{"id":687150,"date":"2026-01-10T17:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687150\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:12:16","slug":"no-one-seems-to-want-these-kittens-who-are-just-a-little-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687150\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Seems To Want These Kittens Who Are Just A Little Different"},"content":{"rendered":"

When two tiny kittens named Benny and Lydia ended up at Yolo County SPCA<\/a>, it seemed like a typical rescue case. All they needed was love, care and an eventual forever home. As the shelter staff got to know their two new charges, though, they soon realized that they were different.<\/p>\n

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For some reason, Benny and Lydia weren\u2019t growing the way they should have been. There were other kittens in their litter, and they were all developing normally, but not Benny and Lydia. Luckily, the team had seen this before and was able to diagnose the pair with hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n

With the help of vets at UC Davis, Yolo County SPCA has become one of the best places for kittens with hypothyroidism to thrive, so Benny and Lydia ended up in the right place.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur rescue now has several incredible foster homes that are really committed to taking on kittens like this, and we pride ourselves on being able to support local shelters and emergency rooms with cases like this,\u201d Jordyn Purpura, feline coordinator at Yolo County SPCA, told The Dodo.<\/p>\n

The team put them each on an oral medication that they take with breakfast and dinner. They kept up with the routine daily \u2014 and two months later, the tiny kittens were finally growing.<\/p>\n

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With their hypothyroidism finally under control, it was time to list the pair for adoption. Usually, young, playful kittens like Benny and Lydia get adopted pretty quickly, but after several weeks, they were still waiting for someone to choose them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenny and Lydia are happy, healthy kittens that are growing with the addition of their thyroid medication,\u201d Purpura said. \u201cWhether they haven’t been adopted because needing meds is a barrier or just because of the time of year, I cannot say for sure, but I am hopeful we will find the right folks for them soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"kitten\"Yolo County SPCA<\/p>\n

Benny and Lydia have no idea that they\u2019re any different from any other kitten. All they know is that they\u2019re still waiting. Their condition might seem scary to some potential adopters, but everyone at the Yolo County SPCA wants people to realize that it\u2019s actually not.<\/p>\n

\u201cHypothyroid kittens need twice daily medication and semi-annual to annual bloodwork to make sure their levels of thyroid hormone are consistent and their dose is appropriate,\u201d Purpura said. \u201cTypically, once they are past this vulnerable state prior to diagnosis, they are otherwise totally normal cats. Sometimes the idea of medication and bloodwork is daunting to folks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"kitten\"Yolo County SPCA<\/p>\n

Being a little different hasn\u2019t stopped Benny and Lydia from playing, loving and thriving, and hopefully they\u2019ll get to do all of that in their forever homes very soon.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in adopting these kittens, you can contact Yolo County SPCA<\/a> for more information.\"'Desperate'<\/a>‘Desperate’ Kitten Approaches Trail Runner And Refuses To Leave Her Side\u201cShe was glued to my ankle, meowing …\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When two tiny kittens named Benny and Lydia ended up at Yolo County SPCA, it seemed like a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17568,9691,5700,1716,207748,5698,70,1715,1713,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-687150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-adoption","9":"tag-caitlin-jill-anders","10":"tag-cats","11":"tag-daily-dodo","12":"tag-kittens","13":"tag-pets","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-standard","16":"tag-the-dodo","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115871924205105478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}