Coco is a 1-year-old Ragdoll Cat in Denver, CO, who needs $2,000 for Micro Total Hip Replacement.

Coco and her brother Cheddar were born January 2021, she is the oldest and he is the youngest from a litter of 7. I got them when they were 12 weeks old. The plan had been to get one kitten but the breeder let me know how close the two were and I couldn't bear to separate them. We moved to Colorado from NYC in May for my new job which wiped out all our savings. Coco's injury developed in July.

The plan had been to get one kitten, but the breeder let me know how close the two were and I couldn't bear to separate them. I also got a puppy at about the three of them grew up together, they're all 15-20lbs and play and snuggle constantly. I ended up raising hybrid species pets, the dog stalks like a cat and the cats wrestle like dogs. They're very much a bonded trio and I couldn't love more.

I call Coco the queen of the trio. She is elegant, graceful, incredibly calm and so sweet. She likes to have her belly massaged. Yes you read that correctly, she wants you to spoon her and mash her fluffy belly like you're kneading dough. Coco is a serial bleeper, she has her tongue out for 5 minutes at least once a day. She has never scratched anyone, she is the chillest cat I've ever met.

Coco suddenly started liming . The vet first prescribed a muscle relaxer. Her limp got worse and began to look like her entire back end was painful. X-ray confirmed she has capital femoral physeal fractures on both sides, which means both her hips are broken. She is on painkillers 24/7. The cause is that her growth plates formed improperly and the fractures were inevitable from regular activity.

We moved in a hurry when I left a dangerous relationship. The move wiped me out financially, I just graduated and didn't start work until late September. Coco needs two hip replacements each costing 8k, 16k total. My salary isn't enough to get her out of pain anytime soon.