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Help pay for Ezio's double hip surgery!

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Hi, my name is Ashley and I'm trying to raise funds to help pay for my 1.5 year old Ragdoll cat Ezio, to have double hip surgery. I have avoided creating a gofundme as I didn't want to ask for money but unfortunately it's now come to a point where I just don't know what else to do.


Two months ago Ezio randomly started limping and meowing and was in a lot of pain. We took him straight to the emergency vet where we found that Ezio had a Fractured Femoral Head in his right hip. This was caused due to him being a larger breed cat and his growth plates not closing so all the weight on his hip caused a sudden fracture.


Ezio needed to have pins inserted in his hip but unfortunately we were unable to have the surgery done here in Cairns and so Ezio and I both had to fly to Brisbane for two days to have it done. All up it cost us over $10,000. We have also spent a further $2000+ dollars on additional vet visits, x-rays and medication not only for him but also his 6month old brother who has been having allergies issues at the same time.


Unfortunately today, after 6 weeks of being locked up in a playpen (he had to be kept in a small space where he couldn't climb or run) he had his 6 week post op x-rays and the results weren't good at all. The pins in his right hip have slipped and at least one of them is rubbing on his hip socket. We are waiting to hear from his surgeon as to what he thinks needs to happen but either way, he will need to have surgery on his hip again. On top of that, they checked his other hip as it was at risk of fracturing also, due to the same issue and it turns out it's completely broken and they aren't sure how he's even walking at all or how long it's been broken :(


Ezio has now been booked in on Wednesday the 6th of November, two days before my birthday, to have double hip surgery.


As I'm sure you can understand, having already spent over $12,000 over the last 3 months, financially this news today is devastating. On top of that, our kitten Alfio has been to the vets almost every week the last 8 weeks and 4 times just in the last 2 weeks due to ongoing issues caused by unknown allergies that we are having to send him to a dermatologist to try and figure out what he's allergic to.


If you are able to spare even just a $1 and sharing this fundraiser with friends and family, it would honestly be a huge help. All funds raised will go towards the ever growing vet bills.


Thank you all in advance <3

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  • Julie Blogg
    • $10
    • 5 mos
  • Tania Leete
    • $50
    • 6 mos
  • Anonymous
    • $100
    • 6 mos
  • Kendra Martin
    • $25
    • 6 mos
  • Emma Chambers
    • $25
    • 6 mos
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Ashley Hogarth
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White Rock, QLD

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