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| Our fund raising volunteers made some yummy cakes for our Pawsome event. |
With kitten season comes the sad problem of unwanted
pregnant cats and kittens being born outside.
This year is no exception, during the last few weeks we have had an
influx of kittens born outside being admitted into our care. Sadly they are normally in poor condition and
have very little socialisation so need a bit of extra TLC before they can be
available for adoption. One such kitten
is the totally adorable Dave, he was very fearful of people when he was first
admitted into our care, preferring to hiss and spit rather than have cuddles
and fusses. Fortunately, one of our
fosterers, Stevi took Dave home to live with her to socialise him, and soon
turned him into a cuddle loving kitten who enjoys having his head tickled.
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| Dave was born outside but now loves cuddles thanks to our volunteer fosterer. |
Another two kittens born outside are Tom and Tweety, they
are five weeks old, sadly not all the litter survived. They are both very poorly with cat flu and
are currently in our isolation unit whilst receiving vet treatment. They are the sweetest little kittens, and are
currently enjoying the comfort of their under floor heated pen. They are just
starting to respond to their medication, but it will be a few more weeks before
they are fully recovered. These kittens
are the lucky ones as they have made their way into our care, sadly this isn’t
always the case which is why neutering is so important. For help with neutering costs (subject to
eligibility), please click here.
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| Tom and Tweety are lucky to be alive after being born outside. |
With so many cats being admitted into our care, we have to
be extremely careful with disease control to ensure that we don’t have any
outbreaks/spread of disease in the centre.
Any cats / kittens which exhibits symptoms of an infectious disease is
housed in our isolation unit. This is a
self-contained unit with its own facilities and equipment. Our cat carers wear full protective clothing
whilst working in this unit changing between pens as needed, working in this
area is very demanding as it houses our most sickest cats but it is so
rewarding to see them getting better day by day and eventually be well enough
to find their forever homes.
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| Laura, one of our CCA working in Isolation unit. |
With so many kittens around, adult cats are getting over
looked by potential adopters so we currently have several long stay cats with
us. We have been promoting them on FB
and Twitter to encourage people to consider adopting them. They are a lot less work than kittens, you
can see what you are getting as kittens have a lot of growing up to do and
their temperament may change as they mature.
Adult cats can live into their 20’s and have a lot of love to give
too. One such overlooked cat is the
lovely Xena, she was admitted with seven kittens, they have all been homed but
she is still waiting to find her forever home.
You can find out more about her and the other cats looking to find their
forever homes here.
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| Adult cats like Xena are being overlooked in favour of kittens. |
We don’t often have pedigree cats admitted into our care so
having a Maine Coon cat made a few of us turn our heads. Matilda is simply stunning and had a sweet
personality too! Fortunately we have
found the purrfect home for her and she left our care today to her forever home.
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| Matilda, a stunning Maine Coon made a few heads turn. |
We are busy getting ready for our 25th
anniversary event which is taking place on the 7th September, it
promises to be good day, please make a note of the date in your diary, we would
love for you to join our celebration event!
We hope you enjoyed reading our blog, please look out for the next one.
Bye for now!
