* Jenny found her forever home with the lovely people who were fostering her! *

Jenny came into Hamilton Animal Control as a stray. She’s missing her back feet! We’ll never know for sure why her paws are missing, but our vets think it may have been an injury when she was very small. One of her stumps has developed a good callus, but the other was open and bleeding when we rescued her.  Jenny was also suffering from a nasty case of ear mites. Ear mites are awful and extremely itchy for a normal cat, but even worse for a kitten who can’t scratch her ears because she has no back feet!

Though she walks a little slow, Jenny can still get around quite well. Our vets advised that there was nothing that needs to be done for Jenny as far as her mobility. She gets around well and won’t need any surgery for her legs.

We can’t even tell you how sweet Jenny is. She literally never stops purring and all she wants is to be held and cuddled. When she’s not getting love from her foster people, she entertains herself with the foster family’s three legged cat. They’re best buds! You’d never know Jenny doesn’t have back paws from how energetically she plays!

During her time in foster care, Jenny came down with an eye issue, and ringworm. Ugh. Jenny’s foster family diligently administered eye medication, bathed her, and got Jenny to the many vet appointments she’s needed. We’re very thankful they were willing to go through all this to get Jenny feeling better. It’s not easy to medicate a cat, let alone bathe one frequently!
Jenny healed from her ailments and her foster family decided they wanted to be her forever family! Yay Jenny!

2019 – Update from Jenny’s adopters

“Good afternoon Ladybird,

We’ve been following along with all the work you’ve been doing since we found you two years ago. It’s incredible. Thank you. It made me think that perhaps you’d like to hear about Jenny whom we adopted from Ladybird, or June as we call her. Short for Juniper.

She has found her new best friends in my wife and our other cat, Charleston. She follows us around the house constantly. She hates to be left alone and will slowly hobble after us trying not to use her back “paws”. She is still so tiny and we’re told by the vets that she’s as big as she will get, likely. She is afraid of nothing. She comes out to keep an eye on the vaccum as we clean. She yells at all the animals she sees from the window. She’s not phased by anything. She will eat absolutely anything – fluff, crumbs, bugs. We are constantly asking her what she’s eating.

When she walks on the tile or laminate floor it’s the saddest thing. She tries so hard to keep up on there with no luck. She’s the sweetest cat who always wants to be held. We’ve laid blankets around for her to walk easier. It helps a lot. Her feet will be good for a long time before the callous gets too big and she can no longer walk on them. However, soon they come off and she can walk again. Each time the callous comes off we feel her feet (stumps) look a little better than the last time. She keeps positive all the time. Always happy to see us, she greets us with a vibrating tail like I’ve never seen. She’s so sweet and so brave and strong it’s sometimes a little heartbreaking to watch her struggle. We’ve changed our renovation plans to include less hardwood and a little more carpet. She’s going to be so happy.

Thank you so much for looking after her in that first while and allowing us the opportunity to foster and adopt. I thought you might be happy to know how much she means to not only me and my wife but to Charleston as well.

Thanks Ladybird Ladies,
Douglas”