Meet TABBYTHA! When we took this little cutie from the kill list back in May she was SICK. Not only did she have the usual URI and gut health issues that accompany most SEAACA kittens, but she had diarrhea that persisted despite every possible treatment. Well, it turns out she had a poultry allergy. Once we put her on a fish only diet, the diarrhea cleared and this scrawny little girl began to thrive.

As she grew the other issue that became apparent was a slight cloudiness to her left cornea. We were nearly certain that was a sequestrum, which is a scar that can result from the types of eye infections that accompany URIs, and booked her a visit with the ophthalmologist with the hope of getting it removed. Well, it turns out we were wrong. The opacity was not, in fact, a sequestrum, but rather the result of a congenital disorder known as anterior segment dysgenesis (ASD). While there is no treatment for ASD, the ophthalmologist assured us that Tabbytha’s eyes are healthy, her vision is normal, and treatment, even if available, would merely be cosmetic and not medically necessary.

Now 8 months old, Tabbytha is living it up in foster care, where her favorite activities include warming her foster mom's lap while she works from home and attacking her foster brother's tail while he naps (a shoutout to Cheddar, who takes the interruptions like a champ). But she would really like to land a permanent situation of her own, with or without another furry companion.

As with all of our cats and kittens, Tabbytha is vaccinated, microchipped, FIV/FeLV negative, and spayed.