#help for cats' care and vet bills

[artofdel]

📢 Need Help for Cats' Care & Vet Bills! 📢

Five of our cats had respiratory infections (Badem, Zelda & Luna, while Paspas and Princess both had upper and lower RIs), one of them (Luna) also needed spaying, a sixth one (Mina) needed emergency surgery due to tear in her diaphragm but unfortunately we lost her.

All of these happened in the spawn of less than two months and we are financially struggling to pay the vet bills.

My friend Kat is running a fundraiser to help us, so that we can pay the aforementioned vet bills.

Any amount would be appreciated!

If unable, please just reblog and share it at the other social media platforms (you can find my posts on twitter / bluesky / instagram / cara).

I am also running a donathon over at my twitch channel to have a better reach and visibility for the fundraiser.

Any support you can give will mean the world to me and our cats. 🙏💜

[erosmutt]

Hi everyone.

I don't like making serious posts, but this is serious and doesn't pertain to my writing or blog.

My cat, Nyx, is sick. He has a urinary obstruction, which can be life threatening, and he's in lots of pain. We got him checked in with a vet, and it'll be about four hours until he's seen. Fortunately the vet is already low cost, but I need help paying the bill, as I haven't gotten paid yet.

If you can, please donate to my ko-fi. Nyx and I would really appreciate it. 🫂🩶🐈‍⬛

MY KO-FI.

[monpetitmafioso]

hey guys, unfortunately my kitty needs surgery. please signal boost if you can!! if you donate, please dm me and ill draw you something! (my art can be seen at lynxsakura both here and insta)

thank you guys!

[lemonmatronics]

Hi everyone, I hate to bring this here but like said in the original thread I’m desperate. I’m scared that there’s something wrong with my cat and we don’t have the money to take her to the vet

More information in the original thread, but basically I’m desperate to get my cat whatever help she needs

I’ll take straight up donations and do commissions both

My cashapp is $robbieutm and my commissions are open on KOFI

If you have PayPal you can donate/pay through KOFI and I accept commission payments through Cashapp

If you can’t Comm or donate please share, I love my cat sm I need to help her

EDIT:

this just got a reblog so I’ll out the update here

I have raised the money and taken her to the vet already, the medicine given has helped her and she is still doing good

I appreciate all the help I was given still, but please know she is okay now and doing good ^^

[vikinghans]

Hey, I know things are shit right now, but if you can take a minute to help someone out with care costs for their cat or at least help spread the word, I'd appreciate it; and I know Teresa and Dion would too. Thanks for any consideration given.

This is a GoFundMe link to Teresa and Dion's page for vet costs.

[fxckinemo]

ohhhh i want a cat so baddddd I've never gone this long without a cat in my living space. what happened to mrrow?? mrrrroow?

[meowsogynist]

Whoever said sisters forgive and forget have not met my sister

[floofybubblez]

Hey! I'm still going through asks to help spread more campaigns, but while I am, one of my best friends needs help.

Their cat has suddenly had some health issues, resulting in her at the vet, where she is currently staying overnight. Alice (their cat) has been an important part of their family's lives for many years now, and hopefully, with the help she needs, that will continue to be the case.

Obviously, they explain their situation better than I ever could. Please help them if you can! It would mean so much!!!

[francies-fold]

DONATIONS NEEDED FOR VET CARE FOR SICK STRAY!!!

I am reaching out to the community in hopes of securing funds for further treatment for a sick foster. I first saw this sweet boy, now named Elias, in a Facebook post roughly one week ago. He was in critical condition, so when we couldn’t find a rescue or foster near him, transporters worked with us to relocate Elias from a busy grocery store parking lot in Miami, FL to our home in Hastings, FL.

On the last leg of his journey, I took him to a vet, who revealed a lot about his condition - he is a senior with a heart murmur, missing all but one of his teeth (which is broken) and the roots are still in his gums, ulcers on his gums and tongue, inflamed and swollen privates, painful constipation, severe dehydration and malnutrition, and we may learn he is suffering even more after further testing. He was given IV fluids, antibiotics, painkillers, and an appetite stimulant and treated physically for his injuries, then sent home with more medications. Elias is as comfortable as he can be for now and is taking his medicine like a champ.

The next steps for his treatment are detailed in the estimate included - as you can see, we need to collect $900+ in donations before his next visit to the vet. Amazingly, we have already raised over $300 but still have a long way to go.

PLEASE consider DONATING to Elias’s vet care - the sooner we reach our goal, the sooner he can be seen again!!! Please also consider SHARING and COMMENTING on this post to boost its reach and engagement.

I want to give a massive thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the trappers, transporters, and donors who have made saving Elias possible. I also want to give a big thank you to Dr Kaitlin Westberry and vet tech Ford at the Veterinary Emergency Center of East Volusia for their amazing service and compassionate treatment. Words cannot expressed my gratitude!!

More updates and pictures of Elias coming soon!!

[artofdel]

Please help me reach my goal to pay the vet bills and care for our cats. 🙏

Any amount is appreciated and if not able please share the fundraiser's link on Twitter, BlueSky (you can RT/RP directly from my links) or any other social platform and/or circles you have.

I am also running a Donathon on my Twitch channel and streaming everyday for further reach.

Any support you can give would mean the world to us. 🙏💜

[ladyof1000masks]

Please do anything you can to help even sharing will help me save Michi.

[comatosebunny09]

soft kitty, warm kitty [ one ] | sylus

— summary: the one where the adorable stray cat you take in is not all that he appears to be. — cw: silliness, fluff, slight injury and blood mention, shapeshifting, hybrid au, self-indulgent af — now playing: carousel - evgeny grinko

There was this pretty stray kitty you’d been feeding and playing with outside your job for three or so months. 

At first, it wasn’t your biggest fan. It spat, hissed, and swiped at you whenever you got too close—you learned to carry band-aids in your bag from thereon. But it still quietly nibbled on the food you left out when you were at a safe distance. You made a point to refill its bowls each time you came to work. Started leaving a cardboard box with a solar-powered heating pad outside to help it battle the glacial nights that often befell the city. 

Eventually, it grew accustomed to you. With baby steps, it came closer and closer each day, sometimes perching itself on the bench you sat on during your lunch or smoke breaks to keep you company. With time, it allowed you to pet it. Its ivory fur was surprisingly soft beneath the street sludge and grime it accumulated throughout the time you knew it. It also had striking, scarlet eyes you brushed off as a genetic mutation. Plenty of weird animals inhabited the city, so an uncommon eye color wasn’t particularly unsettling. 

The adorable stray only allowed you to touch it, reverting to its initial attitude when your coworkers got too close. It seemed to specifically take a liking to you, bunting its little cranium against your hand and ankles, marking you with its scent, grooming you with its barbed tongue, and purring like the low rumble of a Mustang. 

Finally, you decided to catch it. You noticed a red, crusted ring adorning its tiny ankle. It must’ve been injured. You weren’t sure how long it would survive on the streets before infection set in, and your caring instincts were screaming at you to save it. 

So, you did.

It was surprisingly easy to lure the little guy into a cat carrier with treats. It crawled into the bag effortlessly, almost as if it wanted to be rescued. That afternoon, you took it to the vet. They cleaned its foot, gave you cream and antibiotics to ward off infection, updated its shots—the whole nine yards. 

It had also been revealed to you that your feline friend was a boy. The vet offered to neuter him, but you staved it off, promising to return later. You could barely afford the bill he racked up from his treatment alone.

With a warm smile, you cradled the carrier, holding your new companion in your lap as you rode the subway. The pretty, sedated feline purred nonstop on the commute home. 

It took some time to adjust. Of course, you hadn’t expected his transition to succeed overnight. 

When you gave him his first bath, he wasn’t the happiest camper. He adorned your arms with angry, red streaks to illustrate his discontent. His coat was lustrous and white beneath the grime and fleas. And though he was initially a hissing, snooty ball of fluff following his bath, he purred continuously when he curled up beside you that night in your bed, seemingly grateful to be off the street.

You find with time that old habits die hard.

You bought him a red leather collar to compliment his eyes. With it came a bell and pendant, and your address was carved into it. The little guy loved to slip out of your apartment at night, often returning to the streets he was so accustomed to. He always came back, sometimes days after disappearing. He brought you little presents, ranging from dead mice to shiny, crimson gems that looked like they could’ve been worth a fortune. Snowball, as you had fondly named him, was truly a marvel. He was adjusting to domestic life well, but you didn’t stifle him when he wanted to spend his nights perusing the city and stirring up little cat mischief.

You were grateful for the company. You’d been living in the city for about a year, having relocated to its heart for your job. You didn’t have any family in the area, so you relied heavily on your coworkers for social interaction. Otherwise, you were on your own. 

It was pleasant to have a little fur ball bouncing around your home, knocking things off your dresser, shacking up in your pantry, or hiding under your dining table, ready to attack your ankles. He brought excitement to your otherwise humdrum life, keeping you on your toes while curling up at your feet, expressing his gratitude for everything you’d done for him thus far. 

You were content despite your solitude, looking forward to what your furry companion had in store for you each day.

You awaken to sunbeams coloring the space behind your eyelids. To the melody of birds chirping and cars occasionally easing by on the street. 

A quiet smile rounding your lips, you reach beside you to pet through familiar tufts of white. Snowball routinely curls up next to your head on the pillow when you sleep. You haven’t yet opened your eyes, so you’re a little caught off guard when his fur feels slightly shorter than usual. 

Still, you wear a smile as you fondly coo at your kitty, your voice rough with sleep. He doesn’t purr in response, which is strange given his purr motor’s always been broken. He never knows when to stop. Perhaps he doesn’t feel well today? 

Cautiously, you pry your eyes open, your vision blurry from the sun's rays. Through the haze, you ingest a familiar wash of stark white. Your eyesight gradually corrects, and you can discern shapes and colors. Upon taking in the scene beside you, you stiffen, your silly little smile frozen in place.

On the other side of your bed, where Snowball would usually be roosted, quietly waiting for you to stir from your slumber, lies a tan stretch of skin. Recognizable red eyes watch you beneath short, swept lashes, blinking sluggishly, a humored cant to pink-petaled lips. 

Reality slowly trickles in. There is very much a warm-blooded man beside you in place of your darling feline. Your smile melts away, traded for something of confusion. And once you’ve fully processed the moment, you do what any logical person would do given this situation: you scream.

The strange man beside you winces, a searing, heavy hand shooting out to cover your mouth. Your voice dies in the back of your throat, and the stranger takes you in with mild irritation donning his features.

“Must you be so noisy?” he grouses, the rough slide of his voice furling in your stomach. You blink owlishly at him, his hand still clamped over your mouth. 

As the adrenaline spuming through your body tempers, and you’ve taken more time to breathe and assess your situation, you fully observe the intruder.  And with a mixture of horror and confusion, you intake a familiar set of ivory, tufted ears twitching atop his head.

Again, you let your instincts guide you, and you do what one would typically do in this situation: you reach out to tweak said ears, confirming the familiar glide of silken fur beneath your fingertips. The stranger sucks in a breath, jerking away from your prodding. He fixes you with an iron gaze that pierces straight through to your soul. A look you’re all too familiar with, Snowball having pinned you with it at random times throughout your day.

You scream again, the sound of it muffled behind the meatiness of the stranger’s palm. Only, this is no stranger.

Is this—is this Snowball?

[kawaiijohn]

Help a queer family of disabled nerds

Hey my name is Dante, I live in the Midwest with three of my best friends. We have four cats, one of which is my babyman whom I love very dearly.

His name is Latke Library Card Mango (LLCM). He's very orange and he's the light of my boyfriend, Kris, and I's life.

Cat pics are great right? Have a few.

A few months ago, latkes chronic bladder stones condition acted up which resulted in two emergency vet visits and a week long stay with his actual vet to get the stone removed.

It was the size of a chickpea.

Here's a photo of his post surgery when he had a nakie tummy. He was very very happy to see us.

He's since recovered, but the cost of this put us back around 1300 dollars in total. He's now on a special diet with rather pricey food to prevent this from happening but it might still act up eventually.

We've paid down some of his debt, but the interest is making it become more and more as we try to pay it down.

On top of this, our pipes backed up into our basement and refused to work suddenly a few weeks ago. We live in a house that is over a century old, and the clay pipes keep getting roots growing into them that causes them to not drain.

The roto had to come out and high pressure the roots out to clear them (which required expensive equipment), This put us back another grand.

To add to everything, our 700+ auto insurance bill is due in November, which is the worst time for this bill to need due, but both myself and Kris drive over ten miles to work during different shifts on opposite ends of town- neither of our jobs have public transit anywhere near them.

We are currently barely making ends meet-

I am a lunch lady at a public high school. I love my job. I feed kids who possibly don't even eat at home some days. I do work I am proud of.

However, I can only work around 25 hours a week without risking losing my insurance as a disabled person. My job does not have longer hour positions available, and I am too disabled to work more than this without ruining my body like I have done in the past.

I have been going without buying groceries out of fear that what little money I have in my account will be needed in an emergency. I will be out of work for a week this month, around Thanksgiving, and during Xmas break- unpaid due to me working in a school. Me being out also means no guaranteed meal every day.

Kris works in a factory. He is currently working 55+ hours a week to make what we can to pay off the bills and keep our house. He only has one and a half knees that hurt all the damn time and is barely eating either just to afford everything. His factory keeps calling for sudden shutdown weeks with little notice at the worst times, and he's the main breadwinner in the house for us.

The other two in our household, one is severely disabled and can barely work 10 hr/week (he is waiting on hearing back to receive SSI) on top of having multiple medical appointments a week to figure out what is wrong with his body and why it keeps failing. The other is a freelance artist who is working her butt off to make money while carting the previous to appointments nearly every day. She is full up on commissions at the moment, but when she opens them I'll reblog her posts.

I really didn't want to make this post. I hate asking for help. But we are drowning and there's no sign of land. None of us can afford to live on our own, nor can we move back in with our parents for various reasons.

All I'm asking for is some help. I don't care how much. Five dollars is five dollars. Five dollars is half an hour less we have to kill ourselves to make ends meet.

Even if we don't make the full amount, every dollar will help us get a bit closer to paying this stuff down so we can afford gas and regular grocery trips again instead of having to save up to go once a month like we are currently doing.

Our goal is 2000 dollars.

Yes, this is the high amount. I do not believe we will ever reach it. I can hope we can raise this much at some point.

But for now that's the dream number.

It's the number that is looming over our heads, telling us to pay up or lose our home.

It's not something we need this very moment, but just what we need in the next few months to be able to afford living without destroying our body or working three jobs/ridiculous hours.

We thank anyone who can spare a few bucks to help us, and if you can't afford it just pass this post along to someone who might be able to.

Please send as friend/family if you can, PayPal is threatening to withhold money sent as transactions now if you receive over a certain amount.

This includes sending things through my ko-fi account- so here's the preferred methods:

Progress:

388.74/2,000

Thank you for reading. I love you.

[bamsara]

(Making for a post for my friend as she does not have an super active tumblr account, @siren-mortis)

My friend Mika is currently in a bit of a pickle with a several sudden life events having her struggle to pay off some bills. She's handling many on her own, but just found out her two cats have worms (possibly from another animal that visited the house) and one of the cats needs his updated shots.

The vet bill is around $200 total for her cat Tachi to recieve his updated shots, and for both cats to get dewormed. She does not want to put off their care until she is out of the immediate red zone for bills, because it's going to be a long while.

Here is her kofi goal. No obligation at all, but if anyone can spare anything to help, it would be greatly appreciated!

Kitties here in question, Tachi is the grey one and Sabine is the tabby 🐈 🐈

Edit: Mika has since reached her goal and far surpassed!!! Thank you all who donated!! She has posted an update on her kofi here with a cute pic of Tachi if you want to see :D

[papasmoke]

Hi everyone, it feels weird making a post this personal but my boyfriend has been through so much this year and needs help paying for some vet bills. Both of his cats had previous owners who gave him incomplete medical histories and it's taken heartbreak and visits to a good number of different vets to fill in the missing pieces. We're doing the best we can to cover all their medical expenses but now that we have a more complete picture of all the treatments they'll need we need help, he needs help. If you can spare anything or just share this it would mean so much.

[doeeyeddyke]

Lend a hand?

I technically have a job but have Very Few hours and never make even $90 a week. That's most definitely not enough to cover the bigger bills and mortgage and whatnot, let alone lunch money or grade school expenses for my siblings.

I also need to take both cats to the vet for a number of treatments, but seeing as just a general physical exam is about $100, it's just straight up not an option to take them anytime soon.

Any help and sharing is appreciated, including recommendations on the vet front for options.

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