Whiskers Pet Rescue

Handsome, friendly Wolfgang was surrendered to Whiskers with entropion. Entropion is a condition where the eyelid turns inward, causing the eyelashes to rub against the eye, and it is very painful. It can also cause blindness. Wolfgang required two surgeries to correct this problem and is currently recovering in a medical foster home.

Sweet Rosemary was surrendered to Whiskers with symblepharon. Symblepharon is a condition where the conjunctiva (the thin membrane covering the white part of the eye) becomes permanently adhered to the eyelid, causing pain, scarring and deformation. This condition was caused by a severe herpes virus eye infection that went untreated for too long before she came to Whiskers. Her eyelids had to be surgically separated from the attached membranes. Rosemary is currently recovering in a medical foster home.

Surgery and ongoing medical care for Wolfgang and Rosemary has already amounted to $10,000. We need our supporters to please rally around us and these two adorable and worthy kitties. Whiskers is funded by a few small grants and primarily donations from people like you, who love animals and want to help us help them. We do not receive any government funding. Whiskers Pet Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and all donations are tax deductible.

Whiskers rescues and adopts out approximately 700 cats and kittens per year. This year has been exceptionally hard because of the higher cost of supplies and vet care. Many of the rescues and surrenders this year required more than just standard medical care to become healthy and ready for adoption. Our medical bills are extremely high right now.

Please help us!

This is my sweet foster Indy. He came to Whiskers Pet Rescue 3 months ago where I'm the Vet Tech with a horrible eye injury and weighing just over 1lb...fast forward to this morning...Indy is 1 week post op from his eye enucleation and neuter, he's a non-stop ball of energy and has been recovering wonderfuly. He was not himself this morning and I knew something was wrong so I rushed him back to the hospital. After numerous tests and an ultrasound, he is now suffering from Pancreatitis and Bi-lobe Gallbladder. This hospitalization will amount to approximately $3500 in addition to the $3000 we spent on his eye surgery last week. Please help us in any way you can so we can afford the care my precious little baby needs to recover from this illness.

God Bless

Whiskers has several kitties right now that need major surgeries.

We previously collected some donations for little Gio, but his repeated visits to the emergency vet hospital and recent surgery for a feeding tube have required even more funds than originally anticipated. Once he reaches 4 lbs, he still needs to get major thoracic surgery, so that he will be able to eat and drink normally, without choking. His foster has had a rough time keeping him going until he is big enough for surgery, but he is such a fighter!!

Then we have Estelle, the black and white cat. She has many very painful bladder stones. We have tried to dissolve them with prescription food, but it doesn't appear to be working, so she will need surgery very soon. Who knows how long she was in pain before she came to Whiskers? We want the rest of her life to be much happier. Then there is little Boink, the gray kitten. He has a congenitally malformed back leg. In a couple of months, when he is big enough, he will need to get it amputated. It is just a big hindrance to him and walking. Lastly, there is Ava, not pictured, who just underwent a very expensive surgery to repair her leg. Poor little girl was rescued with a severely broken femur, it was snapped right in two. Quite likely it was deliberate abuse. Ava has been just been adopted by a really wonderful person, but we still have all her medical expenses to pay for.

We really need our supporters' help with all of these unexpected expenses right during an extremely busy kitten season. There has also been a high amount of owner surrenders, not to mention rescues off the streets, all needing vet care, testing, spay/neuter, etc.

More information about Whiskers Pet Rescue: Whiskers Pet Rescue is a no-kill cat rescue organization in Southbury, Connecticut. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity made up of dedicated people committed to helping and caring for cats and kittens who have been abandoned, injured, abused, or neglected. We're a hard-working group of people with a huge passion for helping our whiskered friends. We rescue and adopt out hundreds of cats and kittens each year, placing them in loving forever homes.