Urgent Needs

Please Help – Fuzzy Friends is in urgent need of these items:

• Empty and clean prescription bottles

Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice

That is What These Little Girls are Made of

Unfortunately, these little female Chihuahuas have been over bred and neglected. At eight years of age, they should be enjoying life in a safe and loving home, but instead they were surrendered to the Humane Society of Central Texas where the possibility of finding a home was an uncertainty. They were rescued by Fuzzy Friends Rescue, and while they are safe now, they still have a long way to go.

Spice

Sugar and Spice have both been diagnosed with heartworms as well as severe grade 5 dental disease. In addition to their heartworm treatment, both will also require extensive dental care with multiple extractions. If that was not bad enough, poor Sugar is nursing two brand new puppies, as she just gave birth a few days ago. Before she can receive any treatment to restore her health, the puppies will have to be weaned.

The caring staff at Fuzzy Friends Rescue is providing these sweethearts with plenty of tender love and care, but we need your help. The medical and dental care for these angels is going to be costly. Any amount that you can donate, no matter how small, could end up making all of the difference for Sugar and Spice.

Spice Update

Spice was sent to the veterinarian for spay and dental procedure. Her teeth were so bad most all of her teeth were extracted and she had and oral-nasal fistula of her upper canine teeth. This is usually an advanced form of periodontal disease. It occurs when the bacteria in plaque destroy the periodontal attachment and bone of an upper tooth until it reaches the nasal cavity. This is most common in small breed dogs (Dachshunds, Chihuahuas, Yorkshire Terriers, Maltese, and Poodles). It is usually due to loss on the palatal (or inside of the mouth) aspect of the canine teeth. The reason for this is the root of the tooth runs up alongside the nasal cavity, and is separated from it by only a thin sheet of bone. The periodontal disease will destroy this structure along with the normal attachment for the tooth. She is anemic and is being treated for that and she is on pain medication and antibiotics. Her medical expenses are going to be higher than we thought and she still has heartworm treatment yet to go. We really need your help for this dog and her sister who is nursing her 2 babies is still yet to undergo the same medical procedures.