The Sanctuary is a veteran owned facility supporting TNVR & Community cats. This facility is currently a 'work-in-progress' as we expand our abilities.
01/18/2025
It's taken me a bit to post some updates, so please, bear with me.🙏🤷♀️😔 This has already been a difficult year to start with. I lost a very sweet, kind friend on the eve of the New Year and have been trying to help her husband deal with not only losing his beloved of over 45 years, but one of their cats is suffering also. Since traumatized cats are one of my special projects, I offered to help get this sweet, elder cat the intensive care she needs. Baby Girl is 18 years old, has been spayed, but needed intensive care right away.😪😿
We took her to Canyon Vet in Canyon Lake this week and she not only has an upper respiratory infection, she has tested positive for high glucose and probably has had diabetes for some time now. She has lost pretty much all of her teeth, but had been eating a grain-free kibble and wet food. For right now, she is on antibiotics, supportive sub-Q fluids, and will require a strict, prescription diabetic diet that is pretty pricey for us. She will be on this for two weeks and will return to have her glucose levels rechecked in two weeks to see if she is going to require insulin support.
If anyone has extra canned, diabetic care cat food (pate) that they no longer need, or the Delectable Senior Bisque pouches, that would be great! I am also wanting to find a glucose checker for her, if anyone has an extra with available strips. In the meantime, we are addressing her matting with small, short grooming sessions to keep her stress levels down and giving her plenty of affection and private exploration time occasionally.
The day before Baby Girls appointment, we were also planning on taking Nils, our other rescue that we took in last year for her annual appointment. When I went to feed her Wednesday, I discovered she had passed away, laying on her blanket in her room.😭💔😿 No symptoms, she had just been checked on a couple hours earlier. My heart is hurting.
I have to keep going to ensure all the cats in my care are staying as healthy as possible and maintain their psychological well-being as well. Please keep myself and my helper Sara Herrera in your thoughts and prayers.🙏💜 We struggle when we lose one, especially when we don't have the answers we want, so badly.
Please share, comment and like our posts, to help us reach more people with our mission to help traumatized, injured, abandoned and abused cats. Most places do not have the time to commit to these very deserving animals and I operate on my disabled veterans income and very few donations. Thank you SO MUCH to so many who have helped with supplies, materials and heartfelt support over the past six years!🙏🤗❤️😇
