Give on May 7th or 8th, or give today. Whenever you give, you’ll be transforming your compassion into action for the animals!

At MEOW, we are proud and grateful that we can provide high quality of care to the animals who come to us in need of a soft place to land.

It’s certainly not uncommon for cats and kittens to arrive at the shelter carrying intestinal parasites, but Snap, Crackle, and Poppy brought one of the more persistent – cryptosporidium. It can cause diarrhea, fever, and inappetence. Untreated, it can lead to dehydration, weight loss, and much worse.

Although treatment with antibiotics is not always effective, Snap, Crackle, and Poppy were started on a protocol which included not only medication twice a day, but also the wiping of bottoms, the changing and deep scrubbing of litterboxes, twice a day, and complete bedding changes daily. The kittens were fed a special diet, supplemented with probiotics, given B12 injections for immune support, and monitored, and monitored, and monitored. This is a lot to ask of anyone, week after week, but their foster mom was completely committed to their care.

As time went on and on, it often felt like one step forward, two steps back. A lab report would say they were finally free of crypto. Hooray!! But when the confirming test came back, there it was again. The treatments and protocols had to continue. Thankfully, most days these little ones seemed blissfully unaware.

At last, after 5 long weeks of treatment, the lab confirmed that Snap, Crackle, and Poppy had cleared cryptosporidium. Compassion, commitment, and quality care won over this pesky and persistent parasite and Snap, Crackle, and Poppy have all been chosen by their forever families. 

Thank you in advance for joining with us and transforming the compassion we all feel for the animals into lifesaving action!

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