When we met Jean, she showed us Crystal, one of her twenty colony cats. Crystal’s left ear looked completely eaten away. Jean trapped Crystal, and Joann rushed her to our vet, Elmhurst Animal Care Center. They ruled out bite wounds, and said her ear was either caused by frostbite or cancer. They sent out… Read more »
The vet told us Crystal, a sick cat from Jean’s colony, was suffering and hasn’t eaten while hospitalized there since last Friday. Crystal has necrosis of the left ear, and it is completely gone, bloody and crusted. Her caregiver, Jean, trapped her last Friday and Joann rushed her straight to our vet, Elmhurst Animal Care… Read more »
Crystal was trapped with 28 other cats living in Jean’s yard in 2013. Jean’s colony is now down to 13 outdoor cats, and seven indoor cats. All are spayed and neutered. Jean is probably in her mid-eighties and walks with a cane. She still navigates all three floors of her home, and cares… Read more »