Mid-March Update: Spring is here!

We've had a great few weeks  over 70 cats homed so far this month!

Spring has started to show it's face and we've had an influx of calls about stray cats - especially pregnant cats! As it is mating season a lot of unneutered (but owned) cats will wander off in search of a mate so we are inundated with calls about cats going missing and new cats turning up.

With all stray cats we have a policy to make sure they are not owned, this includes us sending out a stray cat pack which has paper collars and posters inside so the cat can be advertised for 2 weeks, taken to a vet to be scanned for a microchip and hopefully reunited with owners.  We have some useful tips available on our website HERE.  We are also recruiting lost and found volunteers, to find out what this role, please watch the video below,  you can find about our volunteering opportunities here.

If an owner isn't found,  the lost/stray cat will be brought into our care when we have a pen available.They will be advertised on our Lost and Found Facebook page and kept with us for 2 weeks before re-homing. However, If the cat is chipped we have to keep it for 1 month in order to track their owner. This includes physically going out to the address on the microchip, sending 2 recorded letters and contacting any emails addresses and telephone numbers attached to the chip.

Sadly for Alun below - his microchip details were out of date and we have been totally unsuccessful in finding his legal owners and he is now available for adoption after a month long stay with us!

Alun

A little update on Rain kittens. They are now being split from mum during feeding times and eating their own food. They are greedy little kittens and absolutely love eating kitten felix all mashed up and soaked kitten biscuits.

Hungry Kittens.

 2 weeks ago we had 2 kittens come into us who were bought through an online advertising website. The person who bought them didn't realise that the kittens were severely malnourished and actually only 6 weeks old. Both kittens were rushed to the vets and eventually to us, they had severe worm burden, diarrhoea and came down with flu symptoms.

We named the kittens Daff and Dill, they are both totally deaf but have come on leaps and bounds since their admittance:

Dill looking after his little sister.

Daff in the bath.

Daff after a couples weeks of treatment and tlc.

(Please note the kittens are not available for adoption yet).

Stay tuned to keep up to date with how Daff and Dill get along.

Bye for now :)