Vet help for Alex

Fundraising campaign by Carrie Hale
  • £610.00
    raised of £700.00 goal goal
87% Funded
37 Donors
Raised offline: £100.00
Total: £710.00

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RIP ALEX. Please see the final update for more information.

Alex has gone home! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

Please see the updates page for latest news!

On Friday night I found a cat on my street with a serious anal prolapse, necrotic, ulcerated testicles and an insensate tail. I arranged for the RSPCA to give me a case number so I could take him to my vet and get him put into emergency care. He’s still there now and the prolapse has been put back in and has stayed in so far and he is urinating, though the vet is not sure whether this is voluntary or not. At the least he will need castration and tail removal and probably ongoing antibiotic treatment. Whether or not he would need additional treatment would depend on whether he has permanent nerve damage as a result of the likely tail-pull trauma that is responsible for his injuries. He has seven days from Friday before he is put to sleep as not able to be rehomed due to his medical needs. He is young and sweet and extremely friendly and when we met him he was climbing trees and stalking birds despite his condition. We aren’t sure whether he can feel that he is injured at all. We followed him to a house where neighbouring tenants told us his possible "owner" lives (there was no one home) but keep in mind that this cat is not neutered, extremely thin, not microchipped and has clearly lived outside for a long time. He is being kept in care awaiting being claimed by his owner but none of us are under any illusions that anyone he may be associated with gives a shit about him. I’ve written to East Lancashire Cats asking if anyone could take on part of his expenses, shelter or foster him. There are people willing to help and a possible short term foster or two but we really need money to get him what he needs. We only have a few days and I don’t want to see him put to sleep. I am trying to find out how much of his vet costs can be absorbed by vet/paid by RSPCA but it doesn’t look like much. Can you help?

*The picture is really of Alex now!.

Organizer

  • Carrie Hale
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  • Campaign Owner

Donors

  • Guest
  • Donated on May 29, 2015
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  • Angela Eyre
  • Donated on May 28, 2015
  • Thanks for being such ace people and helping the cat. hope y donation goes through this time :-)

£10.00
  • John Andrew
  • Donated on May 27, 2015
£20.00
Jun 02

RIP Alex

Update posted by Carrie Hale at 05:31 pm

We hate to have to break this news, but Alex was put to sleep today. It was discovered by East Lancashire Cats' trusted vet that his spine has been fractured all this time and this is likely what caused the severe nerve damage that, mercifully, allowed him to feel no. . . . .

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May 30

Alex has gone home!

Update posted by Carrie Hale at 04:50 pm

Alex has now gone today to his new home in Accrington. We've also reached our �700 target! On Monday Alex will visit his new vet, who will confer with my vet (who originally saw him) and a treatment plan should come together soon. �700 may be more than Alex needs. . . . .

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May 28

Medical info update

Update posted by Carrie Hale at 05:49 pm

Here's some info about Alex's injuries: http://www.petplace.com/article/cats/diseases-cond...As you can see, once he has had a thorough medical evaluation from his long-term vet (our cats' vet said he just needs to be closely monitored for a week or two while on Metacam), his needs will be extensive and potentially very extensive.

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May 26

Alex has gone to foster!

Update posted by Carrie Hale at 07:04 pm

Hi everyone, Alex has left the vet now, he has had no operations yet and the emergency care he received was covered by the RSPCA as we reported him as soon as we found him. The vet told us to keep him under surveillance for two weeks before he can. . . . .

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May 24

Alex has a champion!

Update posted by Carrie Hale at 08:05 pm

East Lancashire Cats has agreed to take Alex! http://eastlancashirecats.webs.com/about-usThey are not sure when they will have the capacity to take him in but the backing is there and we have short term foster options, allowing us to take financial responsibility for him in the yes of the vet, who tell. . . . .

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Donors & Comments

37 donors
  • Guest
  • Donated on May 29, 2015
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  • Angela Eyre
  • Donated on May 28, 2015
  • Thanks for being such ace people and helping the cat. hope y donation goes through this time :-)

£10.00
  • John Andrew
  • Donated on May 27, 2015
£20.00
  • Jan Everson
  • Donated on May 27, 2015
£10.00
  • Guest
  • Donated on May 27, 2015
£5.00
£10.00
  • Andy Davies
  • Donated on May 27, 2015
£10.00
  • Jade Harris
  • Donated on May 26, 2015
  • From Rhett and Scarlett, my two furbabies xx

£20.00
£20.00
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£610.00
raised of £700.00 goal
87% Funded
37 Donors
Raised offline: £100.00
Total: £710.00

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities