Saving Sight: How You Can Help
A police officer friend, responding to a recent call, found a stray mother cat and her five sickly kittens. Given the grave condition of their eyes, he reached out to Furkids for help. We responded immediately and went to rescue the family.
The mom, Belle Star, was malnourished but trying desperately to feed her kittens. I can honestly say that I have never encountered the severity of sickness that afflicted these kittens. The photos of their condition upon intake are too grotesque to share. We all were overcome with grief at their condition, including our veterinarian, and especially for one kitten that did not survive. We all wished we had learned of this family sooner so that we could have spared them such suffering and we vowed to do everything we could to not only save them, but save their eyesight, too.
After examination and treatment orders were received, we quickly placed the family with our experienced volunteer, Lisa. She has worked diligently to keep up with the demanding medical regimen implemented by ophthalmologist, Dr. Winston. Regardless of everyone’s best efforts, Billy the Kid and Jesse James will each lose one eye. Fortunately, they have perfect sight in their good eyes.
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| josey wales | jesse james | calamity jane | billy the kid |
We continue to keep up with their medical regimen while we wait another month until they are old enough for their surgeries. Their other siblings, Josey Wales and Calamity Jane, will not lose an eye although they each will have cloudy vision in one. Other than the loss of an eye for two of the kittens, these are all healthy and happy kittens and they need a good home.
- Radar
Right around the same time, another kitten with a horrible eye infection was found by a postal carrier during her daily route. She brought the kitten to Furkids and we named him Radar. We are grateful that Lisa agreed to foster him as well. Like the other kittens, Radar has no vision in one eye and very little sight in the other. He has an ulcer on his eye that we are aggressively treating with four different medications and weekly examinations with our specialist. It is possible Radar will go totally blind, but we hold out hope for him that the treatment will work.
The weekly doctor visits and medications for six kittens have been costly to our organization. We are grateful to have been able to help these kittens in need and we hope you agree and will provide support to help offset the great expense of their care and future surgeries.
Please help us raise $2000 using the chipin widget below. Thank you for your support that allows us to provide the help needed in these challenging situations.
Shep is doing great! He has adapted very well to his new home and lifestyle. He has got to be the sweetest cat ever. When I come home from work he greets me with kitty flavored kisses, lol. He’s a licker, but it’s cute. He follows me around from room to room always trying to put his paws up on my shoulder, then gets cozy with me everywhere I sit. 
This week’s “cat of the week” is a DOG! Yes, Furkids also has dogs available for adoption. Meet Zenyetta. She is a young, energetic, sweet, playful, smart Shepherd mix with a beautiful brindle coat — and she is in desperate need of either a FOSTER FAMILY or a forever home. A Furkid volunteer found her in her front yard one day with a broken leg. Our veterinarian set her leg in a cast and she is much better now. Zenyetta is house trained and learning commands. She absolutely loves attention and will reward you with lots of dog kisses.
If you would be interested in adopting Zenyetta, please complete our 
We can’t say enough about our fantastic volunteer network — especially our youth volunteers. Today, we had to put out an urgent call for help because our regular group of volunteers for Fridays was regretfully unavailable. We were thrilled when some of our youth volunteers showed up and saved the day!
And it doesn’t end there. The place was hopping today! Prisca is going to be in the 10th grade at Give Center West. Here she is (pictured at right) during Friday Fun Fest at Furkids with her favorite feline Tigger — who resides in Room 5. Prisca has also been volunteering with Furkids all summer.
Finally, here are sisters Grace and Helen (holding Trix and Belinda). They have graciously decided to spend their last day of summer vacation with us. We are so lucky.
