Help For Pets in Charles County, MD

01/26/2025

01/26/2025

Nugget needs our help. We were contacted on Wednesday about a community cat with a large bruise on his side that had developed into a hematoma (blood clot). Unfortunately the hematoma broke open and the kitty had a large, deep bleeding wound. We worked with the caretaker to get a vet appointment before infection set in and Help For Pets agreed to pay the bill, since the caretaker had recently had a very large vet bill with one of her indoor cats. Nugget is now resting indoors with his caretaker and doing well so far. Our sincere thanks to the veterinarians and staff at PAWS in Indian Head for fitting him in to their busy surgery schedule, and to the kind caretaker for helping Nugget. He was also neutered, tested negative for FELV-FIV and vaccinated. We appreciate your donations and support that allows us to continue to help injured and sick community cats. It takes a village. We have a donation link below and paypal.me/helpforpetssmd

01/23/2025

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday January 24. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

01/17/2025

Our sincere thanks to everyone who donated towards Max's vet bill. He had a very deep puncture wound that had become infected. He was sedated, it was clipped and cleaned and he was given a long acting antibiotic injection. He was given his 3 year rabies vaccine and a topical medication to treat any ticks, fleas, ear mites and worms. He is resting comfortably indoors for at least a few days and ate all his dinner. We are so grateful to have such a caring community to help us with our community cats. And special thanks to Potomac Animal Wellness Services for fitting him in on a very busy day.

01/16/2025

Max needs our help. He is part of a public colony that has a wonderful caretaker who loves the cats. She has worked with us to keep them fed every day and healthy after we finished the colony TNR. Max has a large swelling on the left side of his face. We used the drop trap, transferred him to a regular trap and took him in today to be sedated, examined, treated and update his rabies vaccine. If you would like to help us cover his vet bill, the donation link is below, or you can use PayPal at paypal.me/helpforpetssmd Thank you!

01/09/2025

Due to icy conditions in the church parking lots, the food pantries have all been canceled for tomorrow, Friday January 10. Help For Pets will not be there distributing pet food tomorrow. We will continue pet food deliveries for our elderly, disabled, homebound and homeless folks as the weather allows. Thank you for understanding.

01/05/2025

We've been out all morning making sure all of our public cat colonies are ready for the snow. Styrofoam coolers are wrapped with heavy plastic with a brick inside to prevent tipping over and trapping the cats. The shelters are all stuffed with clean straw and up on pallets. Everyone has fresh warm water, warm canned cat food and dry food left inside feed totes out of the weather. Experience has taught us that the cats are smarter than people and will usually stay curled up sleeping until the snow stops. They love their outdoor home, and now we wait.

01/02/2025

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday January 3. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

12/29/2024

Our sincere thanks to everyone who donated to help Mr. Collar Kitty get the veterinary care he so desperately needed. As soon as we trapped him he was taken to the AAVEC emergency hospital in Annapolis. He had some very deep and very infected wounds from the collar embedded under his right front leg. He was sedated, the collar removed, the area totally clipped and cleaned, the wounds flushed many times and received a long acting antibiotic injection. He was tested negative for FELV-FIV and received his rabies vaccine. He spent the night in the hospital for observation and was discharged with pain medication into foster care with our volunteer RVT who cares for our injured and sick community cats. We have him set up in a 48" two door dog crate zip tied with another crate to give him just enough room for limited exercise. He is resting comfortably and eating and drinking well.

Mr. Collar Kitty will need a sedated follow up appointment in a few weeks and distemper vaccine with our primary care veterinarian, and neutering when he is all healed. None of this would have been possible without the support and monetary donations from our caring community. Thank you all so very much! Now help us find a good name for this little guy!! ♥️

12/28/2024

There was a cat in Bryans Road that was posted yesterday that has a collar embedded behind his front legs. The cat has been trapped and is on its way to the emergency hospital. He is in pretty bad shape and the infection is extensive. If you would like to donate to our medical fund to help cover the cost of care, we are a 501c3 nonprofit community outreach program. We also accept PayPal at paypal.me/helpforpetssmd
Thank you!

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to all of our friends, and especially to those who donate and support us throughout the year. A special thanks to those who use our Pet Food Bank and other services, who take such wonderful care of their pets, and realize in spite of their daily struggles in life that their pets are family too.

12/20/2024

12/19/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday December 20. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

12/16/2024

We would like to thank the entire staff at PAWS-Potomac Animal Wellness Services for all their hard work in planning, preparing and hosting this awesome event! Thank you also to Santa for being so kind and patient with all the pets. And of course THANK YOU to all the pet parents for their wonderful donations of pet food, supplies and monetary donations for our outreach programs. Thanks to you we will be able to continue to help keep pets out of the shelters and rescues and at home where they belong. ♥️🎄🎅🐈‍⬛🐕

Pet santa photos 2024 was a huge success!!
We want to thank everyone that helped make this event possible ❤️ 👏👏👏
We also want to thank everyone that came out to support Help For Pets in Charles County, MD ❤️👏👏👏
And of course, we want to thank everyone that waited patiently for their turn with santa 🐾❤️👏👏👏
Thank you again, and we will post some of the wonderful photos tomorrow (because who doesn't want to see pets baking with Santa?)

12/14/2024

Tomorrow is the big day!!! PAWS-Potomac Animal Wellness Services in Indian Head will be having Pet Photos with Santa from 1pm to 4pm. There is no charge for the photos but they will be accepting donations of dog and cat food for our Pet Food Bank. We hope to see you there!!

12/13/2024

The best part of our Pet Food Pantry Fridays is getting to meet some of the pets we serve. Today we were able to distribute a week's supply of food for 45 dogs and 81 cats. Princess stopped by for some love and to show us her beautiful smile.

12/11/2024

Help For Pets will have two outreach events on Friday December 13. We will be at St. Paul's Episcopal Church food pantry in Baden from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. We will be at Faith United Methodist Church in Accokeek from 11am until noon. We will have free dog and cat food and information about the services we have available for our community. It will be drive thru only- please stay in your car.

12/09/2024

Have You Found a Stray Kitten?

If you have found stray kittens in your neighborhood, there are important steps to follow to ensure your safety and the kittens safety.
Those steps include:

If the kitten is injured or visibly sick, call Animal Control
at (301) 780-7200 and press 1.
Observe from a distance.
Avoid handling.

Wait 10-12 hours before moving them in case their mother returns.

For more information on next steps, visit www.princegeorgespets4us.com.
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