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Thanks to your help, Riki is getting better every day. Thank you for saving his life❤️
April 20, 2025
Riki, the little fighter is already feeling decidedly better! With each passing day, he shows more and more clearly how contactable and pro-human he is – he is an exceptionally loving and graceful kitten who, despite everything, still despises humans.
Unfortunately, his tail is still in a very bad condition and needs intensive treatment. Fortunately, the head is already looking much better – the thick crust from scabies has almost completely come off, although we are still fighting the wounds, which are tended to daily.
Riki has to be bathed every two days, but he puts up with it really bravely – he’s a toddler with a big heart and tremendous strength. Thank you to everyone who has supported his treatment – your help really saves lives ❤
Ewa
April 18, 2025
Dear friends, from the bottom of my heart I thank you for all the funds you have contributed to Riki. Thanks to your big hearts we were able to raise the needed amount.
The kitten is now under the care of doctors, so I had no way to take pictures of him. I promise you that as soon as there is an opportunity, I will give you more information about the condition of this poor kitten.
Thank you again for not being indifferent to the drama of this little one.
Ewa
Tiny Riki, covered in scabs and blood, is sitting on a garbage dump, entangled in a rope that makes it almost impossible for him to move. He’s all wet, because it just stopped raining. I don’t know how long he has been so trapped. But his little voice is already so quiet that it can hardly be heard. He looks at me with eyes wide open with fear but doesn’t have the strength to protest when I pick him up. I begin to carefully untangle the ball of string and my hands are immediately covered with dark, dirty, dried blood.
How did this little guy end up in a landfill, and on top of that, so trapped? Maybe it strayed here on its own, and got tangled in the rope when it sought shelter from the rain. I wish that was the case. But I know that he might as well have been deliberately dumped here by someone named Riki. Or even deliberately entangled the rope so that he couldn’t get free.
Riki is maybe two months old. His skin on his head, neck and shoulder blades is turned into one big scab. In places the scab is cracked and blood is dripping in those areas.
At times Riki tries to meow, but all that comes out of his muzzle is a quiet, hoarse squeak. He is cold, so I wrap him in my sweatshirt and take him straight to the clinic. On the way, Riki tries to scratch and bite at his skin and only the sweatshirt prevents him from doing so.
At the clinic, the doctor took care of him right away, and told me that Riki was very lucky. If I hadn’t found him, he would probably be dead in the morning, he is so hypothermic and dehydrated. At first the doctor put him in a warm room, gave him dexamethasone and a rehydration drip. Only then did he perform a comprehensive examination.
Riki has extensive scabies on his head, ears and neck. This is known as drenching scabies – a variety of scabies that causes great suffering in cats. The parasites dig tunnels in the skin, where they lay eggs and reproduce very quickly. Untreated scabies can quickly lead to death.
Riki’s scabies-covered skin is bleeding in many places, partly probably scratched by the scabies and partly perhaps cracked on its own. The doctor also suspects bacterial superinfection of the skin. He cleaned the scabby skin and the wounds. He applied a topical arachnidicide and intravenously administered an antibiotic and a drug to reduce the terrible itching and pain of the skin.
The coming days will show how strong Riki’s body is and how he responds to treatment. Twice a day I’m supposed to come with him for medication administration and a drip. IVs are necessary because for now Riki won’t eat, even though I try to feed him liquid veterinary food.
Money is needed for medications, IVs, clinic visits, tests and vet food. Please, if you can, help save this little one.
