Daddy Batts Domestic Long Hair Hampstead, NC

September 30 2023 It is with BITTERSWEET feelings that I tell you all that DADDY BATTS HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!! (Mama, 3 youngsters still available!) Our own volunteer, LAURA and her husband have taken Daddy Batts into their home!!! This is the second FURR kitty that they have adopted; the first one being “CORAL”!

I was in tears leaving Daddy Batts at Laura’s house yesterday and he was not there at the front door when I went to FURR last night and this morning. I miss him terribly!

DADDY BATTS went through so much to be here! He had been captured by a coyote and almost lost his front leg due to several SEVERE puncture wounds and no hair (see Aug 2022 photo below). It looked like he had been drug by the coyote and somehow managed to escape. Dr. Rockwell put him back together during an ICU stay at the hospital.

Today, he has fully recovered and you cannot even see his scars. He beautiful long coat filled out and he is as good as new.

I will never forget this brave and gentle cat and how he transformed into a butterfly! Thank you Laura for taking him in your heart. He will always be in mine!!!

August 2022 I got a call from a little old man, Mr. Batts, about 2 cats in his neighborhood. He wanted them GONE. I explained that I had NO room to keep them, but would at least TNR (trap-neuter-release) them for now. I told him I would GIVE him the food if he would just feed them & give them clean water. So, I trapped a HUGE gray tabby & white male. “Daddy Batts” was completely pitiful. He was skinny even though he had a large frame & big jaws. He was BEATEN up to a pulp. His arm had multiple puncture wounds from a dog or coyote (above left) & he was hospitalized for 4 days & cost FURR about $600 on top of the $200 S/N clinic. I got him an antibiotic shot when he was neutered, etc. I put him in a cage in my garage to recover. I have A/C in there for recovery cats. He literally ate & slept for a week. I felt so sorry for the horrible life he had had in his 2 short years on this earth. Needless to say, he has healed up beautifully.

Here is the story of the entire "Batts" family on our main site catfurr.org (copy/paste link to browser):
https://www.catfurr.org/availablecats/foster-adopt-or-donate-to-dad-mom-batts-kittens-batman-and-robin/

For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.