Two families helped in as many weeks.
i had an e-mail off a friend a couple of weeks ago asking for help with 3 cats as her neighbour had moved out leaving them. I agreed, as one of my fosters was being rehomed. She caught the first female, who she initially thought was the 18mo mum cat, but then changed her mind due to her size. She arrived 2 weeks ago tomorrow and had already been booked in to be spayed. She sadly was 3 weeks pregnant, but it wasn't obvious before she had been anaesthetised and opened up, so it was done regardless, and the vet discovered that it was in actual fact the mum cat, as she had not long had a litter and going off her teeth, she was about 2-3, which is older than we thought mum cat was, she only looks about 8 months old bless her, so god knows how many litters she has had to stunt her growth. She has done so well since being spayed though, she was constantly growling, and didn't know how to play before hand. Her son was also caught and staying with my friend. The Sun after she came, I got a call to say she had caught a third cat, which is one she had been feeding to gain his trust, we suspect the owners only had 2 cats, and he was the third my friend was seeing (the neighbours were pure black, he is black and white, but mainly black), he came just over a week ago, and was booked in asap, the vet estimates him to be 3. He is very wary of humans though, hisses a lot, so i moved him from isolation to a cage downstairs, so he could see more things, and he has had some time out last night and tonight, and he is much more confident, i found him on teh sofa and my bed, and much less hissy, but still very wary, so I dont know what has happened to him, bless him.
Next family!!
I took a call last week from someone who had stepped in when someone was mistreating a cat and wanted to know if we could help. At the time, we had no space, but she was willing to keep hold of it until some could be found, so I arranged for her to use our vets to get him neutered, and she kindly paid a donation towards it, as well as fleaing, worming and treating him for ear mites, and we would advertise him on the website and CC. He was a lovely ginger cat, but very thin.
Last night, I got a phone call off her partner, saying they had found him a home with one of their friends, and they had also heard of a mum cat with 2 week old kittens in the same area who wasn't being very well looked after, they had told them about us to get permission for the cats to come into our care, which they agreed to, and Rachel picked them up today. Mum is around 10 years old, black and white, has had 5 kittens, sadly 2 have died, it looks like she sat on one, and the other was deformed. Kittens are one black and white, and 2 torties, so i have a good idea of who the dad is!!
So glad that these are now safe, especially as the weather has turned here. And, we might have some more volunteers, the second couple did seem very keen to help
i had an e-mail off a friend a couple of weeks ago asking for help with 3 cats as her neighbour had moved out leaving them. I agreed, as one of my fosters was being rehomed. She caught the first female, who she initially thought was the 18mo mum cat, but then changed her mind due to her size. She arrived 2 weeks ago tomorrow and had already been booked in to be spayed. She sadly was 3 weeks pregnant, but it wasn't obvious before she had been anaesthetised and opened up, so it was done regardless, and the vet discovered that it was in actual fact the mum cat, as she had not long had a litter and going off her teeth, she was about 2-3, which is older than we thought mum cat was, she only looks about 8 months old bless her, so god knows how many litters she has had to stunt her growth. She has done so well since being spayed though, she was constantly growling, and didn't know how to play before hand. Her son was also caught and staying with my friend. The Sun after she came, I got a call to say she had caught a third cat, which is one she had been feeding to gain his trust, we suspect the owners only had 2 cats, and he was the third my friend was seeing (the neighbours were pure black, he is black and white, but mainly black), he came just over a week ago, and was booked in asap, the vet estimates him to be 3. He is very wary of humans though, hisses a lot, so i moved him from isolation to a cage downstairs, so he could see more things, and he has had some time out last night and tonight, and he is much more confident, i found him on teh sofa and my bed, and much less hissy, but still very wary, so I dont know what has happened to him, bless him.
Next family!!
I took a call last week from someone who had stepped in when someone was mistreating a cat and wanted to know if we could help. At the time, we had no space, but she was willing to keep hold of it until some could be found, so I arranged for her to use our vets to get him neutered, and she kindly paid a donation towards it, as well as fleaing, worming and treating him for ear mites, and we would advertise him on the website and CC. He was a lovely ginger cat, but very thin.
Last night, I got a phone call off her partner, saying they had found him a home with one of their friends, and they had also heard of a mum cat with 2 week old kittens in the same area who wasn't being very well looked after, they had told them about us to get permission for the cats to come into our care, which they agreed to, and Rachel picked them up today. Mum is around 10 years old, black and white, has had 5 kittens, sadly 2 have died, it looks like she sat on one, and the other was deformed. Kittens are one black and white, and 2 torties, so i have a good idea of who the dad is!!
So glad that these are now safe, especially as the weather has turned here. And, we might have some more volunteers, the second couple did seem very keen to help