Pet of the Week: Fender on the Mend After Being Found Hurt in a Wheel Well

Meet Fender -- What's in a name you might ask?  In a parking lot of a nearby strip mall, a cat could be heard meowing loudly from the wheel well of a vehicle. Responding to the request for help, we found a very large cat who clearly understood that we were there to help.

Raw paw pads and a gash down his right front leg indicated that he’d likely been burned by a hot vehicle engine and slashed by a fan belt. He didn’t want to stand up, but he contentedly kneaded his paws in the air as we examined him, despite the pain.
 
At the shelter after an antibiotic injection, Fender ate his dinner and nestled into his new fluffy bed, a look of astonished gratitude on his sweet face. The white spots on his tabby coat looked charred and gray and he smelled strongly of car grease. The parking lot may have been his home for some time.
 
After several days passed without a response to the "Found Cat" reports issued on Fender’s behalf, he officially became a resident of the Houghton shelter .

When his wounds have healed, Fender will be available for adoption. In the meantime, he is enchanting the staff and volunteers at MEOW with his chatty conversations, his ruggedly handsome looks, and his magnetic personality.
 
Three-year-old Fender’s hopes for the future include having someone who will share the evening news, someone who will sleep in with him on the weekends, and watch the game or an old movie or the food channel with him. He doesn’t care what’s on. In return for your company, he’ll be a great listener and keep your blood pressure in check by offering his tummy for a good rub whenever you like.

Fender will have a clean bill of health before he is adopted, vaccinations and all, as well as am identity micro-chip. If you would like to see him stop by MEOW. For details, see www.meowcatrescue.org or call 425-822-6369.