Rademenes: A Cat Healer Finds His Calling

Rademenes barely made it past his second month of life.

The small black kitten was on the verge of death in the street in the small town of Bydgoszcz, Poland,  when a kind stranger found him and took him to an animal shelter. The vets there were considering euthanasia, but something stayed their hands.

CatCompassionThe kitten recovered, and soon became something of a clinician himself. He has taken to nursing other sick animals at the clinic by cleaning them, cuddling them, and keeping them company as they come out of surgical procedures. Lucyna Kuziel, a veterinarian at the clinic where Rademenes is now a permanent “attending” says the cat pays particularly close attention to other animals who are very sick or who are going through surgery.

“It’s as if having been so close to death’s door himself, he now wants to help others get better.”

Rademenes is both fearless and species-agnostic, showing no hesitation about comforting big dogs with the same tenderness he gives to his own feline kind.

The healer cat is named for the sage-like feline protagonist from a popular 1980s Polish children’s TV series called Siedem Zyzcen (“Seven Wishes”).

Like his namesake, the real-life Rademenes is himself becoming a rising star in the online cat video universe. 

Many people hold a view that cats are not social creatures. Rademenes is clear evidence to the contrary. He’s an exemplar of compassion, and one from whom we all could learn.

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