Have you ever compared the size of your hand’s palm to the size of a kitten’s? It is smaller than any other extremity of the body, and despite the difficulty of believing it, the terrible existence that certain vulnerable animals endure causes them to have that proportion.
In an attempt to bring the cat population under control, the Charles River Alleycats in Boston rescued a litter of kittens from a wild cat colony. They discovered a tabby cat that was unusually little among them.
Heather Fontaine-Doyle of Broken Tail Rescue, an all-volunteer animal rescue, was quick to provide assistance. Heather was taken aback when the tiny orphan was brought to her. The kitten was roughly half the size of his brothers, and resembled a little squirrel.
Pill Bug, the five-week-old kitten, weighed just 250 grams. Despite his little size, he had an amazing battling spirit and attempted to accomplish everything his much larger littermates did.
Her rescuers ruled out the possibility that she was younger than the other three kittens based on her teeth. His limbs were quite short and he was extremely little.
Pill Bug’s health worsened a week after his foster journey, and he required a lot of supportive care. Heather worked 24 hours a day, feeding him with a syringe, keeping him hydrated, and staying up late with him to convince him that she loved him.
Heather needed over a week of treatment before she started to feel better. She was fascinated by the humans, their toys, and the other cats who lived there. The tabby cat began to gain weight slowly but steadily. Heather brought him with her wherever she went to ensure that the kitten was fed and cared for at all times.
Congenital dwarfism was formally identified in Pill Bug. He grew at half the rate of a typical kitten. Heather had a feeling it was a dwarf cat from the start, especially because it took her up to nine weeks to achieve 450 grams in weight!
