Camille
Approximate Age (As of 2017): 11-12 years
Breed: Domestic Short Hair
Status: Seeing
Date Arrived: 2007
Arrival Location: North Carolina
Camille was found inside of a taped up box that
had been left at the gate of a shelter near us. She
had a terrible eye infection and they thought she
was, or would be, visually impaired so they asked
us to take her. When she came to us she was very
friendly just sick. We initially agreed that she did
appear blind and it looked like her eyes needed
removal they were so damaged/infected. We put
her on antibiotics though and she made a full
recovery, not ending up blind after all. Obviously,
though we are a blind cat rescue, just because she
ended up being able to see did not mean we were
going to make her go elsewhere, especially after
being left so cruelly.
It’s now been over 10 years since she came to BCR and
she is a happy, sweet, and friendly girl. She loves
attention and relaxing with the other cats.
You may watch her Live 24 hours a day on her
MeShare Camera. She is in House 1, room 2.
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2/7/2019 This breaks my heart to be writing.
If you follow us on social media you know that Camille has been struggling for the
last month with her health. She had many ulcers in her mouth and tongue. She
was losing weight and miserable. Lots of meds that were not working. The vet
placed a feeding tube so we could give her mouth a break from eating, we could
easily give her food and medication. We were giving her twice the calories she
needs per day and should be gaining or at least not losing weight, yet
she continued losing weight and was absolutely miserable. She clearly had the look
of a cat who is exhausted and it is time to let her go.
Camille has been with us for approx 11 years. Losing her is an extra hard one. She
was such a gentle loving cat. The other cats will miss her because she loved to
cuddle and sleep with them. You would always find her curled up with someone.
Camille spent her last hours laying in the sun, all the staff spending extra time with
her. I held her in my arms as she left this earth. I will miss her very much!
We want answers, we want to know what really the ulcers were about. We strongly
suspect that the ulcers were actually mouth cancer. We are hoping a necropsy will
give us some answers.
The necropsy confirmed what we thought. She had mouth, nasal and ocular cancer.