A pair of kittens who were abandoned outside a vets covered in blood are being nursed back to health.

The four-month-old cats were found outside the Medivet clinic in Delta Gain, Carpenders Park, at around 8am on Tuesday.

The two kittens, a male, Cous Cous and a female, Quinoa, were found locked away in a pet carrier which was covered in blood and Cous Cous had grievous teeth wounds.

Cous Cous tore his canines loose by breaking the bone connecting his teeth to his jaw.

The vet who treated the animals, Ana Lapaz – Mendez, believes the wounds occurred because the cat was scared and tried to pry an opening in the carrier with his teeth.

Cous Cous required stitches, however, despite the procedure he may still lose his teeth.

Ms Lapaz - Mendez said: “The carrier was covered in blood and one of the kittens, the boy, had the two upper canine fractures on the bone root.

“We treated both kittens and sutured the pieces of bone together.

“We hope it will prevent him from losing them.”

The cats had to be sedated while Ms Lapaz - Mendez treated the animals who were terrified of humans and tried defending themselves.

They are now slowly recovering and are bouncing back.

At present it is unknown who abandoned the kittens but it appears the cats were looked after briefly – since they are well fed.

Ms Lapaz – Mendez says spaying cats would help keep numbers down and would spare kittens having to be abandoned.

Ms Lapaz – Mendez said: “Sometimes life gets difficult and we can’t cope with having animals, abandoning them isn’t great but at least they are in a safe place now.

“It’s better than being left somewhere else to die.

“The best way to prevent this from happening is to spay your female cats so we don’t get unwanted kittens who end up being a problem.

“It’s easy to save 1000 cats... just spay one.”