Paralysed cat running in diapers

Paralysed cat running in diapers
A paralyzed cat who wears a nappy and uses her front paws to get around has become a viral sensation with 73 million video views after she was rescued at two weeks old.

Aoife, a two-year-old tabby cat, boasts 59,0000 followers on Instagram and her owner, Sabrina de Matteo, 45, from Los Angeles, California, said the feline has 'stolen the hearts of millions of people'.
Sabrina, a fitness and wellness coach, has to manually empty the cat's bladder and bowels twice a day but hopes her videos show that a disabled cat can have a good quality of life despite not having use of her back legs.
She has to manually expel Aoife's excrement, which she says 'doesn't hurt the cat at all,' by pushing gently on her tummy until it comes out.
Sabrina, who lives with her husband, James, 40, also a fitness and wellness coach, and their six cats, said: 'Through the videos, people have been able to see just how loved and well looked after Aoife is.

'There are some people who say that it's cruel to keep her alive but to that I argue why? Because she is disabled?

'Aoife is not in pain - she is very happy. You just have to look at the videos to see that. Her needs may be different than other cats but her life has worth.'

Despite playing mother to five other cats, Sabrina says Aoife has settled in well at home.

Sabrina said: 'Aoife has a hilarious, fun and feisty personality and she is definitely the boss of the house. She has a very loving home and life.'

For Sabrina, who has always been a cat lover, adopting felines in need became a habit she could not break.

James and Sabrina have also adopted Pebbles, a five-year-old tortoiseshell, Kevin, a four-year-old black cat, Sofia, a three-year-old calico, Ellie Mae, a white three-year-old, and Peter, a two-year-old long grey hair.

She said: 'We already had two cats, Pebbles and Kevin, but we found Sofia on an animal shelter's webpage in May 2019 and just fell in love.

'She was a calico cat with a suspected broken leg who needed a home, so we brought her in. Then, Ellie Mae was found in the hood of a car and brought into a shelter, and we fell in love with her too, bringing her home in November 2019.

'She was so dirty that the shelter workers thought she was grey until they washed her, and it turned out she was white.'

After that, the couple adopted Peter, a grey long haired cat, during the pandemic. Sabrina said: 'My husband and I were stuck at home like the rest of the world. We found Peter on Instagram.