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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Cat/s Needing Homes => Sorted/ Unknown outcomes => Topic started by: kitty73 on July 04, 2008, 21:58:56 PM
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hi there folks, some nice lady sent me the link to this site in the hope that someone may be able to help me, so i sure hope someone can help kinda urgently ;) .
A lady who lived a couple of doors away from my nan died over a week ago and her funeral was held on the 1st july, she left behind 3 beautiful cats that had originally been strays till she took them into her home and gave them lots of love. She unfortunately never had a chance to find homes for her cats when she found out she was dying, and died a week after her diagnosis :'(.
I have managed to find a home for the tabby cat who had thyroid problems with her nephew, but I am left trying to look after 2 other healthier cats till i can find them homes, but the executer of the will has to put the house up for sale in order to split the proceeds between the beneficiaries.
However they live in places like manchester and the isle of wight and other far off places and unable to take care of the cats, and as we are in Birmingham me and my nan are looking after them.
I live 2 bus rides away so I am having to travel quite a distance to see to the cats, me and my nan are both allergic to cats :( but are going in and feeding them everyday but unable to groom them due to their fur, and I couldn't bring them home due to living with my mom who is not only allergic to animal fur but is a very bad asthmatic, and i am off to america shortly and wont be back for a few months.
we were left to rehome the cats but so far have been very unsuccessful, all the animal shelters seem to be overflowing with cats and kittens and the only places willing to take them are the ones who will put them down >:( as its their age against them apparantly :'(, but I dont agree with putting a healthy animal to sleep :(.
so i am in a dilemma, the house is being sold, they need the cats gone asap, if i dont rehome them they will possibly be put to sleep and I think these cats are absolutely adorable and had i been in a situation where i could take them in myself i would.
let me tell you about the cats :),
one is black male about 9 years old, he has been neutered and is fully up to date with his innoculations (has certificate of proof), a pretty nervous cat :shy: but very loving and affectionate once he gains your trust.
there is also a ginger cat, unknown age, i am guessing around 6 or 7?? he has also been neutered and is fully up to date with his innoculations (has certificate of proof also), he is a pretty nervous cat too :shy: but very loving and affectionate once he gains your trust, in fact more affectionate than the black one.
you will need to have a house with a garden preferably and not a high rise flat :(, as they are used to access via a catflap or being let out ;D .
can be rehomed seperately as the black one came first and proves to be the most dominant of the 2 but do obviously live together ok, but please remember they were both taken in as strays and are nervous.
i have no transport or a cat basket to transport to you i'm afraid :-[ , but if you are able to collect please do feel free to make contact and come and collect one or both cats.
All you need is to be an animal loving person :Luv:, able to afford to feed them and are able to innoculate them if they need it and cover vet bills if its needed, but most of all provide them with a stable and loving home for the rest of their days as their owner was a real cat loving person and has been a very dear friend to me and my nan ;).
God bless all you cat lovers out there who do such wonderful things for rescued and unwanted and stray cats, I wish I was able to do what you all do, may God always bless you and your little additions. ;)
please contact me anytime :thanks: email me at ravenfeather73@hotmail.com many thanks amanda
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Amanda, good luck finding these two lads a home. :) Well done for taking on the responsibility - a lot of people choose to ignore situations like this.
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Hello Amanda. Well done for filling in. Can I ask a few questions.
Is there anyone closer that can feed the 2 cats? Not sure how old your nan is and therefore how much trouble it is for her. My mom is 86 but some on this site have nans in their 50s :rofl:
Has the executor asked the beneficiaries if they are prepared to fund caring for the cats until a home can be found?
Have you telephoned Cramar Cat Rescue in Hopwood? They certainly wouldn't put healthy cats to sleep. I am thinking that, if they do not have space to take in rescues, I wonder if they may have room for them to be boarded in the cattery section if the lady's estate is prepared to fund it.
I would be able to help with transport from (I seem to recall from an earlier post it's Northfield?) to Hopwood where Cramar are based.
I have 4 cats already and thst's my limit. It seems to me however that legally the cats are the property of this lady's estate and the executor is legally bound to look after the lady's property until the estate has been fully administered. Morally of course, whoever is to benefit from the lady's estate should be funding the cats' care until a permanent home is found.
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I've had a couple of offers of help for these babes and if need be, we can put an appeal out for transporting them.
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hi there, :briggin: thanks for your replies ;), we do still have the boys at the moment.
currently they are in the process of getting deeds for the house from the solicitor so that may take a while, so gives us a little more time, also the one sister who asked us to take care of the cats has left us with full access to the house and cats and has given us a little money towards food, she wont be able to come down for a while as she has a bed ridden husband who is dying and the last couple of times she has had to come down ie for the funeral and the arrangements beforehand, she has had to pay for respite care or a carer to come in for a day, which works out expensive for her.
The ladies siblings are all in their 70's and above and I guess money is tight for a lot of them, some of which wouldn't be bothered what happened to the cats >:( all they want is the house sold and their share of the money from the house.
but as my friend loved her cats and was worried about them finding good homes before she died, i think its only fair that we do this as her last wish.
I am not too sure about executers or beneficiaries responsibilities, and I am a bit afraid to ask incase they take the alternative option which I am currently trying to avoid, but if the cats aren't homed soon i think my nan will mention it.
unfortunately there is no-one closer than us, we were her only real friends and her family are too widespread like dubai and canada, manchester, isle of wight.
my nan is in her 70's and is herself in poor health so it has been a bit of a struggle for her, and she's been having a rough time of it lately too, first we lost my aunt (her youngest at 40) of cancer and 6 months later my grandfather from a virus, and now her friend, so you can imagine its pretty hard for her to go round to the house too as she was the one who found her dead on the sofa. :'( so I think when the cats have gone she'll come out of automatic mode and it will hit her :(
I will keep trying to do what I can for now and pray that by some miracle someone can offer one or both a home, they are gorgeous cats and really affectionate.
I have tried a few places including cramer but they were full, i will keep ringing around.
I appreciate all your comments, please pray that it all works out for them. any help is good and better than none so please do stay in touch if you feel you know someone able to help, many thanks amanda
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Surely if a CP got involved these two could go to the CP HQ in Haywards Heath.. ? It make take a few days to organise transport runs etc, but if the local CP was willing they could make a request to CP HQ and see if they would make some room... Its possible.. we took an FIV pos cat that didnt even come into our care it went straight via the vets... It took them a few days to find a place for him but they did...
It depends if your local CP can do this or has time.. If they realised that there was an option to get them there all they have to do is make initial contact with CP and of course officially be signed over to them and then transported down..
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Can I just repeat that I can help with transport within Birmingham and have now confirmed with OH that he would be willing to act as chauffeur as far as Cheltenham where Dawn (the Diddy one ;D) said someone might be able to take them in.
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I've also had an offer of a foster home in Kings Heath but I need to know asap as people are waiting to hear back from me, but I haven't a clue what to say because I don't know what's happening :tired:
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Have Pm'd you Dawn
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hi, would they be able to take both cats or just the one? :scared: any help at all is great ;D, i can arrange to be at the house ready with the cats if someone can definately take them in and someone wouldn't mind collecting them on our behalf. there is a possibility that i may be able to ask one of the neighbours if they could take me to kings heath if a place is still going for either of the cats as I dont think its too far in the car, but i have yet to ask her, either way you can give me a message to arrange a pick up or drop off , my name is amanda by the way, pleased to meet you all ;) and many many thanks for being so kind and understanding.
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Are these guys okay now? :scared: if needed and dependant on distance we've got a chain of people willing to do a transport run around birmingham ring road, and down as far as Cheltenham (starts off from Tamworth) for a Dalmatian that we may not need now, it was scheduled to be the 12th July (This coming Saturday) i'm sure they wouldnt mind moving these cats instead if needed to get them safe.
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Leave it with me, I've got a couple of phone calls to do and then I'll try and think the best way of sorting it. Got an offer of a home in Cheltenham or a foster home in Kings Heath........maybe the offer of a proper home would be better but I'll chat to the lady first :hug:
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No probs. great news! :)
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Just waiting to hear back from the lady in Cheltenham :wish:
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a permanant home would be much better if it is at all possible ;), but like i said any help is better than no help lol :), even in foster care there is a good chance that they will end up in a permanant home eventually :), it may be a little disruptive for them to begin with :shocked: but faced with the alternative :( i'd much rather do the foster care or permanant if it comes up.
:thanks: so much for helping, i didn't know where else to go :-:, you guys are brill :hug:, keep in touch
many thanks again amanda
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thank you to everyone working on this one to find homes, and for you guys offering to take cats to their new homes, i dont know what i would do if that nice lady hadn't told me about putting the ad up in here, i cant rememebr her name but if you are looking thankyou to you also ;)
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I've had an email off the lady in Cheltenham tonight so I'll give her a ring tomorrow and take it from there :hug:
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Dawn, have got someone in Northfield, Birmingham who can get these cats safe. Into foster for you in the meantime for Cheltenham lady if needed, she could literally go get them tomorrow but obviously only as a temporary thing.
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Dawn, have got someone in Northfield, Birmingham who can get these cats safe. Into foster for you in the meantime for Cheltenham lady if needed, she could literally go get them tomorrow but obviously only as a temporary thing.
That would be great, and I'll let you know tomorrow if I get hold of Maria :hug:
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k, i'll give her a bell in the morning and get her ready for your nod if needed. (will be about midday though, cos i try not to DO mornings! :shy:)
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thankyou guys for still trying, i do apologise if anyone tried to call me recently coz i forgot to take my phone with me a couple of times :shocked: and i have no credit to call anyone (as i never use it other than for incoming calls), so if you do call me and its a strange number calling back its probably me calling back from my moms or nan's phone :briggin:, just wanted to let you guys know i am not being ignorant :shy: thanks again
amanda :thanks:
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Hiya Dawn do you need my person to go and collect the cats? has Maria confimed she's definitely taking them? Let me know as soon as you do and then i'll get in touch with her for you if needed.
Amanda, do you know the postcode of where the cats are? x
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I can't see the harm in getting them, I'm sure there won't be a problem but got waylaid today so couldn't get hold of her, I'll try again in the morning :hug:
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okay, no probs then, will ask her if she'll go and get them today :Luv: and then we can go from there. :)
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hi, still not had any luck rehoming the cats, did wait for that lady to call me about fostering them but heard nothing, did try calling her on that number i was given but i got no answer either and she hasn't called back.
I am running low on time now as I will be in America in less than a month and wont be returning until the very end of October, my nan is not going to be around either. I have tried asking her neighbours to see if anyone would kindly take care of them until either myself or my grandmother returns, but they basically refused (and I cant really blame them as they are not their cats).
no luck on the family front either, I have no idea on what is happening about the house whether it goes up for auction very soon or not, not heard from the family about the house or the cats.
To be honest its not looking very good with so little time left to find them homes. Once I leave for the states there will be no care for the cats and no-one to feed them or give them water, so then I guess it boils down to the family having to come to birmingham and sorting out the cats themselves, but the outcome is most likely negative (*which is what we have been trying to avoid by trying to find them homes ourselves).
I am making a final plea to anyone who can offer to give either one or both of these cats a home either permanant or temporary so that they are not pts.
I am afraid that i cannot drive a car so i cannot transport to you, so if you can help offer homes or offer transport to a home please do get in touch, many thanks Amanda
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Leave it with me, I think there was someone else locally who offered :hug:
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Really hope you can sort something Dawn, you've got yourself a reputation as a bit of a miracle worker :)
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Any news? :wish:
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thank you Dawn, I really do hate putting any pressure on anyone, but I dont know who else I can turn to. I pray to God that something good comes for these cats, I'd really hate for anything bad to happen to them. I dont know if anyone knows much about cat behaviour but G.K (Ginger Kat) goes missing for a couple of days at a time, when i do spot him he is generally hiding in the bushes at the end of the garden and wont budge or come to the house for his dinner and he seems to cower, when we take food out to him he scoffs it down likes he's never eaten before, is there a chance that Blackie maybe bullying him and preventing him going in for his food? He does seem a little nervous if Blackie comes near.
G.K is such a lovely cat, quite shy (as he was the most recent stray to join the family) but does love to be fussed and groomed, and i think it's a shame to see him like that.
I dont know if it makes the difference because the owner's not around or because the other cat has gone, I can imagine that it has caused some distress to them with strange people coming in and out of their home. I'm not really sure what to do apart from keep taking the food out to him when this happens.
any ideas as to what might be going on? I think it might be as simple as the other cat laying down the law perhaps??
I know I shouldn't have favourites as they are both lovely cats and both really love the fuss, but I would have to say i love G.K the best, maybe its his shyness but he is just so cute.
anyway I hope you do find someone to give them a loving home. they need it ;)
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i've just contacted kitty to arrange collection.
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i've just contacted kitty to arrange collection.
Brilliant Angie, another miracle worker :hug:
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Brilliant Angie, another miracle worker :hug:
except I've received no reply yet from my pm and email and can't hold space indefinately
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Soooo sorry guys, my internet and laptop have been down for a week and i've only just managed to get back online (and everythings taped together with duct tape :scared:). :doh: As Amanda stated she couldnt get hold of Kirsty our Fosterer in Northfield as Kirsty now is having landlord issues and couldnt take these two after all and is now in a fix with her own cats :(, this was once i'd swapped numbers and considered it sorted. Then i went down so couldnt update... :censored:
Fingers crossed this gets sorted guys, you're all stars. x :hug:
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Got in touch with Amanda (I found the original advert - Duh!).
We will try and sort these in the next day or so (whenever we can get them!)
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Well folks, Blackie and GK are now guests at Corley Cattery curtesy of Coventry Cat Group.
A huge thanks to Amanda and her gran for looking after these cats all this time.
I have just dropped them off at the cattery and they are doing well though a bit unsettled. Poor GK is shaking a bit but then that could be due to the hours drive (I know humans who react to my driving in a similar way).
So, without further ado ... Blackie and GK who are now safe until a permanent home(s) are found.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w272/petsearch_coventry/blackie.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w272/petsearch_coventry/gk.jpg)
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Have amended the title to reflect the cats are now under Covcats care. Hope they find their forever home soon Angie.
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Lovely! I hope they get a new home soon.
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hi , sorry to all who tried to contact me, i have been staying at my nans, was helping out with the cats and the repairmen etc who were coming around to the lady's house in order to get the house sorted before selling (and no internet at nans :'( so couldn't keep up to date).
I would really like to say a great big thank you for those who really tried their hardest for these cats, and those who offered with transport, but most of all to Angie and co for arranging a place for the cats and collecting them on our behalf.
I cannot begin to say what a relief it is knowing finally that there is some hope for them. Her sister called today and also said a great big thank you for helping out and I think she was a bit sorry that she was unable to help herself (but I think there will be a big donation heading towards the charity).
I myself found myself a bit tearful earlier once it had started to sink in that they weren't going to be coming for their fuss at tea time (although G.K did go missing for a short while and it was supspected he had possibly run off so didn't get his usual fuss for a few days), as I went to go around to feed them at 6pm like always and remembered they weren't there.
I have grown quite fond of them over the past four weeks?? but I am so glad that cat lovers may have the chance to give these wonderful boys a great life.
I am going to try and arrange once i am back from the states to help the cat group somehow, I am afraid I wont be able to volunteer with the cats personally because the fur drive me nuts or something does anyway, but I am sure there may be other ways of doing it.
I usually do a run each year for charity in costume (i started with a cancer one when my aunt died) and have been doing a different one every year since and have been looking for another charity to run for, so I may most likely do that instead and try and help that way as a great big thankyou from myself and my nan.
I do hope to find out where these little boys end up and would really love to hear of their progress, but just knowing they have a safe and loving home is good enough for me.
Thank you everybody who helped on this one, may God bless you all.
All my love and best wishes Amanda x
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Just wondering if there is any more news on how the boys are and if they are settled a little bit now? :-: I hope that they are both doing ok. I will keep checking back until I go to the states and see if they are ok and see whether anyone has taken them in. :thanks:
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These guys are still looking for homes in the Coventry area if anyone out there is interested!
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Just bumping this up as they seem to be getting lost amongst the cats that are homed! (not to mention costing us a fortune!!)
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Bump up again - hopefully we will that wonderful word soon xxxxxx
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These two have now been in the cattery for over 2 months and despite being in the local paper are still in need of a new home.
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Poor babies :( Do you post cats needing home on CC Angie? Could you ask for them to go on the Top Cats page. They must be so lonely in the cattery :(
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:( I do hope these 2 soon get a home
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bump
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Blackie and GK are still at the catery and needing a new home. Cattery fees for these to have so far cost us over £600.
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Just been to the cattery to pay the latest £150.
Blackie and GK have (sadly) settled in really well at the cattery and are both affectionate podgy cats.
Blackie likes to be picked up and gives hugs by placing his paws either side of your neck to receive kisses and GK will insist on licking your neck when picked up.
Can't believe we have not managed to home these two - mind you , I suppose I can really as we are still full to the brim with lots of equally nice beautiful cats and kittens.
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Anymore news?
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GK and Blackie have just been delivered to their new home this afternoon. a retired couple in a huge victorian house and huge garden.
GK, the nervous one bonded with the man, found the comfy chair next to the gas fire, gave himself a good wash and promptly began to doze. Blackie was almost as happy but was more keen on sitting on the table looking out into the garden.
Hopefully it will go well.
And thankgoodness we stop paying cattery bills - even discounted its been about £600 plus they both only got their boosters earlier this week - now that was bad timing! :naughty:
I can't amend the title as I didn't start the thread so if a mod would like to do the business for me. Ta
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GReat news and will change title for you
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Brillliant news
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Great news for these two lovely boys.