Layla

April 30, 2020

It is with a very heavy heart that we report our sweet Layla has passed. She started having breathing difficulty last week. The vet discovered a rather large mass pushing down on her trachea. We did not know if it was just aspirated food or mucus or something worse. The vet scoped her trachea yesterday morning and found it was a cancerous tumor. It was inoperable. We made the painful choice not wake her up from the procedure. We promised her, and all our cats, that they would not suffer.

She was such a gentle, goofy girl. She would grunt at us if she wanted lap time. Then she would nuzzle us before laying down and looking at us with those big green eyes.

She has left a huge hole in our hearts. Until we meet again, beautiful girl.


Thank you, Molly Hosken, for rescuing her as a kitten, then again when she was found declawed, FIV+, and thrown out in the street.

Thank you to Lilly H. for sponsoring her. Your support allowed us to provide her with every medical solution possible.

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We received a call from a rescuer who had moved out of town, asking if we could take a cat she adopted out as a kitten but was now being held as a stray at a local veterinary clinic. Normally, we would say no since our mission is to help special needs cats. But not only was she found as a declawed stray, but she also tested positive for FIV. Her adoption options closed up and she came to the Sanctuary. We advocate strongly against ever declawing a cat.