Paying Off Vet Bills for Rescued Animals

The KMC Adopt Don't Shop organization has a few animals that are staying with volunteers of the organization, and are going through treatment from Dr. De Lima's team to better the quality of their life. All of these animals arrived from a shelter in Cyprus at the beginning of September 2020, and have been in our care since then.

Abbie originally arrived to the KMC area to be adopted by a family. But 2 days after they had picked her up they learned that the information that the shelter gave them about Abbie was not accurate. The shelter had told the family that Abbie was about 3 years old, and fit as a fiddle. But when they took her to a vet, the vet said that Abbie was between 6 and 8 years old, and only had about a year left to live. To protect their children from the heartbreak, the family released Abbie to the organization and she has been under our care since then. Since Abbie has been in our care we have learned that she has Stage 2 Leishmaniasis, a disease called Erlicha that causes her to be anemic, and just recently we have learned that she has a 3rd disease. In the middle of September Abbie underwent emergency surgery to remove her spleen that a cancerous tumor was discovered to be attached to. Abbie has also been battling a UTI, a horrific case of tapeworms, and the vet team discovered that she had not been properly spayed (or spayed at all) because she has been in heat at the end of October, and a hormone test came back positive to prove a part of her uterus was still inside her. Dr. De Lima's team has concurred with the vet that the family took Abbie to originally with her age and life expectancy, and even after the emergency surgery her life expectancy has not changed.

Meraki is an older cat that has been through a lot in his life. Before the shelter in Cyprus rescued him, it is suspected that he was shot in the hind quarters with a pellet gun.  He also has severe infections throughout his head. He has a severe case of ear mites which have caused a horrible infection in his ears. He has also been experiencing a bad gum infection which will require the removal of a few teeth. While the teeth are being removed the vet team will also inspect to see if the leg that was affected by the pellet shots the most can be reconstructed, or if it will have to be amputated. On top of this he also has been battling a skin infection. He is in an extreme amount of pain and the only time he moves is to eat food or drink water, but thankfully with the help of antibiotics and pain killers his level comfort has been improving.

Hiromi is a kitten that the shelter had suspected that she was born without eyes. But unfortunately, that was not the case, she had eyes but they had not fully developed so they were not visible to the naked eye. After inspection, it was discovered that the underdeveloped eyes were causing bad infections, and at the end of October her eyes were removed, and eye sockets were closed to prevent bacteria from getting inside and causing infections in the future.

Back in July a female dog named Bertie was adopted by a man, but in August while she was in the care of a pet sitter, she got out of the house, and ran away. Long story turned short, she was running loose for 2 months until the adopter relinquished ownership of her, and we were finally able to catch her. We took her to the vet to give her a check-up, but overall (other than severe weight loss) she was is good health. Later she got a few x-rays because the family she is staying with said that her hips crack when she stretches, and that she's in pain.

The last animal that came from Cyprus, and in the best shape is a kitten named Archie. He has a few teeth that are in poor condition, but Dr. De Lima's team is trying to save the teeth, but worse case scenario the teeth will have to be removed.

There is 1 other animal in our care, but is not from Cyprus, and it's a little female Yorkie puppy named Hanni (pronounced like Honey). A larger dog accidentally stepped on her and broke her knee, this required surgery to repair the knee. During her recovery there was not a cone that was a good size for her, so she would not leave the leg alone. It got to the point that she got a severe infection. Now she goes through hydrotherapy every day to build the muscles in that leg, and to encourage her to use the leg.

Any money that is donated is greatly appreciated by the organization!