Claudia is a very sweet girl!

Claudia was brought to Animal Health Care Specialists in April of 2011.  She had a broken jaw due to a dog attack.  Because the orthopedic surgeon couldn’t use pins to fix her jaw he had to “fuse” her upper and lower canines together.  Because of that, her mouth is constantly open – her jaw healed a little crooked so she is unable to eat dry food.  After her jaw healed, she came into heat and was spayed.  THEN, she started limping on her left rear leg.  X-rays revealed that with both of her hips the ball joint was rubbing against the socket, causing a lot of pain.  She had the femoral head removed from the left rear leg (the bone forms a joint in the muscle).  About a month later – in October – she started limping on her right rear leg so she had the same surgery done on that leg.

Claudia is a real trooper undergoing 4 surgeries in 6 months.  She is available for adoption now.  She is a very sweet and loving cat.  And, even after her bad experience with a dog she is still not afraid of dogs!  She would do well with other cats but would probably prefer to be the only cat in the home so she could get all the attention!  Her adoption fee is $75.00 (when she is really worth a few thousand due to all her surgeries!).  Come see her at Animal Health Care Specialists, 6701 N. Washington Street or call us at 303-288-6800.  Claudia would love to have her own home for the Holidays!

Claudia also likes to sleep in our recycle box!

Claudia likes to sleep in our supply closet.

Mork came to Animal Health Care Specialists because he was having trouble urinating.  After taking x-rays it was discovered that Mork had bladder stones and need surgery.  His owners couldn’t afford the surgery which required a specialty surgeon so they were offered help from Tails of Woe – a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing life-saving veterinary care to owners in need of financial help.  Even with this generous offer of help, Mork’s owners declined and surrendered Mork to Tails of Woe.  This is not a normal scenerio for Tails of Woe as the purpose of providing assistance is to keep the pet in its home.   However, the surgery was performed and Mork has fully recovered and is in need of a forever home. His only special need is diet to prevent the bladder stones from recurring.  Mork was adopted by one of our veterinary technicians!

One Handsome Cat!

Snowboy is a beautiful longhaired white neutered male looking for a forever home.  He came to Animal Health Care Specialists because he was having trouble urinating.   Because of bladder stones he needed a surgery called a perineal urethrostomy (in short changing boy plumbing to girl plumbing to allow him to urinate – saving his life!).  Snowboy is a big boy and is extremely sweet.  He would be okay with dogs and other cats but he does need a special diet (Hill C/D) to prevent any more bladder stones.  Call us at 303-288-6800 if you are interested in adopting this wonderful cat!

We are pleased to work with many great animal rescues with Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue being one of them. They have many wonderful dogs needing forever homes. Please visit their website at: www.rmgreatdane.org