Seuss is a cute 2 year-old hound mix, and he has OCD. No, not the kind you’re thinking, but Osteochondritis Dissecans, a painful congenital cartilage disorder and inflammatory condition that occurs when diseased cartilage separates from the underlying bone. Seuss also has some muscle atrophy where his OCD is in his right shoulder. The good news? […]
“I answered a post asking for bottle baby kitten fosters. A few hours later I was on my way to BARC to pick up a litter of 2-day old kittens! Bottle feeding around the clock was hard at first, but as they grew stronger and I grew more confident I fell in love with not […]
Help HPA! win a LOT of money to help save more lives! For the entire month of February, HPA! is one of four charities competing for votes at OKRA Charity Saloon. If we win, we’ll receive OKRA’s proceeds in March! We need YOUR help to win! Come down to OKRA and VOTE for HPA! Invite […]
In order to keep the cats in our care as healthy as possible, some of them require special prescription cat foods that help them maintain proper nutrition. Specifically, HPA! is running low and in need of the following prescription foods: Purina EN Royal Canin GI Low Fat Royal Canin GI High Energy Hills I/D The […]
Bradley Cooper sends his kisses to you! So many of you donated to help his toe, and a little extra was raised for the next pet in need of medical care! THANK YOU! Stay tuned for updates as he progresses. Remember: Bradley Cooper is still looking for his forever home! If you can’t resist […]
Bradley Cooper came in with a severely injured toe likely due to a very bad infection, though it could possibly be cancerous. HPA!’s medical team has already taken X-rays but needs to run blood work and send tissue samples out for testing to cover all of the bases. At this point, surgery is potential for later […]
“I remember it was a late night pickup on a Wednesday. I was notified there’s a singleton 3-week-old kitten in need, and I agreed to take her. Chloe was skinny, quiet, missing a couple patches of hair, covered with fleas, and most alarmingly NOT swallowing any KMR I offered her. I had to force feed […]
Because of you, in 2018 Houston Pets Alive! saved nearly 3,000 lives from euthanasia. 2,932 to be exact! That’s more than the combined number of lives HPA! has saved since inception in 2015, making the total number of HPA! lives saved an incredible 5,527. Cheers to you! You gave the gift of life to neonatal kittens […]
Flan is a 5 year-old Chihuahua who has been through a lot. When we saved him from euthanasia, he had a broken pelvis and a dangling foot. He was resilient and didn’t show signs of much pain. After some time, his pelvis healed as much as it could, but it would never return to normal, […]
Good news! Seamus the Parvo pup has tested negative for Parvo! Thank you to everyone who donated towards his treatment, and to our amazing foster who cared for him around the clock. Because of you, Seamus was saved!
