Take a look at our kitties!
Spring marks the beginning of kitten season, when babies are born to unfixed community/homeless cats. Kittens are cute, but did you know that over 50% of kittens born outdoors don’t make it to their 1st birthday?
Here’s what you can do to help
Kitten Season is here
We are a small foster based rescue serving the San Joaquin & Bay Area. It is our mission to rescue cats and kittens and provide them with supportive medical care, socialization, food, shelter to reduce unnecessary suffering. All of our kittens/cats are rescues and we place them into adoptable homes. Without human intervention, many of these cats & kittens would suffer from disease, starvation, death or live outdoors the remainder of their lives- afraid of humans. With a little bit of help, socialization, and lots of love, they come to learn and seek human attention and affection. We believe that all animals deserve a chance at life.
We are the official adoption partner at PETSMART!
Our Mission
TNR & Feral cats
Reducing the feral cat population through education and through trap spay/neuter-release program.
Kittens & adoption
Reducing the number of animals euthanized in our community shelters by providing the animals temporary housing until they can be placed in adoptive homes.
Sunny wobbly walking, falling over, but making progress!
Sunny enjoying the morning sun
Sunny at acupuncture appt
Sunny climbed the cat tree by herself!
One of her fav spots
CAT SPOTLIGHT - Sunny
Sunny was a kitten when she was diagnosed with mild cerebellar hypoplasia (CH also known as wobbly cat syndrome). She was transferred to us from another rescue and we adopted her in Nov 2021. Unfortunately, Sunny was returned/surrendered back to us in Jan 2023- immobile, falling over, peeing on herself, depressed and not eating. The emergency vet visit yielded nothing helpful, no broken bones, and referred us to a neurologist.
While we waited weeks for her neurology consultation, Sunny required round the clock care, spoon feeding, rotating/flipping her every few hours so she would not get skin sores/urine scalding, and as you can imagine- cleaning/bathing her constantly. We felt hopeless and considered humanely euthanizing her. At this point, she had no quality of life.
We brought her to our rescue veterinarian hoping for a solution, diagnosis, or prognosis. We started her on a high dose of steroids, acupuncture, and laser therapy- anything and everything we could think of to help her. We continued her physical therapy 2x a day(which she hated so much), and brought her to the myriad of appointments she had every week. She began to eat on her own and enjoyed sun bathing in the morning sun. Small wins. We’ll take them!
Finally it was the day of her neurology consult- but the news was upsetting. They believed that Sunny was misdiagnosed, and did not have CH. They could not provide a diagnosis without a $4000 MRI. Even if she got an MRI, Sunny would most likely require brain surgery in which the quoted us about $10,000 which may not resolve her issue. They offered humane euthanasia as the only other option.
We said no. Not when she’s making progress. Sunny may be wobbly, but between the steroids, acupuncture, and laser therapy, we are doing something right. She is getting stronger, eating more (even getting a little tubby), meows at the door to take a walk in the backyard, uses the litterbox independently, and purrs up a storm when getting head scratches. We refuse to euthanize a cat that still has heart to live.
We will continue to do everything we can for Sunny, but all of her appointments take a financial toll on our limited resources. We want to continue to support her for as long as she has quality of life. Would you consider donating towards her cause?
In 2023 alone, we have spent over $3000 to support Sunny and her needs. Even $5 will help.
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