Getting to be that time of year! Our annual rummage sale will be in November this year!! We are accepting donations of gently used items until November 6!! Please see flyer for details!!
We now have an Instagram page for our Santee Petsmart Adoption Center!! Please go over and show our Santee kitties some love by following @ecarpetsmartsantee and see who is there waiting for their purrfect match!! Our volunteers rock!! We can’t thank every single one of them enough for doing what they do for our cats!! #cantdoitwithoutvolunteers #rescuecat #kittens #petsmart #adoptdontshop #weloveourvolunteers
Come meet these handsome boys at our Petsmart Santee Adoption Center and fall in love!! We have no idea why they haven’t been scooped up yet. McCartney (top left) Bono (top right) Jagger (bottom left) Ziggy (bottom right) have been patiently waiting for the purrfect furever home!! #adoptdontshop #petsmart #cutecats #rescue #kittens #howcanyouresist
Our awesome volunteers at our El Cajon Petsmart adoption center have started an Instagram account for our wonderful kitties waiting for their forever homes at that location. Please follow @ecarpetsmartelcajon to see which kitties are waiting there for someone to scoop them up!!! We are hoping volunteers in other stores want to do the same!! #couldntdoitwithoutvolunteers @petsmart #petsmart #rescuecats #rescuekitten
Another 4 ferals wearing their badge of honor and not contributing to the population!! TNR is a never ending job and the more people that get involved the more kitties that get to live their life free of reproducing!! It takes a village to take care of the overpopulation problem! We can’t thank @feral_cat_coalition enough for fixing these cats and hundreds more for us and the community!! Feral Cat Coalition is an awesome resource for fixing community/feral cats. Please contact them for appointments if you have community/feral cats in your neighborhood that need to be fixed! Don’t wait for 2 cats to become 20 before taking action!! #tnr #tnrsaveslives #communitycats #feralcats #feralcatcoalition #eartip
ECAR has been working hard trying to trap and fix feral cats at the Jetty in Pacific Beach. This is a male cat we trapped last night sporting his new ear tip! He will be reunited with his brother tomorrow. Thank you @snap_spayneuter (aka Neuter Scooter) for neutering this beast! We utilize all the viable resources we can and SNAP is a great resource! If you need low cost spay/neuter for your pets (or ferals) please contact them!!! snap-sandiego.org
Meet Chamomile, our adoptable CH kitten!! What is CH you ask? Well it stands for Cerebellar Hypoplasia, which is a non-progressive, non-contagious neurological condition that results in walking and balance problems. A kitten is born with “CH” when her cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls fine motor skills and coordination, is underdeveloped at birth. CH cats are known for their “drunken sailor” walk, which is why they’re known endearingly as “wobbly cats.” There are varying degrees of severity with CH. We categorize Chamomile as a mild to moderate CH kitty. CH kittens live a normal life span. Chamomile is like any other kitten in everyway except she has a funny gait (she is a high stepper) and periodically has head tremors. When she gets to playing and running really fast she will loose her balance and crash into things. Sometimes it seems like her back end wants to do something different than her front end. She has no clue that anything is wrong with her at all and she rough houses with the best of them. She can’t jump up on anything real high so you don’t have to worry about her being on counters. She tends to climb up on things rather than jump. Chamomile is such a sweet and affectionate girl who loves to be held and petted. Cuddling with her human is one of her favorite things to do. She is great with other cats and doesn’t seem to mind the dogs in her foster home. She would be fine with calm, respectful children. She is extremely playful. She LOVES her wet food time. She uses the potty box very well although she does kick out litter so you may need a covered box. There is nothing different you have to do for her condition. Please check out CH sites so you can see how endearing these cats are. Once you have one, you may never turn back. Chamomile is now available and we will be screening for the perfect fit for her. She is a very special little lady!!! If you are seriously interested in adding this special girl to your family, please fill out an application on our website eastcountyanimalrescue.org. #rescue #kittens #chkittens
Little lady Katy patiently waiting while her foster meowmy was getting ready this morning. Hoping for some treats for being such a good little kitty! #rescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #tnr #spayandneuter #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuekittens
Our poor Katy has her cone back on! 😿 She’s doing awesome learning how to poop like a real kitty. Unfortunately it seems her eye is bothering her more because she scratched it all up today. 😩 She has an appointment at the eye specialist next week but now we’re going to have to get it looked at sooner by our regular vet. Fingers crossed all goes as well as can be for Katy’s poor little eyes! Donations appreciated! http://paypal.me/ecanimalrescue #rescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #tnr #spayandneuter #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuekittens
Katy likes to just sit and “watch” you. We think she can see a tiny bit on her right side. Hoping she doesn’t lose full sight but it doesn’t look very promising with her defects. 😿
Tomorrow will mark one week since Katy’s reconstructive surgery! She has spent the week getting lots of spa treatments (baths for her poopy butt that is still learning to work properly), eating only the finest cuisine (lots of yummy wet food helping her to gain over half a pound!), and learning to be a kitten (with her first toys ever). Katy goes back to the vet tomorrow for a recheck to make sure all is going well. As far as we can tell, everything seems to be good so far except for a bit of a diaper rash. So wish us luck as she visits with the awesome Dr. Mullen! Please help us pay for Katy’s medical bills! Donate at: http://paypal.me/ecanimalrescue #rescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #tnr #spayandneuter #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuekittens
Katy is home! She’s looking pretty good too! For the next week she’ll be pampered with personalized spa treatments (warm compresses on her bum) performed by her foster three times a day. In a week she goes back for a recheck and stitches removal. Looking forward to a week of recovery with lots of delicious treats! Katy’s surgery and hospitalization ended up totaling over $2700 so please donate if you can at http://paypal.me/ecanimalrescue #rescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #tnr #spayandneuter #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuekittens
UPDATE on our cutie patootie Katy: Katy had an appointment with Dr. Mullen yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately we won’t be able to wait for Katy to get bigger before having surgery. She cannot survive the way she is now and Dr. Mullen thinks there may be too much damage and scar tissue to have a good outcome if we wait until later. So Katy is having surgery TODAY. 😲 Please think about Katy today...we’re hoping she pulls through with flying colors. We have to admit, ECAR has been hit hard with expensive medical cases this past month. Besides Baba V’s surgery last week and Katy’s today (which will be about the same cost as Baba V’s), we also had a kitty who needed bilateral FHO surgery for a badly broken hip and a cat who required a leg amputation. Also, for those who may remember Neko and Redman, our kitties who needed eye surgery to help them see without pain, these poor boys both now need lip to eye reconstructive surgery (making eyelids for them using lip tissue) to help put a final fix on their complicated eye defects. Because we are no kill, euthanizing these cases is not an option for us. This means we need all the donations we can get to keep helping these precious kitties. Please help if you can. We sure do appreciate all the support we receive from our community. Please donate at: http://paypal.me/ecanimalrescue #rescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #tnr #spayandneuter #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuekittens
Literally crying here at ECAR today. Meet Katy, Baba V’s slightly skeptical sister! After two weeks of searching we finally found her! Unfortunately, Katy has the same congenital defects that Baba V had. We have Katy set up to see the amazing Dr. Mullen tomorrow for an evaluation, so wish us luck that her rear end issues aren’t as severe as Baba V’s and maybe this time we can wait for surgical intervention until she’s a bit older and sturdier. Obviously this colony has genetic issues being passed along so we currently have humane traps set to get everyone fixed, especially Baba V and Katy’s mom. That way they can continue to live happily in their feral colony without making more babies! Fingers crossed we catch them all quickly! And please keep Katy in your hearts for a better outcome than her sister. She’s certainly already stolen ours. 💕 #rescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #tnr #spayandneuter #cats #catsofinstagram #rescuekittens