Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit

Category: Cats | Date: Mar 14 2007 | By: admin

The previous night’s work was repaid fruitfully by capture of big female cat. She was extremely wild. When someone comes close to the cage, she went wild and even flipped her cage. One guy tried to move the cage and got badly scratched. Most people here are not used to handling dogs and cats, he had no idea that the cat can scratch when it is still inside the cage. Thank god I borrowed a cat squeeze cage from KSPCA. There is no way I am going to inject anesthetic to this crazy cat without a squeeze cage. I spayed the cat just outside the laundry place in Kichwa which was the only place I could get access to running water. I have never done any surgery with thirty people looking over my shoulder. Maasai guys couldn’t believe that cat will survive after having its stomach cut open. The light is poor to perform surgery and I do need a small surgery room with decent lighting and running water system in the near future.

Captured cat awaits surgery