10/23/2026
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🚨🐾 $5 FRIDAY — TWO TINY LIVES NEED OUR HELP! 🐾🚨
💔 Two kittens. Two heartbreaking injuries. Two little fighters who deserve a chance. 💔
It’s $5 Friday, and we’re urgently asking our amazing community to help us cover the emergency veterinary care of TWO tiny kittens who have already endured more pain than any baby should ever have to experience.
🐱 MEET PATCHES 💔
Patches is just 8 weeks old. She’s a tiny baby whose eye was so severely damaged that it RUPTURED, leaving her in desperate need of emergency surgery.
TODAY, Patches is at our vet undergoing an emergency enucleation (eye removal). Friends of Ferals has stepped up to sponsor her medical expenses because this sweet baby deserves a chance at a happy, pain-free life. ❤️🩹
🥊🐱 MEET ROCKY BALBOA — OUR TINIEST FIGHTER! ❤️🩹
Just yesterday, we received another desperate plea for help. This time, it was for a 7-week-old baby boy whose bottom lip had been severely degloved — a horrific and incredibly painful injury where the tissue is torn away from its normal attachment.
We decided to name him Rocky Balboa, because if ever there was a tiny fighter who deserved that name, it’s this little guy! 🥊❤️
Thankfully, one of our wonderful fosters stepped up and agreed to take Rocky in! His lip has already been surgically repaired, and he’s currently recovering at the veterinary clinic.
At just 7 weeks old, Rocky has already been through a fight no kitten should ever have to face. But we’re rooting for this little underdog! 🥹❤️
🚨 TWO BABIES. TWO EMERGENCY SURGERIES. TWO VET BILLS. 🚨
Both of these kittens needed help NOW. Not next week. Not when we had extra money. NOW.
And that’s the reality of rescue. Emergencies don’t wait until our bank account is ready. When a tiny kitten is suffering, we do everything we can to say YES.
🙏 THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOU!
It’s $5 FRIDAY, and we’re asking everyone who can to spare just $5 to help us cover Patches’ and Rocky’s emergency medical bills.
💵 $5 helps.
💵 $10 helps.
💵 $20 helps.
❤️ Every single dollar makes a difference!
We know times are tough, but when our community comes together, even the smallest donations add up to something incredible.
🐾 WHAT IF WE RAISE MORE THAN THEIR VET BILLS?
If we’re fortunate enough to raise more than what’s needed to cover Patches’ and Rocky’s veterinary care, 100% of the additional proceeds will go toward helping other Friends of Ferals rescue cats and community cats in need!
From emergency surgeries and lifesaving medical care to TNR (trap-neuter-return), your generosity will continue helping cats throughout Southeast Texas. ❤️
These babies didn’t ask to be hurt. They didn’t ask to suffer. But they deserve every chance we can give them.
🐾 WAYS TO DONATE 🐾
🏥 Donate Directly to Our Vet:
Call Groves Veterinary Clinic at 409-962-1738 and ask to donate to the Friends of Ferals Rescue account.
💻 PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5TT4KN2KXSYNG
💚 Venmo:
💲 CashApp: $friendsofferals
💳 Credit / Debit Card:
https://checkout.shelterluv.com/donate/FOFT
📬 By Mail:
Friends of Ferals
PO Box 622
Port Neches, TX 77651
(Checks payable to Friends of Ferals)
❤️ PLEASE DONATE IF YOU CAN, AND SHARE IF YOU CAN’T! ❤️ Please comment below if you donate or share to increase our engagement and reach more donors!
Every donation, every share, and every kind word helps us continue showing up for the forgotten, the injured, and the most vulnerable cats and kittens in Southeast Texas.
Patches is fighting to heal. Rocky Balboa is fighting to bounce back. And with your help, neither one has to fight alone. 🥊🐾❤️