Help Give Vanilla Bean a Fighting Chance!

Meet "Vanilla Bean," a sweet 5-week-old lynx point kitten, one of 4 kitten siblings we call the "Beanie Babies." Yesterday "Vanilla Bean" was playing with his siblings when he took a bad fall directly onto his back. At first it seemed he only had the wind knocked out of him, but he was able to walk and ate a big meal, so his foster mom thought he was going to bounce back.

Unfortunately in the early morning hours, "Vanilla Bean" started having seizures which were getting progressively worse in a short amount of time. So at 2:00AM his foster mom bundled "Vanilla Bean" up and drove him straight to the 24-Hour Emergency Vet.

The veterinarian on duty says "Vanilla Bean" has a guarded prognosis, and we can't really know more without tests to see what might be going on. They have controlled his seizures with medication, and are keeping him stabilized with the hopes we can get a neurologist consult tomorrow to see where we stand.

We need your help to give "Vanilla Bean" a fighting chance! If you are able, please donate...every little bit helps! We don't know what tomorrow will bring, we hope it brings an answer as to what we need to do to help this sweet kitten, but without the funds to run the diagnostics we don't have hope even for that answer. The initial estimate for hospitalization and tests is between $2500 and $3000. Any funds beyond what is needed for Vanilla Bean's care, will be used to help other cats and kittens in need.

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Volunteers with Cats Cradle Rescue foster dozens of kittens each year, and we face many different challenges with our foster kittens. From minor medical issues, to teaching the tiniest kittens to drink from a bottle so they can thrive, we have all learned the hard way that through no fault of ours or theirs, not all of them are going to make it.

But the hardest situation to accept is when the challenge we face is not having enough funds to even give a baby a fighting chance. With your help we can give even more kittens the care they need to live long, happy, healthy lives.

Cats Cradle Rescue is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the health and welfare of local homeless and abandoned cats and kittens.