Enabling Ava

Enabling Ava -

Ava found herself in the pound confused and scared, unsure of what was happening just like most animals that find themselves in there.

We do not know what Ava's life was like prior to care but we can only guess in light of recent medical evidence that it was not the best of lives she lived.

We knew Ava had obvious issues with her ears as they were laying flat, she presented hand shy when we moved a hand towards her but she never showed any aggression.

Our vet started Ava on drops and cleared out her ears from infection, mites and bacteria like you wouldn't believe. This was repeated every week for a month and while the gunk kept coming out, the bloated size of her ear canal did not reduce. We took her to QVS to see specialist Mike, who said the cartilage in Ava's ear had built up, closing the ear canal which is what you see in a cat with repeated trauma like being beaten which explains why she is hand shy.

It also means for life Ava will be forever uncomfortable, she would be prone to constant ear infections and her hearing has most likely been affected.

So we needed a surgical option for Ava to make life better for her after all she had endured, so we were referred to specialist Jason at North Lakes who saw Ava on the 9th of November.

As Ava's ear canal is so deformed now he could not get the scoop into her ear enough to see down it properly but we have two surgical options and while we are hoping for the less invasive Lateral ear canal resection, Jason said he will not know if that is possible until he opens up the ear during surgery and if its not possible she will need total ear canal ablation and lateral bulla octectomy.

This is where you come in as we need your help! Having outlaid 11 thousand dollars this month already in vet bills we quickly need to raise the funds for Ava's surgery which is booked for the 29th of this month.

We have set up a go fund to help cover the costs of helping this sweet lady on her way to a better life as she deserves that so very much after all she has been through in her young life.

Please donate what you can and help Ava live pain and infection free life.