Who is Beza?

Our kitty is 4 years old, she's adopted and she's an indoor cat, of course. She has a wonderful character. She is extremely charming, although it takes her many months to trust someone. She is also very good at communicating her needs. When she wants to eat, she sits on the windowsill next to the bowl, and when she wants to play, she goes to the ball track, although her favorite toy are ribbon dusters, which Safo makes for her herself. She uses the ball track only as a communication tool though. She lives with two dogs - Tosiek and Bella, and although sometimes she gives Tosiek a puch, generally our animals live in harmony with each other, in which we put a year of work when we started living together. However, Beza has a certain habit that we haven't bothered her with so far, namely - she really likes to walk around the stairwell in our building (we live in the 4-level block of flats) when we come back from a walk with the dogs.

Unfortunately, a few days ago something happened that could have ended very badly and was certainly a very traumatic experience for our kitty - apart from the physical consequences.

What happened?

Coming back from our night walk with the dogs, we didn't notice Bezunia sneaking into the corridor. Tiredafter a whole day of intense study, we soon went to sleep, convinced that - as often happens - Beza was

also sleeping somewhere in one of her favorite hiding places.

It was only in the morning that we realized that Beza was still missing. After searching every corner, we went out into the corridor. And we found her. But on the ground floor, hidden and scared. We live on the fourth floor.

After bringing her home, we noticed that Beza was limping. We realized that she didn't come downstairs, and she must have been scared when she realized that we had closed the front door and fell down, which was a truly terrifying vision. We quickly went to the vet, full of the worst fears. Beza showed no signs of feeling in the leg she was not limping on, and the one she was limping on seemed to be in a terrible condition, and although there were no traces of blood, we feared the worst.

At the vet, it turned out that of all the possible consequences that this accident could have had, she had the mildest one - a dislocation of the hip joint - the paw joint was completely out of the socket. Beza's bones were intact and the prognosis was good. Beza underwent hip surgery. He is slowly recovering. She going to start rehabilitation in a few days.

What are we raising money for?

Together with the help of a Polish fundraiser, we managed to collect part of the amount for the surgery, which costs PLN 1,800 (EUR 412), and purchase a special cage for the period of recovery. Importantly, because our financial situation is not bad by Polish standards - it is simply average - and the costs of such specialized veterinary care are beyond our means - we are collecting money only for part of the expenses related to Beza's recovery. We cover 60% ourselves, 40% we need your support. At this stage, we are collecting funds to cover the costs of follow-up visits, including medicines (in Poland, medicines for pets are added to the cost of a veterinary visit) and rehabilitation. Rounded up, they will currently amount to PLN 1,500 (EUR 344).

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About us

We are a couple of non-binary people from Poland. We are antifascists, socially engaged people. We don't eat animals, but we love living with them. We live in a small town near Warsaw. Miki studies philosophy and mathematics, and Safo studies psychology and does marketing for a Polish LGBT+ organization. We are learning to find satisfaction in life after years of trauma and so far it's going quite well. <3 XO.