Kitty Profiles

Here are a few profiles so you get a chance to meet the kitties your donations will benefit.

Eleanor
First up is Eleanor, our inspiring special needs girl and a volunteer favorite. Eleanor was born with meningitis and given only about 6 months max to live. She's right around three years old now, and shows some neurological damage in her Parkinson's-like tremors. She doesn't have any pain from her issues, and Eleanor is surprisingly speedy when she wants to be, toddling over to the gate to greet you with a little "chirrup" when you arrive.

Eleanor is one of our permanent residents and will not be adopted out. Here's a video I took of her in early March of this year:




Cody and Cosmo

Cody and Cosmo are one of our pairs of nearly identical, orange tabby brothers (the other pair are Lightning and Thunder) and are adoptable. Well-loved and well-cared for by someone for 9 years, these boys ended up at Fat Kitty City. Cody (top photo) is slightly bigger than Cosmo, but they are both big boys that love to be cuddled like babies. Babies that weigh about 18 pounds and are nearly too big to carry! These sweet boys will need to be adopted together, which means it usually takes a little longer to place them. Until they find their forever home, you'll find Cody and Cosmo hanging out at Fat Kitty City, living the good life.

We also get hardship cases at Fat Kitty City, as more cats are impacted by their owner's dire straits. A classic example is Amarissa, an elderly cat found abandoned and neglected outside a foreclosed home. Despite being heavily matted, starved to skin and bones, and having a severe eye infection, her memories of loving humans were strong enough to make her seek the help of a woman passing by. The woman contacted local shelters and rescue groups, which told her that the cat would likely need to be euthanized on arrival--until Fat Kitty City agreed to take her in. When I saw the picture of her on arrival, I honestly thought it was a deceased cat

But Cindy got to work on her, giving her emergency care and a shave--along with the name Amarissa. Amarissa's bloodwork showed some alarming kidney and liver values, which is common in cats that have been without food, but her appetite and attitude showed her will to live. I saw her a week later to get a picture of her with her new haircut, and at the time she was so weak she couldn't lift her head for a photo

At the 2-week mark, I got an update that Amarissa's labwork was still worrisome, but she was eating like a horse and more alert. When I went out to the sanctuary, she showed good progress, sitting up and talking to me and wanting some petting

And you should hear the old girl purr! Now, two weeks after that video was shot, Amarissa is still doing her best to heal, and is eating well. But her medical bills have been piling up, and our Elf Fund (which was set up especially for victims of abuse and neglect that need medical intervention) has also been tapped into for another group of neglected and starved cats. Including 5-year-old Desperada, who went so long without food that the lining of her stomach has eroded. We always have high hopes that we can save these cats, but unfortunately we can't do it without much-needed medical tests and treatments.