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Veterinary notes: "circling to the left, unable to walk or function well"
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Beebs is among the cats being held against a judge's order. It is cruel to force a cat with her condition to continually adapt to new people and places. If you are in possession of this cat, I suggest you return her immediately. I will not stop until I find her.
Beebs is a three-year-old black and white tabby female. She was born to one of the feral cats who had come into the house, so she was raised in the house. She has the most severe cerebellar hypoplasia of the three cats born with the condition. She has an exaggerated sway when she walks. Her front legs are slightly splayed. She doesn't even attempt to jump up on anything higher than a chair. She's quite small for her age, which I think is due to her metabolism. Her tremors can be quite pronounced. They go away when she sleeps with me and when she's distracted doing something else like eating or walking.
Beebs has never taken to dry food. She likes her canned Friskies pate and that's it. I feed her in my office where the other cats can't bother her. She gets very excited and jumps at the door until I open it. She knows her name and comes when I call. She's really cute. She is one of a few cats allowed into my office and was trapped in there when the state did their seizure. When I did the walk-through of the cats in January, Beebs was lying in a cage and still trembling. Her eyes were slits, though not quite as closed as Ziggy's. I did call to her quietly and she perked up for a second, but then went back to trembling and squinting. That's another cat who doesn't want whatever is happening to her. It's very difficult to know your animals are suffering and be unable to do anything about it. It's a wound in your gut that won't heal.
Beebs' condition deteriorated in custody to the point where her tremors got worse and she lost control of her left front leg. She was circling to the left and unable to walk or function well. And she was leaking urine all over herself. The veterinarian wanted to euthanize her because her qualify of life was in question. I can't even imagine what they were doing to her that her condition deteriorated to this degree. The cure was simple, bring her home. The state refuses to acknowledge or relieve the pain and suffering they have caused these cats.
On 12/20/19, they refer Beebs to Maine Veterinary Medical Center to evaluate her abnormal gait and neurologic issues. A note on page 1 says she is currently being fostered and the foster feels like she has been improving with time and becoming familiar with surroundings. Improving from what? The deteriorated condition caused by the state's actions? One of the problems with the state's actions in a case like this is that they have no idea what the animals were like before they were taken. They just assume the condition of the animal in their custody is indicative of its condition at home. This is just proof of what I've said before. First, that the state doesn't know what it's doing. And second, that animals with cerebellar hypoplasia may require months or years to adapt to new surroundings. There was absolutely no reason to expose Beebs to this prolonged suffering.
Beebs' state capture photo 11/5/19
Beebs' state shelter video 11/6/19
Beebs' state shelter photo 2/4/20
Beebs' state shelter photo 2/4/20
Beebs is three years old at this time.
As described in the article Faulty Interpretations Lead to Wrong Conclusions, there are two copies of the 11/6/19 exam forms, one is incomplete and one is the original. The form below is the incomplete copy.
This is the original exam. The age is wrong. They have her noted with "possible caution." She has never been the least bit mean or troublesome. What did they do to this helpless little cat to make her dangerous to them? Most of this is illegible. There is a reference to her constant tremors.
Two days later she is at Falls Road. She is still dehydrated and is now congested. As with Ziggy, they give her clindamycin just in case she has toxoplasmosis. I don't know if any of you have noticed this, but getting antibiotics in human medicine these days is not so easy. These veterinarians giving out these antibiotics unnecessarily like this seems irresponsible.
These records are difficult to follow as there are pieces of some dates in with other dates or they are not in order. It would be preferable to get a print out of each visit without them bleeding into each other this way.
By 11/25/19, over two weeks later, she is not doing well. She is unable to use her left front leg and is leaking urine on herself. She is eating, but not drinking and is very lethargic. Note she was given Convenia on 11/8/19 and a double dose of clindamycin from 11/6/19 and 11/8/19. Two of the side effects of Convenia are lethargy and inappropriate urination. This veterinarian goes right to recommending she be killed. No one will accept the fact that the only reason she is experiencing these problems is because she isn't at home where she feels safe and comfortable, they never confer with the owner, and maybe because they gave her an unnecessary dose of Convenia. Beebs has never had any of these problems before. Her cerebellar hypoplasia has improved as she's grown and adjusted. The state has completely undermined all my efforts to keep her safe and comfortable and have the best life she can have with her condition.
Documentation Posted August 29, 2020 by Elmvale Farm
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