Humane Society of Macomb

20 hours ago

We are all very excited that a special volunteer has fallen in love with Heidi and decided to foster! Heidi has been known as our longest term recurring resident. She was adopted from our shelter as a kitten and was later declawed by the family. Her being declawed led to her having chronic pain later in life. The pain in her toes lead to her not wanting to use a litterbox properly. She was returned (again and again) to us because of this issue.

Heidi's most recent stay was 117 days. She remained very affectionate and loving the entire time. After a couple weeks she found herself a resident of the manager's office and became a staff and volunteer favorite! Her favorite things to do included laying on the comfy chair, wandering the lobby, receiving lots of love from anyone who met with her, and being brushed.

During her stay at the shelter she was diagnosed with inappropriate urination, arthritis/paw pain (possibly from declaw surgery), later discovered kidney failure/protein loss in the urine, pancreatitis, and a new heart murmur. With all of her health concerns, we knew adoption would be a very hard mission but continued to try in hopes that the right person would be out there somewhere. After months of searching we decided to reach out to rescues but had no luck. Recently, a volunteer offered to become a permanent foster! This is not a practice the shelter has participated in before. Given Heidi's good nature and personality, we decided to give it a try.

Heidi will most likely spend the remainder of her life with her new foster. During this time she will need to stay on a prescription diet and continue on several different medications. She will need her kidney values and urine monitored every few months for progression and her need for additional medications and treatments. As long as Heidi's qualitiy of life remains good, we will continue to fight along side of her.

Heidi's care and treatments can become quite expensive at times (depending of different factors). If you would like to donate towards her care, please call us for the different donation options. We will keep everyone updated on her progress. ...