Ravenwood - 08/10/05 06:15 AM
Two teenage girls performed a C-section on a recently deceased pregnant feline to save the kittens. The Canadian Press reports on the miracle:
A kitten owes its life to the impromtu medical skills of a couple of kids who delivered it by caesarean section after the animal's mother died.Wikipedia points out that although it's doubtful that Julius Caesar was actually delivered by caesarean section, the fable has been around since the 2nd century AD. And many of those people had also never taken a biology course. Now knowledge of the procedure has apparently even reached Canada, where medical procedures are normally only allowed to be performed by the government.Monica Castonguay, 15, and Kim Quimpere, 13, were walking in the woods recently when they found a cat lying on the ground and not breathing.
The youngsters were familiar with the cat and knew it was pregnant. Although the cat had died, the teens found it was still warm and decided to save the kittens.
Although the teens hadn't taken a biology course and weren't sure they knew what they were doing, they got a sweater, a knife and some cotton and then performed a caesarian section on the mother cat.
I wonder if they have socialised animal medicine there as well. If not, your pets are certain to recieve better care than you.
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