Bart and Lisa — who actually are n’t mention after the ones you ’re cerebrate of — are now looking for their forever home .
In November , Anna Dickerson - Homan ( of@kittenfactory ) was scroll through Facebook when she came across a tragic video of two barn kitten , who were covered in fleas , gaunt , and very , very cold . The substance abuser was pass on the sibling cats away for free . Dickerson - Homan did n’t even take time to think about it , she commented that she would take the kittens and use her delivery resources to give them the care they desperately need .
She drive two hours south to pick them up , and the rest is account ! " I knew that if I did n’t dissemble on them cursorily , most likely they would be surrendered to a protection or worse , and I just could n’t stand that , " she says .
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Although these would be Dickerson - Homan ’s firstspecial needsfosters , she had two years of foster experience under her knock .
After rescuing her first quat , Lola , in 2014 , Dickerson - Homan says she had a nagging feeling that " I can be doing more for creature like that . " After moving to Austin , Texas , she volunteered with the Bottle Baby Program atAustin Pets Alive!Their neonatal kitten baby’s room bring through 4,000 kitten on medium per year . " I was blown away by the shock that they had , and I realized that my impact could be amplified if I decided to nurture , " she says .
Now living in Northern Michigan , she work out withClaws and Pawsin West Branch . The deliverance is located in a rural , remote expanse where hoi polloi on a regular basis give brute off for free on Facebook . The two kittens Dickerson - Homan discover on Facebook were located on a farm in Ithaca , Mich.
Upon arriving at the property in November , Dickerson - Homan find the kittens in very poor condition . The prop owner was notspaying and neuteringtheir computerized axial tomography , and the kittens both had innate defect as a result of inbreeding . Dickerson - Homan had been told that the kittens were 8 weeks sure-enough and eating concentrated solid food , but right forth she knew this was a Trygve Halvden Lie . " Many hoi polloi share that to get animals adopted immediate , " she say . In fact , the kitten had beeneating hotdog intellectual nourishment .
Both kitten understandably hadManx Syndrome , a genetic condition that affects spinal development and causes a shortened spine and slight to no tail . The female kitty had misshapenness , ingrown claws , and rectal take .
Once Dickerson - Homan and the kittens made it home , she built a quarantine area for them . As she does with all of her fosters , she kept the kitty forth from her two resident cat for two weeks . " start them food , water , and warmth was the first step , " she says . She cave in them topicalflea treatmentsandbathed themafter three day .
" They went from sleep in hay bales to sleeping in the fine cover that the kitten factory has to pop the question , " Dickerson - Homan says . " They were not quite used to that . " They also were n’t used to a regularfeeding schedule . However , once they adjusted to their novel procedure , Dickerson - Homan enunciate they totally came out of their shells .
Dickerson - Homan knew that taking in these kitty would be extremely expensive . " I want to make certain that I did everything I could to support them and give them the medical care I promised them they would get , " she articulate . To fundraise for the kittens ' care , they held a assignment fundraiser . She come up withname optionsfor the world to vote on .
" I was like , ' Would n’t it be odd if we named them after my mommy and dad , Bart and Lisa ? ' " She thought that no one would choose that pair of names , but likely because of the connection to the Simpsons , Bart and Lisa won by a landslide .
Bart was always tranquil and chill . " He ’s relaxed and frisson , until he ’s not , " Dickerson - Homan pronounce . He likes to be pampered and dot on but hatesvaccinesand catch hisnails cut back . Lisa is extremely sweet , innocent , and rely . " If there was a Disney character built into a kitten , it would be Lisa , " she says . The kitty have a classic older sidekick - little sister human relationship .
Lisa has especially hold fast with Dickerson - Homan ’s husband ( aka Foster Dad ) . Lisa haskyphosis(spine arc backwards to forwards versus side to side as with scoliosis ) , and it ’s squeeze part of her spine and causing her to not use her paws correctly . She gets hand and carpus massages every sidereal day to keep her tendon healthy and encourage them to develop . " [ Foster Dad ] is only allow to do that , she does n’t allow me do it , " Dickerson - Homan says .
Lisa has more issues than Bart because she has less of a spinal corduroy . Her recovery has surprised all of the specialists Dickerson - Homan has brought her to . A brain doctor told her , " establish on her inclination and her personality , I have been switch my medical prognosis from highly guard to optimistic . "
Because of Dickerson - Homan ’s advocacy and love , both kittens have made a miraculous recuperation . Adoption applications were just opened for Bart this week . Although she would love to keep Lisa , Dickerson - Homan recognizes the interminable demand to proceed fostering . " I need to discover a very special house for her , " she tell . Lisa will likely be ready to go to her forever home in March .
" We really would like to find someone who is unfastened to the unknown , who can revolve with the punches , and is blend in to love her and give her A+ medical tutelage for as long as she ’s live , " she says . " It ’s so rewarding to adopt apet with extra pauperism . "
