MEET LENO AND TOHBI!! Leno and Tohbi are not brothers by blood, but are brothers by choice. They absolutely adore each other. They groom one another, wrestle, eat and drink at the same time and lay side by side when they sleep. They are definitely a BONDED pair and even though their personalities are different; they seem to complete each other in the sweetest way. Tohbi (8/18/18) likes every person and animal that crosses his path. He is a happy and very trusting kitten that adapts extremely well to any situation. His absolute favorite things are his best friend (Leno), laser cat toys, toys on strings and being wherever his humans are. There is nowhere on his body that he doesn’t enjoy being petted and he sweetly brushes his body up against anyone that gives him any attention. He’s just an all around playful, affectionate and good tempered kitty. Leno (6/17/18) is very sweet and playful once he feels comfortable. He gets scared by loud/sudden noises and will run and hide. However, he usually comes back out quite quickly once he is reassured that everything is fine. He loves laser cat toys, playing catch with his toy mouse, cat towers, cardboard cat scratchers, cuddling on the couch and spending all of his time with his best buddy (Tohbi). He is a very gentle and sweet boy. Leno has a sensitive stomach so his poops💩 aren’t as firm as normal but on the right food it isn’t a big deal. Luckily we have found a food that agrees with him and it happens to be a less expensive brand. Are you ready to open your home and heart to this incredible pair?? #bonded #bondedpair #siamesecat #rescue #cats #kittens #adoptdontshop #blueeyes
Spring has sprung and kittens are being born by the thousands!! To try to get ahead of the number of feral cats breeding, we at ECAR hit the streets extra hard to TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) as many cats as we could the first 3 months of 2019. We are happy to say that our awesome trapping team trapped 266 cats in the first 3 months!! But we aren’t stopping there. Too many kittens are being born to feral cats and we MUST get the community involved in helping out! Unfortunately, with all the TNR we have been doing, we are still taking in kittens in record numbers. We would like to give a shout out to our awesome trapping team for their commitment and hard work: Josh Hirschmiller, Stephanie Smith, Debra Teich, Amber Millen, Kathy Powers and our newest team member Michelle Lombardo!! We would also like to thank the many caretakers/property owners and good samaritans who pitched in to help us trap as well!! We could not trap as many cats as we do without you!!! A huge shout out and big thank you to @feral_cat_coalition and @sdhumanesociety for your continued partnerships in spaying/neutering the majority of the cats we catch!! It takes a village to help solve this problem and ECAR is a small organization that does a lot with what we have so we need all the help we can get. If you are interested in getting involved in TNR, please reach out!! It’s rewarding and not as hard as you think!! Just takes patience, time and commitment!! You can do it and the cats need you!! #tnrsaveslives #tnr #tnrworks #kittens #toomanykittens #rescue #cats #feral #adoptdontshop
Yay!! Our gorgeous boy Niner has found his furever home!! His new fur parent understands his special dietary needs and is on board with making sure he stays the course!! Congrats to Sarah and Niner!! Hope you both enjoy your years together!! #snowshoecat #adoptdontshop #lookatthoseeyes #handsome #rescuecats #rescue
Have you ever seen such a handsome cat??!! Meet Niner!!! This gorgeous boy with the big baby blues is looking for his special home. Are you in for helping a kitty in need? Niner is a 2 1/2 year old Sealpoint Snowshoe and is a total sweetheart. You can’t help but be mesmerized by him. He is extremely affectionate and loves attention. Purrs the minute he sees you and drools with delight when being cuddled. He is super playful and loves a good game of chasing the feather on a wand. Give him a toy with catnip and he is in heaven. He is very outgoing and nothing seems to phase him. Niner NEEDS to be on a special urinary diet to prevent developing crystals in his urine. He must stay on this special diet. If he eats the special food he is absolutely fine. His last urinalysis showed zero crystals after only being on the diet for 2 months. So it works!!!Unfortunately, being on this diet means he is unable to have his freedom with all the other cats in our cattery as they are not on the same diet. We want him to have some freedom out of his enclosure. All an adopter needs to do is keep him on his special food. He can be an only cat or maybe there is someone out there that already has a kitty on a urinary diet looking to ad a friend. He gets along great with other cats!! If anyone out there can open their hearts to this special boy, please fill out an application and come meet him!! Let’s get Niner a home!!!! #rescue #cats #snowshoecat #lookatthoseeyes #adoptdontshop #handsome
Update on our gorgeous Blue: Blue did well during his last night at the ER. He was able to pee on his own and he ate his food. The total bill for Blue’s care for the weekend, including the two major procedures, was $3,571. He was transferred to our regular vet this morning where he is currently receiving fluids while being monitored. Although the ER vets believe Blue’s urinary blockage and previously poor kidney values were a direct result of the fecal impaction, we still do not know why Blue was so horribly impacted. We are eager to hear from our vet to see what they think after they spend some time evaluating Blue. Thanks to our generous supporters, we have raised $2,115 to help with Blue’s bills. If you haven’t already, please consider donating as we will have more bills for him going forward until we figure out why this happened. We truly appreciate everyone’s support of our dear Blue!
3/24 9am - Update on Blue from the ER. We have good news and bad news. Good news first... Blue’s kidney values have completely normalized which is amazing and very surprising!!! Bad news...... the gastric tube and medication procedure did not yield enough fecal matter to make a difference with his impaction and he is very uncomfortable. Our options now are surgery and see how he recovers (vets say it’s possible he may not have normal bowel function and are unsure of his quality of life) or humane euthanasia. Because of his positive change in kidney status and because Blue deserves all the chances possible, we have decided to go ahead with the surgery. We have not received the updated estimate for this deobstipation procedure. Please keep Blue in your thoughts and prayers today. We’re hoping he will be feeling better and on the road to recovery this afternoon.
Update 3/22, 8 pm: We just received a call from the ER. Blue is currently under anesthesia for the unblocking procedure, after which he’ll need 48 hours of iv fluids. The cost for his care is estimated at $2300-3300 through the weekend. Please donate if you can. And please share! ... Please send Blue your prayers and positive thoughts. This handsome boy has been in our Petco adoption center waiting for his perfect person. He was doing great but today we had an unfortunate turn of events. Our volunteer, Janet, noticed Blue straining to urinate. 😔 On further inspection she noticed blood coming from his penis and she immediately alerted us to it. Knowing exactly what was going on, we rushed Blue to our vet who confirmed he was blocked and his bladder full. Due to it being closing time at our vet office we were sent to Pet Emergency and Specialty Center to have Blue treated. He is there now and is being admitted into the hospital. Poor guy!😢 We will keep everyone notified of his progress. We have yet to see the estimate but we know it will be high. It doesn’t matter though because we will do everything possible to help our kitties. Thank you Janet for being so observant!! This could have been so much worse if it went unnoticed. If you feel a tug in your heart to help us with Blue’s bill, please go to the link in our bio and donate now. ❤️❤️ #catblocked #rescue #cats #poorblue #handsomekitty #rescuecats
Does everyone remember Katy?! This kitten was a hot mess when she came to us as an 8-week-old feral kitten. She had congenital defects in both eyes and also her anus. With the help of our awesome supporters we were able to repair all that was wrong so Katy could live a normal, fulfilled life. As many of you know, the amazing Dr. Holly Mullen was able to reconstruct her anus so she would be able to eliminate properly. Once she recovered from that surgery, we needed to address her eyes. We were hoping that she had vision in at least one eye but that was not the case. Due to her abnormally small eye balls (microphthalmia), coupled with being born with no eyelids (eyelid agenesis), the best option for her was to have both eyes removed as they were causing her pain. Our awesome vet, Dr. Roger Beckman, performed those surgeries. After months of going through all surgeries and recovery Katy was finally ready to find her forever home!! As luck would have it, we had a wonderful lady message us asking if we had any special needs kitties available (preferably blind). Well we had the perfect kitten!! So after everything she went through miss Katy is now in her perfect home!!! We couldn’t be more thrilled!! #kittens #blindkitty #rescue #tnrsaveslives #adoptdontshop
Our kittens rescued from a boat in the middle of a storm are grown up and ready to sail into their new forever homes!!!! How adorable are these babies!!! Submit your applications quickly cause they will not last!!! #adoptdontshop #kittens #rescue #gilligansisland #toocute
Did you guys know we have cuties like these, available at our adoption events? Saturdays at Petsmart in El Cajon 865 Jackman St. from 12-4pm And Petco in El Cajon N 2nd St. 12-5pm. 😻
We're here for day 2 at the Cat Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds! Here are all of our cats, currently up for adoption! Make sure to come by and check us out. We will be here until 5PM today. #catshow #eastcountyanimalrescue #adoptdontshop #catsofsandiego #catsofinstagram
Grayson made top 10 at the #9 placement!! 🎉🎖️This handsome guy is adopted and will be going to his forever home tomorrow. We will have more kitties brought to the show tomorrow too! We will be posting so look for updates 😻👍 #eastcountyanimalrescue #catshow #catsofsandiego #adoptdontshop
We are here to respresent at the Cat Show in Del Mar! We will be here until 5PM today and tomorrow from 9AM-5PM. We have kitties here available for adoption! Our superstar Grayson, was entered into the Household Pet competition.. He came out with badges of honor! We also have our adoption event today, at Petco N 2nd St. in El Cajon. We have many kitties there awaiting forever homes too 😺❤️ #eastcountyanimalrescue #catshow #adoptionevent #adoptdontshop #catsofinstagram
It’s that time of year once again!! This weekend we will be at the annual CFA Cat Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. We will have cages set up with beautiful kitties who are looking for their furever homes!! We will also have our awesome boy Grayson participating in the Household Pet division of the show. Come on out, visit us and cheer on Grayson or better yet adopt this fabulous boy!! If you are a cat person this event is a cat lovers paradise with lots of fun things to buy for your furry friend and hundreds of kitties to see and lots to adopt!! For more info about the event please visit sandiegocat.org #cfacatshow #rescue #cats #kittens #delmarfairgrounds
Less than 10 hours remaining to double your year end donation!! So far we have raised $13,502. towards our matching goal of $20,000.!!!!! Thank you to everyone who has already donated towards this goal!! There is still time left to reach the full amount. Please consider sending your tax deductible donation via check or PayPal. We will be posting our final total on Friday after tallying the last checks received by mail. Thank you for helping us finish out 2018 with a bang 💥 💥💥 this will really help us save more kitties in 2019, Happy New Year 🎆 🎊 To donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ecanimalrescue (link in bio) To donate via check: East County Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 1754, El Cajon, CA 92022 Thank you for helping us help even more cats in need!! #rescue #matchingdonations #kittens