Sizzle, the male cat found cowering under a rock after the Fourmile Canyon fire, still remains unclaimed.
The jet-black cat with pale green eyes suffered burns to his paw pads, nose and ears — and the indignity of singed whiskers.
He is being cared for at Alpenglow Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center in Boulder, where he likely will remain for several weeks. The cost of his care is being paid for by Alpenglow, Aspen Meadows Veterinary Specialists and Rocky Mountain Veterinary Cardiology, said Boulder Valley Humane Society spokeswoman Kim Sporrer.
Although many people offered to adopt the cat, Sporrer said the focus is on reuniting the kitty with his owner. If the owner doesn’t turn up by the time Sizzle is well enough to go home, he will be placed for adoption.
Sizzle is the only domestic animal of the 115 rescued when the wildfire raced through the foothills west of Boulder that has not been reunited with its owner.
Though all the other animals have been officially reunited, Sporrer said there may be many other pets — especially cats — “unaccounted for because their guardians completely lost their homes in the fire and possibly assumed their pet had perished in the fire.”
She reminded people evacuated from the fire zone who may be missing pets to visit to file a “lost” report “so we can try to help them get reunited with their pet.”
Photo by Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
