Latest Family at Deonar

These beautiful pups are three from a litter of seven who all arrived when their mom was brought in a bad condition to our Deonar Centre. She had contracted distemper earlier, had recovered and is now suffering from an inevitable condition that follows this sickness. She suffers from tremors which don't stop. Inspite of this, she is an exceptional mother and all seven are thriving, even the two tiny runts of the litter. The big boys and girls are quite like bear cubs and are all those irresistable puppy types. Mom is fast running out of milk, they are all growing fast and ravenous, so we have to supplement their diet with weaning food. They have started walking and playing with each other now and will soon be ready for adoption. Wish them luck and good health.

Kitten News

Check out what the kitten on the garden bench is doing - exactly what kittens and cats love to do, relax in the sun on a nice warm bench. In this case it was more than welcome, this little one has paralysed back legs. After a good sponge and cleanup, a session with the hair dryer to make him nice and dry and warm him up, he is given a gentle massage of the back legs and helped to stretch and move them. The biggest danger in such cases is the slow atrophy of the limb in question. Stretching and bending helps to keep the limb supple. Anyway, he has a nice time sitting on the bench, watching the world go by. He even attempts to wash himself clean.

The other two little spots you can see in the blue basket, are two tiny day old kittens in foster care. They have to always be kept warm and cosy and they make sure that they are in as comfortable a sleeping position as possible. The escape artist you can see is really hungry and making sure everyone knows it! Only three days old and he climbed that height in two seconds flat!!