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  • 1.  Need financial help for foster cat

    Posted 05-19-2019 07:16 PM

    Hello,
    My name is Erin Morrison, I am a veterinary technician at the University of Tennessee and I am looking for some help with paying for surgery for a foster cat.

    A family of cats showed up in our barn last year and after spaying/neutering and vaccinating all of the cats (mom, dad, and 4 kittens) we were able to find great forever homes for all of them but the dad.  He was more skittish than the others and we were working with him so that we could eventually rehome him.  Then we noticed that he had a head tilt and, long story short, he had a polyp in his ear that was removed at UT. Unfortunately the polyp came back and now the only treatment is to perform a "ventral bulla osteotomy" which is to remove the ear canal (polyp included).  This is a coslty surgery ($2500-4000) and I have spent over $600 for his care up until this point and am unable to contribute any more for his surgery.

    So far I have raised $820 between facebook fundraiser and "go fund me". Here are links to my go fund me as well as my facebook fundraiser:

    https://www.gofundme.com/surgerysavessam&rcid=r01-155758986622-5df8b04c2bc14f3d&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

    https://www.facebook.com/donate/2437519159615011/?fundraiser_source=external_url

     

    Any help is greatly appreciated: Information about grants I could apply for (since I am not a 501-(c) (3) those are limited), courtesy posts, etc.

    Thank you,
    Erin M. Morrison


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  • 2.  RE: Need financial help for foster cat



  • 3.  RE: Need financial help for foster cat

    Posted 05-21-2019 04:59 AM

    Thank you Judy! I found a few grants that fit my needs and applied to them, fingers crossed!


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