/Tag: amazing stories

Kitty Call with Greta

January 18, 2011 By Carl Verheyen Soon after we lost our very old cat Elvin to diabetes, my wife suggested we get another cat to ease the grief we all felt. I said, “No, it’s way too soon.” But she insisted on checking out an abandoned stray kitten who had showed up at FixNation, the spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats in Los Angeles founded by our friends and neighbors Karn Myers and Mark Dodge. The kitten had been discovered one night in FixNation’s parking lot hiding under an old truck, and she was obviously very [...]

2012-04-03T14:43:09-07:00 January 18th, 2011|Happy Tails|

Charlie the Head Wound Wonder!

By Minoo Rahbar June 1, 2010Early one morning, Charlie was transported to FixNation, along with ten other feral cats from our colony. We knew he was in bad shape just by looking at him. By mid-morning, we received a phone call from the FixNation staff. We were expecting to hear that Charlie may need to be humanely euthanized. Instead, much to our surprise and absolute delight, the amazing medical team at FixNation had called to say that the abnormality on Charlie’s head was not due to a tumor or growth as we had suspected, but instead was due to an [...]

2012-04-03T14:44:02-07:00 June 14th, 2010|Happy Tails|

A Miracle Reunion: The Refreshing Story of Lula the Cat

After seeing a little black tuxedo cat in an apartment parking lot for many months...hungry, thirsty, cold and battered by tenants and their dogs, Lisa Garcia decided it was high time to bring this baby in. She called FixNation to get the kitty in for a spay/neuter appointment and to get doctored up. Lisa dropped the cat off at FixNation on her appointment day, and by late morning, the FixNation staff called Lisa informing her that the cat was already microchipped! FixNation tried to contacting the owner but to no avail. So at the end of the day, Lisa picked [...]

2012-04-03T14:44:21-07:00 April 27th, 2010|Happy Tails|