Wendy's Place Cat Rescue

Come to our Mother’s Day Tea tomorrow to support our cats! We are currently drowning in vet bills and are really in need of donations right now.

The theme of this week is Naps and Eyes. I’m sharing the napping pictures so that I don’t show you their eyes.

Poor Dawn has always had chronic eye & upper respiratory issues. So when we noticed that her left eye was squinty & watery we didn’t think it was anything beyond a usual flare up. We gave her some eye medicine, but it didn’t help this time. After about a week of seeing no improvement, we took her to the vet where we learned that this is far more serious than a typical flare up. Her eye was severely infected. So infected that the vet couldn’t really see what exactly was wrong. Unfortunately, she thinks that her eye may have been injured and perforated. We need to get the swelling down and some of the infection gone to know for sure though. Dawn has been on 2 different eye medicines and a pain medicine for a few days now. We’re seeing improvement, but I would have expected to see more improvement at this point if this was just a standard infection. Its very possible that Dawn may be our second cat in need of an enucleation next week. She has a recheck on Tuesday where we’ll get more answers.

Meanwhile, Dawn was a bottle baby. But in the nearly 8 years that she’s been with us, she’s never been a cuddly cat. She’s extremely independent. While she lacks any fear of humans, she’s still not a lap cat and has never cuddled with us. I took this picture yesterday after giving her medicine. This is the closest she’s ever come to snuggling. It’s sweet, but it’s also very obvious that she doesn’t feel good. She’s currently isolated from the other cats and wants nothing more than to be around us when we’re in the room with her.

You can help us help Dawn by donating through our Venmo or PayPal Links, or by donating items from our Amazon or Chewy wishlists. All links can be found in our bio on Instagram or our pinned post on Facebook. You can also come to our Mother’s Day Tea tomorrow (5/10) where all proceeds will go directly to Wendy’s Place.

Help us help Ziggy by coming to our Easter Tea at the tomorrow! Ziggy has been sick all week and trying to figure out what’s wrong has been a long and exhausting adventure. We’ve managed to rule out some things, but we still don’t have a definitive answer. At this point we’ve paid around $1500 in vet bills. These tea events directly support the cats at Wendy’s Place and this time all of the proceeds will go directly to Ziggy’s care. If you can’t make it to our tea, but would still like to help, you can donate via PayPal or Venmo, or by purchasing something off of our wishlists. All links can be found in our bio.

Please keep Ziggy in your thoughts as we continue this adventure. Hopefully we’ll have some answers soon!