Third time's the charm! I keep either losing my photos or the text, sorry for the multiple posts!
I wanted to update everyone on the kitties from the San Antonio Animal Care Services URGENT ‼️ LISTED kittens. Back in November 15 cats were listed , with a 4-week-old URI/Eye rupture added the next day, and my organization San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition pulled 5 for our Community Cat Adoption Program.
In Photo Order... With the original censored photos after.
Marshmeow! Marsh is pending adoption! We shockingly managed to save her eye, and though it's micro it doesn't bother her at all. She's spayed and ready to go home 12/28 with a family eagerly awaiting her arrival!
Jennay is actually a Jeremy. He's neutered, his left eye was saved and visual, and his right eyelid was stitched closed for a week to give it time to heal. His third eyelid is a bit fused on that eye, and we are seeing how it continues to heal while open this week.
Triplet was the biggest of the bunch but had ulceration in both eyes. Turns out this cutie has entropion! Though his ulcers have healed very well, we have done a stitch on his right eyelid to test how an adjusted eyelid position helps his irritation. He'll be assessed this coming week to see if we should do the same for his left eyelid too. Our vet is quite practiced with kitty (and dog) eye lifts and face lifts, for which we are very thankful. He's neutered and a super sweet fella.
Peanut was the late addition with the largest infected ruptured eye I've ever seen. She was touch and go at first, and after a month in my care she only weighed 1.8lb. So we removed that problematic eye on 12/11. Since then, she's gained so much weight, weighing 2.6lb and is so spunky, active and healthy.
Finally, Serafina! Sera came in not only with a ruptured eye but also with ringworm, which didn't bode well for the entire group who sure enough had all been exposed and one by one developed lesions too. She's always been very tummy heavy in spite of deworming, and post-op from her eye removal and spay she got to feeling quite poorly. She's feeling much better now and hopefully will start gaining weight again soon!
This has been a great group for me to foster, I have a huge soft spot for eye kittens and their unique challenges.
It's been wonderful to join this community and see everything that everyone is doing!
