Sunny Acres Ranch & Rescue

22/11/2024

Throwback Thursday 🐱 ☀️
I wore the same dress today and took the opportunity to capture Tyson’s GLOW UP!!

This lil boy was not expected to survive. During his worst crash, at less than a pound at 9 weeks old, we said our goodbyes to him before driving to the vet. He had other plans though, and perked up for the vet tech and started to eat and walk around.

He hasn’t stopped fighting since. He’s named Tyson for a reason.

We are so excited for the meet n greet scheduled Tuesday, and we hope he finds his furever family!

HUGE shout out to those that sent us donations recently and kept us afloat. Seeing boxes at our door literally makes our day and the kitties are SO grateful.

04/11/2024

Mike Tyson Monday! This lil fighter is finally up for adoption on Petfinder after taking a looooong 12 weeks to grow up.

In other news, we are low on ALL supplies: litter, wet food, and kibble 😫 can anyone help?

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17/10/2024

Meet Jack Reacher!

Cute? Yes.
Soft? Absolutely.
Ready for his forever family? Pawsitively!!!

Jack and his brother Cloud are 10 weeks old and full of hilarious kitten energy! They need another young cat at home - or they can go home together!! We discount 😎

They’ll be fixed in a month or so and they are vaccinated, flea treated, and de wormed.

Apply now!

Jack Reacher is an adoptable Cat - Domestic Long Hair Mix searching for a forever family near Wildomar, CA. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

14/10/2024

These numbers are not sustainable. I know when it rains, it pours, especially in rescue, but we cannot keep up at this pace. As the founder, I’ve covered $1935 in vet bills for these two cats in less than 3 weeks.

I am so so so grateful to our supporters and we raised close to $600. Unfortunately it just isn’t enough to close the gap.

Fred is back at the vet because his back leg is still swollen and sore even after 2 weeks of antibiotics, so we are doing more X-rays, and more antibiotics, and hoping beyond hope we can kick the infection we suspect is in the joint. If we cannot……. We may be considering having a two legged cat. This poor guy is having the worst luck and we just want him pain free.

Reminder! Our kind wonderful friend has offered to match all donations (up to $500) for Gibby’s bills. Double your impact! ❤️

Here’s a quick summary of our vet bills so far:
Fred - hit by car
9/27/24 - 905
9/30/24 - 500
10/14/24 - 550
Total $1955
Donated $440

Gibby - wet FIP
10/12/24 - 490
10/14/24 - 50
Total $540
Donated $120

13/10/2024

DOUBLE the impact of your donation!!!

A generous friend has offered to MATCH all donations for Gibby up to $500 🎊 🍾 ❤️

In our prior post we announced our first FIP kitty He received his first shot of the GS meds tonight. He’s eating well but still weak and very tired. He’s far from out of the woods.

Please consider a donation. We are tax deductible. We unfortunately have not received any donations for him yet.

PayPal https://www.paypal.me/jpendergrass13
Zelle 510-910-0675
Venmo -pendergrass

12/10/2024

Today we confirmed Gibby has wet FIP. He needs a blood transfusion which is way beyond our budget considering we spent $490 already.

His prognosis is grave. Which is so tough to reconcile as I watch him chow down wet food and then make biscuits as he purrs and falls asleep.

We are working with the FIP Warrior group for support and guidance. If you don’t know already, the treatment for this disease is brand spanking new to the legal market, and for years, the only access to the lifesaving medicine was through this network of volunteers. Even now that it’s accessible at the vet, most vets aren’t aware, and even our own Dr has never prescribed it before and will be ordering it first us for the first time.

Unfortunately, his recovery is already an uphill battle and with the odds against him, we REALLY need to find a way to get him a transfusion. It usually costs about $1k.

Can anyone help Gibby? This will take a miracle to pull off, especially considering we just had to pay the clinic bill for our orange tripod, Fred.

We’re ready to keep fighting as long as Gibby does.

PayPal https://www.paypal.me/jpendergrass13
Zelle 510-910-0675
Venmo -pendergrass

02/10/2024

Welcoming the first ever tripod to our rescue!

While this guy certainly would prefer to have his right front arm, he is now pain free and able to heal from a nasty car strike. We haven’t landed on a name yet but he is affectionately known by his feeder as, Lover Boy.

His total cost for diagnostics, medicine, and neuter and amputation surgery is $1405.

We are super super grateful for all the support for Lover Boy and we raised $440 so far. Please share his story and ask your friends to donate towards saving his life. We cannot continue to rescue if we can’t pay our vet bills.

28/09/2024

Fred was found shattered and dying. Hit by a car. All he knew was pain as his body temperature rose to 107 degrees. We couldn’t say no to helping him. Even when we learned his front leg required an expensive amputation surgery, we pushed forward and committed to finding a way to save his life. The rescue paid $900 for him to get X-rays, and get cleaned up and started on pain management. We’ve spent the weekend gathering estimates from low cost clinics all over SoCal and if we can secure vouchers and enough donations, we will have his surgery Monday for $500 (rough estimate). We have only raised $340 towards his expenses. Can you help? Links to donate in bio 🙏❤️

27/09/2024

Orange Cream is feeling much better and thanks everyone for the support. One look at his little face and there’s no doubt in my mind that we made the right call to give him a chance.

He is making biscuits with his good paw, and ate dinner and breakfast. Unfortunately, this vet quoted us $1800 for amputation, which is way beyond what we can fundraise or spend. With $220 donated and $905 spent yesterday - we are still short on covering the first bill.

We are in need of an affordable clinic to perform the amputation surgery asap. He has plenty of pain meds to keep him comfortable over the weekend while we work to pull off a small miracle.

26/09/2024

🚨 Emergency vet funds needed 🚨

Lake Elsinore friendly stray just returned to feeder with an open wound, skinny, and not weight bearing on his front limb. He needs antibiotics, pain meds, and an X-ray to start.

We need $70 to cover an exam and get an estimate - who can help? Even a few dollars.

https://www.paypal.me/jpendergrass13

03/09/2024

Last week we saved three litters from the high kill SEAACA Downey shelter. They were all minutes from losing their lives, and sadly other kittens were PTS the same evening because no one came for them.

Peppa Pig and George would like to introduce themselves 🎉 🐷 Being piggies and all… we need some kitten food STAT 😨

Can anyone please send us some food?? We also had to purchase more vaccines for these kids - we pay $130 for 25 vaccines - which is a great deal but that’s a big expense for us. Even a couple dollars helps a ton 🙏

https://www.paypal.me/jpendergrass13

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20/08/2024

Bilbo Baggins is not impressed with her doppelgänger. I’m just tickled and I’m so thankful Natalie sent this Lego kit to me.

Build-a-Bo also reminded me we are low in cat food and litter. Very low. Can you help?

Wishlists:
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15/08/2024

Hi neighbors! Your local kitty non profit rescue needs some help today. We are fixing three kittens are the local low cost vet and we can’t cover the $450 bill without some donations. Can anyone spare even $5?

They accept payment directly over the phone at Golden Coast for our account under Sunny Acres: 951-319-4888

Or we have PayPal link in bio ❤️

Thank you!! Our adoption fees are quite low ($100-150) and we discount more for certain adopters (veteran, teachers, etc.) so we do not come close to covering our costs with adoption fees alone. Unfortunately we are dependent on your support to keep doing this work 🐾 🐱

04/08/2024

Took four of the puppies to OC to another rescue. Back home and I’m out of potty pads and puppy wet food.

I’m only feeding four now but they eat so much. I have used what little money I have for their supplies this past week and literally ran out of gas on the way home dropping them off. I don’t know how many other ways to explain we CANT do this alone.

Can anyone please send us wet dog food? Pads? They don’t want kibble.

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30/07/2024

This has been the hardest week of rescue so far.

Meet our newest guests. They are cute - and also making early advances in acts of terror. They never stop eating or pooping. I’ve used approximately 200 potty pads. The three cases of wet food donated last week are nearly gone.

They lost their mom at just 4 weeks old to a completely preventable complication. While mourning her loss, we had to at the same time, secure her puppies and ensure they were healthy and still gaining weight. And that is how I have spent nearly a week caring for 8 baby puppies.

🙏 How can you help? Please share and donate.
⭐️ We need fosters and supplies, and we would love a rescue or two to assist backing some of these puppies.

Donate:
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Sunnyacresranch.org

Apply to foster:
https://www.sunnyacresranch.org/_files/ugd/f4fd0f_62bf0478a9d64ce88a9619d4485edf8b.pdf

24/07/2024

Tuesday morning began a heartbreaking series of events ending with 8 orphaned puppies. We were alerted about a mother dog in distress and bleeding. She gave birth 4 weeks ago. She was lateral and crying in pain. With no funds and no other options, we got her to our vet planning to euthanize her.

Then an angel stepped in and changed everything. We were given the funds to fight for her life. The vet determined she needed surgery for whatever infection was causing her to crash. She was transferred to VCA for a blood transfusion and by 8pm that night she was heading into surgery.

We got the call at 11:30pm that her heart stopped and she was gone. Three hours into the surgery they were completing final sutures when she crashed. The vet desperately worked to save her and began heart compression inside her chest cavity. But her body was too far gone and she couldn’t fight any longer.

Our friends at Animal Assistance League OC sent a $500 donation. David Loop with Sierra Pacific Fur Babies covered the remaining $7k in vet costs and empowered us to give her a chance. Maggie deserved every cent but unfortunately, as we experience too often in rescue, we were too late.

Maggie leaves behind eight gorgeous puppies. We need supplies while we find them a permanent foster, and some rescues to help us back them. We are on intake hold. We do not have the ability to take this on but we couldn’t say no. Please donate and share.

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PS - For those interested in what they saw in surgery, it was novel and upsetting. She had pr*****ed her uterus in labor. Left untreated, she began chewing parts of the uterus before it finally receded back inside. What was left was painful infected tissue that festered for four long weeks.

This was preventable. She should still be alive. Spay and neuter your pets

24/07/2024

https://abc7.com/post/dozens-ducklings-rescued-sanctuary-after-hatching-before-could/15086708/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1uGVkKXFu8YSYLqECrMdv4E3IUGy-35laSvbUqGX6hxxSLwFCJi1Y5tT8_aem_I3-JfWosv8OWAlALvrAI6g

A duck sanctuary in the Inland Empire is in desperate need of help to care for a sudden influx of ducklings who hatched before they were set to be cooked.

21/07/2024

Can anyone send us some supplies for our new pup?

Corona Shelter has an alarming amount of dogs and we were able to help with just one since Rocky was adopted.

Welcoming Dug the dog to the crew. He was run over by a trash truck and brought in as a stray. He is still healing from a broken pelvis, and no one claimed him from the shelter for over a month. He was then adopted and returned within 48 hours. When we first met him at the shelter he was shut down and refused to even look up at the humans trying to meet him. As soon as he got home he explored the house and settled into a big snooze.

Here’s to one less pup in the shelters. 🎉

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