12/20/19 – The 4p1h Village Kitty Room at Pet Supplies Plus on Harper at 13 Mile Rd. in St. Clair Shores. In addition to our mission to reduce the number of unwanted animals by funding medical treatment for the abandoned and abused, is our commitment to assist our Village of rescuers who need assistance in finding forever homes for those cats and kittens they rescue. This is why, as a 501c3 non-profit organization, we offer courtesy postings on Petfinder, and have a separate fb page, Friends of 4 Paws 1 Heart, to promote those we help. We also offer generic adoption application and agreement forms to insure proper protocol is used when adopting out animals. Pet Supplies Plus has also allowed us to have a donation bin at the store where supporters can drop off food, litter, and other pet supplies. Again, although 4 Paws 1 Heart does not have animals, a few of our Board members are independent rescuers and care for cat communities. We also have a list of many independent rescuers and cat community caretakers, who we’ve assisted with medical needs, and they can always use assistance with food, litter, and winter shelters. So, as a Village, we all do what we can to help each other. Thank you to our many supporters – businesses and residents – who help make this happen. ~ diana
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P.O. Box 84, St. Clair Shores, MI . 48080

12/17/19 – Please say a little prayer for this ‘old man’ and if you can afford a donation, it would make a big difference. It’s always so hard to make these decisions because we have limited funds and many upcoming commitments. But I decided that one way or another, we had to give Mister a second chance at life. He has been through so much. I posted about Mister not too long ago. He was a community cat who was TNR’d but he befriended his caretaker who, after months of feeding him soft food because he had limited teeth, decided to take him in. She discovered that he had what appeared to be abscesses on each side of his anus and contacted us. Mister has been to the vet twice now and each time had the abscesses drained. His rescuer also had to drain the abscesses twice a day. We had hoped he had turned the corner but Mister had to go back to the vet for the third time yesterday. Now the doctor feels that he needs surgery and the issue has to do with his colon. The doctor was pretty positive that this would be successful but if not done, he should be humanely euthanized. I have approved his surgery because even though he is an older kitty, he has been through so much and I’m hoping that this surgery will give him a second chance at a long life. Thank you for your prayers and support.
P.S. The photos of the abscesses are too graphic to post. ~ diana
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P.O. Bos 84, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080

2/15/19 – RIP BANDIT – The life of a feral cat, expecially a black one, is not an easy one. Bandit was a member of a cat community who showed up one day limping. We authorized x rays with one of our partner vets. The vet examined him and took x rays and said that there was nothing wrong with his leg; he thought Bandit may have jumped on it wrong. A few days later and Bandit was not improving so the community caretaker/rescuer took Bandit to another vet who took another x ray. Unfortunately, this x ray showed a shattered vertebrae, possibly the result of being hit by a car. The rescuer made the decision to put Bandit out of his pain and had him humanely euthanized.. This posting is not to condemn the first vet who saw Bandit just a learning that sometimes you do have to go with your gut and get a second opinion. If only they could talk to us. But also, please understand that options for feral cats are much less than with domestic cats. – diana
4paws1heart.org/donations/
P.O. Box 84, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080