Avida joined North Shore Animal League America’s

Sponsor Program in August 2008. Avida is a darling Domestic Shorthair cat with a gorgeous tortoiseshell coat. When Avida first came to the Animal League in 2006, she was in the late stages of pregnancy. She delivered seven kittens and shortly thereafter went into respiratory distress. She was placed on oxygen and it was later found that she also had severe feline asthma, a heart murmur, pectus excavatum, dental problems and ringworm.

For her asthma and heart murmur, Avida takes two puffs twice a day from a flovent inhaler and is also on a natural anti-inflammatory once a day. Though she coughs intermittently, she’s doing well on her inhaler and knows how to convey that an asthma attack is coming. In addition, Avida has also had about 75-80% of her teeth extracted.

Avida will need medical care and treatment for the rest of her life which should be long and happy as long as she doesn’t have a life-threatening asthma attack. Avida lives in a caring foster home and is a very loveable cat. None of her illnesses stop her from being a frisky little kitty, and the Animal League is happy to care for all of her needs.

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