Families share their experiences caring for cats with disabilities, including cats who are blind, deaf, or need help getting around.
When Zilla Bergamini saw a video of some Sphynx kittens her friend, a cat breeder, was planning to sell, she became smitten with one who looked adorably different from her litter mates. "I fell in love at first sight," says…
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Daisy Lynn Austin, an adoption coordinator and customer service representative at an animal hospital, was working at Clear the Shelters, an adoption event in Los Angeles, on August 25, 2017, when she met a tabby and white…
When Jennifer saw Churro, a fluffy black kitten with hind leg paralysis, incontinence, and partial blindness, on Instagram, she felt an immediate connection with the special needs cat who had been rescued by Stray Cat…
We've released what we hope to be the first of many coloring books! It features 20 of the incredibly special cats we've featured over the past two years, including Donny, Willow, Tate, Louie, Doby, Frankie, Toby, Rosie,…
When Elizabeth Whitener met Dusty, an adorable black cat who survived the 2018 California wildfires, she had no intention of adopting another pet. Instead, Elizabeth had traveled across the country to assist FieldHaven…
When Brianna Ellis, a certified veterinary technician, was at work in February 2019, a family brought their injured tuxedo cat into the animal clinic. "He had fallen off of their 6th floor balcony," explains Brianna, and an…
When Angela Card, who works at a cat-only veterinary clinic in Chattanooga, Tennessee, learned about a paralyzed kitten who was searching for a forever home, she knew she had to meet the little special needs cat. Named…
Maree Erkkila and her partner Pete Ellice were driving home from lunch at a restaurant near her home in Aracaju, Brazil, when they spotted a homeless cat who appeared desperately in need of help. "He was so skinny that I…
When Sally Williams noticed a tiny, slightly raised lump on her rescue cat Marlin, she took him to the vet, and an examination revealed it was a mast cell tumor (MCT) that had already metastasized to a lymph node. "He had…
When Denise was asked to foster a pair of kittens with severely contracted tendons, she was eager to help the 8-week-old special needs cats who'd been rescued from a hoarding situation in June 2016. Denise had been employed…
