After arriving at the reported place
Found a kitten who was born recently
I came to check out the noise
He thinks the kitten has fallen down
From the top of the wall
Might be one of the kittens from a stray cat
Who showed up here 3 years ago
Shortly after returning the kitten
To where the kittens live
The mother cat appeared
But..
The thing that's around her neck is
Is a thick iron hoop
Despite the choking hoop around her neck
The mother cat never gives up taking care of her kittens
Next day
Waiting for the mother cat to show up
Local/ There she is!
PD/ Where? Local/ Right there
With an iron hoop around her neck
The mother cat appeared
However she moves,
The hoop never seems to be removed
How did she end up with the hoop around her neck?
But..
The mother cat is very wary of people
Once we try to remove the hoop choking her neck
And get closer to her
The cat runs away, right away
A month ago, the mother cat
Suddenly appeared with the hoop around her neck
And wandered around the town
Her name is Kkeutsoon
Eat~
She comes often. She sits in front of the door like that
Perhaps she's been starving
She swallows the meat hurriedly
Due to the strangling hoop
Swallowing food
And even walking is hard for her
She only ate one piece
What's the hoop strangling her neck?
Oh my, what is this? A pipe or sth?
This is really bad/ Isn't it a car wheel?
During the search
Found a clue in a hardware store nearby
This one is that
It must have been put in this way
This part is where the cat's head is, and the rest is where her body is
This iron hoop with the rubber part
Looks exactly the same with the hoop around the cat's neck
It's a kitchen sink drainer locknut
Underneath is the body strainer
The hoop turns out to be..
A sink drainer locknut that links a pipe to the drain hole
Perhaps she got stuck in it while searching for food
Or someone might have tried to choke her neck with the hoop
Animal abuse is common these days so..
Some people shoot BB guns at cats
Someone might have..
Put the hoop around her head on purpose
Since then
Kkeutsoon's become very wary of people
To avoid people
The place where Kkeutsoon heads to is
Full of abandoned kitchen sinks
Perhaps her neck was stuck with the hoop at this place
The staff is looking around the sinks
It looks exactly the same with the hoop around her neck
Same shape with the rubber part
While Kkeutsoon was looking for food
Climbed up to the top of it
And got her neck stuck in the sinkhole..
That very night
Kkeutsoon moves to somewhere hurriedly
Goes into a bush
And takes her kittens out!
Followed by the other kitten
Seems like she's moving her kittens
To the place where her other kittens are at
But then..
The kitten lost her mom on the way
The mother cat is already gone...
Can't find her, right?/ Yes, I don't see her
Flustered kitten
As he has never lost his mom ever in his life
Hiding at the corner, the kitten waits for the mother cat
After a while
The mother cat shows up
As if she would never miss her kittens again
The mother cat holds the kitten strongly with her mouth
Including 2 kittens she moved today
6 kittens in total
Perhaps she's getting hungry
Kkeutsoon gets up again
Looking at a bowl
But the time is too late..
There's no way to satisfy her hunger
Even no water..
Eventually, Kkeutsoon heads to
A dump in the corner
As she can't find food even there
She moves to the other place
And then
Starts to scavenge food out of the trash
Then she takes a plastic bag with her mouth, and goes back
Kkeusoon fam's house is
Inside a bush at the corner of the playground
But their house is
Full of insects and trash
Surrounded by dangerous things
Therefore
Decided to rescue Kkeusoon's fam with a vet
Last night
Kkeutsoon couldn't find any food
After seeing a meal
Now knowing that the door is shut
Kkeutsoon starts to eat
The door is closed!
Vet : As she has been breastfeeding 6 kittens
She must have starved
That's why she's less wary of things around her
While kkeusoon digs in food
The vet rescues the kittens
The mother cat hid her kittens deep in the bush
Takes out all kittens one by one
Due to an unfamiliar situation
The kittens are crying out loud
Upon hearing her kittens crying
Kkeutsoon gets embarrassed
Struggles so hard to escape the capture cage
Then..
The hoop is removed!
After the hoop that strangled her neck is removed
Kkeutsoon is flustered
The hoop that made everyone anxious
Vet : Ah.. She had it on her neck so far
I can see the trace where it's bent
When she pulled it out
The hoop was crooked
Unlike this flat part, here is crooked
Kkeutsoon must have freaked out
Takes her to the hospital
The mother cat couldn't eat properly due to the hoop on her neck
It must've been difficult to take care of all 6 kittens
Vet : She raised these kittens so well
They're all chubby with the same size each
Despite a poor situation,
Kkeutsoon did a great job in taking care of her kittens
How's her health?
Vet : She has a low level of calcium with little anemia
It indicates that
Breastfeeding her kittens to the point where they become chubby
Led to the lack of calcium, causing anemia at the same time
Though she couldn't eat properly
Kkeutsoon did her best to take care of her kittens
Not knowing that her health was getting worse..
Kkeutsoon has to stay at the hospital for the treatment
Also, she needs to be restrained from breastfeeding her kittens
So instead, will provide meals to the kittens
And make them spend more time together
Despite the hoop stuck in her neck,
The mother cat protected her kittens with strong motherly love
Hope happiness comes to the lovely Kkeutsoon family <3