Pie's Fund

Licking County TNR has provided Trap-Neuter/Spay-Return services to more than 4,000 cats since its inception. The majority of the cats that come through our program are fixed, vaccinated, eartipped and returned to their home. Some of them need additional medical care (amputations, wound care, teeth extractions) and some of them are lucky enough to end up in our foster program.

Little Pie came to us with three other kittens last December at just 6 weeks old. She is now about 4 months old and still in our foster program. The other kittens have since gone to wonderful, loving homes. Unfortunately, Pie was diagnosed with a heart murmur of at least a Grade 3. In order to evaluate her actual heart health, she needs to be seen by a veterinary cardiologist. She has an appointment scheduled at OSU for March 18th. The estimate for this visit is at least $800 to $1,000 just to assess her. We'll be doing as much of the preliminary bloodwork and other testing as we can to save on cost, but cardiac imaging and evaluation by a board-certified veterinary cardiologist is still expensive.

Pie is not the first, nor will she be the last community cat in our care who needs extra medical testing or treatment. We would place any money not used in Pie's medical care in a designated Medical Fund that could be used to cover the cost of blood tests/labwork and medical care that goes beyond the basic TNR services for those cats/kittens that end up in our care needing a bit more than the basics in order to return to a good quality of life.

The cats we serve are unowned stray/feral community cats. They have no pet parent to provide for them aside from the caregivers who provide food and shelter for them. Help us help community cats like Pie (who is available for adoption!)