09/15/2025
‼️WE NEED YOUR HELP TODAY‼️
Not long ago, someone left a comment on one of our posts, asking — incredulously and quite judgy — why we haven’t taken in new cats in nearly a year. The tone was harsh, as if we had chosen to stand apart from the crisis engulfing every rescue right now. But the truth is… we are right in the thick of it. We are struggling, harder than I can ever remember. And while every fiber of me wants to say yes to the desperate cats who need us, the reality is that it would be reckless to do so at the expense of the ones already here. We are, afterall, in large part, a rescue made up of medical/special needs and seniors.
I can’t tell you how hard it is to shut off the self-criticism of not doing enough. Feeling like I'm failing despite doing my best. The sadness sits like a heavy weight on my heart and mind. I frequently think of the cats I have had to turn away and the reality that I continue to have to do so — knowing that some of them may not find their landing spot. This weight never leaves me. But the cats already in our care — their pain, their medical needs, their fight for a chance at life — must come first.
And right now, they need us more than ever.
We are scraping the bottom of an empty pot. Every vet bill, every prescription refill, every bag of special food feels like a mountain we can’t possibly climb. The only reason we’ve made it this far is because of YOU — your compassion, your kindness, your belief that these broken, forgotten souls deserve a chance. Without you, we would have fallen apart long ago.
But today, I have to ask again — because without help, we cannot keep going.
Here’s where we stand:
🌧️ Outstanding bills: $13,760.24 at Beaches Animal Hospital, with more coming in from Kahu Animal Hospital. And the numbers continue to grow.
🐾 Dentals: Alina, Sully, and the entire Addams Family (5 cats!) are all waiting for surgeries — most averaging $1,500 each. Several will likely need full-mouth extractions just to be free of any pain, discomfort and inflammation.
🐾 Addams Family kitties (except for Mama Morticia): All have been diagnosed with linear eosinophilic granuloma — an uncomfortable and can be painful autoimmune disorder that leaves them with sores, lesions, fur loss, and inflammation. They’re being medicated, but it’s a long road of diet trials and ongoing care. All 4 kittos have fur loss and signs of lesions on the backs of their back legs, while Gomez also has developed inflammation with his ears.
🐾 Hercules & Milton: Both in hospital today. Hercules is struggling with urinary issues, his bladder has been harder to express the past couple days. Milton is undergoing yet another bougienage — breaking up new scar tissue blocking his colon, making it impossible for him to pass stool without intervention.
🐾 Gia & Zoey: Two gentle 15-year-old seniors, still heartbreakingly stuck in vet boarding. They're not meant to be wasting all this precious time in a cage, longingly waiting for a foster or foster-to-adopt home that hasn’t come.
🐾 And more: Countless ongoing meds, rechecks, hospital visits, food, and special diets for chronically ill cats and seniors like Hollyberry & Fritzy.
This is the reality of rescue. It’s not glamorous. It’s not easy. It’s messy, it’s heartbreaking, and it’s expensive beyond words. But these cats have no one else. And we can’t do it without you.
💔 Please, if you can, donate today. Even $11.28, the cost of a $9.99 McDonald's combo plus tax, matters.
WAYS TO HELP:
💳 Square: https://square.link/u/okpD5eGQ
🙏 E-transfer: [email protected]
💜 PayPal: www.PayPal.me/randomrescuer
⚕️ Call Beaches Animal Hospital at 416-690-4040
⚕️ Call Kahu Animal Hospital at 647-526-5248
We are also looking for people experienced with fundraising or organizing events who would like to run their own fundraiser to support our rescue. If that’s you, please email us at [email protected].
From the bottom of my heart — thank you for standing with us, for believing in these cats, and for helping us give them the chance they otherwise would never have had. Because without you, their stories would already be over. 💜🙏🏻💜
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