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everyone else calls her a spicy cat i call her my baby 🙂 shes very mean and short tempered but she can be nice sometimes. wouldnt trade her for the world. we adopted her at 11 months at 5.6lbs and shes now 7 years old and 7.4lbs, just a little girl, likely due to what happened to her before the humane society found her.

we think she was thrown out a window or off a balcony, but she may have just fallen. she was out in the winter cold with broken teeth and a severely broken leg for 2 months before they found her :( her leg couldnt be saved without risking her life further so they made the hard decision to amputate. they said they didnt think she would get adopted because of it but we saw here there 2 weeks after her procedure and just had to bring her home

Hey all,

I posted a fundraiser a few days ago about my boy Peach and so I thought maybe you would want an update on how he's doing.

On Wednesday I had my vet appointment and the vet I saw was lovely. She said that bandaging up a cat is always hard to do and so she didn't recommend it as bandages hardly stay on for very long. She tried fashioning a tourniquet for him but it didn't work so she gave me this idea. A bodysuit, the kind animals wear after a spay/neuter and sew a kids sock onto the back leg part for his nub. And add gauze or cut up a panty liner and stick it to the bottom of the sock.

So that's what we did and well he's not very happy with it but he's getting used to it. She gave me antibiotics to give him for 10 days which I've been doing and I hope it's helping. I'll take it off and change the liner on the inside every few days so he has some time to breathe and groom himself.

He's never really been an energetic cat but now I think he's been depressed as he barely moves from the squishmellow on the couch besides to eat, use the litter box or vomit on the carpet (another problem I've been trying to solve) but I know he's a strong boy and he's just so loving. He's a fighter.

About the surgery. I want to put amputation as a last resort. There were a few comments on my last post about a prosthetic leg and so I talked to the vet about it and she said that it is absolutely something I could do, there's just a lot that's goes along with it. I've called around to a few animal and even human prosthesis clinics but haven't heard back. The vet said since Peach isn't even a year old yet he'd be too young for it anyway (I can't believe he turns 1 next month). I don't know much of anything on how that works but it looks like I have a lot of time to do my research and figure it out. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I'm happy to hear them. I believe my boy deserves the chance to live his best life to the fullest and I'm doing my absolute best to give it to him. Anything donated to the GoFundMe in my last post will go to getting him a prosthetic as the vet warned me it might be more costly than the amputation as there's a lot more that goes with that. Fitting, sizing and making the leg and getting him to learn how to use it. Plus I may have to travel with him when that time comes and travel is very costly these days.

And we have a lot of work to do with him before that can even be a possibility. Number one priority is to get his nub to heal and do what I can to prevent infection. As right now he doesn't like his nub being touched.

I'm going to start posting more on my cats social media accounts when I can, so if you'd like to follow them I'd love that!! I'm just starting out so bare with me, I've never been big on social media and I don't really know how it works. But I believe the world should get to see him and love him as much as I do.

Thank you for reading, Peach sends you all his love 💕

Everyone please appreciate Schmuck, who chose his name and also answers to Gremlin. He’s almost 8, a fantastic ESA (when he wants to be) and has a strong belief that he is entitled to grilled cheese, pizza, tomato soup, tortellini & popcorn. He’s been 3 legged from two months, when he was feral and taken in to have it amputated. (He doesn’t know he’s 3 legged.) He was special needs for anxiety with a clearance of 18+ because he’d bite down hard, hiss & cry. I fully believe he has forgotten all of that.

Hello!

A couple months ago I asked for some advice once on adopting my bf’s family tripod.

Thank you to everyone who commented on that post and I’m pleased to tell you that she’s now home with me!

She will never be confined to a cold room with no carpet ever again and is getting all the love she can tolerate (and more) from me ☺️

Hi I’m trying to raise funds for my little boy Odin to unfortunately get his front leg amputated. Odin was hit by a car 10 days before Christmas 2025 and suffered a serious head trauma which also resulted in Horner’s Syndrome and damage to the nerves in his front leg. Thankfully the more serious head trauma and neurological issues he has since recovered from but unfortunately the same cannot be said for his leg. After months of physical therapy, acupuncture and massage therapy he hasn’t regained any of the nerves in his front paw meaning they are irreversibly damaged beyond repair and it is now in his best interest to amputate the leg. After all of his vet bills that have racked up and the cost of various therapies I have completely blown through all my savings and am struggling to gather the money for his limb amputation (I’m still currently paying off his last vet bill). I have tried the pet charities that are local to me for help (I’m located in the UK), Cats Protection and RSPCA but they do not offer funding help in my area, I was very lucky and grateful to receive £200 funding from the Blue Cross that went towards one of his previous vet bills but this means I obviously cannot apply for help for this surgery as they already graciously helped me, we are also out of the catchment area for help from PDSA. I am now trying to raise the funds for his surgery by setting up a go fund me, I have been incredibly fortunate with my friends and family that have helped me raise £112 of the total and am now reaching out to other avenues, I would be truly forever grateful if anyone was able to donate anything at all even £1 will make all the difference, thank you so much 🙏🏻

https://gofund.me/44adaeac7

Fortunately she's quite tolerant of my shenanigans.

im a 22 f and i live on my own, i foster cats/kittens on my free time because i love to help out anyway i can. i am pretty known in my community since i live in a small town so a lady reached out to me about having 12 kittens and that 1 kitten in particular mom wasn't caring for and was born with a deformed back paw so she asked if i could help. i picked up the kitten and she looked to be 4 weeks old and her foot was wrapped up, when i got home the foot was swollen and blood was pooling at the toes, the next day we took her to the vet and they gave us meds and told us she was okay, a few days past and it looked like her paw was dying so i took her to an animal hospital, to no surprise it was dead. she now needs an amputation on her leg and now im on here asking for any kind of help, its $1050 and im willing to pull out as much in savings to help her since shes a great kitten and deserves to not suffer anymore but again im only 22 and barely making ends meet. if anyone is reading this and would like to help me and cody i would appreciate it so very much, thank you for taking the time 🤍 https://gofund.me/342f7bbbd

Hello!

A couple months ago I asked for some advice once on adopting my bf’s family tripod.

Thank you to everyone who commented on that post and I’m pleased to tell you that she’s now home with me!

She will never be confined to a cold room with no carpet ever again and is getting all the love she can tolerate (and more) from me ☺️

I've been fostering this guy through tumor management, amputation, and rehabilitation into his new life. He's finally ready to come home to his forever family! I hope it's ok to post this here - I'm just trying to get the word out about this gentle and lovely boy.

Link to rescue: https://houstoncaresrescue.org/adoption/

Editing to add more info about Sunny! Sunny is around 8 years old and spend most of his adult life living with a feral colony. The security guard for the property noticed that he had a big scary tumor on his back leg, and notified the lady that was managing the colony, who got in touch with our rescue to get him help. Sunny is super friendly, and likes to respond if you talk to him. He gets along well with cats and dogs, though ever since his surgery, he's preferred having a quiet space of his own for a few days to get used to new people.

Sunny's got about 90% of his mobility back and can even jump up on the couch, though it's still a little tricky for him. He'd be perfect for someone that prefers that the cats stay off the counters. Above all else, Sunny LOVES human company, whether it involves an active belly rub session or just quietly resting by your side. Food doesn't really motivate him, but he loves getting his long hair brushed and it's the only thing that seems to calm him down when we go to the vet, where he's gotten all his necessary shots and neuter surgery.

i see a lot of posts about people who just recently had their babies go through surgery and are looking for advice on helping them recover. our boy bubba was already fully healed from his amputation when we met him at the shelter! anyone else adopted their cat when they were already a tripod?

Maizey says, when I sleep, I wake up with one less leg. No more!!!

There was no evidence of cancer spread and good margins on her pathology. Nothing is guaranteed but time to take a little breath and a big nap for us both!!

Obsessed with feather toys, he screams at me for play time oudoor. He only has 3 legs so he stumbles a little but nothing stops him 🥹. We got a kid’s fishing rod with auto release so we can throw it longer distances and pull it back, he loves the chase and at dawn this is how we burn some energy for night time.

Hello everyone,

This is my beautiful baby girl, Indigo (2.5 years old), 5 minutes after she jumped from my 200cm wardrobe that she liked to sleep on. She limped into the kitchen for her dinner without any complaints 🥺

After an emergency vet visit I’ve been told she has badly broken her left humerus and we plan to amputate. I’m heartbroken for her but after looking through all of your posts I see so many of your babies living wonderful happy lives and I’m trying to be positive!

She’s being contained in a crate while we wait for surgery and is coping so well you would never believe the damage she has. She’s the best tempered cat I’ve ever known (and I’ve had many!) But also not the most graceful, she’s more of a cat-dog personality 😂 so I worry for her.

She is booked in for surgery tomorrow. I guess I’m looking for any advice or words of wisdom you can give me? Anything to expect/do post surgery? I know my vet will tell me but wondered your personal experiences

Thank you 💖

He always looks shocked to realize he woke up one day and his leg was missing.

I’m so full of guilt.

One of my 5 month old rescue kitties had gotten jammed in a door while I was in the shower. I had thought maybe just a sprain since he was eating, purring, putting a little weight on it but clearly limping. I called the vet but decided to wait till the next day since that’s when they were all booked to be chipped and desexed anyway.

Learned pretty fast how good they are at hiding pain since he had broken his leg, a fractured growth plate. Casting wasn’t an option as the vet didn’t think it would do any good and he would just be in a lot of pain. I was given the other options to repair at a $3000 estimate which isn’t something i could afford on the spot like that, euthanise which i could never bring myself to do unless a very last resort, or to amputate. They highly recommended the amputation, and i felt like that was my only choice.

The vet was truely amazing and for the consult, x-rays, amputation and medication came to $800 since a newer vet was the one to preform the amputation.

He’s back home as of yesterday and is doing amazing, set up a cozy crate to keep him safe, but just wants his cuddles.

I just can’t shake this feeling of guilt though that this was so, so avoidable. That I’ve let him down by not being able to afford the repair. He’s just the sweetest little kitten, and i feel as i’ve failed him.