In February 2017, Elaine Seamans, who runs the Atchoo Foundation, found a kitten named Valentino in the Baldwin Park animal shelter in Los Angeles County.
No one would touch him. They even concept he become a female. Valentino suffered from sarcoptic mange, a skin infection caused by mites that generally affects dogs. It can spread to humans and cause a moderate rash. He was also covered in dust and his eyes were caked shut.
In spite of his blindness, Valentino reached out to Seamans as she handed by and meowed to her. Feeling he needed the touch of a human, Seamans selected to pick him up and hug him without using gloves. Then she called a chum, Toby Wisneski, at the organization Leave No Paws Behind, Inc.
Valentino was so ill, barely able to move, that Seamans feared he would die in her arms. He was taken to the vet, who found a bacterial contamination and bleeding ulcer on top of the mange. These had apparently caused his crash in health.
But Valentino was a fighter. He responded well to treatment. Soon, his rescuers determined his eyes were green, when he was able to open them about a week later. Despite his maladies, his underlying health was nice. He was soon on the road to recovery.
Valentino turned out to be a cute senior tiger kitten, once he had fully cleaned up and recovered in May. He ended up a foster fail, while his foster home became his forever home a month later.
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