27/10/2024
Sometimes we get asked to hold cats for a few days before they get moved to an adoption clinic. Tiger is such a cat. He was just fixed on Tuesday, and he was scheduled to go to an adoption clinic on Friday.
Unfortunately, he started vomiting non stop not even two days into his stay here. He was eventually diagnosed with distemper.
The vet recommended in hospital care, which the rescue had no funds for. Euthanasia was brought up as an option (absolutely not), along with the option to do our best with supportive care at home. We chose to care for him at home.
Care at home meant syringe-feeding him very small amounts of boiled chicken and rice every 2 hours, antibiotics twice a day, and providing him as much warmth and comfort to aid with recovery.
He's still not out of the woods yet, but he is still in the game because fostering makes it possible. Please consider fostering for your local animal rescues. It comes with heartbreak at times, but fostering saves lives that would otherwise be lost because there aren't enough resources to help everyone.
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