Jobo is a 8-year-old Domestic Long Hair Cat in Escondido, CA, who needs $776 for Abscess Drain Placement Surgery.

Jobo has been with me since October of 2021. I have another cat named Binx who was already with me. Like Binx, Jobo has mostly black fur, but Binx is short hair and Jobo's is long and fluffy. They are both indoor only. Before I got Binx or Jobo, I had a cat named Joy, who accidentally got outside and in spite of my efforts, was never found. Jobo got his name because of Joy.

In October of 2021 I was driving home from work and 1 block from my apartment I looked to my left and saw a black cat standing in a yard. It looked like my cat Joy who had gone missing the year before. Long story short, I was determined to catch this cat who I believed was Joy and about a week later, I got a trap and caught it. Once I got a closer look, I had doubts it was Joy but wasn't sure.

I took the cat to my vet and told them I thought it might be my cat who had disappeared the year before. Joy had been microchipped. They examined the cat and said it wasn't' microchipped and that it was a male, not a female. I decided to keep the cat and the named him Jobo, which is short for JoyBoy, because I thought the cat was Joy, but it turns out he was a boy!

Jobo is the sweetest cat I've ever had. He was loving towards me from the beginning, and I have great love and appreciation for him . About 2 weeks ago while combing him I felt a hard lump just below his right jaw. I took him to our vet and was told it was probably an abscess. He got an antibiotic shot and I was told if it didn't open on it's own that he would need surgery to remove it.

After rent and other basic needs are paid for, I have no money left. I received an estimate for Jobo's surgery to remove the abscess and it is $775.38. The veterinarian is Dr. Jernigan at North Escondido Animal Hospital.