Pet Patrol is a volunteer-run, non-profit cat rescue organization in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. All our cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and any health concerns are addressed before they are available for adoption. Please visit our website for more information about our charity. www.petpatrol.ca

Hi… my name is Butters.

I’m still just a kitten, but my life has been really hard so far. I grew up in a big, crowded barn with lots of sick cats, and my eyes hurt every single day. My right eye was the worst — it felt tight and pulled down, and I couldn’t open it all the way. I kept bumping into things on that side because I couldn’t see properly, but I didn’t know why.

When Pet Patrol rescued me, the vet said something had “grown together” on my eye — tissue from my top and bottom eyelid had stuck to each other, like they were glued. That’s why I couldn’t see sideways and why it hurt so much. They can fix it in surgery, but I am a bit scared because it is my eye… and I’m just little.

The vet also told Pet Patrol something else: because my upper respiratory infection wasn’t treated at the farm, the inside part of my nose — my sinuses — are damaged and the terbinate cartilage has been destroyed. So now I sneeze a little more than the average kitty and sometimes there is a discharge. It’s a permanent condition but I’m lucky I’m so cute.

Pet Patrol saved me, but my surgery and care cost a lot, and they really need help.

Will you help me keep healing so I can grow up happy and loved?

With hopeful chirps,

Butters

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