Our Special Kitty PAWS

Boxes always make the best toys and beds

Special Kitty Sealia is not pleased with her new portrait 😂

Happy Monday! Rainy days cause the snoozes

Sealia makes the purrrfect bread loaf

Special Kitty Elliott with is super floofy tummy

An unusual holiday takes place on June 24th, Cat World Domination Day. Possible or not? Let's simply appreciate the unique relationship cats have developed with humans for thousands of years! Interestingly, our furry friends have a long history of being worshipped by humans. Ancient Egyptians treated cats like royalty and even had several cat-like gods, like Bastet and Sekhmet. Feline deities were also present in many cultures throughout history, including the mythologies and religions of Ancient Babylon, Japan, India, and North America

Sweet Sealia watching birds

Happy Summer!!!

Happy father’s Day to all the cat dad’s (you know who you are)❤️❤️

Meet Eyeballs and Red Panda. Eyeballs was born with eyeball deformities. He can see shadows. Red Panda faught Distemper as a kitten and has chronic colds. Both have heart and urinary issues also. These boys adore each other and are doing wonderful surrounded by love of our volunteers and medical team.

Happy Hump Day from Hendrix.

Happy Monday from special kitty Sealia 💚

Meet Karleen.
She came to us with her kittens. They were extremely sick with distemper. Sadly all her kittens passed away from the virus. She developed severe anemia and had bleeding issues, at times we thought she would not make it through. We fought and she fought. She developed neurological symptoms, a side effect from Distemper. At first we were afraid she would continue to regress and get worse but she got stronger instead. She developed CH from her battle with Distemper. Cerebellar Hypoplasia, sometimes called wobbly cat syndrome, is a congenital condition in cats that is not contagious or progressive.
It occurs most commonly when a pregnant cat becomes infected with feline panleukopenia, virus and it passes to her unborn kittens. It can also be caused by trauma to the unborn kittens, malnutrition during pregnancy, or other inflammatory conditions contracted by the mother. Sometimes it can happen after getting sick from distemper like in Karleen’s case. Her wonderful foster mom took her home and fell in love. She has a permanent home with her family and is living her best life. Follow her story and shenanigans on instagram @ the_wobbly_kitty

Feline Panleukopenia Virus, otherwise known as Feline Distemper, is a highly contagious and life-threatening infectious illness in cats. It mostly affects kittens and unvaccinated cats. This is why vaccination is so important. Distemper virus suppresses the production of all white blood cells in the bone marrow. Without these cells the immune system can not fight infection. Infected cells in the intestines cause diarrhea, decreased appetite, and vomiting. Severe dehydration and secondary bacterial infections take over. The virus spreads quickly and is fatal, if left untreated. Even then with prompt treatment the fatality rate is extremely high.

Mrs Peacock is less than thrilled. Poor girl got an infected abscess from a cat scratch.

Caption this! Special Kitties Elliott and Sealia

Meet Hendrix. This sweet boy had a lot to overcome. He was found abandoned as a young kitten with his sister. They were bery sick. Despite promt medical care and treatment his sister did not make it due to her illness. Hendrix has a genetic heart condition, chronic cold symptoms, and asthma. He is very well managed by his foster parents and our medical team. He is a silly boy who loves to play and sit on the shoulders of his mom and dad like a parrot.

Happy Monday!!!

Meet Doogie.
From Doogie’s wonderful foster mom: “In our area, there are unfortunately communities where people move and leave animals behind. Doogie was born into one of these communities. A good samaratin found him in an outbuilding on their property (his siblings did not survive) and took him in. A lot of bottle feedings and he started to become a healthy thriving kitten. Along with all that thriving came a bundle of energy, but Doogie had no other kittens to play with, so behavioral issues developed and they called PAWS for help. He was placed in foster with lots of other kitties and once again began to thrive. Several months later, Doogie was diagnosed with FIP, which often is a fatal diagnosis. But PAWS was able to obtain the medication necessary to give him a chance and many months later he was pronounced CURED! As we were celebrating the victory, another kitten in his foster’s home was diagnosed with leukemia. Doogie was tested along with his housemates and sadly tested positive. Subsequent retest have shown that he is currently recessive ( a state not unlike remission) and continues to show his signture huge appetite and gigantic personality and playfullness. Doogie turned 2 earlier this spring. While ther are many uncertainties surrounding him medically, this boy has plowed through every tough obsticle in his life with his sheer stubborn will to live. We’re hoping for many more healthy happy years for this handsome boy.”

Meet sweet Percy. This boy has been through a lot. He is an FIP survivor, finishing his treatment and now in the observation stage. His eye will need to be watched and may need surgery in the future but he is expected to do well. Thanks to the love and care from our vets, medical team, and his foster mom Anne this boy has a second chance at life.

FIP was once a fatal illness with no treatment. We now have options under the care of our vet that offer life-saving treatments. With this breakthrough in medical treatment for FIP we have been able to help many cats affected by this once fatal illness

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a mutated form of feline enteric coronavirus. Feline coronavirus is not contagious to humans. Once coronavirus mutates within affected cat into FIP its no longer contagious to others cats. FIP results in severe, generally fatal, systemic inflammatory disease. FIP occurs around vessels in the tissues where these infected cells locate, often in the abdomen, kidney, or brain. It is this interaction between the body’s own immune system and the virus that is responsible for the development of FIP. Once a cat develops clinical FIP, the disease is usually progressive and almost always fatal without therapy. Recently treatment options have become available, but that has yet to be approved to treat FIP in cats by the FDA. is

Special Kitty Eleanor. She has Cerebellar Hypoplasia, also known as CH or wobbly cat syndrome. CH is a neurological disorder that causes sudden jerky movements, uncoordinated motion, and loss of balance. In a CH cat, the brain does not develop properly. This can happen when a pregnant mother has feline panleukopenia virus (feline distemper) and passes the virus along to her unborn offspring. CH is not contagious or painful.

Happy Wednesday!!!

Beautiful Mrs Peacock sitting in the box her new cat tree came in 😑🤦‍♀️

Sleepy Sunday. Mrs Peacock wants to sleep in today

TGIF!!!