KING THE BEST CAT EVER
RIP KING 04.10.2010 King sadly passed away over the weekend. He had to be euthanized Saturday evening seeing as he could NOT what so ever. Most of you may of heard of Four Paws and Tail Rescue and may know/ have seen King at our adoption events at Concord Pet or just around the store shopping for things. King was the founders cat, he followed her where ever she went and was not a "cat" but a human in a cats body. King loved everything and everyone. King's loss is very surprising and upsetting, with in a week he went from being very tired and sleepy to not being able to breath despite every effort Jamie made to save him, he was just to sick. The vets are unsure what caused King's illness, he could of had heart disease or cancer or maybe both. Needless to say King's illness has had quite the financial impact. We have spent over $1,000 on King and as you read above Macie his sister fell seriously ill as well and the vet bills were very high as well. It is kitten season and we have a dozen cats and kittens to care for. Donations are greatly appreciated. Any amount will help. There is a donation jar on the front counter at Concord Pet in Suburban Plaza (312 Suburban Drive, Newark DE 19711). We also have a pay pal button on our website as well if you'd like to donate or we can send you an address to send the donation too. King is the greatest cat to ever live and there will never ever be another cat like him in the world. I miss King so much and am so lost with out him. I just want to hold him again. I will never forgot you King, I love you SOOOO Much. Rescued on 10/14/2006- 04/10/2010 Love you forever and always. 04.04.2010 King is a 6 year old Bombay mix kitty. He came to us 3 years ago with 2 other black cats (whom I kept), 2 tabbies and a dog who were our VERY first rescue in October 2006. I couldn't let go of King and his 2 sisters (not sure if they are truly related) so I kept them. - King started to not act like himself about 3 days ago. He just laid in bed all day , didn't move it looked like it hurt for him to move and he wasn't eating or drinking either. So, he was taken to the vet and blood work was done as well as we a few other urine and stool tests. The blood work came back fine as well as the urine sample. We thought he may have diabetes as his glucose level was a little high but that can happen when a cat gets sick. He just started with extremely bad and liquid stool and still will not eat or drink. He was given sub q fluids and started on some medicine. The vet believes a digestive issue may be going on but further will need to be done and even a ultra sound may need to be done. Prayers are greatly appreciated. Just last month Macie (his sister) overcame her serious illness and needless to say money is very tight. Macie's total vet costs were $1,200. She had similar syptoms to King but hers were much more serious, she was diagnosed with IBD, triad and a few other things. She has made a full recover thank god, but we just barely got our heads above water. Prayers are appreciated. Thank you.

Rickie
Rickie came to us with her litter of 2 week old kittens about 4 weeks ago from. Rickie was a beautiful Maine coon baby girl about 1 year old as you can see. Rickie had been living outside even during her pregnancy, she was a very sweet and wonderful little girl about 8lbs when she came to us. She took very good care of her 5 babies but she didn't have that much milk so they needed to be supplement fed. About 1 week ago she started to vomit up everthing she ate, she couldn't hold anything down. She was taken to the vet received a full blood work up, fluids and recieved an X-ray- which nothing was abnormal on the X-ray. The results came back the next day and everything was fine- she did have a high white blood cell count, and she was barely 5lbs, She left us on June 11, 2009. She held on as long as she could of her kittens, luckily her kittens ahd long been weaned. The vet believes this was an underlying issue that was sped up by the fact she had a litter of kittens, it put a lot of stress on her body. Her kittens are all doing great and are happy and healthy. I got very attached to Rickie in the few weeks she waqs here, she was beauitul not just because of her breed and coloring but because she had a great, sweet and gentle personality. She purred non stop and even purred and she was went into kitty heaven. She was loved very mucn and I still think about her every day, I miss her so much and wish there someway to have mase her better. She is up in Kitty Heaven playing wtih Toby, Rusty and all of the other rescued kitties that have passed away. Watch over us and keep your babies safe! Love you Rickie, Jamie

Rusty
Rusty entered heaven today. January 28, 2009Rusty entered heaven today. January 28, 2009 Rusty was a 3 year old FELV postive kitty. He was in our care for 9 months. Before that he was living outside fighting for his life. Rusty was our very 1st postive kitty cat. Rusty was a fighter. He came to us with 4 other cats- each of them not postive. They were all sick with colds, Rusty never caught their colds. He was in rough shape when we first rescued him- scars and dirty fur. He became very healthy and outgoing after a few weeks of good eating! After 6 months in our care he devloped a lump on his back leg, we were prepared for the worst. He went through $500 dollars worth of surger and it turns out the lump was just a fiber depoist! We would of love to see him live in a home of his own, instead of living in a bedroom- but he was very much loved here and a part of our family. The past week Rusty really went down hill. He stopped eating and became listless and lost weight. We tried to do everything we could to save him, but in the end he was just suffering every day. I love Rusty so much it was a very hard decision to make, but I didn't want to see him suffer anymore. He is now in heaven watching over us and playing with Knee High (one of his rescued buddies that also passed away). We will love him and miss him very much, especially Topaz who now doesn't have a room mate. We also want to say a big THANK YOU to Cherry Hill Dog and Cat Hospital (in Elkton) for their compassion and kindness in this tough situation. They have helped us out a lot (also performed Rusty's lump removal surgery) through out this last couple months. They have alwasy been so kind and very good to us. We love you forever and always Rusty!

Schooch
Schooch came to us with her 2 siblings about 3 weeks ago. They were living under bushes in an apartmen complex at the U of D. A nice family contacted us to come and rescue the kittens. There were no signs of mom or other siblings. These poor babies were not even 4 weeks old at the time. Schooch was a speical needs kitten. Schooch had no use of her back legs. She "scooted" to get around- thats how she got around. We were very surprised she was still alive and living outside. She was seen by a vet and the vet said she might walk again with some physical thearpy which we did. It was possible she could walk again. We had been doing the PT but saw no real signs of improvement. In the 2 weeks we had her Scooch did really well- she was very actiive, ate well and pooped well! She could not use a litter box (not even a cardboad box) so she was being trained on doggy wee-wee pads which she did well with. She needed butt baths 2x a day to keep the urine and feces from buring her skin. She loved butt baths!! One day she just didn't seem herself, she wasn't to active and didn't eat as much. The next day she sadly passed away. She was 5.5 weeks old on 09/11/2008. It was very hard for us but Schooch wouldn't of had to good of a life. She charmed our hearts when we first met her. She was very sweet and loving. She will be missed greatly.

Minnie
We rescued Minnies mom (Mia) on June 29th, on May 1st Mia gave birth to 4 beauitful healthy kittens. Mia is a polydacytal and Minnie and her brother Mickey both had 6 toes as well. Minnie was the runt of the litter about half her siblings size. From day 1 we could tell there wasn't something totally right.. Minnies bottom seemed to always be dirty. We at first though maybe Mom was cleaning her bottom- so up until she was 6 weeks old we cleaned her bottom for her. She used the litter box like a pro but her bottom seemed to still be dirty. She also stopped growing at about 5 weeks old- she was so small and didn't even weigh 1lb at 8 weeks old, though she kept eating like a big she just never gained any weight. She was taken to the vet., and thought to maybe have a liver problem. She sadly passed away at 9 weeks old in her sleep. We aren't totally sure what she had wrong but she lived a very happy 9 weeks in a home with love and didn't have to die outside. She will be missed.