10/10/2026
🐾 **A Little Help for Our Barn Cat, Luna 💔
Valiant Equestrian LLC families,
We have some heartbreaking news to share about our sweet girl, Luna. I didn’t want to alarm anyone, but she had been missing for the last week or so, and we were worried sick about her, not knowing where she was or if she was okay.
Last night we were hanging out in the barn around 11:00pm doing our night check of the horses, when we heard her trademark “mewoooow” we were so relieved and happy when we saw her glowing eyes come closer, but our relief quickly turned to heartbreak when we saw that she was very skinny, and was limping on a severely injured foot. She was crying in pain, and I rushed her straight to the emergency vet.
Luna underwent tests and imaging, and we were told that her foot has numerous deep puncture wounds and abrasions. The vet explained that her injuries are serious enough that if the infection gets in her joint she may need amputation or to be PTS. Or we can try an aggressive course of antibiotics and wound care and hope it heals cleanly, to give her the best chance at saving her foot. We simply aren't ready to give up on her, so we're going to fight for our girl and give her every chance we can ❤️
Our plan is to give Luna extensive antibiotics, carefully clean and dress her wounds, and keep her comfortable with pain medication. She will need to stay confined in our barn bathroom so she can rest, heal, and avoid running around while her foot recovers. It's going to take a lot of care, medication, and time. She’s a tough girl to make it all the way home in the condition she was in, I bet she was so scared looking for home💔
Her emergency vet visit, and aftercare is totaling up quickly. and we still have many prescriptions and ongoing care expenses ahead of us. This has been an unexpected and very emotional expense, but Luna is part of our barn family, and we want to give her every possible chance to recover.
If you are able and would like to help, we have started the **“Save Luna’s foot Fund” 🐾💗** to help cover her veterinary bills, medications, bandages, and continued treatment. Any contribution would mean so much to us. Please know that there is absolutely no pressure to donate; sharing this message and keeping Luna in your thoughts means a great deal, too.
We are so incredibly grateful that our sweet girl found her way home. We don't know what she went through during that missing week, but we know she is safe now, with a full belly, and getting the care she desperately needs.
Thank you for caring about Luna and for being part of a community that shows compassion for the animals who are part of our lives. ❤️🐈
With Love,
Valerie and Luna ❤️
*Donations for the “Save Luna’s foot Fund” can be sent via venmo or zelle(848)992-5951
