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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Dawn (DiddyDawn) on January 16, 2008, 01:52:27 AM
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Had a phone call the other day off the secretary from my kids school. She has been feeding a stray for about the last 6 months and she wanted him neutered and preferably rehomed as he was attacking her own cat which is only a youngster. Apparently, he was owned by an old dear who moved and just left him >:( >:( >:( She said he acted slightly feral but he is just unsure and wary, he's let me give him some fusses and he is absolutely gorgeous :Luv2: :Luv2: Not sure if he is a pedigree or cross, but I doubt he'll wait long for a loving home :Luv2:
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I assume those lovely red eyes are a beautiful blue :rofl: :rofl:
I reckon he probably a pedigree cross and sure he not feral just scared ;D
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I assume those lovely red eyes are a beautiful blue :rofl: :rofl:
Yes they are Gill, how did you guess :evillaugh: He is gorgeous and apparently he's better with her dad and her kids than he is with her, I think maybe the old lady has done something to him to make him scared >:( I'm sure he'll settle down with some tlc, I tried to persuade her to loan a cage off me to keep him indoors for a few days and hopefully to get him used to hers but although she wants him to go indoors, she asked if I would keep him tomorrow night after the chop because otherwise he'd have to sleep in the shed :'( When I went to pick him up tonight, she said they've discussed him this evening and are hoping I can find him a home, and if I can't, she'll have him back there. What I'm hoping is I can get him settled enough whereas he would settle with hers, I'm going to get him a full MOT tomorrow and get him vaccinated as well and just see how he gets on.
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he is lovely!! :Luv:
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It's incredible, isn't it? How can anyone turn their backs on such a beautiful thing. :'( I wish a few of our strays looked like that. :evillaugh:
Best of luck to him. Whatever happens, I'm sure he'll get scooped up very quickly. :car: :ahh:
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:Luv2: :Luv2:
I'll be really surprised if you have probs finding this handsome a home!
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He is a very handsome chappy !
How can people leave their pets behind :-[ :censored:
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He's lovely :Luv:
I hope he's fit and well, and can find a loving forever home soon :Luv:
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Just had a phone call off the vet nurse and this gorgeous boy has a pale look about him and is dehydrated, this can be an indication of FIV so he'll have to be tested at my other surgery once he's recovered from his op :tired: I really hope he isn't as no matter how gorgeous they are, this does effect rehoming them :'(
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Fingers crossed the results come back negative, but if he is, I'm sure there will still be a fantastic home out there for him :Luv:
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I hope so too :wish:
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Fingers crossed for your handsome boy :hug: :hug:
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Thanks Yvonne :hug: The vet nurse has dealt alot with FIV cats and she has a knack of knowing but I'm hoping she's wrong in this case. She said he won't be well enough to live outside in the condition he's in and yet he looked so healthy to me :Crazy: He has a gorgeous coat on him and looks bright eyed, it really annoys me when people don't get them neutered :mad2: :mad2:
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Good luck with the results - hope they're a negative. He's lovely, what's his name? (He looks like a Kai to me!)
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Looks like a Muesli to me :evillaugh: (maybe not...)
Awww he's lovely! Fingers crossed that he isn't FIV bless him :wish:
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Ooh yum yum yum :Luv2:
Fingers crossed for a negative result
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His name is Willow, I'm just going to pick him up now :Luv2:
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This gorgeous boy is back from the vets and both the vet and vet nurse have totally fallen in love. The vet who is a new one is really nice and she had cuddles with him for about 10 minutes, she said she would love to have him but she rents her flat from the owner of the vets and he won't allow animals at this time :sneaky: I've told her to have a chat with him and see what he says, if not I'll have a word :naughty:
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he is lovely, I hope he gets his feet under the vets table!
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I think a word in the right ears would do wonders Dawn (if not threatening behaviour could work :naughty:) :evillaugh:
Could be a match made in heaven :Luv:
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I know the other vets have all got animals, I think it's possible that because she is a new vet, this is why he says they can't have them initially. I will see what happens, I would be happy him going to her as she's lovely and it was great that Willow let her give him cuddles :Luv:
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Mmmm..he's scrummy, I'm quite tempted myself. Looks like he could be half British. Is he quite cobby?
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:shify: What's cobby :-:
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I thought that CS
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The vet nurse thought he had Siamese in him but I think she's looking more at his colouring, he seems a bit big to be a Siamese Cross but I could be wrong.
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its the round face that made me think he might be british perhaps it's just the photo
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:shify: What's cobby :-:
Ummm, kind of chunky, really solid. I know he looks pretty skinny here but imagine he'd look quite British if he filled out a bit. With the love of a nice warm Derbyshire home of course.....
...I've sent his pic to OH but don't hold your breath, he's still suffering from Alfie and Meggie. I think in his head he'd decided to give them a chance.
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Here's a particularly "cobby" example.
I think a siamese x british would be my dream cat. Cuddlesome and chatty, snoozy and very clever :Luv:
...and I love c h o c o l a t e colourpoints too...
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Ummm, kind of chunky, really solid. I know he looks pretty skinny here but imagine he'd look quite British if he filled out a bit. With the love of a nice warm Derbyshire home of course.....
...I've sent his pic to OH but don't hold your breath, he's still suffering from Alfie and Meggie. I think in his head he'd decided to give them a chance.
I think he would fill out, his cheeks are fairly round but that could be down to him being a full tom. That would be fab if you ended up with him but he will need to be tested first, there's no panic as yet getting him a home so it will give you time to work on him :naughty: I'm going to take him to see Sean next week to get him blood tested, I could take him tonight but I think it will be too stressful with having the chop today.
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Awww he is gorgeous :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: I love the chocolate colourpoints as well, I could fall in love with them all.
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I can't believe he wasn't done there must have been some interesting kittens in that area
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Here's a "perfect" example of such a bsh. I say perfect, they all are to me warts n all!
Bloomin google images are making me cat-broody again...
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Oh my he is a very handsome chap indeed! :Luv2: :Luv2:
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He is devine, what a beauty :Luv: :Luv:
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If I'd have thought this morning, I could have got the other vets to do the bloods for me and I could have taken them up to Sean's surgery to send off to Glasgow for me, by the time I'd thought about it, he had come round :tired:
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isn't it great tho Dawn how we always come up with these great ideas 'after' the fact! lol Fingers crossed all works out for him tho... he's a wee cracker!!
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isn't it great tho Dawn how we always come up with these great ideas 'after' the fact! lol
That's the story of my life :sneaky: They said as long as the other vets are happy to take the blood for me, then they are happy to send it off so in future, that's what I'll do.
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This babe is settling in a treat and is a real fusspot :Luv2: :Luv2: He's been eating really well and just seems to take everything in his stride. Although he was getting well looked after in the food department and had his own kennel in the ladies garden, I still think it's much nicer for them being in a home environment. Janet said if she walked past him, he would give her a quick swipe but I've not witnessed any of that behaviour whilst here unless he is still shell shocked after his vet visit :evillaugh: Hopefully he'll carry on being a big softie and once I get him blood tested, I can start looking for the ideal home for him, preferably in Derbyshire :naughty: I'll try and get some better piccies of him tomorrow as the others really don't do him justice :tired:
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Pleased he is doing well ;D
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aww that's great news Dawn. Hopefully he'll continue to settle and will be the perfect candidate for adopting! :)
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:naughty: :naughty: :rofl: :rofl:
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mmmmmmmmm cs!
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DD I know it's asking a lot but if you can find/take a pic of him looking nice and chunky and with blue eyes it may help a little.
I'm not getting very far and OH is doing his whole "Shallow Hal" act. He's always pretending to base his opinions on looks but I know it's just a big old front to stop him getting attached. Corporal Smokey was the last one to successfully break through it and he was no looker (bless him) when we scooped him up and his eyes were glued shut with green goo :sick:
I'll keep trying though, not that I'll get anywhere...
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can't you find a photo of someone similar I know its a white lie but its what he will become!!!
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What a sweetie :Luv: I'm sure he'll find himself a forever home very soon.
A lot of people think that pointed cats must have some siamese in them, but the gene for points is pretty widespread in the cat population so he could be purebred moggy ;D
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The Ginger British shorthair posted by Corporal Smokey, looks exactly like Garfield! I think Desley was probably right when she said there was more than moggy in him.
He is a stunning cat! hopefully it shoudln't take too long to rehome him - sounds positive from the vet! definately a ladies tom!
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I've still not had chance to take any more piccies but I will do as soon as I get chance. He's been in this evening and Sean has taken some blood. Being a smart Alec, he is adamant the inhouse test they do are virtually 100%, so he agreed to do an inhouse and if it tested positive, he would send it away free of charge :evillaugh: I agreed to this after a few choice words among ourselves, anyway he did it and after about an hour he decided to come clean and admit that he couldn't tell either way :rofl: He gave in gracefully, well sort of and did another blood test and that has now been sent off. I think it must of really stuck in his throat to tell me after the conversation we'd had about an in house test, but it was good that he wrong for once :naughty:
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Had the first results back from Glasgow and he does seem to be positive, they will now be doing a second test to confirm but it doesn't look hopeful :(
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Unusual for Glasgow to have to do a second test, fingers crossed for it to be negative.
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My vets always use them and Sean did say the other night if they suspect it but it's not conclusive on the first one, they do a separate test again which gives them a definite answer, I should get it middle of next week.
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Ah right.
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This is on the Glasgow site:
The gold standard test is the immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) used by Companion at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School and all cats tested positive by one of the quick in-practice tests should be confirmed by this test. The IFAT has an internal negative control to avoid false positive results, and if the control shows that something is wrong, a further test called a western blot is performed for no further charge.
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Cheers - I always forget the names of all the tests!! I prob have read that before.
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Oh no! The poor boy :( I hope it's wrong.
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This little man's results have come back today and sadly he is positive, but it's not all bad news as he is utterly gorgeous and even nuzzles my dogs so I'm sure it won't be long before someone else falls in love with him :Luv2: :Luv2:
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what a shame but maybe he'll be the one to change someones mind about fiv?
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I'd take him in an instant if I didn't have my two :(
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Good luck for him.
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How's Willow getting on Dawn?
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Willow is absolutely fine, he is the most gorgeous loveable babe and I'm in love :Luv: :Luv: I did take more piccies but they came out :censored: so I will take some more when I get chance. He hasn't got an aggressive bone in his body, he gives a little nip now and again when he's having a fuss but it's not in a nasty way, he's also fab with the dogs and tries to nuzzle them when he sees them :Luv2: :Luv2:
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I may have someone interested in this gorgeous lad :wish: I've had a lady on from London this morning and her mum lives not too far from me. She is going to retire shortly and wants to home a cat that will have more difficulty in getting a home. She prefers an indoor one and it will have to get on well with dogs which Willow does. I've also mentioned Bella who I've had a while now, she's an older girl but would benefit from being on her own with lots of attention, although she tolerates the other cats, she doesn't really like them.
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All purrs and fingers crossed for Bella or Willow ;D ;D
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Here's some updated pics of this gorgeous, scrummy little fella :Luv: He is one of the most loving cats I have in my care at the moment, and if you don't give him a fuss, he'll rub his head on anything :Luv: He is fab with other cats and also with dogs, no aggression whatsoever. He usually holds my thumb between his teeth when he goes to sleep, he'll have his paws in place on my hand as well so if I move, he digs his claws in :evillaugh: He is adoreable and hubby has rechristened him Brian :-:
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He's lovely Dawn :Luv: - any updates about a new home?
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Not as yet but he'll be on my rehoming page this week ;)
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I've had an enquiry about Brian so keep everything crossed for him :wish: The couple live in a beautiful rural part of Wales but haven't said where but I will travel for this gorgeous boy, he deserves a new home and I will be over the moon if they end up wanting him. They have an enclosed garden and 2 little dogs and I'm sure Brian will be in his element :Luv2: :Luv2:
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I'm doing a homecheck for this babe on Friday :yayyy: :yayyy: :yayyy:
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I can't believe you've still got him Dawn
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I think his FIV status was putting people off, it's a shame as he's gorgeous and he's no trouble whatsoever. I have a good feeling about his homecheck though and I'll be over the moon for him :Luv2: :Luv2:
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Fingers and toes crossed for this little sweetie :Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
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Good luck for brian
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Oooh crossing everything for him , hes beautiful! :Luv2:
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good luck for Brian hun! :wish: xx
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Quick update: Brian went to his new home and has settled down a treat :briggin: His new mum and dad are absolutely over the moon with him and they both think he's adoreable and he couldn't have wished for a better home. He's taken to sleeping with them at night and is relishing having the individual attention that he so craved, I'm soooooo pleased for the little man and thanks to Pauline and Phil for giving him a fantastic home :hug: :hug: Here is an email I had yesterday evening :Luv: :Luv:
Hi Dawn
Well Brian has been with us for a week now but you would think he has been part of our family forever!!
He is gorgeous,loves a fuss constantly purring and eating so well.
He likes to wake us around 3.30--4.00am!!! For cuddles/playtime yes he sleeps with us and sits on our heads haha.
Just thought you would like to know of his progress and how much we adore him.
Hope you are taking things easy?
Kindest Regards
Brians mummy/daddyxx
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Excellent news. Brian's new mummy and daddy sound fab! :Luv2:
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Oh how wonderful I'm so pleased this gorgeous lad has found his forever home and is obviously being spoilt rotten and loved :Luv2: