Plankton's Story

Scroll down through all 4 parts to see Plankton's happy ending!

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This feral cat, who we have named Plankton, was brought in for a neuter and to get his eye checked out. The 2nd and 3rd photos are what his eye looked like when he was first brought in on 4/30. It looks to be some type of wound on/around his eye that had almost no chance of properly healing without medical intervention. Dr. Ott decided we were going to hold off on neutering him on 4/30 and instead prescribe some medication for the obvious infection and eventually perform an enucleation on that damaged eye.

The trapper of Plankton volunteered to foster him and ensure that he was keeping to his prescription regimen. We are happy to report that in just 4 days the swelling and puss from the infection has almost disappeared entirely! (see first photo for the most current update). Plankton still has a ways to go, and as of right now, the best course of action still is an enucleation of that eye once the infection clears up.

Since he is not owned, all his treatments are funded entirely from donation-based funds. An enucleation is not a quick and easy procedure, it takes up almost a third of our surgical schedule and can cost up to $900!

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PLANKTON UPDATE:

For the last week Plankton has been on various medications to help with his recovery. We are happy to report he has shown so much improvement! The possibility of an enucleation is still on the table, Dr. Ott will be prescribing another round of medications and treatments and will re-evaluate next week during an through sedated exam.

Plankton still has a long way to go for his recovery, but we are so thankful he came in when he did. A HUGE Thank You to everyone who have donated towards his care so far. Planktons treatment is entirely funded by donations to our Feral Fund.

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PLANKTON UPDATE

Plankton isn't out of the woods yet but we are loving his progress! Today Plankton was in for a sedated exam for his eye and also to finally get neutered. While under, Dr. Ott was able to get a good look into his eye, and perform a staining. Though it is looking better, there is still some underlying issues going on. The main one is he is having abnormal pupillary light responses, aka, his pupil isn't dilating the way it should. Plankton will be getting some new medications and hopefully his eye will start acting as it supposed to. He still has a ways to go and an enucleation can't be fully ruled out just yet.

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PLANKTON UPDATE

Plankton has a place to call home and his new name is Pickles!

Pickles eye has been looking great and the person that found him had so many people interested in him she thought it was finally time he got a new home! Pickles being the confident, chatty guy that he is has settled nicely with two new siblings to play with!

Without our amazing support from the community, who knows what would have happened to Pickles. Your donations provided life saving care that saved his eye and gave him this second shot at life!

Thank you to the amazing volunteers who caught, cared for, treated, and adopted out Pickles!