We are now well over $1,000 everyone for Mabel's surgery! Yes! Every dollar matters! We have noticed some particularly generous donations coming through and we are in awe of the kindness of this community. All of your donations no matter how big or small will always be appreciated by us and by Mabel!
If you'd like to help contribute to her over $3,000 surgery, please see below:
Affectionate, adorable Mabel needs your help! When she first came to our special needs cat foster program, her foster mom noticed right away that something was wrong. Whenever Mabel would eat or drink, she'd make an odd coughing, sneezing sound, and sometimes wet food or water would come out of her nose. Upon examination, the vet discovered Mabel has a hole in her soft palate, the part of the roof of her mouth back by her throat, that allows food and water to get into her nasal cavity. And yes, that's as unpleasant as it sounds for poor Mabel, and it can also cause long-term health problems like chronic inflammation and upper respiratory infections, so she's going to have surgery to close the hole.
The surgery will cost more than $3,000, and FFOCAS is hoping you'll help us help Mabel by making a donation at this link and type Mabel in the notes at checkout so that the money can go directly to her vet care:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RW8MPY8F4X7FS
Once Mabel's recovered from surgery, we'll start accepting applications to adopt her, and we're expecting a lot of interest because she's a friendly, affectionate little lap cat. She's also just a year old and otherwise healthy. So keep an eye out for a post announcing when Mabel is ready to come forever home with you!
#mabel #help #surgeryneeded #kitties #fostercats #helpmabel #sheltercats #frederickmd #localcats #helplocalkitties #helpwanted #catfundraiser #nonprofit
We have now raised $718.89 for Mabel's surgery! Hear her purr with her gratitude for you! You can see what an easily adoptable girl she will be when this is all over for her!
If you'd like to help contribute to her over $3,000 surgery, please see below:
Affectionate, adorable Mabel needs your help! When she first came to our special needs cat foster program, her foster mom noticed right away that something was wrong. Whenever Mabel would eat or drink, she'd make an odd coughing, sneezing sound, and sometimes wet food or water would come out of her nose. Upon examination, the vet discovered Mabel has a hole in her soft palate, the part of the roof of her mouth back by her throat, that allows food and water to get into her nasal cavity. And yes, that's as unpleasant as it sounds for poor Mabel, and it can also cause long-term health problems like chronic inflammation and upper respiratory infections, so she's going to have surgery to close the hole.
The surgery will cost more than $3,000, and FFOCAS is hoping you'll help us help Mabel by making a donation at this link and type Mabel in the notes at checkout so that the money can go directly to her vet care:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RW8MPY8F4X7FS
Once Mabel's recovered from surgery, we'll start accepting applications to adopt her, and we're expecting a lot of interest because she's a friendly, affectionate little lap cat. She's also just a year old and otherwise healthy. So keep an eye out for a post announcing when Mabel is ready to come forever home with you!
#mabel #help #surgeryneeded #kitties #fostercats #helpmabel #sheltercats #frederickmd #localcats #helplocalkitties #helpwanted #catfundraiser #nonprofit
You have likely heard in the news about the pending chocolate crisis but you can do your part to make sure chocolate stays aplenty by considering sponsoring Snickers! He has very special needs that you'll find in the description below which we cannot support in our foster care program without your help! Visit our website ffocas.org and click "Sponsor a Foster Cat" to support this most special chocolate!
Declared “the best cat ever!” by one of our foster coordinators, Snickers was relinquished to our partner shelter, where the veterinarian discovered he had untreated diabetes. Because the disease requires close monitoring, especially in the early stages of treatment, the shelter asked if we could take him into our foster program. We got him started on insulin, and to keep a close eye on his blood sugar, he’s been fitted with a Freestyle Libre that allows his foster mom to easily check his glucose multiple times a day without having to stick him. He also had upper respiratory and urinary tract infections that required veterinary care.
#snickers #cats #catsrule #catpeople #catlovers #sponsoracat #petsarefamily #petpeople #petadoption #sponsors #savechocolate
Two more days to enter everyone! We are only 10 entries away from $25,000! What a great way that would be to finish out this raffle strong and give the most we can to our local homeless pets at Frederick County Animal Control, Maryland for a chance to win a trip of the eras! You also have two more chances to win free entries by listening to KEY 103 at 9:00am! If you miss your free chance from the radio, enter at ffocas.org!
#midnight #midnights #meetmeatmidnight #raffle #taylorswift #shelterpets #homelesspets #thankyou #supportlocalpets #swifties #twodays #feelinglucky
Bob Barker is a Great Dane mix, male, and 3-4 years old! He is adoptable from Frederick County Animal Control, Maryland
You can enter to win two tickets to Taylor Swift and $750 for her 10/19/24 Miami show to help Bob and his shelter friends at ffocas.org!
#dogs #greatdane #Eras #Taylor #adopt #shelterdogs #raffle #dogpeople #bobbarker
Adoptable Evan from Frederick County Animal Control, Maryland wants you to know that we need just ONE more entry in our go.rallyup.com/ffocastaylorswiftraffle to make $10,000! Will that entry be you?!
He LOVES walks almost as much as he loves Taylor!
#pets #Taylor #raffle #soclose #shelterpets #erastour #Evan #shelterdogs #adopt #doglove #goodboy #swifties
Our matching fundraiser is going strong and we still have 4 more days! Why should *you* donate toward the new animal shelter? Check it out....
Check out the video to see the winner of the @ffocasonpets Bingo Giveaway! Even if you didn't win, we would still love to have you join our Bingo on March 26th at 2:00pm to support our local homeless pets and @fcacmd! Here's the link for tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ffocas-cash-bingo-tickets-513007417997?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete
#bingo #winner #Congratulations #youwon #Community #shelterpets #communitypets #sundayfun #charity #goodcause #luckywinner #frederickmd #middletownmd #animalshelter
Looking for pint-sized unconditional love? 🐹❤️ Taco (brown/white) is the funny, popular guy who'll make new friends at the drop of a hat and make you laugh every day. Burger is the shy guy who wants to nerd out on what makes the best, cuddliest hiding spot. He's also Taco's BFF. These two boys are looking for their forever and would love to be home for the holidays! 🥰 Their family loves them very much but is in a super tight spot. They've asked us to help them find a home for these boys *soon* so they don't have to bring them to the shelter. Interested? Shoot us an email: [email protected].
And if you miss out on these guys, never fear! Frederick County Animal Control, Maryland has a few pairs of G piggies, a hamster, and several bunnies who would love a home for the holidays.
Lady Jane came to us in November 2021 after her owner passed away from cancer leaving behind 8 inside cats, 3 well socialized outside cats, and some unsocialized barn cats. With the help of our wonderful Facebook community we found rescue placement for all 8 inside cats and the 3 well socialized outside cats. Thank you Pets Bring Joy Rescue, PetConnect Rescue, Rise Above Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, and Montgomery County SPCA for taking in these sweet adult and senior kitties. The unsocialized cats remained behind as barn cats at the property where they were most comfortable.
One of the three friendly outdoor kitties was Lady Jane who was named after her late owner. Sweet Janey really wanted to be an indoor kitty at her previous home, but she had litter box issues, which kept her out in the barn. When she came into our foster program our vet determined that her litter box issues were due to untreated cystitis and now Lady Jane has perfect litter box manners. To keep Janey happy and comfortable all she needs is an open litter box and canned food, no dry food.
Lady Jane’s foster family has been impressed with just how loving and adaptable she is. She loves everyone and everything: kids, dogs, and cats, and we would love to find her a forever home that has other friendly cats and/or dogs. For more info on Lady Jane please check out her bio on petfinder:
https://www.petfinder.com/cat/lady-jane-57274895/md/frederick/frederick-friends-of-our-county-animal-shelter-md488/
So that we may continue helping cats like Lady Jane get healthy and adopted please consider supporting us today during #GivingTuesday
#givingtuesday2022 is 2 weeks away and today we want to share one of our success stories from Project Hope. Project Hope aims to help you navigate local resources that may enable you to resolve problems and either keep your pet or rehome your pet safely with expert help. When those options don't work, we'll help you decide whether surrendering your pet to the animal shelter is the best or only option.
Link came to us from a Frederick resident who was struggling to provide the proper care for him. Lizards can be difficult to care for, especially for a beginner who hasn’t been given proper care instructions. Link’s human knew she needed help, so one of our amazing fosters and her family took in Link and gave him the TLC he needed in order to thrive once again. Link has since been adopted into a wonderful home and his adopter sent us this adorable video. For more info on Project Hope please visit our website, and keep us in mind during #givingtuesday2022
https://www.ffocas.org/project_hope.php
Blanche here to remind you that #givingtuesday2022 is just three weeks away!! Between now and then we’ll be sharing stories of animals that we have helped this year and in previous years. Without your help, none of this would be possible.
What does FFOCAS do?
We are the “friends” group for the county animal shelter, Frederick County Animal Control, Maryland. Our mission is to support and facilitate the lifesaving work of our local shelter, Frederick County Animal Control, by providing the resources to: (a) treat shelter animals with medical and behavioral needs; (b) enrich the shelter environment to reduce stress for shelter pets; (c) recruit volunteers, foster care providers, and rescues for hard-to-place animals; and (d) help families in the community keep their pets or safely rehome them.
Thank you for your support for #GivingTuesday and throughout the year.
It's time for another FFOCAS contest! Tag your pet in their Halloween costume to Frederick Friends of Our County Animal Shelter by October 28th, we will collect the top ten best pictures and post them on FB & IG October 29th for voting! The winning pet family with the most votes by 9:00am on October 31st receives a $25 gift card to PetSmart! Good luck!
#pets #petcostume #halloweenpets #spookypets #petcontest #charity #helpingpets #petlove #halloweenfun #costumecontest #halloweencontest #frederickmd @fcacmd
LIZARDING 101: DON’T FORGET THE VET!!
Over the past few months one of our wonderful volunteers and her amazing husband have taken in 2 lizards from the community that were in very poor health. One was successfully rehabbed and adopted (he’s in the video), but the second unfortunately passed away on the way to the emergency vet. Because of this we have decided to do a series of posts on proper care of pet lizards to help educate the public and hopefully save a few lives! Lizards have very specific requirements and each species is different!!
Up first is vet care. Like all pets, lizards need proper vet care. If possible choose an exotic or reptile vet. They will have the most knowledge and be able to steer you in the right direction: from choosing a reputable source from which to adopt your scale baby, to setting up a proper habitat and feeding. If there isn’t a specialized vet in your area, call around to local clinics to find a vet that has experience caring for or owning lizards.
When you get your new lizard they should be seen as soon as possible to make sure they are healthy and then at least yearly after that. If something appears to be wrong, take your scale baby to the vet just like you would for a dog or cat. Signs that your lizard isn’t well could include a change of appearance (color, weight, sunken eyes), decreased appetite, decreased droppings, change in activity level, change in behavior, having problems shedding their skin
Stay tuned for more info on setting up a proper habitat, choosing the right lizard for your experience level, and feeding ❤️ 🦎
This handsome velociraptor is Jasper, a 10 year old neutered boy. He’ll be available for adoption soon, so stay tuned for more info on this sweet boy
