u/SinfullySinatra

I took Slim home from the shelter a few weeks ago on a trial adoption since he’d just gotten over an eye infection. His eye started getting gooey just hours after I brought him home. That lead me to taking him in and finding out he has both FIV and heart worms. The shelter didn’t disclose that they didn’t test him. He also has entropion, stomatitis, and fleas and I have a hard time believing the shelter was unaware of all of that. I mean, they had to have noticed he only has four teeth! He also had severely overgrown nails when I first took him home that I had to trim immediately because he was getting caught on everything. His overall prognosis is poor, especially with the heart worms. I’m so devastated and overwhelmed. They are willing to do a foster situation where they cover the antibiotics he will inevitably need as an FIV baby but his eye needs surgery and funding that is on me. At least his remaining teeth are in good condition, but his gums are in bad shape and very smelly with discharge. At least the fleas were an easy fix. Has anyone else dealt with anything like this? I just love him so much. I love his little squeaky meows, his biscuits, his cuddles, his energy. I already lost a cat back in September and I really didn’t expect to lose another so soon.