Silas is a 6-month-old Domestic Shorthair Cat in Fullerton, CA, who needs $2,000 for Salter Harris Type 1 Fracture Surgery.

I was dealing with depression and anxiety last year and on halloween I went to petsmart and just wanted to interact with their pets, I wasn’t expecting to take one home. I met silas, he was immediately drawn to me and played with me through the glass. I asked to meet him and the moment I was allowed to open the cage he jumped towards me and climbed up my shirt. I knew then I had to adopt him.

At home silas is very playful! He is constantly running around and playing with his many toys. He is super loving, and follows me around everywhere and even sleeps with me at night. My parents were not fond of cats, but after meeting him, they realized how much they actually loved him and he absolutely changed their views on cats in general! He constantly wants to be held and played with!

Silas is super funny, he is constantly keeping me on my toes. He’s either putting his paws under my door until I come out of the bathroom, meowing and then jumping up for me to catch him because he loves being held. He also loves his cat tree and toys, if you put his toys in the hammock of the cat tree he will run and jump and hold onto the rim of the hammock and pull his toys out.

Yesterday, 2/14/24, I was getting ready for work and heard a crashing sound. I went out to check what happened and his cat tree was knocked over. I had checked on him and he seemed fine, running away and going to eat. I left his toys out and left for work around 2pm. When I got home around 8pm, he was hiding and had a limp in his back leg. I took him to the ER and he has broken his leg.

I am a full time college student and cannot afford his surgery. I spent $1,035 on x-rays and medication for him, but after calling around for estimates, his surgery is going to be $5,000+ and I cannot afford that. The only other option is amputation which is cruel and unfair