“Mike squinted up at us, pus seeping from his eye. He cried out pitifully, desperate for relief. It broke my heart to see him like that,” says Inspector Jeanee.

Inspector Jeanee was following up on a call from a concerned neighbour. They worried that Mike wasn’t getting enough food or water.

Amidst the overgrown lawn and the eyewatering stench of ammonia, Inspector Jeanee found Mike. Starving, desperate and in a world of pain.

It seemed like Mike’s owners had simply closed up the house, and walked away. Leaving him behind to starve in a filthy backyard.

Mike was rushed straight to SPCA vet care, where his eye was gently seen and cleaned in a soothing wash. Sadly, his eye had become badly infected from a condition called ‘Entropian’.

Entropian is where an animal’s eyelid has grown inwards, and their eyelashes scrape against the surface of the eye. It’s incredibly painful. Left untreated, Entropian can result in infection, scarring and even blindness.

We weren’t sure if Mike’s eye could be saved, but everyone was determined to give him every possible chance. Thanks to kind animal lovers like you, Mike received an expensive and delicate eye surgery to correct his Entropian, and antibiotics to clear up the infection.

While we waited with crossed fingers to see if his eye would heal, the team showered Mike in kisses, cuddles and treats, and took him on long, rambling walks to help him recover after such a traumatic ordeal.

Wonderfully, and all because of our generous donors, Mike has now fully healed and is transformed into a happy, wiggling and social doggo.

Every time he gets a visitor, Mike wags his tail so hard, his whole body wriggles in excitement. It’s such an endearing trait, that Mike has now become famous for his ‘bum wiggle’ and everyone is thrilled to see how happy he is now.

It took a wee while for Mike to fully recover after being neglected for so long, but he’s now been adopted and has found his very own ‘happy ever after’.

As a charity, our work for the animals is only possible because of generous animal lovers like you. Will you make a donation today to help another animal like Mike get the vet care, treatment and love they desperately need?

Your kind gift today will help another animal like Mike get the medical care and love they need.