Cat Lucy lives in her own world
and waits for many caresses
For many years an animal-loving lady is engaged in animal protection. In her private area live numerous foster cats, which until the placement with her live. Her own eight cats always get along well with all newcomers.
For some time she has had a cat with her who is about seventeen months old and who brings with her a very own sad story. with it.
Little Lucy was no longer wanted because she had become blind and deaf
The human foster mom had been able to place Lucy and her sibling, and was happy that the two kittens had a secure future ahead of them.
After a few months, little Lucy came back to her human foster mom distraught and sad. She should have been euthanized because she had suddenly become blind and deaf at six months old. Lucy was naturally disoriented because she could not develop visual orientation due to her blindness. Her little cat ears did not respond to any auditory stimuli. A life of deafness and blindness - that is as much a challenge for an animal as it is for a human being.
What now, little Lucy?
Lucy needed a secured run, lots of love, patience, attention and time from people who pet and pet and pet her ...
The animal keepers at Gut Aiderbichl have years of experience with blind cats, dogs, horses, etc. Lucy was taken in at Heimathof Gut Aiderbichl Traisen and we have the impression that she feels very comfortable here.
Lucy's handicaps do not matter to our staff and all the other cats who live in Traisen. She has a safe run, loves the sun on her little nose, likes to smell the grass and the bushes. As soon as she "smells" a caregiver, she lets it be known what she would like: pet, pet, pet .... until she drops. Delicately stroking human hands are the nicest thing for our little blind, deaf Lucy. Then she closes her eyes and purrs the most beautiful cat purr song you've ever heard.
Euthanasia is to deliver from pain, not from life
Nothing in life is perfect. Many things in life can change at lightning speed, sometimes within a very short time.
At Gut Aiderbichl, animals are put down when there can be no more medical help, or old animals signal "I don't want to eat anymore, I don't want any more medicine .... I want you to take me to the Rainbow Bridge...".
Lucy is - except that she is blind and deaf - a perfectly healthy, lovable and grateful fellow creature. We would be happy about people who can take the time to visit Lucy from time to time, and pet her and cuddle her. Maybe Lucy will be lucky and one or the other person will contact us who has time to visit our Lucy.
We ourselves must be the change we want to see in the world.
~ M. Gandhi
