Please help save Benny and MiaCat!
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I need financial help to pay for huge vet bills as a result of a dog attack to my gorgeous dog, Benny B-bot and now, as of 14th March, my beautiful rescue cat MiaCat who has been bitten by a tiger snake.
10 years ago I rescued a little dog from being put down after he was surrendered to the pound because his elderly owner had just passed away and he didn't pass the gruelling pound test because he was too anxious.
He was a dreadlocked, neglected and an anxious mess. But after a clean up and some love we discovered underneath all the matted fur was a gorgeous teddy bear of a dog that just loved to love, and though I only took him on as a temporary foster, as I'd just adopted a dog the day before he arrived, he quickly won my heart and Benny has been with me ever since.
Just recently I went through the same process to rescue a dog who's been in a pound for nearly 2 months and was due to be put down. Her name is Savi - she's come to me as an anxious, neglected, underweight and scarred mess and suffering extreme separation anxiety, she's an expert escape artist! But everyday she's been getting better so there's been hope for her to be rehabilitated.
But having been in the pound for so long and being quite underweight when she came to me just over a week ago it seems she has some food issues (she eats a lot!) and she fought Benny for a bone after I gave them all frozen bones to share on a hot Summers day.
Savi attacked Benny and left him with a nasty bite to the shoulder and a fractured scapula/shoulder bone.
She's not an aggressive dog in any way but sometimes a bone is worth fighting over!
Barely 24 hours into treatment the vet bill is currently up to $1500 and with more xrays required and surgery to fix the fracture and treat the bite wound it's likely to cost up to $4000.
*Update/Add-on*
Now my beautiful MiaCat has been bitten by a snake! I rushed her off to the vet after finding her lying on the kitchen floor trembling, despondent, not really able to move and looking very miserable. Hopefully we've got on top of it in time for the anti-venom to work ... Starting price for anti-venom is $900 then she has to be in care for minimum 4 days but if anti-venom doesn't work she'll need vet care for at least 2 weeks...so vet has estimated $2000 -$3000!! O_O I love this gorgeous girl so much & it's so horrible seeing her in such a state. I adopted her from Maneki Neko Cat Rezcue 6 months ago after falling in love with her as I had her as a foster cat and she stole my heart.
I've had a difficult couple of years of health myself - having gone through 3 lots of surgery for various issues and suffering chronic health problems including severe migraines /cluster headaches and 3 herniated discs in my lower back I was forced to close my retail shop in 2013 due to all of these ongoing health issues.
So now I'm struggling financially and I can't afford to save my little man Benny and MiaCat, but he's a little trooper and she's an angel who was there for me when recovering from surgeries last year and they both deserve the best care we can get them - they are like children to me.
So I ask you to please give whatever you can afford - anything raised over the figure for the vet bills will be donated towards animal rescue groups who save animals from being put to sleep. Even just a dollar helps - if you could sacrifice 1 or 2 cups worth of of coffee $5 - $10 - Benny is worth more than all the coffee in the world to me!
I volunteeer and foster cats and dogs that would otherwise be put down at pounds if they weren't rescued by Maneki Neko Cat Rescue and Paws of Love Animal Rescue (Polar). Rescue animals go through a lot of trauma (caused mostly by humans) and they all need as much help as they can get, as do the humans who put their all in to running these rescue organisations to save them.
Thank you for your support!! Hopefully I can repay the favour one day when I'm back on my feet!
xxTarley, Benny & Mia xx
10 years ago I rescued a little dog from being put down after he was surrendered to the pound because his elderly owner had just passed away and he didn't pass the gruelling pound test because he was too anxious.
He was a dreadlocked, neglected and an anxious mess. But after a clean up and some love we discovered underneath all the matted fur was a gorgeous teddy bear of a dog that just loved to love, and though I only took him on as a temporary foster, as I'd just adopted a dog the day before he arrived, he quickly won my heart and Benny has been with me ever since.
Just recently I went through the same process to rescue a dog who's been in a pound for nearly 2 months and was due to be put down. Her name is Savi - she's come to me as an anxious, neglected, underweight and scarred mess and suffering extreme separation anxiety, she's an expert escape artist! But everyday she's been getting better so there's been hope for her to be rehabilitated.
But having been in the pound for so long and being quite underweight when she came to me just over a week ago it seems she has some food issues (she eats a lot!) and she fought Benny for a bone after I gave them all frozen bones to share on a hot Summers day.
Savi attacked Benny and left him with a nasty bite to the shoulder and a fractured scapula/shoulder bone.
She's not an aggressive dog in any way but sometimes a bone is worth fighting over!
Barely 24 hours into treatment the vet bill is currently up to $1500 and with more xrays required and surgery to fix the fracture and treat the bite wound it's likely to cost up to $4000.
*Update/Add-on*
Now my beautiful MiaCat has been bitten by a snake! I rushed her off to the vet after finding her lying on the kitchen floor trembling, despondent, not really able to move and looking very miserable. Hopefully we've got on top of it in time for the anti-venom to work ... Starting price for anti-venom is $900 then she has to be in care for minimum 4 days but if anti-venom doesn't work she'll need vet care for at least 2 weeks...so vet has estimated $2000 -$3000!! O_O I love this gorgeous girl so much & it's so horrible seeing her in such a state. I adopted her from Maneki Neko Cat Rezcue 6 months ago after falling in love with her as I had her as a foster cat and she stole my heart.
I've had a difficult couple of years of health myself - having gone through 3 lots of surgery for various issues and suffering chronic health problems including severe migraines /cluster headaches and 3 herniated discs in my lower back I was forced to close my retail shop in 2013 due to all of these ongoing health issues.
So now I'm struggling financially and I can't afford to save my little man Benny and MiaCat, but he's a little trooper and she's an angel who was there for me when recovering from surgeries last year and they both deserve the best care we can get them - they are like children to me.
So I ask you to please give whatever you can afford - anything raised over the figure for the vet bills will be donated towards animal rescue groups who save animals from being put to sleep. Even just a dollar helps - if you could sacrifice 1 or 2 cups worth of of coffee $5 - $10 - Benny is worth more than all the coffee in the world to me!
I volunteeer and foster cats and dogs that would otherwise be put down at pounds if they weren't rescued by Maneki Neko Cat Rescue and Paws of Love Animal Rescue (Polar). Rescue animals go through a lot of trauma (caused mostly by humans) and they all need as much help as they can get, as do the humans who put their all in to running these rescue organisations to save them.
Thank you for your support!! Hopefully I can repay the favour one day when I'm back on my feet!
xxTarley, Benny & Mia xx
Organizer
Tarley Kate Pringle
Organizer
Northcote, VIC