Tippy Bear is a 5-year-old Long Hair Domestic in Porter, IN, who needs $2,000 for Wet FIP.

Tippy is 1 of 11 cats in our home and out of the 11 there is only 2 we did not bottle feed. Five yrs ago we found Tippy and his 4 siblings abandoned by their mom in our backyard. When we found them they were all sick with a severe uri and required.a lot of medical attention. After months of all night feedings and meds we fell in love. He got his name because he has 1 back toe with a tip of white.

Tippy LOVES to cuddle and hug. He wants to curl up and sleep with us at night and wants to be touching us at all times. Tippy, like his siblings, can tell the sound of a treat bag opening from across the house but Greenie's Catnip treats are his favorite. Tippy loves when we play with our hand under the blanket so he can run and pounce on it. He loves to headbutt us when he is happy as he purrs.

Unfortunately this was extremely unexpected & very costly. Between the initial medical costs Tippy needs regular vet appts with blood work & ultrasounds. He also needs FIP meds for 12 weeks. Plus we may be losing our only income at the end of the month. Tippy is my furbaby.

One night we noticed Tippy was acting funny so we rushed him to Hobart Animal ER. We had x-rays, ultrasounds, & labs done. They told us they suspected Tippy had FIP & if we wanted him to see the morning we had to go to Chicago Medvet were he was in ICU for days & confirmed it was Wet FIP. We were told about an experimental drug we could try and we started treatment. He also sees Dr Reed in Indiana

Tippy and his siblings are the reason we started fostering years ago. When we were interviewed the woman said she never met cats as friendly as ours. Our cats will meet a stranger at our door with purrs and kisses like they have never been pet before. Tippy is a cuddle and he loves to have his back feet held as he goes to sleep curled under the blanket tucked in our arms. He is my angel.