special needs

Once a week, we will be featuring an extraordinary animal account on Instagram! Their story, the adorable pictures, and pawesome videos! This week's spotlight goes to Rocky on wheels! 

Meet Rocky! A special needs cat with a lot of zoomies and a whole lot of love! Rocky's owner saved him from euthanization and has a website dedicated to Rocky's story and spreading the word that special cats do not deserve euthanization! Rocky's owners want to change the world and we're on board! 

According to the website, "My husband saved Rocky at less than a week old after his cat mom dropped him 15 feet and left him to die. We realized a few weeks later the fall caused nerve damage. rocky can't walk and has no control over his bowels." Regardless of that, they took him in and loved him like any other cat! 

Watch the handsome Rocky in action below!

On her page, she describes her unique story in one sentence: 'Middle-aged marketing consultant with no experience of or link to farming buys old farmhouse and land, takes on over 150 rescued and rehomed animals, and writes a (poetry) book about it'. Meet Di Slaney, the amazing woman who 14 years ago, left her life in the city behind to run a farm for animals with special needs in Nottinghamshire.

Missangest is a Swedish artist who defines herself as a "crazy cat lady".  She is living with her special needs cat, Nils, and a rescue dog named Luka. These two adorable creatures have inspired her to create adorable comics that recap the daily life with them. The three are an inseparable loving family and while the comics are usually specific to their experiences, the universal language of loving our pets and the personalities of our fur-babies is something that anyone can relate to.