Project Tai O Stray Cat

For the past few months, I was busy as usual; there are always many sick and weak stray cats out there, and I would like to share some stories to you:

White Face – he has an inflamed and sore mouth again, that’s why he didn’t eat much and he is getting thinner than before. Therefore, I need to bring him to the clinic regularly; besides, he needs to have long-acting antibiotic and steroid injections once a month; more than that, he gets the treatment of Reiki twice a week. The condition of White Face is similar to Black and White (the cat lives in Cha Kwo Ling), who has infected with Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and FIV cause him to have mouth ulcers. For sure we know that if White Face eats a lot of medicines very often, his kidney function is getting worse; however, there is no choice. As you know, it is not easy to take care of a cat with FIV without extra effort; for that reason, we are difficult to find an adoption or temporary care for White Face, no one to take risks to look after FIV’s cats. What I can do for White Face is to make him feel comfortable every day and take good care of him.

Flying cat Little White – he has multiple skin wounds; therefore, we brought him to Yuen Long for veterinarian. The blood test result shows that those wounds are due to FIV issues; other than that, he is generally fine. You know what Little White is a super noisy cat; he kept meowing from Tai O to Yuen Long in the taxi, probably he was so nervous and worried about the visit.

Little Black and White – he has a wound on his body, but was so difficult to find it, but good that our neighbor discovered his body had a wound because the neighbor loves to play with him every day. Although the wound was very deep this time, it was starting to heal. The Vet requested us to clean his wound every day, put some ointment on his wound and give him medicine on time. As long as we follow the vet’s instruction, Little Black & White will be fine.

Short-tailed Girl – she was very sick and almost died; but after 16 days of fighting, she finally discharged from the hospital. I was so worried and depressed, not only because I was concerned about the health of Short-tailed Girl but also I was so busy with other stray cats and family matters. It was really hard for me to pass thru those 16 days while Short-tailed Girl stayed in hospital; it is because we have very good relationship. Finally, Short-tailed Girl released from hospital because she was taken good care by medical staff.  

Once again, we would like to ask for your help for their medical expenses, we couldn’t last long without your support. If possible, please send us a donation to help stray cats in Tai O and other areas in Lantau Island.

For the past few months, some of our stray cats have medical issues. The followings are estimated medical expenses for each cat:

Yellow (boy) 1 year old

Cause: There was a wound on his hand, deep enough to see the fascia; he needs to have sutured and stay in the hospital.

Medical expenses: hospitalization, surgery, blood tests, X-rays, drugs (approximately HKD15,000 or USD1,910)

Big Yellow (boy) 5 years old

Cause: There was a wound that looked fine on the surface, but there was an inflammation inside and its size is about an egg. After the bacterial test, it was resistant to most antibiotics. It had to be excised the necrotic tissue, and then do the suture and stay in the hospital. He also has FIV and early stage of kidney disease.

Medical expenses: hospitalization, surgery, blood tests, X-rays, drugs (about HKD20,000 or USD2,550)

Ding Ding (female) 6 years old

Cause: The front hand was hoisted; fortunately, there was no fracture after checking X-ray; and also she has back pain. I observed that there was an old wound under her armpit, probably was injured before, the wound was healed but the muscle tissue is still inflamed. Vet suggested letting her to stay indoors to recuperate.

Medical expenses: Hospitalization, blood tests, X-rays, drugs (about HKD6,000 or USD760)

White Face (Male) 10 years old

Cause: The first blood test found that he has low red blood cells and high white blood cells, while the platelet levels are low. He has high renal index at its early stage; also, he has FIV and the problem of pancreatitis. Therefore, it is recommended to stay in the hospital.

Medical Expenses: Hospitalization, blood tests, medications, surgery (approximately HKD15,000 or USD1,910)

Black and White (boy) 12 years old (lives in Cha Kwo Ling)

Cause: It was found that his intestines are relatively thick after doing blood test; probably he may get colon cancer, and also he has FIV. 

He was brought back to Cha Kwo Ling and stays with care taker; I would like to ask for your help to support his medical expenses even though he doesn’t live in Tai O.

Our organization is not only helping stray cats in Tai O; but also, helping stray cats in other suburb.

You can see that we have lot of medical expenses recently and we need your donation and support to take care of stray cats.