Meet Taz! He’s the latest kitty to join the Serenity family. We picked him up on 7/1/22 from the Columbus Animal Shelter, they were referred to us by Cats Haven. This is a great story of animal rescue groups working together to ensure the safety and care of senior cats!
Taz is 16 years old, was taken into the shelter as a stray, is super skinny and boney. Who knows how long he’s been out having to fend for himself. The shelter did a great job of getting him vaccinated, gave him meds for possible intestinal parasites (due to having diarrhea) and had him ready to go when we got there.
Their vet feels he may be in kidney failure. We have an appointment with our vet on Friday to have him checked out. Taz did great in his carrier on the long drive. He meowed for a while and then laid down and went to sleep. We fed him as soon as we got him to the sanctuary. He smashed his food! Taz is doing great so far. He’s friendly, wants love and attention, is eating several cans of wet food per day, is alert and content in his cage. We have him in our quarantine room away from the other cats until he’s cleared by our vet. He has sneezed a few times, we want to closely monitor his food and water intake and monitor his stools.
We are so happy to have Taz! We will treat him like a king for the remainder of his days!
Update 2022-07-18: It was with sadness we had to say goodbye to Taz today. He was not doing well when we arrived this morning. He could barely lift his head up, couldn’t stand up, was not meowing and his cage was a wreck. Something happened to him during the night, we just don’t know what for sure.
We had Taz for 17 days and gave him as much love as we could. Taz was safe, had a clean blanket to sleep on, had food and water. He was happy to see us every day and had started showing his true personality. Taz was sweet and charming. We are thankful that the really nice person cared enough to pick him up and take him to Columbus Animal Care & Control Center initially and thankful they contacted us so we could give him a fighting chance. We are blessed to have known him. Thank you to Dr. Wood at VCA Companion Animal Medical Center for assisting Taz to the after-life peacefully. We love you Taz. Rest easy. We will miss you