Tiki is a 13-year-old Ragamuffin in Tolleson, AZ, who needs $1,600 for Tumor removal.

We adopted Tiki as a kitten from the local animal shelter in when I was 13 in 2007. He had kennel cough, so he was a little lethargic, but once that was better he was a little ball of energy. We originally named him Catbert but it didn't fit his personality. One day my mom sang the Disney Tiki room song to him and the name Tiki seemed to fit.

He loves to lay on cold, hard, surfaces. Wood/tile floors, boxes, bathtubs, glass tables, etc. He's the household sweetheart and cuddles with the other cats, especially our Siamese, Purrdue, who was a kitten when we brought him home and bonded with Tiki. Our other cats hate our newest cat, but not Tiki, he's the Void's only friend.

This was a very sudden cost and we don't have any savings left. I cashed in my 401k to pay for testing, and the air conditioning has gone out in my car (which is a necessity in Phoenix Az). Between all of this, we're needing thousands of dollars but Tiki is the priority.

Tiki started losing weight earlier this year, and developed a lump on his leg. We took him in to Alta Vista vet hospital in Phoenix and he had a lower respiratory infection, along with a cancerous tumor on his leg. At first the vet thought it might be lymphoma, but after sending a slide to the lab, it was confirmed to be a round cell tumor the needs to be removed surgically.

Tiki is very smart. He'll always be able to find a way to communicate what he wants to us. Little things like grabbing my hand with his paw when he wants to be pet, or laying on my clothes when I'm getting ready to leave. He doesn't like it when I leave the house, and used to leave stuffed animals on my bed when I would leave for school.