Help Cheddar Walk Better
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Hi everyone,
My name’s Cheddar. I’m sweet, outgoing, and even though I’m small for my age and missing some bones in my back legs, I’m feisty. Mom says I’m a Cat & a Half. Please look at the movie I attached & read the story my new mom wrote about me. From the front I look perfect but I need a little help “bringing up the rear”. I’d really like to walk better so I’d have more energy to play longer and to also stop falling over in my litter box so much. Mom has to keep wiping my butt off and I REALLY don’t like that. How embarrassing!!!!
I need at least 2 surgeries. The special vet will be operating on my knee and hock on one leg, then once that heals will do the same to my other leg. My surgeries are $2500 per leg. That isn’t counting all the other money spent by my new family and Spay/Neuter, Inc. on vet bills already.
Spay/Neuter, Inc. is an ALL volunteer, 501 C 3 non-profit . One of their volunteers rescued me and they are making GoFundMe and You Caring pages for donations, as well as trying to get donations for my surgeries in other ways. All donations to Spay/Neuter, Inc. are tax deductible, so any donation made to them for me can be claimed on your taxes next year.
No donation is too small & all of us (especially me) would really appreciate your help. If you want to help, I listed a few ideas for you. Maybe you can think of others as well.
Donate thru GoFundMe
Donate thru PayPal on the Spay/Neuter, Inc. website @ http://www.spayneuterinc.org
Send a check thru snail mail—Spay/Neuter, Inc. P.O. Box 769 Stuarts Draft, VA 24477
Donate in person--Drop by the Spay/Neuter, Inc. Rummage for Rescue Benefit Shop in Willow Oak Plaza on any Sat. from 9am-3pm (near Advance Auto)
Fundraising project--If you’re a teacher or a member of another group looking for a worthwhile project, I’d be a great project.
Facebook--Post my story on your Facebook page, share with your FB friends, and ask them to share with theirs to help get more donations for me
Thanks for anything you can do to help me,
Cheddar
PS Here’s what my mom wrote about me. I think she and my new dad must love me a lot.
Cheddar is a Crippled Kitten with severe birth defects in both hind legs (also has the sweetest personality and the cutest face!) who needs help. She needs: A) people to share her story and B) financial donations towards surgery to fix her legs.
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“Such a special case”. These are the words of each vet who has met this little kitten. And not just because this is an orange tabby cat who is actually a female (approx. 85% of orange tabbies are male). Cheddar was born with rare birth defects. She was born missing certain bones in her hind legs (the medical term is: “bilateral tibial agenesis”) and she has enormous difficulty getting around. Her deformed hind legs are bowed and can only bear her weight for brief seconds at a time so this causes her to constantly collapse or tumble over. Although she can use a litter box, she can’t always step away cleanly from her litter box and tends to collapse right back onto her mess, smooshing fecal matter into her fur. Poor Cheddar meows piteously having her hindquarters bathed thrice daily (or more!) but is extraordinarily forgiving five seconds later. She is amazingly sweet natured.
She has already overcome so many obstacles in her brief little life, starting with being born at all. Kittens usually don’t survive in the womb with deformities this severe. But she survived and was born, probably July of 2014. Kittens with such severe limb deformities like her two hind legs, often can’t reach the food as quickly as their able-bodied littermates, and they don’t always survive, succumbing to starvation instead. But Cheddar survived, however with stunted growth for the rest of her life. At present she has the size and appearance of a five or six month old kitten, and weighs only three pounds, although she is probably eight months of age, (all adult teeth are present) as of March 2015. Her final adult weight is predicted to not surpass six pounds.
In late January, somebody quietly and secretly dropped Cheddar off in a particular location where a particular rescuer would find her. Cheddar survived a cold winter day and bitter cold winter night outdoors staggering around on her deformed legs amongst a colony of feral cats until she was rescued the following day. When she was found, she was extremely, pitifully weak, flea ridden, struggling with ear mites and an upper respiratory infection. All this on top of her crippling birth defects as well. But, at last, RESCUE!! Cheddar was rushed straight to a vet and stabilized and is now finally in the hands of rescuers (We call ourselves ‘Team Cheddar’) who love her dearly and are committed to her. She now has a stable forever home, living 100% indoors with other cats to snuggle with and humans who are besotted by her. She is extraordinarily sweet natured and purrs, chirps, and trills throughout her day.
Cheddar has now been examined by two general-practice veterinarians and a veterinary specialist. Thankfully it’s only her hind legs in need of attention. Heart, liver, kidneys, etc. are all fine. Two surgeries are now planned (she may need more) to improve her hind legs as much as possible.
We now ask for others to come on board Team Cheddar and join with us, helping to spread her story and with any help towards her vet bills. Any amount is appreciated! Cheddar has already overcome so much hardship, let’s all pull together one last time to get this little kitten past this difficult time in her young life.
Cheddar didn’t get the memo about being disabled. She doesn’t know she’s crippled. Instead she plays just as happily and as vigorously as her lameness allows, staggering and stumbling across the floor in her valiant efforts to simply play with the other cats in the household. Cheddar is a kitten and she wants to play! We, all of us together, can make that happen. Cheddar deserves this surgery on those crippled hind legs, this chance for a better life, especially after all the hardships she’s already survived.
Our profuse thanks in advance and we will be posting updates/outcomes of each surgery!
My name’s Cheddar. I’m sweet, outgoing, and even though I’m small for my age and missing some bones in my back legs, I’m feisty. Mom says I’m a Cat & a Half. Please look at the movie I attached & read the story my new mom wrote about me. From the front I look perfect but I need a little help “bringing up the rear”. I’d really like to walk better so I’d have more energy to play longer and to also stop falling over in my litter box so much. Mom has to keep wiping my butt off and I REALLY don’t like that. How embarrassing!!!!
I need at least 2 surgeries. The special vet will be operating on my knee and hock on one leg, then once that heals will do the same to my other leg. My surgeries are $2500 per leg. That isn’t counting all the other money spent by my new family and Spay/Neuter, Inc. on vet bills already.
Spay/Neuter, Inc. is an ALL volunteer, 501 C 3 non-profit . One of their volunteers rescued me and they are making GoFundMe and You Caring pages for donations, as well as trying to get donations for my surgeries in other ways. All donations to Spay/Neuter, Inc. are tax deductible, so any donation made to them for me can be claimed on your taxes next year.
No donation is too small & all of us (especially me) would really appreciate your help. If you want to help, I listed a few ideas for you. Maybe you can think of others as well.
Donate thru GoFundMe
Donate thru PayPal on the Spay/Neuter, Inc. website @ http://www.spayneuterinc.org
Send a check thru snail mail—Spay/Neuter, Inc. P.O. Box 769 Stuarts Draft, VA 24477
Donate in person--Drop by the Spay/Neuter, Inc. Rummage for Rescue Benefit Shop in Willow Oak Plaza on any Sat. from 9am-3pm (near Advance Auto)
Fundraising project--If you’re a teacher or a member of another group looking for a worthwhile project, I’d be a great project.
Facebook--Post my story on your Facebook page, share with your FB friends, and ask them to share with theirs to help get more donations for me
Thanks for anything you can do to help me,
Cheddar
PS Here’s what my mom wrote about me. I think she and my new dad must love me a lot.
Cheddar is a Crippled Kitten with severe birth defects in both hind legs (also has the sweetest personality and the cutest face!) who needs help. She needs: A) people to share her story and B) financial donations towards surgery to fix her legs.
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“Such a special case”. These are the words of each vet who has met this little kitten. And not just because this is an orange tabby cat who is actually a female (approx. 85% of orange tabbies are male). Cheddar was born with rare birth defects. She was born missing certain bones in her hind legs (the medical term is: “bilateral tibial agenesis”) and she has enormous difficulty getting around. Her deformed hind legs are bowed and can only bear her weight for brief seconds at a time so this causes her to constantly collapse or tumble over. Although she can use a litter box, she can’t always step away cleanly from her litter box and tends to collapse right back onto her mess, smooshing fecal matter into her fur. Poor Cheddar meows piteously having her hindquarters bathed thrice daily (or more!) but is extraordinarily forgiving five seconds later. She is amazingly sweet natured.
She has already overcome so many obstacles in her brief little life, starting with being born at all. Kittens usually don’t survive in the womb with deformities this severe. But she survived and was born, probably July of 2014. Kittens with such severe limb deformities like her two hind legs, often can’t reach the food as quickly as their able-bodied littermates, and they don’t always survive, succumbing to starvation instead. But Cheddar survived, however with stunted growth for the rest of her life. At present she has the size and appearance of a five or six month old kitten, and weighs only three pounds, although she is probably eight months of age, (all adult teeth are present) as of March 2015. Her final adult weight is predicted to not surpass six pounds.
In late January, somebody quietly and secretly dropped Cheddar off in a particular location where a particular rescuer would find her. Cheddar survived a cold winter day and bitter cold winter night outdoors staggering around on her deformed legs amongst a colony of feral cats until she was rescued the following day. When she was found, she was extremely, pitifully weak, flea ridden, struggling with ear mites and an upper respiratory infection. All this on top of her crippling birth defects as well. But, at last, RESCUE!! Cheddar was rushed straight to a vet and stabilized and is now finally in the hands of rescuers (We call ourselves ‘Team Cheddar’) who love her dearly and are committed to her. She now has a stable forever home, living 100% indoors with other cats to snuggle with and humans who are besotted by her. She is extraordinarily sweet natured and purrs, chirps, and trills throughout her day.
Cheddar has now been examined by two general-practice veterinarians and a veterinary specialist. Thankfully it’s only her hind legs in need of attention. Heart, liver, kidneys, etc. are all fine. Two surgeries are now planned (she may need more) to improve her hind legs as much as possible.
We now ask for others to come on board Team Cheddar and join with us, helping to spread her story and with any help towards her vet bills. Any amount is appreciated! Cheddar has already overcome so much hardship, let’s all pull together one last time to get this little kitten past this difficult time in her young life.
Cheddar didn’t get the memo about being disabled. She doesn’t know she’s crippled. Instead she plays just as happily and as vigorously as her lameness allows, staggering and stumbling across the floor in her valiant efforts to simply play with the other cats in the household. Cheddar is a kitten and she wants to play! We, all of us together, can make that happen. Cheddar deserves this surgery on those crippled hind legs, this chance for a better life, especially after all the hardships she’s already survived.
Our profuse thanks in advance and we will be posting updates/outcomes of each surgery!
Organizer
Nita Lewis
Organizer
Waynesboro, VA
