Pearl Cinnamondust
This floofy and adorable girl came to us as a tiny kitten at 6 weeks old. The people that had her and her mother brought her to us after we heard her story and what a miracle she was.
Pearl’s mom was rescued by some good Samaritans, they kept her safe as they knew she was far along in her pregnancy. She gave birth to a few healthy kittens, but then came Pearl. She was literally stuck in the birth channel for over an hour and her water sack had broken. Most kittens would have died at this point, but not our Pearl.
They rushed her mom to the ER (we wish they had done that immediately, but we realize not everyone knows what to do) and they got Pearl “unstuck” it was a miracle they proclaimed that she was alive and appeared healthy.
As Pearl grew the foster parents realized she wasn’t developing like her siblings and that’s when they contacted us. We happily agreed to take this blue eyed beauty and took her straight to our neurologist.
It seems Pearl had suffered from hypoxia (means insufficient oxygen especially to the brain) we discovered she was totally blind, and couldn’t eat, walk or use the litterbox on her own. But, our neurologist said to work with her and give her a few months as we were concerned for her quality of life. We trusted his advice and we are so glad we did.
As she grew and we worked with her she started to figure things out, slowly but she did it. We can now gleefully report she eats, drinks, walks, runs plays and used the litter box all on her own.
She’s a sweet girl but every once in a while we see in her actions that she is indeed special. Like puffing up suddenly and chasing invisible butterflies or playing ball where no ball is in sight. But we know she sees it and we love her personality, independence and her spark of life that no one will ever damper.
Pearl needs regular check-ups and we monitor her very carefully as hypoxia can also lead to heart defects.
Miss Pearl would love you to be her sponsor and in exchange she will show you her invisible butterflies!
Pearl’s mom was rescued by some good Samaritans, they kept her safe as they knew she was far along in her pregnancy. She gave birth to a few healthy kittens, but then came Pearl. She was literally stuck in the birth channel for over an hour and her water sack had broken. Most kittens would have died at this point, but not our Pearl.
They rushed her mom to the ER (we wish they had done that immediately, but we realize not everyone knows what to do) and they got Pearl “unstuck” it was a miracle they proclaimed that she was alive and appeared healthy.
As Pearl grew the foster parents realized she wasn’t developing like her siblings and that’s when they contacted us. We happily agreed to take this blue eyed beauty and took her straight to our neurologist.
It seems Pearl had suffered from hypoxia (means insufficient oxygen especially to the brain) we discovered she was totally blind, and couldn’t eat, walk or use the litterbox on her own. But, our neurologist said to work with her and give her a few months as we were concerned for her quality of life. We trusted his advice and we are so glad we did.
As she grew and we worked with her she started to figure things out, slowly but she did it. We can now gleefully report she eats, drinks, walks, runs plays and used the litter box all on her own.
She’s a sweet girl but every once in a while we see in her actions that she is indeed special. Like puffing up suddenly and chasing invisible butterflies or playing ball where no ball is in sight. But we know she sees it and we love her personality, independence and her spark of life that no one will ever damper.
Pearl needs regular check-ups and we monitor her very carefully as hypoxia can also lead to heart defects.
Miss Pearl would love you to be her sponsor and in exchange she will show you her invisible butterflies!
