La vida de los animales sin hogar / The life of homeless animals

Comenzaron a atrapar uno a uno para esterilizarlos, luego solo quedo Frida, siempre fue muy esquiva, por lo que era muy complicado atraparla, poco a poco se fue llenando de crías, y camada tras camada íbamos tomando los gatitos y dándolos en adopción, incluso muchos trabajadores se quedaron con algunos de los hijos de Frida. Recuerdo una de las primeras camadas, las alimentamos y se fueron con una amiga veterinaria de uno de mis compañeros de trabajo, de verdad fue de gran ayuda, incluso se quedo con una gatita. Otra camada que recuerdo fue una en la que Frida decidió dejar sus bebes encima de la pintura en polvo (esto es una fábrica y pintamos productos), creo que fue un gran error, pero supongo yo que fue el lugar mas calientito que encontró, pues era invierno.

De esta camada no hubo sobrevivientes lamentablemente. Luego vino la camada en donde se llevaron los 3 gatitos trabajadores de la empresa, y nada que podíamos atrapar a Frida, la verdad es una gata pequeñita y muy rápida. Su ultima camada hace aproximadamente 3 meses es la actual, y finalmente logramos atraparla y a sus gatitos, hoy tenemos dos en tratamiento (pues tenían sus ojitos con infección). Y el primero que atrapamos se lo llevo un compañero, le puso “Tito”; nosotros bautizamos mientras a los otros dos como “Cleo” y “Ptolomeo”; Frida por su parte ya fue esterilizada, la atrapamos, pero lamentablemente tiene una infección muy fuerte en sus ojos y ya perdió uno. Me da mucha lastima, como los animales sufren tanto en la calle, en la intemperie, a su suerte. Creo que si hubiésemos podido atrapar a Frida antes hasta se hubiera podido dar en adopción, ya hoy es muy difícil pues es muy salvaje y no creo que se quede encerrada en algún sitio por mucho tiempo.

Lo bueno en todo caso es que ya no tendrá más gatitos, lo malo es que se ha quedado sola; nosotros aun le ponemos alimento y agua; pero me da mucha tristeza que pase otro invierno en la calle y ahora con más dificultad debido a que su vista cada vez se acorta más, a lo que voy es que creo que deberíamos ser mas consientes y responsables como sociedad y ayudar a que cada vez hayan menos animales en la calle, que cada vez hayan mas campañas de esterilización y tenencia responsable, creo que los gobiernos regionales deberían prestarle más atención a esto y sancionar a aquellos que se descubran dejando algún animal abandonado, es una reflexión; nosotros ayudamos a Frida y sus crías; pero se que muchos no hubieran hecho lo mismo.

Ahora les dejo un par de fotos de Frida y los intentos para agarrarla, algunas de sus crías y todo lo que documentamos el año pasado sobre su vida.

English:

More than a year ago, a kitten appeared where I work, we placed Frida on it, some workers took charge of feeding her, there were already several cats at work; so one of the workers decided that it was time to trap and sterilize them so that so many homeless kittens would not proliferate.

They began to catch one by one to sterilize them, then only Frida was left, she was always very elusive, so it was very difficult to catch her, little by little she filled up with pups, and litter after litter we were taking the kittens and giving them up for adoption, even many workers stayed with some of Frida's children. I remember one of the first litters, we fed them and they went with a vet friend of one of my co-workers, she was really a great help, she even kept a kitten. Another litter that I remember was one in which Frida decided to leave her babies on top of the powder paint (this is a factory and we paint products), I think it was a big mistake, but I suppose it was the warmest place she found, well it was winter.

Unfortunately, there were no survivors from this litter. Then came the litter where they took the 3 working kittens from the company, and nothing that we could catch Frida, the truth is that she is a tiny and very fast cat. Her last litter about 3 months ago is the current one, and we finally managed to catch her and hers her kittens, today we have two under treatment (because her eyes were infected). And the first one we caught was taken by a colleague, they named it “Tito”; while we baptize the other two as "Cleo" and "Ptolemy"; Frida for her part has already been sterilized, we caught her, but unfortunately she has a very strong infection in her eyes and she has already lost one of hers. I am very sorry, how animals suffer so much on the street, in the open, to their fate. I think that if we had been able to catch Frida before she even she could have been given up for adoption, it's already very difficult today because she's very wild and I don't think she'll stay locked up somewhere for long.

The good thing in any case is that she will no longer have kittens, the bad thing is that she has been left alone; we still put food and water on it; but it makes me very sad that he spends another winter on the street and now with more difficulty due to the fact that his sight is getting shorter and shorter, what I am going to do is that I think that we should be more aware and responsible as a society and help so that each time there are fewer animals on the street, that there are more and more campaigns for sterilization and responsible ownership, I think that the regional governments should pay more attention to this and sanction those who are discovered leaving an abandoned animal, it is a reflection; we help Frida and her children; but I know that many would not have done the same.

Now I leave you a couple of photos of Frida and the attempts to catch her, some of her pups and everything we documented last year about her life.

Fotos/Photos

Este es Rene, lo adopto una compañera del trabajo.

This is Rene, a coworker adopted him.

Esta son Cleo y Ptolomeo en la oficina, sanando sus ojos para luego darlos en adopción.

This is Cleo and Ptolemy in the office, getting their eyes healed and then given up for adoption.

Estos tres se dieron en adopción responsable (Rene es uno de ellos) y como pueden ver ya Frida tenia un problemita en su ojo :(

These three were given up for responsible adoption (Rene is one of them) and as you can see, Frida already had a little problem with her eye :(

En esta foto esta Cleo y Ptolomeo junto con su mami Frida , antes de que los pudieramos agarrar (fue bien dificil).

In this photo is Cleo and Ptolemy together with their mommy Frida, before we could catch them (it was very difficult).

Estos son algunos gatitos de varias camadas, tambien se ve la camada que tuvo en la pintura en polvo de la cual ningun gatito sobrevivio :(

These are some kittens from various litters, you can also see the litter she had in the powder paint from which no kitten survived :(

Despite everything, Frida has given us a lot of tenderness with her kittens and these days have been a little more bearable, we always hope that each kitten finds a good home, as well as any pet on the street. For now, Frida will continue in our work, we will provide her with food and water, which is the only thing we can do for her, since it is impossible to tame her, she doesn't let anyone get close, it's a shame; but we hope that life for her is less hard at least and she can eat every day. Greetings