All He Really Wants Is For Someone To Love Him Just The Way He Is!

Looking at a photo it was easy to see there was something different about him!

After seeing a photo of an orphaned kitten, Jacqueline Santiago could see right away he was different.

Bright blue eyes set off by a twisted snout, so so skinny with a snaggletooth grin. But it wasn’t till she met him that she realized just how special he really was.

“I couldn’t really make out what was going on with his face until he arrived,” said Santiago, owner of Friends for Life Rescue Network.

Pinocchio, as it turns out, had been born with a cranial abnormality, giving his face a twisted appearance that made him look so unique. His jaw was so badly misaligned that he could only eat soft food.

Along with these issues, he also had an umbilical hernia that required an urgent operation. Thankfully the rescue had an in-house vet that specializes in special needs cases.

Upon meeting the now four-month-old kitten, Jacqueline could tell he was unaware he was different from any other kitten. “He was very, very sweet upon first meetings,” Santiago said.”[He] purred right away.”

A very friendly kitten, Pinocchio quickly befriends almost every animal and human he comes across in daily life. “Pinocchio isn’t the shy type,” Santiago said. “He’s extremely confident and greets everyone almost immediately.” 

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“He runs up to anyone who enters the room and climbs up to their shoulder to perch,” she added. “He rubs on you, loves to play, and bounces around. He’s a really happy guy who loves everyone — other people, other cats, and dogs too.”

While being cared for at a foster home, Pinocchio started having some medical issues and underwent corrective surgeries to fix his umbilical hernia and his sternum placement. 

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