Feral Paws Rescue

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Message From The CareTaker Of Ghost The Feral Cat In Need Of Medical Attention

 
 
March 20, 2008
 
 
Dear Feral Paws Rescue,
   
   Please thank everyone for me!  I'm actually hoping to move to Vallejo by end of year (with ALL my ferals).  I have the loan of a drop trap I am picking up tonite.  Ghost has stopped coming to my porch to eat and sleep but is still in the yard.  I saw him again this morning.  I think he has found a less accessible part of the back yard to hide in.  Not knowing his regular hangout, and not being able to tempt him with food will make it tricky but I am determined to nab him.  I do plan to contact Actors and Others and Lifeline for help but kinda need to know exactly what is going on with Ghost first.  He definitely has to be shaved and that means keeping him in my bathroom for awhile..he can't run around outside naked!
 
I took a pic of Ghost last night:
 
 
Bonita Berger
Assistant
Schreiber & Schreiber Inc.
16501 Ventura Blvd #401
Encino, CA 91436
818 789-2577 x 10
818 789-3391 fax

 

This message has been sent to a number of folks in
the rescue community.  However, I asked the lady
who sent the original message, and whose yard the
cat keeps frequenting, whether or not the matter had
been resolved.  She said folks have given her suggestions
for trapping "Ghost" and offered the loan of a drop trap. 
But then she said, "I'd hate to trap him knowing I don't
have any funds to get him to a vet, and he needs help." 
 
Do you know of any vet in the N. Hollywood area that
 would see this kitty on a "low income" basis?  Bonita
has no funds, and mine are very limited, as I recently
lost my job too.  But the kitty doesn't deserve to suffer,
and I would do what I can.
 
Her personal vet's name is listed at the bottom of her
plea as well.  Your assistance would be greatly
appreciated....especially by "Ghost!"
 
Thank you,
 
Mari Schultz
San Diego, CA  

HELP! - Feral Cat w/Stick Stuck in Roof of Mouth -
Need Help Trapping and DONATIONS for Vet Care ASAP
 
 
Ghost showed up in my backyard a week ago.  He had a
stick stuck in the roof of his mouth, and I have tried every
trapping trick in the book to get him, but he is trap savvy. 
He somehow got the stick out, but I'm sure part of it is still
 in there because he is drooling profusely and not eating
very much.  I am in a panic, because I want very much to
help this feral cat, but haven't the funds to get him medical
care, nor can I get A HOLD of him.
 
I am asking for help in obtaining a drop trap (which
I don't know how to use, so I'll need physical help
with that), or help in trapping him from some expert
trappers and for donations toward his medical care. 
 
I recently posted for help for one of my own cats,
because I am completely broke since the IRS recently
 garnished my wages.  I hate to go begging again, 
but this poor cat does not deserve to live in pain.   
The pictures are not that good since they came
from my phone camera, but it is the best I can do. 
He is very skittish and bolts if he even knows
someone is looking at him. 
 
I have a paypal account at:
 
Donations can be called in to the vet:
Dr. Sunada
11561 Oxnard Street
N. Hollywood, CA 91606
Phone: 818- 508-8530
 
Any help will be very much appreciated. 
It kills me every day to know he is in my
backyard, and I can't help him.
 

 


  


Email Update Sent To Us Regarding Ghost Update

 

Here is the story of a feral named Ghost who turned up sick in my yard in spring, 2008

Ghost prior to trapping: (with Lucky on left)

 

 

I borrow a drop trap from SCA and spend a day mending it and improving it and then all Fri

eve and all Sat with it set up in diff places with different bait trying to get Ghost.

Toby and Precious check out the trap:

7:30 Sat night, Ghost is nearly all under it so I spring it.  Then I fling a blanket over it to

calm him, attach a small trap for transporting him and recruit a neighbor to help me

 get him into the small trap:

I cover the trap completely to calm Ghost and take him to Westside Emergency in

 Santa Monica at 8 pm:

The hospital, I note, has a VERY hot vet!

 
Also very nice and a good vet.  He helped me carry Ghost in.  I filled out the
 paperwork and left poor Ghost to be examined.  At 7 in the morning I pick
 up Ghost, who has had his teeth all pulled and been shaved of all his matted fur. 
 He's also tested positive for FIV.  He looks pitiful.  They kindly put him in a
carrier to go home:
 
 
 
We go home and Ghost takes up residence in a small 3 level midwest condo cage
where we leave him for now, refusing to eat, take meds or anything but miserable......
 (more as the story develops)
 
Stray Cat Alliance loaned me the $400+ for Ghost.  I have raised $100 towards
 paying them back so far (plus an unknown amount in addition).  If anyone would
like to make a donation for Ghost (please title it FOR GHOST), it can be sent to
Stray Cat Alliance, PO Box 491214, Los Angeles, CA 90049.    PS my other sick
FIV+ stray, Toby, went to the vet Sat am.  His bill has been entirely paid
(kisses you special folk)
 
 
 
Ghost may be feeling too thankful right now (grrr, hiss, swat) but that will change.
I sure am. God bless ALL of you and bring you light and love.
Thank you.  Ghost has a ways to go (since I can't get meds into him right now)
 but I hope I may even be able to tame him....
 
Bonita Berger
Assistant
Schreiber & Schreiber Inc.
16501 Ventura Blvd #401
Encino, CA 91436
818 789-2577 x 10
818 789-3391 fax
 
 

April 4, 2008 Update On Ghost From His Caretaker


 

 

 April 1, 2008

  Dear Feral Paws Rescue,

I just saw Ghost this morning.  Apparently he won't come to the porch if he thinks I'm around (I can't blame him.)  He's still resembles a skinny rat with no hair, but he was chowing down happily on his favorite dry food, so I think his mouth is in much better shape.  I went to get my camera and of course he had disappeared while I did that.  But he looked like he was eating without pain.  Hurrah.
 
Bonita 

 

April 3, 2008

 Dear Feral Paws Rescue,

Ghost, the feral kitty with the injured mouth, came back from the vet with his fur shaved and all his teeth pulled and was not in a good mood!  He was released after 4 days of captivity during which he refused to eat.  He's back with his friends and colony, sheltering in our garage.  I have seen him 3 times but not been quick enough to get a photo.  He is chowing down on his beloved dry food, tho with a pronounced effort to chew on his right side, has clearly gained some weight back (but still looks so little and thin without his fat fur) and actually trotted briskly from the feeder back to his shelter in the garage. Wow.  He's very much on the mend.  He still looks absolutely silly.
 
He, and I, am grateful to everyone who cared about helping him!  Now I am rooting for his fur to grow back quickly!
 
Bonita

Update On Ghost April 1, 2008

Dear Feral Paws Rescue,  

I just saw Ghost this morning.  Apparently he won't come to the porch if he thinks I'm around (I can't blame him.)  He's still resembles a skinny rat with no hair, but he was chowing down happily on his favorite dry food, so I think his mouth is in much better shape.  I went to get my camera and of course he had disappeared while I did that.  But he looked like he was eating without pain.  Hurrah.
 
Bonita

Update On Ghost April 3, 2008

Dear Feral Paws Rescue,

This is an update on how Ghost is doing.  Ghost, the feral kitty with the injured mouth, came back from the vet with his fur shaved and all his teeth pulled and was not in a good mood!  He was released after 4 days of captivity during which he refused to eat.  He's back with his friends and colony, sheltering in our garage.  I have seen him 3 times but not been quick enough to get a photo.  He is chowing down on his beloved dry food, tho with a pronounced effort to chew on his right side, has clearly gained some weight back (but still looks so little and thin without his fat fur) and actually trotted briskly from the feeder back to his shelter in the garage. Wow.  He's very much on the mend.  He still looks absolutely silly.

 
He, and I, am grateful to everyone who cared about helping him!  Now I am rooting for his fur to grow back quickly!
 
Bonita

Update On Ghost April 7, 2008

Dear Feral Paws Rescue,
 
Again, thank you ALL for caring and esp those of you who helped!  He's still skinny but he doesn't drool any more and his fur is coming back...baby fuzz all over.  Cute in a grotesque sort of way LOL
He apparently has hearing loss.  Yesterday I approached him 3 times when he wasn't looking at me and he never noticed me til I touched him. (Then he jumped a foot in the air, swapped ends and snarled at me).
Bonita

April 7, 2008 Update Photos Of Ghost

 

April 17, 2008 Update On Ghost

 
Ghost is on the porch daily now happily eating and grooming, well his face at least.....I try hard not to laugh at him.  As you can see, he still "ghosts" away whenever I try to get a photo!!!  Drat the kid.
 
 
 
Bonita

May 2, 2008 Update On Ghost

 
Ghost is tired of  having his photo taken, so I haven't been able to get new pix yet. but I see him every day, he eats dry food with no problem (which is what he always preferred).  He's definitely gaining some weight.  He has a cute little fuzz coat now, which still doesn't hide his awkward body but it looks very soft and touchable. No chance he'll ever let me do that!  He's definitely enjoying life now and moving easily.  He IS FIV+ so I will always have to keep a close eye on him but thanks to everyone who cared and helped, our sneaky little buddy is doing very well.  I'll keep trying for photos.  I always say hello and talk to him when he's around.  Sometimes he stops and listens for a bit. Sometimes he slips away like a gray shadow, vanishing instantly. (hence his name).  I hope he has more good years to enjoy growing a full coat again and maybe finding a buddy to hang with.  With the recent very hot weather, he may even be grateful to be less furry right now! 
I can't thank every one enough.
 
 
Bonita