Smudge Pudge is a 8-year-old Domestic Shorthair Cat in Leicester , NC, who needs $950 for Bloodwork and Dental Extraction.

We recently adopted an 8 year old domestic shorthair cat from Brother Wolfe Animal Rescue and brought her home on Aug 30th of this year as a surprise for our daughter for an early birthday present. She had been volunteering for a while and fell in love with this “little old lady” so we made the decision to bring her home after weeks off begging.

Smudge is a shy girl and was very small when she came home. Only 5 lbs. within two months she’s come out of her shell and even gained 2 lbs. She loves napping in the sun and is very curious and quite silly at times.

Before finalizing the adoption we were told she had developed a URI and needed a round of antibiotics before they could release her. This was on the 18th of August.

We got the green light to pick her up on the 30th and went to get her. We were told her URI had cleared up and the watery discharge from her eye was normal.

She’s been a vocal cat from the start and at times will walk around the house crying out for what seems like no particular reason. We thought this was just her not wanting to be alone and crying out for some company.

We’ve had Smudge for two months and over time her watery discharge began to get progressively worse… it’s gotten to the point where she has snotty discharge from her nose, coughs and sneezes constantly and has a difficult time breathing at times.

Our vet clinic is in Asheville. I called to make an appointment on Wednesday 10/26 and got her in the same day.

Turns out it’s not a URI at all. It’s a severely abscess tooth with root exposed and needs extracted… the quote is almost $1000 and that’s just impossible right now. We have children, bills, groceries and can’t just fork out a grand to pull a tooth. I don’t know what to do.