Steve is a 3-year-old Domestic Shorthair in Clifton, CO, who needs $560 for Amputation.

Steve joined our family in 2019 when a friend at work mentioned that a friend of hers was looking to rehome her cat. When my youngest son and I went to pick him up, we fell in love with him instantly. He was scared, but took to my son, who sat there and cooed to him to help calm him. There were struggles at home, Steve and our dogs weren't on the best of terms, but he knew we were home.

Steve loves to sit in the window in the garage where he can watch people and animals. I sometimes think he sits there planning his next adventure for when he gets out again since we was an indoor/outdoor cat. When outside, he would watch from the front yard, in the tall bush, sometimes taking a stroll down the street.

Funds are tight for our family, and we've spent close to $700 just trying to get Steve comfortable until know what he needed. Steve is an amazing cat, has so much life in him, and even with a missing leg he would be an amazing cat. but the surgery is more than we can afford.

When we had gotten back to the house later one afternoon, he was home, but his leg was just hanging there...broken. We took him to an emergency clinic and was told his back leg was severely broken and would need to be amputated. We wanted to be sure and got a second opinion from Grand View Animal Hospital. A surgery to fix the leg has a high chance of failing and he needs the leg removed.

There are times that Steve seems to take on more dog behaviors than cat behaviors. He would join me and the kids on a walk to the mail box at the end of the street, just happily tagging along. He would always greet you too with a perky meow. His favorite is belly rubs, and not the kind were you scratch his belly for a moment and then kicks you away, but rather he will just lie there forever.