The heart-warming story of Peggy-Sue

In a colony fed by Maria, close by the market in San Antonio, Tracey and Sue spotted a 5 month old kitten with a suspected broken leg. She was a pretty little thing but clearly had a problem walking. She seemed to be holding it up constantly. When she was in the vets Toni could see she'd tried to walk on it but because she was putting pressure on her skin and not her pad it had ulcerated and become infected. He advised it had to be amputated. That gave us a dilemma. Although cats cope perfectly well with only 1 front paw, we could not put this kitten back on the street with 3 legs. The colony lived near a busy road in the middle of the tourist area, she'd not be able to dodge cars or people, plus her recovery time would be long.
What a problem. We were heartbroken. Even trying to get a home for a healthy kitten is bad enough...this little one stood no chance – or so we thought. Step into the breach Jacky Yap who has a holiday home in Portinatx that she shares with some much loved cats. We alerted their carer Jo, who looks after them when Jacky isn't in residence, about this kittens plight. She relayed the story to Jacky and they agreed to take her on. We were overjoyed that she could now have the operation knowing she'd have a life away from the streets. The alternative was too upsetting to contemplate.

Peggy-Sue (Peg Leg), as she's been christened, stayed with Toni until her wound had healed and her stitches removed, then she was taken off to meet Jo who would care for her until she got her confidence back before venturing outside to meet the rest of Jacky's cats.

Thank god for people like Jo and Jacky otherwise little Peggy would have had a very sad end - now she has a chance of a happy life.
Here we've shown a photo of her on the streets in San Antonio...you can see how she was holding her paw up. The 2nd photo is her first day out of the vets and at Jo's.
Check out our Facebook page where you can see a video of her starting to build her confidence and play. She's doing very well and walking without difficulty.