Dusty is a 6-year-old Tabby in Roseville, CA, who needs $1,500 for Endoscopy/ Biopsy/Gastric Scope.

Dusty chose us. We planned to rescue just one kitty from an open access shelter of 300+ cats, but as we were leaving Dusty climbed into my lap and decided she was coming home too. So we got two! Dusty now lives with her brother in Roseville (her sister we rescued with her passed from a previously undiagnosed disease this past year).

Dusty is aloof around her brother, since she's the matriarch and he knows it, but she's loving and will groom him when he's calm and sleepy. She's very docile and calm until suddenly she isn't and it's usually when she spots a piece of paper and has to attack. She's the very definition of a lap cat and can always be found there.

My partner and I both have lost our jobs and have recently been rehired and working back up. But with her sister's illness and all previous vet visits with Dusty, we can't afford to be proactive for long term care. Since Dusty chose us, I want to give her the best love.

Seeking to get answers to her chronic condition: she was diagnosed with Triaditis 13 days into the 15 day waiting period for insurance. After the first hospitalization she relapsed and the vet wants to know why. So we need to get her an endoscopy/ biopsy for greater longterm care odds, or continue to pay for each relapse with no answers. She responds well to treatment which gives us hope!

Dusty is all about the cuddles and naps - but they have to be while she is on a human. She sleeps on my head, chest, leg - any part she can lay on. In order to show she needs love, she "flops" onto her back for pets. She chirps since her voice box doesn't work and she LOVES to hunt laser pointers and balled up paper. She's an adventurous patio cat that lives for chin scratches and love.