Every animal saved by Eleventh Hour Rescue gets basic medical care, including vetting, testing, anti-parasitics, vaccines, and spaying or neutering if they need it. Many also need care beyond the basics before we can place them in their forever homes.

Other common expenses include dental work and heartworm treatment. Many people don’t realize that part of the cost of caring for shelter animals includes expensive surgeries, procedures, tests, and treatments.

Simply put, we need your help paying for these life-saving, pain-sparing expenses. Any amount over the goal will go to our vetting account to other vetting expenses.

We invite caring people to join us as volunteers and graciously accept help in the form of time, supplies and monetary contributions. Eleventh Hour Rescue is a primarily volunteer organization funded exclusively by donations.

Current Medically Needy Pets:

Frida- Formally known as Georgia Barnwell, Frida was adopted in 2019. After 5 years, she was returned to EHR in terrible condition. She was overweight, with terrible skin conditions, the pads of her paws were so soft as if she had never been walked, and she had ongoing leg issues. She was terrified of everything and would not leave her foster homes carpet. Her foster worked with her for months to overcome her fears, clear up her skin issues and get her back to a healthy weight but it became apparent that she would need ACL surgery at least once. She has since received the proper care ($4650.73 for surgery) and continues weekly aqua therapy treatments at $116 per treatment. So far her medical bills have exceeded $6,000. This does not include if she will need a second ACL surgery.

Penny Lizman - Our Penny girl came to us from a partner shelter down south and immediately we noticed that when she pulled on the leash she was "passing out" for a minute, or stumbling. As this is not normal behavior, combined with her noted stage 2 heart murmur she was quickly taken to the vet for an echocardiogram where it showed pulmonary stenosis and tricuspid insufficiency in her heart. This has caused her heart to enlarge on the right side. She also has dilated hepatic veins that could cause her liver to fail. She may need balloon valvoplasty or surgical intervention. She has an upcoming appointment with a cardiologist. We are estimating at least a $10,000 bill.

Clyde- Came to us from the Bahamas all of 6lbs and almost instantly became ill. $5,122 later and the poor baby had to have his kidney removed due to an abcess and cyst.

Cricket, Elvira and Nicodemus - all pulled off the streets at separate times with bad eyes, all needed enucleations of the eye (eye removal) at an estimated $250 per eye.

Sit. Stay. Heal.

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Sit. Stay. Heal.

Eleventh Hour Rescue Vetting Expenses