Category Archives: Cats/Kittens

Growing Medical Need for Stray and Abandoned Cats

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There is a growing medical need for stray and abandoned cats. With cold weather coming on, the situation will just get worse. As a friend of A Hopeful Heart, I read Melanie’s post and knew we had to help. This little sweetheart reminded me too much of our sweet Keller and Snickers and I couldn’t turn away. It appears she has an eye missing and a threatening infection in the other. Here is Melanie’s story:

“This random guy walked up to me, shoved it in my hand and told me he just found it. When I looked at it I thought the eye was just swollen but one is completely missing and the other one is bulging out and there is a yellow crust on it. It is not good at all.” ~ Melanie

Please pray for this sweet baby and if there are any people amongst our friends who can adopt or foster cats, please let us know. There are so many. ~ diana

R.I.P. Little Sweetheart

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UPDATE: I am heartbroken to report that the little sweetheart rescued by a 4 Paws 1 Heart friend and taken to the Canton Animal Hospital did not make it through the night. 4 Paws 1 Heart paid for her final cremation and although the total cost of trying to help her set us back over $400, we would not have opted for anything else. To think of her dying on the side of the road, possibly being hit by cars, and being used as prey just makes us work harder to capture funds for all of these poor abandoned babies. ~ diana

Please Try to Make a Difference

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Please try to make a difference and contact your communities about this disgusting practice of inhumane treatment to innocent animals. Keep in mind that the cities of Sterling Heights, Warren, Roseville, Eastpointe, and St. Clair Shores do not allow free roaming animals or TNR programs. Consequently, all cats being brought to the County shelter by animal control officers are being euthanized. In other communities where trap/neuter/release is allowed, the cats are being spayed/neutered and returned to the community from which they came. Let’s educate and not kill. AND, if you have a rodent problem in your community, maybe TNR is a better alternative over placing poison traps in backyards at the cost of thousands of dollars (I believe St. Clair Shores is planning to spend $1 million in rat abatement) ~ diana

A neighborhood in Harper Woods is thanking Harper Woods police Friday night, after traps were finally set for the growing number of feral cats. They say one particular neighbor kept feeding the cats, causing them to keep living at the abandoned home next door.

Spay and Neuter Rescued Strays

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10/25/13: As we’ve told our supporters so many times, as long as 4 Paws 1 Heart has the money, we will never turn down a request to spay or neuter a dog or cat rescued by a good samaritan. Here is the story of Mummee who we were happy to help with spaying, vaccinations, and de-worming. We wish her the very best in finding that forever, loving home. A big thank you to Patterson Veterinary for working with 4P1H. ~ diana

“This is Sweet-Mummee, abused and abandoned as a kitten… she had 2 litters of kittens back to back. By the grace of God, she wasn’t pregnant for the third time. She was extremely underweight when she was captured with her 5 kittens. Now, 2 months later her kittens are all in foster-to-adopt situations and Sweet-Mummee is on the mend. No longer can you see her pelvic bones, and her stool is coming back to the right color, due to rapid weight loss in the past.

When a door is opened this sweet child gets a worried look … Looking at her face, it’s easy to see she is saying; “please don’t throw me outside again”, and at that she runs away from the opened door. For such a young and petite little girl, she has an old soul… When picked up, she purrs like a roaring engine to show her love and appreciation. She is greatly loved, and will require a family that will love and worship her. She prefers NOT to ever have her food bowl empty and enjoys a large water bowl. It’s pure joy watching this child give herself a bath.”

Dewey Keeps Fighting

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10/23/13Our little Dewey keeps on fighting day by day to recover from his surgery. I am so happy to report that as of this morning he was doing much better! Please remember that he is on some pretty good post op pain medication in this video. ♥♥ gina

10/24/2013 – DEWEY: Unfortunately, although Dewey is holding his own it still is not clear whether he will be able to get through this very serious operation. He is eating and drinking on his own but he can’t seem to balance himself. Please continue your prayers and positive energy for the very sweet boy.

Updates

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10/22/13 UPDATES:

1) Our little puppy who was thrown out of a car is now in a wonderful foster home with other little puppies and will be found a loving home through our friends at Home Fur-Ever Rescue. We received many e-mails on this guy, now named Boston, so if anyone is interested in adopting once he is available, please go to Home Fur-Ever’s facebook page.

2) We still need furever, loving homes for our little felines, Oreo and Spooky (formerly known as Sebastian). Both little guys are very lovable and would make a wonderful family members. Check out their stories on our page and if anyone is interested, please contact Gina or me. gina.4paws1heart@gmail.com or diana.4paws1heart@gmail.com.

3) Our little Dewey still needs your prayers. He is not in the clear just yet. Gina is with him tonight and will let us know how he’s doing.