The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles reached out to the public Tuesday in hopes of finding a home for two six-month-old Tabby cats \u2014 both of whom have only one eye.<\/p>\n
The animal-welfare organization stressed that the orange-and-white male kittens, Carrot and Tangelo, are \u201cemotionally connected\u201d brothers and must be adopted together.<\/p>\n
According to spcaLA, the kittens \u2014 who were either lost or strays \u2014 were received at the end of August, and both had untreated eye infections, Carrot in the right eye and Tangelo in the left. Veterinarians determined that the infections had progressed so far that the eyes had to be removed.<\/p>\n
Both underwent successful surgery, and now Carrot and Tangelo have just two eyes between them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth cats are recovering well and should have their stitches removed soon, Madeline Bernstein, president of spcaLA, said in a statement. \u201cWe cannot tell how long the brothers went without medical care, but the infection was significant enough that removing the eyes was the best course of action to stop their suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the organization, the kittens are both thriving with no negative impacts from the surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are a sweet pair who enjoy playing and cuddling together,\u201d according to spcaLA. \u201cThey crave human interaction and affection, leaning in for pets and rolling over for belly rubs. The boys also love toys and love to chase toy mice or jingle balls.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cost to adopt the pair of cats is $220, which includes vaccines, neutering, microchip and a certificate for a free health exam at a veterinary hospital.<\/p>\n
Anyone interested in adopting the pair can see them at the organization\u2019s Pitchford Companion Animal Village & Education Center, 7700 E. Spring St., Long Beach. Information is also available at spcala.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles reached out to the public Tuesday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[41135,41136,8268,1073,41137,131,133,132,41138,41139,41140,41141],"class_list":["post-69649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-both","tag-brothers","tag-eye","tag-home","tag-kitten","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-looking","tag-lost","tag-still","tag-they"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}