You could say that 2024 was the “Year of the Sweetpeas.” In April, I heard about a cat (right) whose owner had thrown her out of a third-floor window in Manhattan! (Sometimes people are monsters!) I asked for help transporting her to my vet hospital in Long Island, and within five minutes, I received dozens of emails from people ready and willing to help. (Sometimes people are angels!) Her name was Sweetpea, and aside from losing a few teeth, she survived the fall in good shape. We found her a lovely home where she will always be safe and cared for.
Then, in July, I met my second Sweetpea. Someone dumped two carriers in a crowded, hot parking lot. In one was a handsome young male cat, Phineas. We had him examined and neutered and found a great forever home. In the other carrier was his sister, a teeny thing, maybe seven months old, who needed her left eye
removed…and she was pregnant! I promised her that once her nuggets were weaned, I would make sure she got the medical attention she deserved. She gave birth to four superstar kittens — Angus and Bernice (who captured the hearts of the vets who cared for them) and Boswell and Irving (left), who went home together. Over the
sfollowing weeks, Sweetpea was spayed, her eye was removed, and she underwent nasal enlargement surgery to help her breathe more easily. Then, on December 1, Sweetpea (now Phoebe) went home (right) to be reunited with her brother, Phineas, and a canine sister! I will NEVER forget her and the journey we shared. @life_ofriphinphee.