Twiggy's Surgery Update: The Injured Kitten Stuck In Bush Covered In Fly Larvae And Fleas

7/31/25 Surgery Update: It was a really rough morning for little Twiggy. The dead skin was removed and the doctor did not feel amputation was necessary at this point. This is a really bad spot to have a wound because it’s right inside the bend of the knee. I will be doing daily bandages for another two weeks. If you would like to help donate towards his care, please go to our link and put “Twiggy” under special instructions. We have not even begun to start his vaccinations and he will still need to be neutered and it adds up fast.

7/30/25 Update: Twiggy’s surgery is tomorrow morning. Please keep Twiggy in your prayers as he is scheduled for surgery in the morning to debride and assess the wound that I have been treating for almost 3 weeks. He is such a sweet boy who has already been through so much in a short time.

7/24/25 Update: Tomorrow marks two weeks since I was contacted about his injury to see if 4 Paws 1 Heart could help. After removing the maggot larva and fleas, I offered to take him home for nursing care until better. The damage to the leg was more severe than I thought and the wound is complex wrapping around the inside and outside of his rear leg.

Twiggy is scheduled for surgery on the 31st of this month where the wound will be explored under anesthesia to see the extent of the damage. This has been hard on him, but he is on pain meds and antibiotics while getting tons of love as we do our best.

My coworkers and friends have helped with the bandage changes and my husband has been a supportive as always for understanding my passion for animals.

Twiggy will be ok, it’s just going to take time. This is what our organization is all about…helping the sick and injured stray animals and giving them a chance that would not exist if not for our supporters.

Please keep the healing prayers coming and please donate if you want to help Twiggy. Thank you.

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7/17/25 Update: I guess it gets worse before it gets better 😓 Twiggy is my current medical foster. He was found this past Friday deeply wedged in a bush so badly his leg was mangled. The skin is starting to slough off from lack of blood supply to the area caught in the branches. I couldn’t say no to helping him. We removed all fly larvae and fleas. I took him home to do bandages twice a day and I take him back and forth to work with me. He’s on antibiotics, pain meds, probiotics, and getting love that he so desperately needs. Please keep Twiggy in your prayers. He needs positive thoughts and prayers to heal!

7/14/25 Update: The little guy that I took home on Saturday, found wedged inside of a bush is getting a little stronger every day. As you can see by the photos, his toes are still very swollen, his skin is discolored, there is some seeping and concern for the skin coming off where it was strangulated.

He does not need me to syringe feed anymore and he is putting some weight on his toes. He had lots of diarrhea yesterday and needed a few baths. Today, I will bring him in for a recheck, get him on some probiotics, check a poop sample, and see what the doctor says. We are praying his skin doesn’t slough off because that could mean daily bandages for a really long time.

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7/12/25: I got an emergency email this morning about a kitten who was weaved so deep inside of a shrub it took multiple people to cut him free and he needed help asap. I got him in to Moore Veterinary Hospital first thing.
His leg and paw are very swollen, x-rays didn’t show any obvious breaks but the biggest concern right now is that there’s a large area of skin that is discolored from not getting enough blood supply after being strangulated.

It took me over an hour to remove the thousands and thousands of fly larva covering his leg while removing countless fleas. This tiny boy is only 1.7 pounds. I decided to take him home from the hospital and try to get him stabilized over the weekend. He is getting syringe feedings, antibiotics, pain medication, anti inflammatory topical, rest, and love.

If his rescuer, Randi-Jo didn’t get him to us, I think this would be a completely different post. She and her husband worked tirelessly to get this baby to safety and they were up all night making sure he was alive. Thank you to everyone involved. Please keep him in your prayers because he definitely needs them. I am calling him “Twiggy” and he is beyond exhausted.