🧡 Help us save Niamh 🧡

Meet 𝐍𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐡 (pronounced Neev), a tiny ginger kitten rescued from a feral colony. She should be spending her days chasing toys, climbing cat trees, and discovering the joy of being safe.

Instead, she's facing an incredibly rare medical battle.

At just 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝, Niamh has developed 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟏 𝐜𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 - an exceptionally unusual finding in a kitten of her age. Her bladder is severely inflamed, the bladder wall is markedly thickened, and testing has revealed a significant bacterial infection. She's been passing blood in her urine and has even managed to pass one small stone on her own.

That small stone has been sent for analysis, and we're anxiously awaiting the results. Identifying exactly what it's made of may help us understand 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞, and whether there's an underlyi...