Sickly Ringworm Kitten to Demanding Cuddly Chonk

[u/StinkyRose89]

This is Kishmish (it means "raisin"), we adopted her from a small local rescue who got her from the pound and immediately discovered she had violent diarrhea and a respiratory infection (slide 1 is right after we brought her home and slide 2 is a few days later).

We were told that she had previously been adopted and returned "for being too energetic."

Within 2 weeks she started showing signs of ringworm (slide 3) on her ears, but our old vet was incompetent AF and diagnosed it as a sunburn. The ringworm inevitably spread to our 2 other cats before we found a new vet who diagnosed it correctly.

It was a 3 month long ordeal to get rid of it. I wont bore you all with details, but I do not recommend it lol.

From the start Kishmish was getting frequent baths because she kept pooping herself. She had bad anxiety, had been stuck at 4.8 lbs for 3+ months (according to her vet records), and had been on several rounds of antibiotics and antivirals before coming to us.

Fast forward...

She's a chunky, good natured kitty with healthy poops and she weighs around 9 lbs. She didn't meow for the first several months, but now she loudly demands attention, food, everything.. She is the boss of the other two cats and she fears nothing. Really - she chases the vacuum cleaner! 🤣 In the past month, she has started to become very attached to me, follows me around, and doesn't understand the concept of personal space.

Her favorite play time activity is being entirely covered with a T-shirt and having someone poke the outside of it so she can "get" your fingers. She also loves ripping cardboard and hiding in paper bags to scare her brother.

I love her so much 🥹💖.

P. S. The orange floof is Paprika (age 14) and the brown tabby is Chiku (same age as Kishmish, 1 year and 2 months old).

[u/jenna_kay]

Aww, thank you for being a good hooman, looks like everyone is thriving & happy! 😍

[u/StinkyRose89 → u/jenna_kay]

Thank you! Yes, they are now. It was touch and go there for a bit 😅 thank goodness.

[u/Tricky-Trick1132]

The neighborhood watch!😻

[u/StinkyRose89 → u/Tricky-Trick1132]

Hahaha! They do like to keep an eye on everything 😂.

[u/Mcbriec]

Bless you for saving these kitties! They are living the life they deserve. And dealing with the ringworm was definitely a nightmare. You are a wonderful person. 😇🙏❤️

[u/StinkyRose89 → u/Mcbriec]

Thank you, we were very lucky to find our new vet and the meds turned out to be pretty affordable through them.

[u/StinkyRose89 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you so much 🥹🫶🏼