Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Teresa Pawcats on February 13, 2007, 12:54:19 PM
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Took in a poor stray at the weekend who apart from being a bag of bones was very distressed, I was convinced that this was an old cat with a thyroid problem.
How wrong could I be just returned from the vets and the poor girl is 2-3 years at most and skeletal, vet says she is suffering from severe malnutrition. Poor Wisp has obviously been out for a long time and been a lousy hunter.
At least her future looks brighter now.
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Poor Wisp. At least she is now in the best place to be nursed back to health with you Teresa.
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Poor Wisp has obviously been out for a long time and been a lousy hunter.
At least her future looks brighter now.
Poor little thing, thank goodness she has come to you.
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Yes, thank the lord
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Ahh bless her she's a lucky girl to have ended up with you Teresa.
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What a poor girl, so pleased she is with you now
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Oh poor wee girl :(
I have just looked at her pic on your re-homing page and she looks so bewildered bless her.
I know that now she is with you she will get all the love and attention she deserves.
Sending her lots of love and gentle cuddles xxx
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Aww, the poor baby, thank god she is safe with you now T.
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Wisp is very lucky to have found you
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Thanks everyone.
The way to Wisp`s heart is definately through her stomach providing your fingers are safely out of reach. She is eating a massive 5 satchets a day as well as dry food and growls her way through every mouthful.
She still gets distressed if you try to handle her , yet she offers gentle headbutts after she has eaten.
Inside this frightened little kipper is a pleasantly plump loving girl waiting for the opportunity to emerge
and believe me she will.
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Inside this frightened little kipper is a pleasantly plump loving girl waiting for the opportunity to emerge
and believe me she will.
Oh yes, she will :Luv:
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Progress is being made,full body strokes now allowed even when she is eating and I dont need to keep counting my fingers any more
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brilliant, well done Teresa
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Poor Wisp, but excellent news that she is making progress :Luv:
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How is Wisp doing Teresa?
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Here she is :evillaugh:
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Shame on you Mark, the beautiful Wisp is a tabby.
Wisp is going from strength to strength ,her weight has certainly increased,her backbone is still prominant but she just looks skinny now rather than emaciated. She is really enjoying attention now but still strikes out if I steal her empty food bowl, bless her she`s terrified of going hungry again. Will try to get some pics in next few days.
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That would be good Teresa. It was only a little joke - She landed on her paws getting you to look after her ;D
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Isnt it sad that she is terrified of being hungry again, no cat should have to have that fear :(
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Aww, bless her. I am sure you will be able to get her over her food issues T.
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bless her she`s terrified of going hungry again.
The fear she must have felt doesn't bear thinking about :'(. Thank goodness she is at Paws Inn now.
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cant wait to see the piccies of this little one & so pleased she is putting on some weight
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Shes actually a very large cat,just skinny
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oops! sorry Teresa thats even worse than I thought, a large cat can really look so bad if their so skinny
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So glad that Miss Wisp is coming on in leaps and bounds and I'm sure she will get the hang of the food, wish our Miss gracie (feral circa July 2005 age 15 then in vets estimate) she is now a long haired tortie in full sail all 6.5 kgs of her - she literally stalks and guards all the food bowls and tells us if someone has eaten all the biscuits from one side of a bowl!
She is still wary round feet, dribbles when stroked but according to the vet is in fine fettle and we are now on l;ight biscuits for all but gracie isn't loosing any wieight and has been her current weeight for a year so our older vet said if it floats her boat then let her be happy, she does exercise and is quite a sight for eyes chasing a laser pen as she is a longhaired tabby!
I'm sure under your care and with Wisps guidance we will have a happy outcome, gracie has repaid us by trusting us and its a lovely thing as she sleeps on her own chair in our bedroom and she seeks us out and loves all the cats around to! ;D
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Gracie sounds just great and I love the sound of her being in full sail ;D
Miss Sasa is also a tortie in full sail :rofl: and has not learned to trust me yet but I have been having some tail ups fron her this week whicj makes me feel good and she comes to tell me the panic mouse needs mending and also loves the laser chaser.
Looking forward to pictures of Wisp ;D
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Love her name! purrs and prayers!
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How's she doign T?
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Desley
She`s doing really well now, you can`t tell shes thin until you touch her,not having any luck with pics yet she is always too busy at the food bowl. She is still eating 4 satchets a day plus 2 bowls of dried and washing her dish clean, she had stronghold and has had 2 milbemax wormers. Still smacking me when I steal the empty food bowl but with claws in now and lots of affection given otherwise.
She is so much different from the scrawny growling wreck that first arrived.
Iluvcritters
I have my wonderful friend Claire R to thank for the lovely name, she is in charge of all names
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Thats good to hear Teresa :)
Did you get my email t'other day?
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Pics of Wisp as promised, not very good as she isnt a poser.The first one shows how thin she still is, 2nd one she looks ok until you feel the bones,still she`s made good progress to date
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Awww bless her wee paws she is adorable :Luv:
The difference a few days and lots of love and attention make :)
Sending her lots of love and cuddles xx
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What a beautiful girl & I'm sure in your care she will be putting the weight on
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Aww, you are right, she doesnt look thin on the pics. I am sure she will come on really well, and fingers crossed can then get a really good home
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Hi Teresa
How is the gorgeous Wisp tonight :Luv:
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Wisp has done really well weight wise and is in for spay and microchip tomorrow
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That's great news!
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Excellent!!
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Well the little madam turned into a raging tiger this morning because there was no breakfast,she definately has a Jekyl and Hyde personality which seems to be governed by food.
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hope all goes well today,so good to hear how well she is doing
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Spay and microchip went ok. She enjoyed 2 satchets of Whiskas on her return and is a little annoyed that she has no dry food tonight. I really should have called her Miss Piggy.
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So glad all went well ;D
Thank goodness she is with you even although she will probably eat you out of house and home :rofl: :rofl:
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Aww, glad that everything went well, and hope she can find a good home soon
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glad it went well, but naughty mummy for running out of biccies ;)
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Good mummy doesn`t give biccies after a G.A. :)
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Good mummy doesn`t give biccies after a G.A. :)
And that's something else I've learned. Why isn't it advisable, Teresa?
:hug: to Wisp, hope she's well today.
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Good mummy doesn`t give biccies after a G.A. :)
Ooooops I didn't know that either :-[
Daily cuddles for the gorgeous Wisp xx
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Something light is recommended after G.A. more likely to stay down.
Miss Piggy oops sorry Wisp is back to 4 satchets and 2 dishes of dry per day.
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I have to admit that is something I have never done either - some of my cats haven't given me a choice in matter though, they have pinched the other cats biscuits and ignored the food I went and bought specially for them!!!
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Was Watching the beautiful Wisp sunbathing this morning and realised she is no longer the scrawny bag of bones that arrived here but has blossed into a beautiful big cat, think I will have to watch she doesnt end up overweight now.
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Oh Wow Teresa - what a difference! You wouldn't think she was the same cat! Bonny girl.... ;D
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Looking at these pics, it's hard to believe she was ever skinny and poorly, isn't it? Well done yet again, Teresa.
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Awww Teresa what a difference love and attention make :Luv:
When I saw her yesterday I didn't think it was the same wee cat that you first posted. Wisp is a wonderful love-a-fuss wee girl :Luv:
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Wisp went to her new home a couple of weeks ago and just received this email from her new owners,really delighted as she is a cat with attitude and was difficult to place.
Dear Tereasa,
Just dropping you a line to let you know that Wisp, (now Tiggie Wisp) is proving to be a great family member.She is absolutley adorable. A little unpredictiable perhaps,but thats a great part of her charm.We love her to bits ,she welcomes anyone that visits she has now made our home her home.She loves roming the garden and even ventuers out on to the front.We are so thrilled with her and she has settled in well.Here are a few snaps...l
Not got time to resize pics at moment,but she looks very happy
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It's always good to hear a happy ending :Luv: :Luv:
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Oh T!! Wispy has a home!! I am so pleased this special girl finally went home. I thought no one would ever find her uniqueness special.
These must be wonderful people. I'm so pleased.
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Wonderful.
A little unpredictable perhaps,but thats a great part of her charm.
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That's wonderful news :wow:
So pleased that the gorgeous Wisp has found her forever home :Luv:
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:hug: Good Luck in your forever home Wisp x
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Wonderful news.