Little torti Angel gave her mom quite a scare earlier this month by not eating, playing, or making it to her litter box to relieve herself. Certainly none of which was normal behavior for Angel. We decided to send Angel to PetVet to get checked out. In the two days until the check up at PetVet, Angel improved sightly but we wanted to be sure nothing was terribly wrong. The vet assessed Angel and determined that her symptoms were probably due to stress (there was a change to her and her mom’s living situation) and that all her vitals seemed good and she was also given a dewormer. Angel’s mom was so relieved to hear that Angel would be okay and was able to take her home with that peace of mind. Angel is doing much better now and back to her old self!
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This is Mr Jingles. Mr Jingles was rescued by a member and her Mother from an abusive household. Mr Jingles had been kept in a basement for a good while, was badly flea infested and had scratched his fur off badly. He was severely dehydrated and underweight. He was also physically abused.
Our lovely member and her Mother took him in, Weirdos funded his vet visit and our wonderful friends at Riggi Rescue took him under their wing. Soon, Mr Jingles will find a new home and a new life This is Ginger and her son RC. They had a very sad tragedy happen to them. Their Mummy, Betty was living in a hotel with them. One day, Betty collapsed and was taken to hospital, where very sadly she passed away.
The nice hotel Manager fed and looked after them until their Mummy's friend could contact us. We contacted our friends at Riggi Rescue and the APL. Riggi Rescue were able to contact the hotel HQ and the police and go to the hotel with a police officer, to legally rescue the cats. From there, one of our Admin team fostered them for the night and took them the next day to the Cleveland APL who, very kindly, gave us an immediate surrender date, because of the circumstances. Ginger and RC were vet checked and brought up to date on shots and are now at the APL awaiting their new home. We hugely thank Shannon, Crystal and Christopher Riggi, the Cleveland APL, Angela, local police, Dawn, Brandy and Jared. Sometimes, it takes a village. Many members of our group will remember the story of Onyx. He had a badly infected eye that needed to be removed. We were able to help schedule him a surgery appointment but it wasn’t for several weeks. In the meantime, we sent him to a local vet, who prescribed eye drops and antibiotics while he waited for his surgery date. When surgery day arrived, Onyx did great We were pleased to hear that he got through the procedure with no issues! He has since made a full recovery.
When we learned about Orion he was doing very poorly. He had already been admitted to the ER and was in an oxygen tent, diagnosed with pulmonary edema, fluid around his lungs and shortness of breath. The vet needed to keep him overnight for observation, blood work and X-rays. The cost was extremely high and Orion’s family had already paid as much as they were able to, which is when the Weirdos stepped in. The overwhelming generosity of our members allowed us to pay for the necessary diagnostics and treatment.
Thankfully, Orion was able to be weaned off oxygen the next morning. His lungs looked good on the X-rays. Without a lung biopsy, the exact cause for his symptoms was not known but he was treated for possible pneumonia and lung work. Orion was discharged and made a full recovery! Olive had a terribly upset tummy - so much so that her Mummy was very worried. This week, Olive was seen at Petvet in Copley and she has been prescribed medication and probiotics. She is already on the mend.
Update 12/06/19:
This little boy is doing amazing! He gets around perfectly fine, hes happy and hes content! And boy is he a talker! Every time I come in the room he chirps and meows. Hes such a sweet baby. He loves to cuddle and be held as well. His stitches come out in another week. He takes his meds like a champ too. The leadership team was contacted the day before Thanksgiving about a sweet kitty who had been found wandering around with a horrible eye injury. Kay Banks from Tabby Tails had picked him up and was on her way to the emergency vet to get this little guy help. The leadership team immediately put up an emergency post so that Kay could get him treatment. The emergency vet stabilized him with the plan that he would be taken to a regular vet on Black Friday to have his eye removed. Friday morning, Kay took the kitten named Baha to her vet and they scheduled the enucleation for that afternoon. The weirdos came together to raise $600 to go towards his surgery. With the help of donations directly to Tabby Tails, we were able to get him all taken care of! Baha came through surgery with flying colors and is resting and recovering with Tabby Tails. He is an absolute sweetheart and had to have been someone’s pet before. He sleeps with Kay in her bed, and craves all the snuggles and pets! He is healing up well and if owners do not come forward to claim, he will be put up for adoption to find his furever family. Every year our lovely Weirdo, Ashley Marie, makes winter shelters for strays and ferals. With Ohio winters being as they are, these shelters save lives. This year was no exception and members donated supplies to help. The team has so far donated 25 containers for conversion to shelters. This is a truly wonderful example of Weirdos making a difference for stray and feral cats.
In September 2019, our TNR Director was asked to help trap a family of cats and get them spayed/neutered. Mama cat, Moo, had 4 grown kittens and had recently given birth to 6 more kittens. Mama Moo was a feral cat, but she trusted her caregiver and kittens were all friendly. The 4 older kittens were all taken in and were fixed and given vaccinations. One of them was even adopted out. As soon as the younger kittens were weaned, they were surrendered to a shelter and adopted out. Moo was trapped and spayed and is living with her 3 older kittens. They have heated houses, a safe location on their caregivers porch and are all happy and loved. Moo had 10 kittens within a year! Thanks to our TNR Team, Moo won’t have any more babies and her kittens are all fixed and cared for. That is the goal of our TNR Division, to stop the cycle of feral and stray cats having kittens and adding to the overpopulation of cats.
Smooshy’s story begins in December 2018 with a urinary tract infection. Smooshy was a 12 year old, long-haired, black and white kitty with a permanently grumpy face and a sweet personality. His mom reached out to us when she saw him straining in the litter box and refusing to eat or drink. Things were good for Smooshy for a while, after the Weirdos helped him get a check up and medication for the UTI. But then, Smooshy stopped being able to poop. What followed was weeks of enemas, xrays and diagnostic tests. The entire Weirdo family waited on Poop Watch 2019. When all the diagnostic results came in, it was finally discovered that he suffered from a condition called Megacolon. Smooshy’s mom was smart and dedicated. She found a medication online that had positive results for this condition. The Weirdos helped buy the medication, which started to help! During this time, Smooshy had begun to lose weight and grind his teeth, so we decided to send him back to the vet. While there, the doctor suggested a surgery called deobstipation, which manually removes the backed up fecal matter from the cat. Since Smooshy was a senior kitty, his family was concerned about him having surgery. Luckily, a fellow Weirdo had just been to the same vet for a similar procedure with her senior feline! She offered to chat with Smooshy’s mom and share her positive experience. This encouraged her to move forward with the surgery. Lots of poo was removed from Smooshy during the procedure and the vet also cleaned and scaled his teeth while he was under anesthesia. The whole veterinary staff was charmed by this darling furball! As he recovered, the Weirdos sent Smooshy food and supplements to help him gain back the weight he had lost! Smooshy started feeling better and acting more like himself!
The story of Smooshy is an amazing example of the partnership between a loving cat parent and the whole Weirdo nation. Donations of food and money were vital in helping Smooshy fight this two month long battle! Other members also provided tons of encouragement and love to Smooshy, which kept his family going when things were feeling impossible. We are sad to report that Smooshy crossed the Rainbow Bridge in October 2019. He is dearly missed by family, friends and all of the Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland. |