Fortunately there are good people like at the shelter who are fixing him up.

Poor little guy.

nauseating .

Poor baby has never been loved.

I understand the RSPCA keeps and enforces a list of people who should never be trusted with companion or farm animals. I wish we'd do that here.

The look on that little kitty's face is all I need to know about the people who first had him.

sick sick depraved evil wastes of oxygen

sweet life now, little one

and hoping for rescue for the others who might be suffering

hope the dye wont have lasting medical effects

It is so depressing to think of the depravity that brought him to this condition and to know that it wasn't an isolated phenomenon. Those eyes! He reminds me of Dobby.[img]?w=395&h=300[img]

Good Luck Smurf! You certainly have reason to distrust us humans. I hope your next guardian is a better human.

This is heartbreaking.

Not that the inaccuracy of the blue dye from the garment industry makes this story any less tragic, but the cat was sprayed with Blu Kote.
http://www.calvetsupply.com/product/Blu-Kote-Spray-5oz/Veterinary_Healing_Products?gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2tcEpzMJDPehXLmjL8quDayGgAiHM_Kb9cJvKRbDkZ3QaApu18P8HAQ
A commonly used product for wound care of dogs, cows, horses, etc.
The blue was someones feeble attempt to provide some care for the kitten. Maybe just so it could be used as a chew toy again, but it was an attempt at care.

The rescue's FB page discussions have people who suggested it was this wound spray and they counter it with the vet's assessment which is an undiluted purple dye. A vet should know the difference, right?

Not sure that they would bother to do a lab sample and look at the pigment under a microscope.
Vet's doing this kind of work, which may likely be unpaid and after-hours and very stressful, may not think of the possibility of a product like BluKote and then get defensive when others suggest it.
Obviously I can't be for sure either, but as OP notes in the edit, a cat will instinctively lick and therefore ingest this product and it will add to their health problems. This cat looks very dehydrated and malnourished too- a likely outcome of blukote ingestion.

Either way, pics like these of poor abused little critters, and the story that goes with it, whether absolutely true or just fairly close, remind us of the vulnerability of pets and animals and our need to care for them to the best of our ability.
And for that a thank you to the vets, who ever it was that brought the cat in, and the OP who brought the story to our attention.

I hope they get payback in life for this!

I hope the assholes who did this to you realize what monsters they are or get the karma they deserve...

Read the Nine Lives FB page. Vet thinks it was an undiluted purple dye.

Poor baby!

I really hate people some times...

Thank you for the update.

I just cannot imagine what it's like to be a human who's so cruel to animals, especially so systematically cruel like that. What a miserable existence it must be, and they spread that misery around to the most helpless among us. It's so so awful.

Luckily there are many more good people than bad. Thanks for sharing.

in this article. page down for 4 short videos of him with the vet.