Zippy

This is Zippy or as we call her Princess Ziporah. She came from the same neighborhood as Sadie and was also rescued by Allison. Alli saw some young boys poking a stick around under the neighbors porch, they said they were trying to get a kitten out and showed her bloody paw prints leading from the road to where the kitten was hiding. Allison got a carrier and put a can of tuna cat food in side, it took all of about 5 minutes to catch her. It being the 4th of July and having a house full of her own and some foster cats she called us. We told her to bring her over immediately. We took her to the emergency vet and they cleaned her injured feet and said that she should probably be put down...we said "no way". The next day we took her to our vet and 4 surgeries, thousands of dollars and the sale of one car later she was fine. The theory is that some boys on bicycles grabbed her by the tail and dragged her down the street, her front paws were almost shredded! It doesn't bother her, she has no front claws (well, she does have a couple of stunted ones that never get very long and are very soft) and is missing a part of some of the toe pads. When she walks her tail curls up over her back. Her front paws have to be gently stretched and massaged every morning so the ligaments do not shorten and give her trouble. Despite all this she is ferocious and doesn't back down from anything, she runs through our house like a demon and makes friends with dogs and other cats (other than her sister that is) easily. Daddy thinks she is his baby and we let him think that but she and I have a special bond. She's my little six pound tiger! -Donna, the Kattonic's mom