Clinic days at Trawangan

First two days of our cat clinic, done! It's been busy, it's been smelly, it's been funny and it's been sad. There's been vomit and poo and balls and ovaries, there's been cute kittens and mommycats and friendly nice cuddly cats and of course, angry male stray cats. We've had sick cats and healthy cats and everything in between.

We have even had walk-in patients: cats that came to the clinic by themselves! One meoowed behind the window of the operation room and jumped in when we opened the window and another one walked in to the recovery room by himself! Basket on, needle in and balls out, forevaah!

2 days and already 38 cats have been neuterd or spayed! Yesterday we were a bit delayed, as the team coming from Jakarta had a cancelled flight, but in the end we got all sorted out, everyone at the island and got going in the afternoon. Yesterday we did operation for 8 cats and a couple of more came for check-ups.

And today, as we were able to start already in the morning, I think we made a record: 30 cats got the operation! And on top of that, a dozen or so cats or kittens came for check-ups and for medication. We had a mommycat with 6 tiny kittens, and that is rare to see, you hardly ever meet a mommycat with more than 2 kittens. The litters sure are bigger when born, but a lot of kittens die before they even get the chance to open their eyes and look at the world where they were born to.

Poor Jesus, with holes in his paws

Today we also got a handsome big ginger male cat, and as we checked him, we noticed he had holes through each of his paws. Obviously, he had been nailed somewhere on his paws. These kind of things just break my heart, for the cat, but it also makes me ashamed to be a human, it's just embarrassing to share the same genes with anyone capable of something this horrible. We now hope that this poor cat with crusifixion holes in his paws will get a good, loving home, as he - if anyone - sure needs a home that can give him the care and love and safety he needs. More news on our ginger Jesus later, good news, I hope.



Clinics continue tomorrow, we start at 9am, Blue Marlin Dive Center. Horse clinics are also ongoing now, starting at 9am at the art market.

Here are some photos. More will follow in a couple of days.

These paws are made for walking. But someone nailed this poor cat through his paws somewhere :(