Our cats shown below are in order of when they arrived. The ones at the top have waited to be adopted the longest.
Please consider opening your heart to one or two of these beautiful felines.
All the kittens shown below are considered FOSTER-TO-ADOPT.
They are not old enough to have completed vaccines or be spayed or neutered. All kittens are fostered until the last vaccines and spayed/neutered before adoptions are finalized.
Cats and kittens with special needs can be listed this way for various reasons. Donations to help with vet care can be sent by clicking the donation button below.
MEET PITTEN AND READ HER STORY BELOW
Above is our sweet, Pitten. The first image is what she looked like when she first arrived. She and her mom were displaced after a house fire. She was just a kitten. The Second and third images are of her today. She has been spayed and is currently up to date on all her vaccines. Pitten is with an exceptional foster family and has someone home with her all the time.
She is considered special needs. She has an estimated birthday of 8-8-2023. She was born with a rare condition. She has severely deformed back legs. Currently, she can move around and climb. She has adapted well, climbs stairs, and uses a litter box. Her doctors think she is a Maine Coon mix and looks like she will be a large cat when she is an adult. This can add complications to her legs, hips, and mobility. Monitoring her diet & weight will be very important for her entire life.
Her first visit with an orthopedic specialist was in January. We were advised that this happened to her while developing in her mother. Her deformity is due to soft tissue, not bone. This makes her condition a little more difficult to handle. She is too young to do any heroics for her while she’s still growing and her body is developing. Her specialist wants to see her at roughly 1 year of age to determine if surgery is needed. If so, this would be very costly.
The estimates given to our rescue roughly were:
$1,740 – CAT scan that can only be done at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is $10,000 to fuse joints in her back legs to prevent arthritis as she ages. (est, $5,000 per leg) – Dr. prefers to do both at the same time. Her specialist is at Nexus Veterinary in Baltimore, MD. ( Dr. Dycus) Since her condition is rare, she will need to continue her care at this hospital, including Johns Hopkins for scans.
We are letting anyone interested in adopting her when she is ready, that this would need to be taken into serious consideration. We are not sure at what age this would need to be performed, if at all. At a minimum, it would be the CAT scan as she ages to see how tissue develops as she matures. We assume this may need to be repeated throughout her life. We need to know that anyone interested in applying to adopt her can easily afford and handle her future care as well as continue her visits to specialists as she ages.
We are a small Non Profit, 501c3 Rescue for cats including sick & disabled. Our goal is to find a safe place for them to live out their lives with an abundance of Love and Affection. We plan to reduce the number of unwanted cats through spay/neuter programs. Animal welfare is our top priority including quality veterinary care for all cats rescued. Future goals will be to offer training programs and community education.
Volunteers and Fosters of ABLS:
VIRGINIA BECK
ROBIN KASSING
LISA DELAUDER
ABLS is low on funding, volunteers, and foster homes.
Please apply at the links below to join our team in saving more cats’ and kittens’ lives.
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IN MEMORY OF BOO BEAR
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 Mr. Boo crossed over the rainbow bridge.
He was loved so much by so many people. Especially his very best friend and foster Mama, Rory. Boo and his best buddy Violet were taken in to be fostered at a very young age. It was obvious there was something wrong with Boo’s eyes. We had that addressed and ended up finding he had more than one genetic problem. The other was his kidneys. His kidneys looked like that of an 8-year-old cat and Boo was only a few months. We decided to keep him comfortable. Boo lived 6 months longer than expected. We know that was all the love and commitment from his foster family.
Boo will never be forgotten! He had a very short time on this earth with us but, he touched so many lives in a big way. He was a very gentle and sweet soul. As a kitten, you could lay him on his back and rub his belly.
Boo was laid to rest under a beautiful tree with a birdbath nearby. He loved watching birds.
Please send love to his foster family. This was a very special little guy. He left a huge hole in their lives.
Thank you to everyone that donated towards Boo’s medical care.
Thank you to Dr. Renee Rusnisky at Mid Atlantic Cat Hospital in Maryland. Dr. Jacob Herr & Dr. Bianca Zamperi with Penn Vet for the amazing care you gave Boo over the past year.
CLICK BOO’S PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF BOO BEAR.
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