But it’s unrealistic when you realize it’s humans behind the screen, and we are all just doing our best to preserve what mental heath we have left when rescue work can dominate and trample that to begin with.
Caption continued in comments ❤️🐾