My name is Balam!

Balam was picked up at an extremely young age as a stray along with his mama and two other brothers in a rural area of Missouri. They were held in an animal control facility there until a good Samaritan pulled the family from there and asked Heartland to tag the family for rescue. 

They came into Heartland healthy, but shortly after intake, the kittens started to deteriorate. Mama didn't know how to react, the kittens started losing weight and many tests were run. She lost one kitten before the results came back. After finally getting a diagnosis, treatment was started immediately and the remaining two kittens responded positively.  Balam is on a prescription GI food due to the toll all the medications took on his GI tract as a kitten, but that is all he needs to stay “regular”!  

Balam is a very quiet, low maintenance kitty.  He will come for pets and an occasional lap nap but prefers sleeping on his cat tree.  He has never been an only cat so it’s not known how he would do.  He is very playful with his foster siblings.  He will require a family with patience to allow him to warm up at his own pace, but will be rewarded when he comes to you and wants some loving and you hear the pitter patter of him running when he gets the zoomies.  Balam ("Jaguar" in the Mayan language) is neutered, microchipped, tested negative for FIV/FeLV and is current on age appropriate vaccinations. HHS13374JT