A wee kitten, who was rushed to a veterinary hospital on Friday, is getting the help she needs thanks to the generous contributions of the Falkirk community.
Owner Hayley Chalmers took Ruby to an out of hours hospital after she was struggling to pass urine.
She'd asked for help from charity PDSA but claims she was told she wasn't eligible as she was out of a catchment.
Unfortunately, she was landed with a £400 vet bill with costs rising due to Rugby needing further treatment.
Hayley set up a GoFundMe fundraiser to help with the unexpected costs and within just a day a target of £750 was reached.
She said: "On Friday Rugby was struggling to pass urine and we had to rush her to the vet hospital in Edinburgh.
"We did contact the PDSA and were told we weren't eligible for help until we gave our postcode. But we were out the catchment areas for any PDSA help.
"We had to phone the out of hours for our vet and that's how we ended up at the Edinburgh PDSA hospital with a bill of £400 - yet we were entitled to no help by the PDSA.
"We are now in a situation where she requires further treatment of a scan and flush of her bladder. We found out she has high levels of crystals in her urine which means she could have kidney stones as well."
Hayley has been left overwhelmed by the help of locals with funds to pay the bill in such a short space of time.
In a Facebook post she said: "We have now raised the funds and I just want to thank everyone so much for all the help you've gave us by either sharing or contributing, I am so humbled by all, I'll always be forever grateful!"
