Big hearts needed to help blind cat
Just like with people, some pets have it harder than others.
After arriving at the Alberta Pound and Rescue Centre earlier this year, Miss Magoo had her eyes surgically removed due to a health condition.
“Miss Magoo came to us at the beginning of January and she had an upper-respiratory infection,” said APARC general manager Kaylyn Genio. “It was so bad that it basically sealed off her eyes. At that point she did have eyes, but after some time we saw no real improvement, so we decided to have a bilateral eye enucleation done at the vet.”
Though she just had the surgery finished, Genio says Miss Magoo is doing well and has started her recovery.
“She’s doing surprisingly well, really,” Genio said. “She has a ton of energy and she doesn’t really stop for anything — we think she’s going to do really well.”
Miss Magoo’s eyes have been stitched shut and Genio says the vets are hoping her owner will not need to do anything extra for her because of her eye removal.
Genio says if all goes well Miss Magoo could be up for adoption within a month, but it will need to be to the right home.
“Miss Magoo is going to need to go to a home with a lot of stability,” said Genio. “She’s going to need to go to a place that she can learn at her own pace, even another pet she can follow around would be great. A place where people have guests coming and going all of the time, new pets, renovations or stuff that could be scary for blind pets. She just needs to go somewhere stable.”
After the expensive surgery, APARC staff are hoping Hatters can bring their bottles to a bottle drive on Saturday at the Pet Valu Carry Drive location.
“If anyone has any bottles they need to get rid of, we’ll have a big truck there,” she said. “We also have some nice hearts here and all around our shelter that people can buy a Valentine for Magoo, write a little message and donate to her that way.”
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