Families share their experiences caring for cats with disabilities, including cats who are blind, deaf, or need help getting around.
In August 2010, Laura was given three little kittens to bottle feed just two and a half weeks after a feral cat had given birth to the litter near her office. "[They were] my first ever bottle babies after a lifetime with…
When Joyce saw a video of a tiny tabby and white kitten with radial hypoplasia (RH) -- which was shared by Josh the Furrtographer, a photographer who specializes in taking pictures of cats and dogs -- she was immediately…
Within a few months of adopting Kenny, Sue Smith and her husband lost their beloved kitten to feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a deadly virus that is almost always fatal. The Smiths were devastated by Kenny's sudden…
In June 2016, Mareen Ebelt's friend told her about a stray cat who had recently given birth to a litter of kittens near her home in Berlin, Germany, and one of the tiny kittens appeared to have been born without hind legs.…
In June 2015, Melanie saw Dizzy and P2D2 on Petfinder, and she immediately fell in love with the pair of one-eyed cats who -- while not litter mates -- were as close as siblings, having grown up together in the same…
When Michele Hoffman, the president and co-founder of Milo's Sanctuary, first heard about Thomas, a handsome ginger cat who had been the victim of horrific abuse, she knew she had to help the injured feline. Thomas had been…
When Nicole Wulfekuhle and her daughter went to the Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to visit their two cats, Sunny and Smokey, who were at the shelter recovering from neuter surgery, she had no intention…
From the moment Melissa Landis saw a video of Toshi, a tiny black and white kitten who was born with paralysis, she felt an immediate connection with the one of a kind cat. When he was born on August 5, 2017, Toshi had a…
Approximately four years ago, Whitney Bowes adopted Noelle, an adorable cat with radial hypoplasia (RH), after a friend shared a picture of the grey and white kitten with her on Facebook. "This looks like a Whitney cat," her…
Jacqueline Bond adopted a blind black and white kitten, whom she named Sarah VAL Serendipitous, before meeting the special cat in person. In fact, Jacqueline -- who had been trying for a while to adopt a blind cat --…
When a malnourished grey and white tabby with rear leg paralysis was brought into a Chattanooga, Tennessee shelter by an animal control officer on February 27, 2017, Angela Card -- who was working as a cat caretaker at the…
