Back in August my mom brought home this kitten. It ran in front of her car in the rain, and when she stopped to get out and find it the kitten was too lethargic to run away. It was tiny, and sick, and covered in mange (scabies). She was so thin and weak we weren't sure if she would survive the night.
We took her to the vet and she had quite a few problems. Her entire skin was scabbed and raw from the scabies. Her ears were in tatters. When we held her, we would get a red, icky rash from scabies. She needed stinky sulfur baths three times a week for two months. She was six weeks old. Of course we kept her and now she is cute and pink and white and a little terror. We called her Katniss after the Hunger Games heroine.
This isn't really a before and after but more of a during and after. Because of the scabies, she lost all her hair as her skin basically shed a layer. She looked pretty gross for awhile! At the time I thought she was cute as could be though.
I have a whole
facebook album of her progress pictures if you want to check them out. I didn't put up some of her grossest ones. A few days after we got her we discovered maggots on her. It was gross. But now she's very healthy. Like her namesake she is a true little huntress. She catches everything and loves to play, and torment the other dogs and cats. It's been a long time since we've had a baby thing.