Blind Cat Rescue - Newsletter 3-19-16

3/19/2016

Meet Ella

Ella is a blind kitty who came to us from our local animal control facility. They are a high kill facility and she only had hours left before she was to be euthanized. Let me tell you about her. When she arrived she was a tiny thing weighing on 4.6 pounds! You could feel all of her bones! She was immediately taken to the vet. X-rays showed this poor baby has 3 broken vertebra processes in her back. She also has mega colon. She has not been fixed and we are guessing has had no vetting. Animal control said she was an owner surrender. She is doing better, gaining weight, being spayed in 2 weeks. She is not fond of other cats but is adjusting.

She has now moved into her room. You may watch her 24/7 on our MeShare Pet Came HERE

Cat Updates

Sadly we lost Midnight to leukemia. We wish we had more time with him.

We also said goodbye to Boots. We were blessed to have 5 years with him.

Took Stevie to Raleigh, more blood work, x-rays, ultra scan and a biopsy ($2503 total bill) We are waiting for tests to come back.

Meadow decided she is feeling fine and pulled out her feeding tube. They do that some times :) She is regaining the weight she has lost.

We know when we say Yes to saving the life of a leukemia positive cat we will eventually have our heart broken again when leukemia wins. But it is worth it because we know we were able to save a life and give them loving care for the time we have

Sheila is starting to show the signs that the leukemia is starting to take effect. She is losing weight although she is eating. With her heart defect she got dealt a bad hand.

It is National Poison Prevention Week

Thank you to everyone that bought a shirt! You helped raise over $2,000!

FIRE IN THE SHELTER!

What a horrifying thought!

There are so many stories in the news about animals dying in shelter fires because they did not have a sprinkler system. Last week 67 dogs died in at a shelter fire in SC. Fire causes major damage to the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter. Several animals died in the fire, many are still missing. More Than 50 Animals Killed in Animal Shelter Fire I do not want that to happen to us! When we built our shelter years ago we were on a tight budget and you never think it will happen to you. After seeing many shelter fires in the last year I started checking on retro fitting our shelter buildings. I discovered the cost was not as bad as I thought. The company is giving us a discount on the price. Will you help us make this possible? Will you go to our donation page now and donate?

Click to enlarge, you will see the broken pieces in her back

We don’t know what kind of horrors she endured but I think the x-ray and starvation gives us a good clue. We are so blessed that because of Your Support we were able to save her life!

A cute video of her playing

Lots of New Contests!

1. Shelter Challenge

Many have reported having problems voting. I am having the same problem. I have been successful voting on my phone. Thank you for trying!

2. HSN $1,000 We hope you will nominate the blind, FIV & FELV+ cats! Scroll down & Click the button that says $1,000 a day give a way One Entry Per person.. The info you will need for the survey i2 in the picture below. Thank you for helping!!!

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3. $500. Please send an EMAIL to Facebook@naturvet.com In the "Subject Line" type: Nominate In the email "Body Text" type: Blind Cat Rescue - Saint Pauls, NC One per person! Thank you!

Open House March 2016

Thank you to everyone that came to visit! You may visit any time Monday - Saturday Staff is here until 4 pm for visitors. Open house schedule is 4/16, 5/14, 6/11 7/16, 8/13, 9/10, 10/15, 11/12 Don’t forget we have a guest house for out of town visitors if you would like to make us a vacation destination.

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Mini Mack says stay tuned to next week

You will get to meet him!

And you will get to meet Bunny!