This blind, scruffy cat managed to “find” his way to our shelter via a caring supporter.  It was a cold, windy day in March when a kind woman noticed a cat off to the side of the road with a car pulled over. As she parked her car to see what was wrong, the man said he was removing the cat from sitting in the middle of the road, then he quickly sped away. She searched the area to see if she could find the cat’s owner thinking that perhaps this fellow was just lost. Throughout the day, the cat stayed in one spot and didn’t move. Now desperate, this supporter called us and an FFF volunteer went out to catch the cat.  Upon arrival, our volunteer saw that the cat had found its way into the middle of a field where it sat huddled against the cold blowing wind. Ever so slowly, the volunteer approached with food and a carrier at the ready.

To her dismay, the poor creature appeared to be quite sick, starving and seemed to have an eye infection. She scooped him up and brought him back to our shelter.  At the shelter, the carrier door was carefully opened and the cat just threw himself into her arms—–thankful for being rescued, no doubt!

Needles to say, our volunteers were fast to tears as it looked as if the cat had no eyes. Despite his condition, the cat loved attention and purred when pet! When examined by our vet,  it was determined that our rescued boy (“Eddie”) has two eyes that are deeply set back in his head. One eye was most likely this way from birth, but the other eye had ruptured over time from an infection that was never treated. At some point, Eddie was probably able to see and was getting around with one eye for a long time until the infection caused the eye to rupture. The task now became one of survival for Eddie—he had to eat and drink. On day 2, volunteers were still syringe feeding Eddie. Determined volunteers made sure he ate. Eddie had the will to live and he was so happy with all the attention he was receiving, so we weren’t giving up on him! On day 3, after his syringe feeding, Eddie dove into his food by himself—what joy!

Volunteers put salve in the ruptured eye and were able to save it from being removed, and although Eddie has no sight, he’s one of the happiest cats at the shelter. He follows volunteers about their work by listening to footsteps. A special needs cat, Eddie is loving and affectionate and will get a good home. 

We may never know how or why Eddie ended up in the field, but we do know that we’re thankful that our friend (Liz C.) is a dedicated cat rescuer! Eddie was saved from an  terrible fate and an agonizing demise. He now has a second chance!

Thanks Liz!