Saturday, January 16, 2010

Henry's Cats - Transport & Clinic Pick Up

Here are a few of the little Greek Gods and Goddesses. After we dropped the 7 off at clinic, we picked up the other three and took them to TAILS at DeKalb. What a great Shelter with wonderful staff. We met Adrianne, who did intake and held them for Janet to pick up later. They all got some water and food for the wait. We had lunch and headed back in time to pick up the cats at Treehouse. Treehouse is a wonderful place. Their staff, policies and the way they treat their animals is akin to our work. Each cat is not only vaccinated, steralized, treated for parasites, mites and fleas, they're given an exam. We received the reports on our 7 Gods and Goddesses. All but two suffered the effects of stress with alopecia, hair loss. They had patches of very thin hair. Two had periodontal disease. One, Ilsa, Henry's pet cat that he wants back, needs all her teeth extracted. Another needs 4 extractions. The vet, Dr. Rebecca Levy, was able to pull a tooth out with her fingers it was so loose. Many had bite wounds at their back ends. We took 5 cats back to Kallie's and 2 to Ellen's to be transported to Sue's the next morning. We gave them food, water and made them as comfortable as possible in the traps. Fenini called to say she had a place for 3 cats. Fenini and a neighbor have been long term animal people, usually working with dogs, but the neighbor has agreed to take 3 of the cats. We need money to help pay for dental work. Henry doesn't have it for Ilsa and we don't have it for the other one. Over the last 24 hours, 3 cats have had a URI outbreak. Meds are needed. URI is based on a virus that is always there, it resurfaces when stressed. being in traps and out of their element is a stresser. The virus is present in the house and in every cat. They're weakened to it until their immune system is built. Money is also needed for immune boosters in additon to food. We've called our vet and will be finding out about cost of dental work on Monday when our account manager comes in. We love our vet. Without our Vet, we wouldn't be able to care for as many cats as we do If you can spare $10 or $100 - we could use it - everything helps. - THANKS

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