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On 3/14/09 I found a orange and white male cat that had a blue collar on, he was limping badly so I took him to the vet to have him looked at to make sure he hadn’t been hit by a car and had internal bleeding. After he was looked at he was diagnosed with a torn ACL on his right leg. I was hoping that he was chipped, but he wasn’t, I have posted an ad on craigs list, called Kenton County Animal Shelter, and some local veterinary offices hoping to find his owner. I have had no luck in doing so, I tried to call all of the no kill animal shelters and they are all full with cats and cannot take anymore, Kenton County Animal Shelter told me that since he is injured and not adoptable in his condition that he would be euthanized immediately.
Being an animal lover I cannot bring myself to have him euthanized since other than his leg he is a perfectly healthy boy. He eats, drinks, and uses the litter boxes just fine. He is also very sweet and loving, he seems to not mind our other cats although at first there was a lot of hissing and I am sure that is due to the new environment he is in as well as the fact he is in pain. We also have dogs but he really doesn’t care for them. I am hoping to get his leg fixed and adopt him out since our house is full with 4 cats, 2 dogs, and a rat.
This is what the Veterinarian gave me at his visit
I also had this veterinary hospital mail me an estimate on how much it would cost to have his leg fixed and when I opened the envelope the cost was staggering. To have his leg fixed, and all his vaccines brought up to date the cost is $1286.40, I do plan on getting a second opinion next week and hope that the estimate that I get at another location will be substantially less since Erlanger Veterinary Hospital tends to be very expensive. We have been giving him a 1/4 tab of baby aspirin every 4 days for the pain. Below is a copy of the Erlanger estimate.
As I said we have been giving him 1/4 baby aspirin every 4 days for the pain, I am inserting a video below so you can see him, you can see that when he is standing he holds his right leg back and then has a limp when he walks which isn’t as bad with the aspirin but he cannot be on that forever. He also lays down frequently due to his other leg becoming fatigued from doing most of the work which had become another concern of mine, that his left leg will become strained. Please look at this site in about a week I hope to have a new and better looking estimate at that time
I am currently trying to raise funds to have his leg fixed. If you are interested in making a donation please make a donation to:
Huntington Bank
Acct: Trina Phillips Basement Kitty fund
3517 Decoursey Avenue
Latonia, KY 41015
acct # ending in 8426
