09/02/2026
🧡 Butterscotch Needs You 🧡
🧡 Sometimes when an animal comes into our care, the animals who need us the most - need us in the most unimaginable way. 😞
🧡 That was Butterscotch. 🧡
🧡 This handsome, loving, friendly and social orange boy is barely 1 year old. The beginning of his life has already been far more difficult, challenging and harder than it should have ever been.
🧡 When Butterscotch came into our care, he was: thin, dirty, hungry and covered in ear mites. But there was something else - something much more serious.
🧡 His jaw was hanging open. He couldn't close his jaw.
🧡 It sat crooked and ajar, with food and water spilling out uncontrollably when he tried to eat. Butterscotch had to work that much harder to simply eat and drink - all because he could not close his jaw.
🧡 We did not hesitate. We began treatment immediately: antibiotics, pain management medications and commenced treatment for ear mites. We gave him cans and cans and cans of food, as much as he wanted to bring him some semblance of comfort.
🧡 Yet he howled in pain. We got him to the vet as soon as possible. We wanted to make him comfortable and help him in any way possible.
🧡 A vet exam quickly revealed what we feared: a broken jaw. We were presented with two options: 1. attempt surgery or 2. ... say goodbye to our brightly spirited boy.
🧡 We looked at this sweet boy, with his bright personality and soulful eyes, and knew his desire to live and incredible spirit warranted us trying.
🧡 We had to try. For Butterscotch.
🧡 We know there are many animals who need us. Every single day, we are faced with animals needing different levels of care, different procedures and different levels of intervention.
🧡 But the animal who needed us the most - was Butterscotch.
🧡 So, we had him evaluated by an advanced vet care team because his injury warranted it. We wanted the best chance and outcome for this young boy.
🧡 And came the news we were waiting for: his fracture could be stabilized with wire. With surgery and proper healing, his jaw is expected to heal in approximately 4-6 weeks and when it does, Butterscotch should be able to go on and live a normal, happy, healthy and loving life.
🧡 So, we said yes. We took the massive leap of faith - and said, "Yes".
🧡 Yes to Butterscotch.
🧡 Yes to giving him a future.
🧡 Yes to giving him a chance to explore the beauty of this world.
🧡Yes to letting this sweet boy experience the comfort of a home, a loving family, a place to call his own.
🧡 Butterscotch underwent surgery Tuesday morning and is now back at the shelter, officially on the road to recovery.
🧡 He can eat. He can play (quietly). He can love. He can purr. And he can continue to be the adorable, affectionate, vivacious, outgoing, handsome orange kitty that captured our hearts from the moment he arrived.
🧡 The hardest days are behind him. His best days are ahead of him.
🧡 Now - we need you. Because giving Butterscotch this second chance came with a tremendous vet bill.
🧡 We are hoping to raise $1,000 to help recoup the medical expenses incurred for his surgery, treatment and advanced care.
🧡 If you can donate, $5, $10, $25, $50 or whatever you are able to give - it all matters. Every dollar helps us continue saying 'yes' to animals like Butterscotch who desperately need someone in their corner.
🧡 If you cannot share, please share his story. Sometimes this share reaches the person who can make all the difference.
🧡 We understand that not everyone will agree with every medical decision we make - but we kindly ask for respecting the decision we made for Butterscotch. We looked at a young cat who had already endured far too much. We decided that his life was worth living for.
🧡 Butterscotch isn't just a cat with a broken jaw. He is a young life. A purring, loving and affectionate soul with so much life left to live.
🧡 He now gets to live it. Thank you to our incredible veterinary team for giving Butterscotch a new lease on life and thank you to everyone who makes it possible to say 'YES' when an animal needs us the most.
🧡 Please help us finish Butterscotch's journey to recovery.
🧡 DONATE HERE: https://www.redwoodareaanimalshelter.org/donate-today
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