Hi, thank you for stopping to read about our family and our special circumstance. We live in a small town in Oregon, USA. We currently have two teenaged boys living at home full time and another one with us part time. We have a little house out in country that we are renting hoping to one day buy, but that’s another story. Today I am reaching out for a different reason. About two years ago, two and half, maybe, my son came home with a little black kitten. We didn’t need a cat, we already had two dogs, but one was elderly so we agreed to keep her. She was so cute, her name ended up being Kitten…we took too long choosing a name and so Kitten it was. A couple of months go by and our elderly boy passed away, I lost my best friend and the whole family was hurting. Out of nowhere a friend of mine showed up with two little kittens, the cutest things ever. She couldn’t keep them and she couldn’t leave them where she had taken them from. She rescued these two precious babies from a not so great house in the area. I couldn’t say no, our family grew by two. Riley and Beefy are their names. We were in love with our new babies and Kitten fell right into the role of big sister. Riley was probably the cutest kitten we had ever seen and her sister, Beefy was fluffy and so sweet, also very cute. About two weeks later my son, Kaiden yelled for me, he sounded scared. I came running, of course, I found him holding up Beefy to me, he was crying, he said, “Something’s wrong with this kitten.” Beefy had just had her first seizure. First one of many, many more. It broke my heart. She became our special girl. Moving on, our girls got pregnant, one by one. We thought it couldn’t hurt to let them have a litter, we can find them homes and kittens are great fun. The babies came, we found great homes for a few of them, some of them stayed with us. We didn’t realize what we were doing to ourselves. The spay and neuter clinic in our town first stopped accepting the vouchers from our local Friends of Animals group in our area to not accepting new appointments all together. We have a regular vet that we use but the cost can grow very quickly. Recently our cats started getting sick, like a cold, snotty nose, eye infections and fluid in their lungs. Before we knew it, everyone was sick, including our tiniest family members. We lost so many babies. It all happened so fast, we tried to save them. I finally tracked down some antibiotics and started trying to save the last few remaining babies. So far, so good except for the smallest one sitting in my lap right now. We do not have a lot of money, saying we live check to check doesn’t even cut it because we usually don’t make it from one to the next. We both work more than 40 hours a week at our jobs and the work around the house is endless. We have come to the point now we are spending more money on our furry family members than anything else and because of this the people are going hungry and going without. Today I’m reaching out in the hopes that we can get help to fix our cats, there are a lot of them, and get them vaccinated so no one else gets sick. It’s easier to rehome kittens if they are fixed and vaccinated. We also need help to buy supplies, food and litter and cat friendly furniture….it’s all very expensive. The cats eat better than we do. We have transformed parts of our house into cat places because we don’t like them being outside all the time, we live in the woods, it’s dangerous. Unfortunately we have had to keep the boys outside at nighttime because of mother nature, we are trying to not have more kittens. I suspect there are a couple girls pregnant right now but it’s too soon to tell. Our situation is urgent, the need for help is growing by the day. Our community is overwhelmed with cats right now and we refuse to surrender to the shelter, we really do love these kitties. They are special to us but they are draining everything out of all us. Even if you don’t feel moved to donate, thank you for taking the time to read about our furry family. I am also looking into, possibly registering as a rescue for cats, we have been naturally moving in that direction and I have developed quite a strong passion for these furry little people (yes, I consider them people) and would love to be set up to help other kitties in need. Our small community would also benefit from the extra help, but that is another story for another time. Thank you, again for your time and consideration. It means the world to us.
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