One Eared Loving Kitten seeks Indoor Home

'Squint', a one-eared, 6 week old gray-striped
male domestic shorthair.
In this picture, you can see the laceration went all the way under his chin.

This is the story of a survivor, a tough little guy who has a loving heart. He needs to find a good home where someone can see past his missing ear, and love him. Do not respond to this unless you are willing to give him a loving 'forever' home where he will never be abused or neglected. Our vet says because of his open ear canal, he needs an indoor home to prevent dangerous ear infections.

Here is Squint's story.

On July 25, 2006, my husband and I discovered three half-starved kittens under a board outside of our office fence. The kittens were about 3.5 weeks old, and weighed less than half of a pound each. Their ribs were showing.

We knew who the kitten's mother was, but she had not been to the office for feeding for several days - and things did not look like she would be returning. One of these kittens was very bad off, with a large wound under his jaw/ear on the right side. He could barely move, and could not cry or chew. When we found them, it seemed unlikely that this particular kitten would live through the night.

However, he did, and all three went to the vet on the following morning. The vet lanced the wound, which had abcessed, and gave us an antibiotic to administer twice a day. She still did not give much hope that he would survive, and asked us to expect the worst but hope for the best.

These pictures are in chronological order
from Day One, up to Today.
As you can see, he was very weak.

But, with lots of extra feedings of milk replacer and the juice out of cat food cans, he began to perk up.
The antibiotics started to do their work, and a motherly dog at our office cleaned the wound out several times. Everything seemed to be falling into place for this guy to survive. His two healthy brothers were given away at 6 weeks of age.

He began to look happier, but it was obvious that his ear was badly damaged.

Even with more care, his ear was beyond repair.
All of his outer ear tissue had to be removed.

But this kitten was lively, despite all - and he developed such a sweet personality, we couldn't help but do all we could for him.

This is Squint today
He is happy, active and in need of a loving person to adopt him.
He is eating dry cat food, and is litterbox trained.
There is nothing wrong with his foot, that was a precaution to keep him from scratching his healing ear.

Although it still looks bad, the wound is now completely sealed, and Squint is re-growing fur in all of the area our vet had shaved.

We live in Western Tennessee, between Nashville and Memphis. You must convince us you have good intentions for this kitten - as we have been through 'hell and high water' sitting up long nights with him. We already have two cats, and my husband is insistant he needs to be adopted.

If you do adopt Squint into your home, we will deliver him within a 3 hour drive of Paris, TN, or you can come pick him up. We are offering to cover his vaccinations and neutering cost (up to the amount that would have been charged by our local clinic). He will need Frontline, but is still about one month too young for it.

playing with our cat in a suitcase we were unpacking
He is completely unaware he is anything but a normal kitten. He runs around and plays with other dogs and cats at our office. He is very fond of people, and loves to be near to humans as much as possible.

Please pass the word on about Squint, to caring animal people you know.