Beans is a 3-year-old Bombay Mix Cat in Charlotte, NC, who needs $2,000 for Full Mouth Extraction.

My oldest child adopted two all-black kittens (littermates) in 2019; Muffin was the boy, and his sister’s name is Beans. Sadly, FIP took Muffin from us a year after we got him. Beans had a comprehensive exam shortly after Muffin died; and at the time, she was in perfect health. She did miss her brother terribly, but we made sure to give her extra love.

Beans is a super sweet, loving cat who never used to have any issues behaviorally. Lately (the past few months), she has acted out with other cats during normal interactions. She went back to the vet last week due to having lost several incisors (front teeth), and the vet strongly felt she had stomatitis. A cleaning was scheduled for today (September 2).

Beans doesn’t meow; rather, she has the cutest little chirp-trill sound. She can be very loving but her pain has altered that behavior; currently she only rarely seeks out love and attention. Her brother loved to do the “fly by,” as we called it; he’d be walking past us, stop just long enough to swipe us with his tongue, and continue on his way.

So here we are. Beans is actually under anaesthesia as I am writing this. A full mouth extraction is recommended; we do have enough to cover the cleaning, but cannot add any extractions at this time. We will need to do a staged treatment plan; which means it will go even higher, depending on how many stages we will need to do in order to complete the full-mouth extraction.

I had to leave a toxic job last week; and do not start my new job for another week. I also have a fairly large car payment due in two weeks. My daughter used her Care Credit last year to help with a $2k surgery on another of our cats; and is still trying to pay that off.