Shelter taking in a cat with 1/2 a jaw, what to expect

We got an e-mail this week about a cat that was hurt this past August and only has 1/2 a jaw. I don't have all the details, but I was told "the neighborhood kids" got a hold of the cat. The people nursed him back to health, but can no longer care for him. So being the big gigantic suckers / sappy women that we are the board decided to get this cat in right away. He will be comming in tomorrow night and I am excited to give him a chance, but also a little concerned about making sure he has the best care. Does anyone have experience with a cat like this and what I should expect about any special needs he might have? I will obviously talk to the woman in more detail tomorrow night, but I was wondering if anyone here had any advice.

No replies yet, but I'm wondering how he's doing?

I have no experience with this. I volunteer at a shelter with a lot of special needs cats - missing eyes, ears, lots of metabolic and digestive problems, etc. But my shelter has a clinic with a full-time vet and 2.5 full-time vet techs (3 full-time until this week - another economy related hardship). Does this shelter (where you sound like you are on the board) have vet help?

Please keep us informed. Bless you for taking him in! And the people who looked after him!

As a special education teacher, I have to say that children that abuse animals very often grow up to do worse things, if they don't get treatment. The parents and authorities should know about this, if anyone knows who did it.

Robin

Robin,

He is doing well. He is a super sweet cat, and seem not to notice that he has anything wrong with him. He is able to eat and drink, although some of the food does fall out of his mouth. He is in good condition, and is by no means underweight. If anything, he is a little over weight.

Since no one actually saw what happend to this cat there is no way to know. The people who surrendered him only said, they saw some of the kids in the neighborhood trying to harm another cat. They stopped that incident, but I am not sure if they know who the kids were.

I am on the board, but we are small and do not have any veterinary staff. No one at our shelter is paid. We do have a few vets in the area that we work closely with, but he is doing so well I'm not worried about him.

Bless your shelter for giving that sweet boy a chance to know what it is to be sheltered and safe

I'm so glad he is doing well.

I did my stint at my local shelter today. We have a cat without eyes, Sam. He's a great guy, and he gets around better than you'd think. One of the volunteer clerks for the vaccination spay/neuter clinic held the first Wednesday of the month was there for that today. She's really in love with Sam. She brought him a special blanket today. As we were loving cats together today in one of the cat rooms, I said, "Maybe you should take him?" She, like all the rest of us, already has a lot of cats. But, she said, "Maybe I should. He's already been here a year and a half." I'm hopeful. She asked to foster him, but the adoption manager got her to take 3 kittens to foster just yesterday instead. The thing is, if she could foster Sam, she'd probably never bring him back.

And one of my very favorites, Arnold, a very loving and gorgeous brown tabby was adopted in the last week. He has digestive problems. After many trials, the only food that was found to work for him is frozen venison patty. So whoever took him had to agree to get him that food. I'm sooooooo happy, for him, but sad for me because I'll miss him. He's a peach.

So, I am so impressed with people who will take these "special needs" cats. People do. So I'll hope for this guy. What's his name?

And now we have a little kitten who is blind. It's hard.

My cats don't have heath problems, at the moment. But they all have personality/behavior problems that made them hard to adopt out. However, they have worked out for me.

Robin

His name is C.C. which stands for Cutie Cat.

Ok! I'll send thoughts to CC and hope the right angel person comes her way.


Robin