09/28/2026
🐾 We could really use our community right now 🐾
We don’t love making posts like this, but transparency has always been important to us, and the reality is, this past month has hit us hard financially.
💩 First came the p**p. So. Much. P**p.
A couple of kittens in our care brought along a particularly nasty case of diarrhea. Thankfully, everyone is finally cleared up and doing well! But we’re still going through the not-so-glamorous part of rescue: disinfecting EVERYTHING.
We use a high-quality, veterinary-grade disinfectant to keep everyone safe, and when you’re using it daily, the cost adds up quickly.
🐱 Then came Boots.
Boots is a kitty we previously adopted out to one of our fosters. When there was concern he had ingested something and his adopter was facing financial difficulties, we agreed to help get him the emergency care he needed.
We quickly learned Boots did have material lodged in his intestines. Thankfully, the amazing team at Guardian Veterinary Care was able to remove it that same day, and Boots is doing great! 💙🐾
His adopter also learned an important lesson: some cats will eat fake plants.
While they may not be poisonous, they can still cause a very real, and very expensive, emergency.
Boots’ procedure alone cost us just over $1,500.
But we also have some REALLY good news to share…
🎉 CHANCE GETS TO KEEP HER LEG!!! 🎉
Chance came to us with a severely degloved tail and a broken back leg. Her tail had to be amputated, with one of our biggest concerns being whether she would retain normal re**al function afterward. Thankfully, she has recovered beautifully with no loss of function 💗
Her broken leg initially looked like it might require amputation too, but we gave her body time to heal after her first surgery, and somehow, that little leg healed!
No leg amputation. No additional major surgery. She gets to keep all four paws! 🥹 She still needs to be spayed, but that feels pretty small compared with everything she’s already overcome.
So while we’ve had some wonderful outcomes, the financial reality behind them is a little harder.
In roughly one month, we’ve renewed our rescue insurance, taken on Chance’s medical care, battled diarrhea and the mountain of cleaning that came with it, paid for Boots’ unexpected emergency procedure, all while continuing to care for the other 24 cats currently relying on us.
And somewhere along the way… we found ourselves in a hole.
So, here we are asking for help… ❤️🩹
We don’t have a huge funding source behind us. Donations from people in our community are what allow us to keep doing this and keep saying “yes” when an animal needs us.
If you’re able to donate, even a small amount would mean so much to us right now.
🐾 Venmo:
🐾 PayPal: [email protected]
🐾 Via this Facebook post
And if donating isn't possible, please share this post. Sharing costs nothing and helps get our rescue, our animals, and what we do in front of more people.
Donate. Share. Tell someone about us. Every bit of it helps keep this little rescue going.
And we’re including some pictures of Chance as the perfect reminder of exactly why we do what we do. Seriously… who could resist that little face?! 🥹🐾💗
Thank you, as always, for being in our corner.
💜The Boring Safe Haven