Signal Boost: Save Smokey

[oloriel]

Via lindahoyland. (It's not her kitten but she's brought this one to my attention.) Smokey is a young cat who swallowed some thread, which is now wrapped around his intestines and needs to be surgically removed. Owner can't afford surgery, so she's trying to get the money together via Gofundme. If you've got a few spare bucks and want to help try and save Smokey's life, the donation drive is here.

(Yeah, Smokey's owner needs to do better on phrasing and punctuation, but we can't hold that against the poor cat, can we.)

Whenever I read about things like this, I realise how lucky we've been with our cats so far. We regularly have bits of thread lying around as well as building materials and potentially poisonous plants both on the window-sills and in the garden, but they've never as yet touched any of that. Erm. *knocks on wood*

Comments

[ysilme]

It seems to be possible to pay only with a card, is that correct? I read the terms first where it says Paypal is possible, but I can't find a link to it. Do you happen to know that, or know if I could donate directly by Paypal?

I've started my social life in the internet with being active in a large German cat forum because we had chronically ill and/or rescue cats. I've heard of a surprisingly large number of similar case before, and have been super diligent since then. Our old hands are uncomplicated with potentially dangerous things, but the current kittens discovered all kinds of new possibilities...

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

There's a link on the page to contact the person who owns the cat so you could ask them about paypal. It is just under the Gofundmelogo I sent a small donation via debit card.

[ysilme]

Thanks, I must have missed that. I don't have a card I could use.