UPDATE ON SWEETNESS AND HER KITTENS:

Pudding and Mousse, two of mother Sweetness's kittens, are in danger of going blind if they did not fully recover from a severe URI that spread to their eyes.

Although the kittens have shown improvement, nothing definitive regarding surgery will be known until they are about 6 months old. In the meantime, however, we are thrilled to announce that Mousse has found a loving home! His new family will be administering his eye ointment and nutritional supplements for the next four months, at the end of which we should know if Mousse will need the corrective surgery.

His brother Flan Flan was the first of the group to be adopted, right around the same time as Mousse. His less severe infection cleared up nicely and he has had no further issues with his eyes.

The littlest ones of the group, Sorbet and Tiramisu, are just now large enough for spay/neuter surgery, so they will be available for adoption as soon as they are recovered. We have received hundreds of inquiries about adopting them and know we'll easily find them the right family match.

Sweetness is living it up in one of Bideawee's cageless cat habitats with some of our other feline residents. She had been caring for her kittens until recently, so she is enjoying being healthy and having time with the other "adults." One of our behavior coordinators is working closely with her to help her improve on her social skills. If you would like to know more about Sweetness or think she might be a good match for you and your family, please contact a Bideawee matchmaker at the Bideawee Adoption Center in Wantagh.

Pudding is up for adoption, and although we have received wonderful support and well-wishes for her, potential adopters have so far been deterred by the uncertainty of her future and the prospect of going through surgery with her in a few months. We are very optimistic that the right family will come along soon enough, though.

Many thanks to everyone that had shown their love and support for this sweet feline family.

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SWEETNESS AND HER KITTENS:

Meet Sweetness and her five delicious little kittens: Flan Flan, Sorbet, Mousse, Pudding, and Tiramisu. Several times a day, Sweetness chirps a hello and her kittens hustle to crowd around her. She then promptly grooms each one of them as they nestle together for a family catnap.

Their names and faces may give you a tooth ache, but their story is, sadly, not nearly as sweet.

Rescued from the city shelter, Sweetness and her kittens faced tough odds of survival there. Although measures are in place to curb potentially fatal diseases, illnesses are common in municipal shelters and even something as relatively harmless and treatable as an upper respiratory infection (URI) can quickly turn deadly when a mother cat becomes infected and cannot nurse her kittens.

Within 48 hours of their arrival at Bideawee, it was clear that Sweetness and her kittens had been incubating a URI and had brought it along with them; they all got very sick, very quickly.

Because many diseases like this cannot be detected upon arrival, Bideawee takes very special care to properly isolate newcomers from the healthy shelter population, ensuring these illnesses do not spread. Taking these precautions is costly, but invaluable when it comes to caring for the cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens in our care.

Sweetness and her kittens' infections had rapidly grown worse and the infection had spread to their eyes. Once ulcers were identified forming on the kittens' corneas, Bideawee medical staff had little choice but to bring the kittens to a specialist to get an expert opinion-something this serious must be treated quickly and properly.

The specialist confirmed that the condition was dire and the kittens would require an intense treatment consisting of several costly medications. The illness and its treatment would also require constant monitoring and continuous administration of the numerous medications.

The treatment of everyone's URI has been right on track so far and Sweetness, Tiramisu, and Flan Flan have each responded very well to the additional recommended eye treatment. Sorbet has some corneal edema and slight asymmetry of the pupils, but we are optimistic that this will clear itself up without too much further treatment.

Mousse and Pudding, however, have not been so lucky. Despite the treatment, which has been so successful with their siblings, these two continue to have eye-related complications, which have in turn compromised their vision.

Without proper treatment and possible surgery, Mousse and Pudding will most likely lose their sight and possibly lose their eyes all together.

In order to keep their eyesight, Mousse and Pudding will need to undergo costly eye surgery in the very near future.

Won't you help these sweet little kittens today?

Donate today to help Mousse and Pudding get the care and treatment they so desperately need to save their vision.



    

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