Keng

Keng’s story is all too common. He had a bad ear infection and his family didn’t have the money to take him to a vet, and as a result that ear infection became so bad it became severely debilitating.

His family reached out to us for help. We sent him to one of our amazing partners City Veterinary Care, where we got the disappointing news that the ear infection had progressed and would now require surgical intervention (removal of his ear canal).

We were able to approve his case as well as his neuter procedure (he was a cryptorchid, Keng can’t catch a break!) Thanks to the team at City Veterinary Care, Keng is on the road to recovery. Your support has made Keng’s treatment possible.

We are thrilled that Keng is on the mend, but we can’t help but lament how differently things would be if Keng’s family had been able to visit a vet before it got so bad. This is one of the reasons that we see the importance of our clinics. Our clinics always include a physical exam where we can diagnose and treat common things like ear infections. Surgery shouldn’t have to be the answer!

Love

Love was found alone and injured on the side of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. It’s miraculous that the good Samaritans passing by noticed her at all, but they luckily rescued her from wandering onto the highway, and certain death. They immediately noticed she was injured and rushed little Roadie to VERG Brooklyn – an X-ray revealed a femur fracture. Love would need surgical intervention.

Positive Tails was thrilled to help get Love her surgery. She’s now home with the family who rescued her, and gave her the perfect name.

Mooncake

This stunner is Mooncake.

Mooncake was rushed to @vergbrooklyn after falling from an apartment window. Mooncake luckily didn’t suffer any fractures, but he had bruising on his lungs and a pneumothorax. Mooncake had a great shot in making it through but needed the help of an extended hospital stay and some time in oxygen. Around the clock care comes at high cost and Mooncake’s family needed help from @positivetails.

Their case was approved and Mooncake was reunited with his family a couple of days later, greatly improved.

Mooncake was lucky. Despite the rumor, cats do not always land on their feet and sometimes even a short fall could cause a lot of damage..so this is your reminder to make sure your screens are in securely.

Nino

When Nino’s family contacted Positive Tails, nobody could figure out what was making him sick. His family had limited finances for diagnostics, so we sent them for a visit with our partner hospital @cityveterinarycare

While some diagnostics were necessary, it was a long talk with his family that finally gave us the answer.
Nino’s lethargy, excessive vomiting, and anemia was the result of him licking medicinal steroid cream off of one of the kids living in the house. Thank you to their vet team for taking the time to do this instead of doing unnecessary testing and asking Nino’s family all the right questions.

We’ll see Nino again soon..since he bought himself a one way ticket to Neuterville!

Mooncake

Mooncake was rushed to @vergbrooklyn after falling from an apartment window. Mooncake luckily didn’t experience any fractures, though he was suffering from labored breathing due to bruising on his lungs and a pneumothorax. Mooncake had a great shot in making it through but needed the help of an extended hospital stay and some time in oxygen. Around the clock care comes at high cost and Mooncake’s family needed help from Positive Tails.

Their case was approved and Mooncake greatly improved and was reunited with his family a couple of days later.

Mooncake was lucky. Despite the rumor, cats do not always land on their feet and sometimes even a short fall can cause a lot of damage, so this is your reminder to make sure your screens are in securely.

Hennessy

Let’s talk about pitties and how much the world adores them!

Our partner vets absolutely love treating our pitbull clients, and at our clinics they get more attention than anyone else yet when it comes to adoption they spend the longest time in the shelter and are most likely to face euthanasia.

So when we get a request for a pitbull neuter, you better believe we do everything to make that happen, because we adore them too. Any chance we get to keep more out of the shelter and keep one in the home he already has, we’re going to do it.

Thanks to @cityveterinarycare for loving Hennessy as much as we do..and for neutering him too!

Rosie

PSA from Rosie! Rosie would like everyone to know to please spay and neuter. Rosie was rushed to our partners at @vergbrooklyn when her family noticed she was lethargic, and had no appetite.
Her medical team quickly diagnosed her with a pyometra (an infected uterus) This is a very serious condition and if left untreated will likely cause death.

Rosie would need emergency surgery. Emergency surgeries are expensive and require immediate attention. Rosie’s family was unable to cover the full cost of this so reached out to Positive Tails and we were able to help.

Pyometras are 100% avoidable if your dog is spayed (cats can get pyometras too) The cost of a spay surgery is a fraction of the cost of an emergency pyometra surgery. If your animal is diagnosed with a pyometra that means they have been suffering and in pain. Untreated pyometras will result in death. It is estimated that 20-25% of intact females will suffer from a pyometra before they are 10 years old.

So please take Rosie’s word for it and get your animal spayed. Rosie was very lucky. She ended up at an amazing 24 hour hospital and was able to get help with treatment…this is not the case for most animals.

We are so glad Rosie got the amazing care she deserved and that she got her family reunion, but not everyone will be as lucky as Rosie.

Summer

This wiggly beauty is Summer. We met her at our last clinic. We had her over 100 requests for spays and neuters on our waiting list. We were finally able to get them in through our amazing partners at @cityveterinarycare

Summer is an excellent companion, but the fact is that the shelters are filled to the brim with big, happy dogs like Summer, but they are the least likely to be adopted. Summer is lucky to have a great family but they know that one Summer is all they can handle. They came to the clinic knowing that they wanted her spayed but were limited by finances.

There’s such an overwhelming need for affordable spay/neuter right now in NYC that groups like Positive Tails and many others have to step in to help keep our shelters from being overrun with unwanted dogs and cats.

Kitten saved!

One more kitten off these mean streets.

Long time Positive Tails supporter @erinred_ was in a parking lot when they heard the very recognizable sound of a kitten crying. After following the sound for 45 minutes, kitten was found (ON THE EXIT RAMP!) She was definitely found just in the nick of time.

She was scooped up and brought to rescue. She was covered in fleas and clearly a stomach full of worms.
She was treated for the fleas and worms at @cityveterinarycare and is doing great.

We will see this tiny kitten aka Romey again when she is ready for her vaccines and her spay (no more unwanted kittens!).
Until then… Romey!