The Poor Cat Found With His Legs Buried Deep In Tar

A cat with huge, wide blue eyes was found placed in a bucket of molten roof tar. He couldn’t be lifted out at all since the tar was covering the whole side of his body and his legs were buried in it.

The cat was found by some very kind-hearted people from Friends for Life, a No Kill, LEED-certified shelter from Houston. It actually took a few moments to realize what they were dealing with. It was going to be an extremely slow, painstaking process to free him from that horrible grave.

“Tarleton looked like he might have just been lying curled up in any cat bed. Except that it had been a bucket of molten roof tar when he first was placed there and he was stuck fast.” stated the cat’s rescuers on their website.

They needed to injected mineral oil and vegetable oil around him to loosen the grip of the tar. Next it came to cutting the bucket away for more access. After they managed to remove him from the tar they discovered he had a badly broken leg and a broken pelvis. His skin was also badly burned from the chemicals in the tar.

“Freeing him led us to learn that he had a badly broken leg (so badly, in fact, that it had to be amputated) and a broken pelvis. His skin was also burned from the chemicals in the tar. Angry, firey red patches came up on his feet and underside where the fur and skin had been burned away.” his rescuers added.

They decided to name him Tarleton. It was like he understood from the beginning that the whole team was working hard to help him. They were a bit worried about how quickly they could get the petroleum based tar off him and how much had already seeped into his system. They used some warm water and Dawn to start to wash him bit by bit.

“His grace through that kind of pain was breathtaking.” they added.

Tarleton came through his surgery like a true champ and has had cage rest to allow his pelvis to heal.

It didn’t take long at all and Tarleton had found his forever loving family, he was adopted! He is now happy and loved!

The team from Friends for Life did quite an amazing job to save Tartelon’s life! But How did they do it?

“We talked with Uncle Google. We brainstormed. We rolled up our sleeves and prepared to get grubby. But here’s the thing: it was never, never, never an option to just kill this cat without trying. And that’s where the rubber meets the road in sheltering. We start from a basic and non-negotiable place: Sheltered animals have a right to live.” they stated.

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