Hope Springs Special Needs Cats

I’ve always said that I wouldn’t do another gofundme unless it was desperate. The last gofundme we did was for the 3 black cats who have all been properly vetted because of that fundraiser (although our vet advised against neutering and eye surgery until further notice for Rudy because he is so fragile) and I’m so thankful for the funds we raised then, but we’ve found ourselves in a tough spot. 
We’ve given it all to taking care of these cats, each with a unique special need. These are the cats that would have otherwise been euthanized and deemed unworthy of a life. Thor with his FIV+, his missing eye, nubby ears, scaly skin and bad temperament now sleeps nuzzled against me every night . Ogre with his severe intestine scarring and given little to no chance for long term health and survival - but with the guidance of an incredible vet and highest quality food and probiotics, he’s made it over a year with almost solid poops! Garf was at animal control for FOUR months before he came home with us - he was missing all the hair on his head and back, but now he cleans and grooms foster kittens like it’s his full time job! 
Powder has pillow paw.
Missy pulls out her fur. 
Chance, Dewey and Button all only have one fully functional eye each. 
Silver has Achondroplasia and at 1 year old only weighs 3 pounds. 
Rudy is missing both eyes and is FELV+
Monkey is FELV+
Dixie Marie is FIV+ and came to us a pregnant foster but after realizing it was a false pregnancy and she tested positive she stayed with us. She is due to have all of her teeth pulled due to severe decay. 
Biscuit and Peaches both have severe behavior issues that make it impossible for them to be adopted out. 
And the list goes on, and those are just a handful of the adult cats we have in our care full time. That doesn’t even begin to include the neonatal kittens we have been fostering over the last 2 years. We currently have 17 kittens under 10 weeks old plus 2 moms scheduled to be spayed and adopted out. I’ve bottle fed and fostered over 70 kittens in the last 2 years. We never say no, we take the ones who are on deaths door and when they survive we celebrate and when they don’t make it, our hearts breaks a little more each time. But I can’t live with the thought of these tiny precious creatures being euthanized because nobody can or will foster them. 

I clean 24 litter boxes twice a day. We have to use an all natural corn based litter, due to the respiratory issues that a few of our cats have, we can’t use clay or pine litter. Our cats are on high protein grain-free dry food with added probiotics. Everyday. We blast through a box of probiotics in 2 days. That’s $82 a week JUST  in probiotics. They get added supplements to keep their immune systems healthy (like lysine and cbd and colloidal silver) and we flea treat from April to September. That’s $22 per cat, per month. The math makes me dizzy, and I know that it’s just too much for 2 people to manage without financial help. We’ve fallen behind on our bills, including a vet bill that just keeps getting bigger due to Rudy’s recent blood transfusion with more to come. We sometimes have to choose cat food and litter over basic necessities. Our cats are all cared for, we make sure of that. Even above our own needs, they are healthy as they can be with their special needs, and they are loved beyond measure. But if we don’t ask for help, we won’t be able to keep going and I have no idea what that means for us or the future of hope springs.
We have landlords who have been incredibly flexible with us, and supportive of our cat rescue work, but to have a house big enough to house the animals properly (and within the legal parameters) and with  enough space for them to be healthy and comfortable is expensive and we pay over $2000 a month for our space (including utilities) I hate that I have to ask for help, but putting my pride aside, we need help. We need food (both dry food and wet food for the adult cats and kittens) we need litter, we need to get our vet bills caught up on and we need to get caught up on our debt with our landlords. We both work hard, 40+ hour weeks on top of the animal rescue work we do. We’re tired and feel like we’re treading water. It’s been a rough year. I work so hard building my vegan bakery and Doug works even harder but we’re in need of a helping hand to get back on track.
I can't offer anything in return other than the tireless care and love for these deserving animals - I’ve tried offering rewards or a gift in the past, and it just makes more work for us when we’re already feeling so overwhelmed and overworked. If you want a return from your donation - you can purchase a print from my shop  and that $ goes towards the cat rescue also. Here is the link for that- https://leeuwbakeshop.com/products/cat-safe-plant-poster-hope-springs-cat-sanctuary-fundraiser

Or if you want to send supplies directly, here is the link to our amazon wishlist where you can purchase food and litter and toys and treats and probiotics for our cats. http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/116XCXY9NEV60 

Everything we do is for them. I never in a million years thought that I would live this life, have the honor to care for these animals and have their trust and their love, but I do and it breaks my heart that I haven’t been able to do it all on my own. I’m not good at asking for help, but I don’t know what else to do. Thank you for trusting us to care for these precious beings, and for helping us when we can’t do it alone.