Our Mission
The mission of the Critical Kitten Care Fund is to provide emergency medical care to kittens who need critical care that the shelter cannot provide.
As an open-intake, high-volume shelter, the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter must carefully allocate their funding and make medical decisions based on what animals are the most likely to have a positive outcome.
Kittens are the most fragile creatures that the shelter gets in, especially neonatal kittens, and therefore paying hundreds or thousands of dollars to provide emergency care for them is often impractical.
This is where CKCF steps in.
For kittens who have a chance at a long and healthy life with emergency medical intervention, we will fund their treatment, whether that be a day of IV fluids or a week of intensive care at the emergency vet that includes x-rays, aggressive oxygen treatment, IV medication, and more.
We know that treatment will not always be successful in creatures who are so fragile, but we believe all kittens deserve a chance.
CKCF will also, on a case-by-case basis and with vet consultation, take special-needs kittens such as those who will be affected by lifelong incontinence.
Want to donate and help us save little lives? We are a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization, so your donation is tax-deductible. Visit our donation page for more information.
FAQ
Q: I've found a kitten. Can I bring it to you?
A: We are not a shelter or rescue and are not able to accept found or stray kittens. If you are an animal welfare organization and have a special-needs kitten you would like us to consider taking, please email us at info@criticalkittencarefund.org or reach out via the form on our contact page. However, please be aware that our space for these kittens is extremely limited.
Q: I have a sick kitten who needs emergency care. Can you help me?
A: We are currently only assisting with kittens who come into the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter system. On occasion we will accept special-needs kittens from other animal welfare organizations but this is on a case-by-case basis. If you fall into the latter category and would like us to consider pulling a kitten from your org, please email us at info@criticalkittencarefund.org or reach out via the form on our contact page.
Q: Why just kittens?
A: In part because the shelter is able to cover the cost of treatment for adult cats and dogs as their treatment is more likely to be successful, and also because during kitten season each year the shelter is inundated with hundreds of additional kittens above and beyond what they normally get in, and invariably some of these are very ill.
Q: How do you choose which kittens will receive treatment?
A: If a kitten has a chance of surviving with emergency medical intervention, this is the type of kitten we will help treat. We will not prolong the suffering of a kitten who is too ill to treat or unlikely to survive even with intervention. The special-needs kittens that we pull are taken only after vet consultation to ensure they can live long and otherwise healthy lives despite their condition.
Q: What clinics do you use?
A: Our kittens will most often visit Firehouse Animal Health Center in Leander for more routine but aggressive treatments, and the Central Texas Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Hospital for emergency care.
Q: I would like to help. How can I?
A: Thank you! Right now the only assistance we need is monetary - you can donate here.
