Lazarus: Larry as he is affectionately known is a young male with a terribly sad history, a joint rescue effort. Staggering along a road in Chania his face ripped open by trauma he was picked up by a local Greek woman & taken to our vet Eleni Maroulaki. His care & operations kindly funded by his rescuer.

Larry’s jaw was shattered, his sinuses & wounds infected, during his operation Eleni removed 30 maggots from his face & nasal wounds. He spent many weeks with his jaw wired, he was dehydrated & starving. His infections were difficult to cure but tests for FIV/FeLV were thankfully negative. He was treated for a multitude of acquired parasites, he had been injured for some time before being rescued. Vaccines have been delayed until he is fully fit, he is neutered.

Subsequently Larry is blinded in the left eye & has residual brain damage (his cry is odd & he needs constant love & attention or he gets very scared). He is clean & eats normally & is using the cat flap! He continues to have issues breathing through his nose, his septum is scarred with nasal passages narrowing for which we are having to give antibiotics as his sinuses remain infected, he is with us for after-care, feeding up & lots of TLC.

He adores other cats as you can see from the picture Hebe is his new love… His bib looks yellow in the photograph but is now white after numerous washes, typical boy we have to wash his face.
We need a special home for this disabled boy who has been through so much, he is young between 1-2 years of age & he has many years ahead of him but may continue to have chronic sinus infections needing antibiotics.
We are searching for special people to adopt him or sponsorship for his future needs.

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Cats Pyjamas

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Sunday 8 March 2015

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