Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue

Bumble

Bumble is an eight-week-old Domestic Shorthair kitten in Chico, CA, who needs $1,000 for urgent eye surgery.

Chico, CA • Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue

Sweet, little Bumble was nearly a victim of economic euthanasia, but a kind-hearted animal hospital and Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue intervened just in time! "Some people who claimed they found the kitten brought him into the veterinary clinic," Raquel F., with the rescue group, tells Waggle. "Bumble's eye was rotten. The clinic told them it needed to be removed. The people said, 'We can't afford the surgery. You should euthanize him.'" But instead, that animal hospital called Wags and Whiskers. The group immediately agreed to take the kitten. Raquel rushed over to pick Bumble up and was floored when she saw his eye. "I was shocked! This poor kitten! He is so young and has already gone through something so traumatic and painful," Raquel says. No one knows what exactly caused Bumble's eye condition. "It may have started as an infection, or it was scratched," Raquel says. "There was no way of saving it. Dr. Davis at Chico Pet Vet was so great in getting Bumble in right away and recommended his eye be removed to prevent any further damage to his tiny body and prevent infection." Raquel adds that Bumble was so tiny, her venti-sized Starbucks coffee cup was larger than he was when she first picked him up. Now he's in a foster home and loves everyone he meets. "Because he was an orphan when he was rescued, he quickly bonds with new people and even other animals. He loves the other dogs in his foster home and asks them for warmth and cuddles when his human is unavailable. It is impossible to say no to such a cute "meow" when he comes up asking for attention," Raquel says. Now the group is raising the money to pay for Bumble's surgery and needs your help. "We are a rescue organization, and the amount of animals we help is greatly influenced by the amount of funds we have available," Raquel says. "Adoptions have been slowing down lately, which means we now have to rely on donations from kind-hearted people like you."