PAW Painting by Sheeba

Sheeba’s Story

Sheeba was rescued from a hunting facility where he was overfed to obesity for the reason of stretching his skin. So when he was going to be shot and his pelt sold it would be worth more money on the market. Sheeba now has lost a significant amount of weight and is moving around a lot better in his enclosure. The hunting farm had also declawed his front paws. Declawing of the paws is not just removing the nail as you might think. It’s actually an amputation of the first knuckle upwards. So it’s like us not having the tips of our fingers. All of the big cats walk on this part of their paws, as Sheeba unfortunately no longer has this he now has to walk on his wrists which has caused severe arthritis. He is on arthritis medication to ease this for him. For the first 3 weeks we barely saw Sheeba, and only knew he was there because his food was eaten. But step by step he started to trust us, and now he has grown into a confidant beautiful man! He loves to play and is very curios, and truly enjoys spending lots of time with his caretakers.