south carolina - december - 2024

​SOUTH CAROLINA RESCUE

       PHILLY AND OSCAR’S STORY 
 
Two tiny boys, heard screaming under a mobile home deck for 2 days.  No mom in sight.  Was she run off by dogs?  Did the coyotes get her?  Was she hit on the road searching for food?  We will never know.
 
The babies were pulled out, placed in a box and dropped off at a dog rescue with a note, which said “These kittens were found under our trailer’s deck. They’ve been screaming for 2 days, and no mom ever came back for them.  We gave them some milk with an eye dropper, but we can’t help them and they aren’t doing well.”
 
The dog rescue Director reached out to us for help.  We immediately contacted our bottle mom, to see if she had availability to take on these two fragile boys, who had been given cow’s milk, which is very bad for neonatal kittens and can actually cause enough GI distress to kill tiny babies, and who were also ice cold.  The Director of the dog rescue got the babies on heat right away, while we arranged transport to the bottle mom, who thankfully had the space to accept them.
 
It was very touch and go for the first week, as they battled issues from being left cold and then given the wrong nutrition.  They suffered from diarrhea, and refused to nurse.  Thankfully, blessedly, our bottle mom is so knowledgeable and savvy with these types of issues, and was able to pull them through with the appropriate meds and tube feedings.
 
Then, they never looked back.  They thrived, and they grew into two happy, bouncy, playful boys.  They were tested for feline aids, and leukemia (both negative) and received their first vaccines this week.  They will need to finish their vetting - boosters, neuter surgeries, and microchips, so that they can interview prospective adopters, and be placed in their forever homes for life.
 
Save Our Strays is a champion for the fragile, the sick, and the special needs. Can you find it in your heart to donate towards their needed vet care?  Please help us help them, and enable our work going forward?
 

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