Carson City's Catmandu introduces their Cat of the Week: Squeak
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 4:14pm
Meet Squeak, a cute little short-haired black cat with a tiny white patch on his chest. This 7-year-old kitty is small, with a gentle soul who retreats to avoid any conflict with the other cats.
Squeak is a special little guy needing a special home. He has developed “pillow foot,” an inflammation of the pads on his front and back legs that makes walking on the hard epoxy flake floors of Catmandu painful. Living in a home with carpet and upholstered furniture would improve his quality of life 1000%. Flare-ups are treated with a steroid shot from our vet, which helps immensely.
Squeak was a tiny 3-month-old feral kitten living in the scrap wood pile at Catmandu when the late Blake Holdren scooped him up and brought him inside, way back in September 2017. A hissy little scrapper, it took him a long time to fully trust humans and let them pet him.
Over the years, Squeak slowly became friendlier with people and has turned into a nice little cat that enjoys attention from people. For a big part of the day, he sits in front of the screen door leading into one of our cat rooms, and squeaks his cute little meow at anyone passing by, hoping they will stop and give him a few pets
In addition to the pillow foot syndrome, Squeak developed dental disease which resulted in losing the last of his teeth a few weeks ago. He is doing great since the dental, putting on weight and a much happier cat in general.
Squeak is FIV positive but has shown no signs of developing the disease. Many FIV positive cats never develop symptoms and live to a ripe old age. With FIV, any infection or sign of illness needs to be treated right away as it is much harder for his immune system to recover from any infection or illness. FIV is transmitted to another cat through a deep bite or sex. Since he is neutered and has no teeth, the odds of giving it to another cat are extremely low. It cannot be transmitted to humans, dogs, etc. Living in a low stress environment with his own people, in a loving home should dramatically increase his chance of living to the normal age of 15-20.
As part of his adoption, Catmandu would provide access to our vet and subsidize any medical costs he might incur as a result of the FIV. He could also be taken home as a long-term foster.
If you have room in your home and your heart for sweet little Squeak, please contact Catmandu at (775) 297-3419, or email to: momcat@catmanducc.org. You can visit Squeak and all the kitties of Catmandu, Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1829 Brown Street.
Catmandu is a local cage-free non-profit cat sanctuary and rescue. At Catmandu we care for an average of 80 cats that would otherwise be roaming the streets of Carson City. Some cats are adoptable and waiting for forever homes. Others are sanctuary cats who are very skittish with strangers, semi-feral or medically fragile felines; they will live most if not all of their remaining years at Catmandu. All of our cats are spayed/neutered and up to date on their shots. If you would like to volunteer and/or make a donation, please visit our website at: https://catmanducc.org. We appreciate any help we receive from the community, so we can continue to care for Carson City’s orphaned, homeless and abandoned kitties. Meow means thank you.
