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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Rescue & Rehoming General => Topic started by: Pinkbear (Julie) on September 20, 2007, 14:31:55 PM
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Hi, guys!
A while back, I think I asked about the legal obligations farmers have to provide for ferals. This was because I was trying to sort out a colony of ferals living on a farm that were trying to branch out and were turning up in nearby houses gardens.
The farmer won't cooperate with a neutering campaign. :tired:
But today we've recieved a plea for help from a nearby stables who are over run. The lady there is desperate and has been feeding these cats for months and months. There's all ages of kittens, all colours. Some are dumped domestics - we get a lot of that round here! Townies come to the country to dump their cats on a farm... :(
But the point is I can trap there well away from the farmer's eyes, and the lady has done half the work for me as she's already set up a regular feeding spot. :sneaky:
I'm going to be a busy bunny! :wow:
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Well done! :1st place:
Have you somewhere to keep them while they recover? My vets were lovely and said theyd board them for free but i have a purpose built shed and run. Nice of them to offer tho ;D
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Yes, I've got a kitten pen for recovery and the lady asking for help says we can use her barn as well. ;)
But my biggest worry is the kittens. She says there's loads of them running around... :scared: The branch is absolutely packed and I've still got Apache and Squaw. I'm trying to figure where else I can put a kitten pen. :innocent: The bright side is OH says he can't wait as he's grown to quite like having Apache and Squaw causing trouble here - he's totally forgotten he's alergic. :evillaugh:
We had a bit of publicity today because the local paper ran a piece about an aged lost puss we picked up. His owners spoted him and reclaimed him, but then the phones have been hot with folks trying to get us to take cats. We could just about squeeze in a young pregnant stray tortie we were told about this morning... Sadly we haven't had any offers of homes yet. :tired: But I can't complain as it was probably the paper article that prompted this woman to ring us. :)
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Thats good, they sound like sensible people.
It seems your OH is addicted now, well done :evillaugh:
Whats her 'loads', has she done a head count for you? I hope her interpretation is worse than it sounds.
Maybe neutering and putting back is the only thing you can do for the older kittens. Are the stables happy to keep them onsite? I hope so :wish:
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I'm going to ask around a bit to see if I can rehome some of them elsewhere. Poor woman has been feeding them out of the kindness of her heart, but it's obvious more and more are turning up and she'd rather not have so many. :evillaugh: :Crazy: But I also think quite a few of them will be dumped pets that we can rehome through our usual channels - when we've got room.
I didn't ask how many kittens, but if you see one feral kitten, there's usually 2 more too scared to come out... :tired: She described at least 3 litters, but will know more tomorrow when I've been there.
Ooh... I feel dizzy already! :sick: :Crazy:
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Good luck, and hope there arent too many to deal with.
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Well, it's not as bad as I feared, but it's bad enough... :tired:
The lady asking for help has nursed several generations of these cats now. Some she has managed to catch young and tame as pets for friends. One ot 2 of them even have their babies in her caravan! :innocent: But the rest she can't quite get near enough to scoop up.
She's asked many time for help before. None of the rescues would do it. The RSPCA offered to PTS the whole lot! :censored: :censored: >:(
There's around 10 queens and about 20 kittens that I saw. One or 2 look poorly so I'm going to see if they can be fixed. :wish:
I'll start trapping on Sunday and get some more pics. ;)
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That’s horrible that the RSPCA wanted to put all them to sleep!!
Look at those ears on the last picture ;) So adorable, you’ve got your work cut out for you but I know you’ll get all the cats sorted and healthy!
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:oh noo: Just seen this thread :-[
:bum: to the RSPCA.....how dare they >:(
Good Luck PB with the trappings.....hope you manage to trap the poorly ones first ;)
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Hope you managed to catch some tonight :wish:
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I'm exhausted. :tired: What doesn't help is OH has got a bad case of Man Flu and isn't good when he's sick. When he's not coughing and spluttering all night, he's banging on about he's got the worst virus in history and anyone else would be in hospital. :innocent:
I managed to get 2 gingers aged about 10-12 weeks (one's a girl!) and a little black kitten about 8 weeks. No sign of the sickly ones I was really after. :(
The black one wasn't in the game plan for today. When I caught him, I let him go first time but he turned straight round and went back in - wanted to come home with me I guess. :evillaugh: I want to get the other ginger and tortie from that litter as they're so healthy looking and I can move them on to fosterers soon.
Diane (the stable lady) did a head count at feeding time this afternoon. She's got 40 cats and kittens there! :Crazy: :Crazy:
I'll get some pics later. ;)
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I am glad you managed to catch some of them, even if they aren't the ones you were after. Fingers crossed for the rest of them.
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Fingers crossed you get some adult females soon and stop them popping out some more :o :o
40 should keep you busy :evillaugh:
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:cheer: :cheer:
The local newspaper is going to do a piece about these cats. Some of the kittens, as you can see, are quite tame already because the lady has spent so much time with them. A few of the litters have been born in her caravan and she's been able to handle them to some extent. But then they give her the slip and mum moves them into the barn and she can't catch them anymore.
The 2 gingers are girls and they've been laying on my shoulder purring today. :Luv: :Luv: Not so much feral as just a bit timid. :sneaky:
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Gorgeous :Luv: fingers crossed you can home them quick.
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That second picture looks like Mary who I lost *sniffles*
Very glad the paper has picked up on this and hopefully you’ll get all the cats taken care of ;)
You’re house is going to be full o’cats.
I can send down some NyQuill for you’re man’s flu, its 10% alcohol.
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Julie those gingers are just gorgeous :Luv: :Luv:!! No worries finding them homes once they are sorted I would not have thought...
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They are gorgeous :Luv:
I hope I can get down there to help (in daylight :evillaugh: )
Even if its to bring a flask and some hot pies ;D
I looked up where Chislet is today - not too far out from Herne?
Which paper are doing the article? - hopefully not the Chislet Herald, circulation 120 copies :evillaugh:
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It's going to be in the Gazette. :sneaky:
The gingers are going to Caroline tomorrow, Mark. ;D
We caught several today. Two went in for neutering and 3 more kittens. ;)
The sickly tortie went in this morning. And what a relief we got her as she had so worried me. :shify: She turns out to be not that serious, but very heavily infested with parasites. They were literally killing her! :'( She's being kept in for treatment and should be fine. :)
We also got Stumpy - a little black boy about 8 weeks. He's missing half his back leg. The vet thinks maybe a rat chewed it off when he was new born. :( He has a brother that I haven't caught yet also with the same problem. :'(
And... I caught a lovely wee black girl about 6-7 weeks. :Luv: :Luv:
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Am sure the gingers wont take long to find homes, and glad you have done well on catching some more, fingers crossed for the other little boy. The tortie was very lucky, good on you.
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Thank goodness you caught some more....especially the tortie......keep up the good work PB ;)
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:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Our local CP adoption centre, Bredhurst, has offered to take the tamer kittens! They will also have Stumpy. :Luv:
The little tortie is going to one of our fosterers for a bit of aftercare. But she'll probably go to Bredhurst as well. :)
It's a big weight off my shoulders. :sneaky:
But we need to get these adults in to be done as quick as possible. :tired:
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If only we were closer the stumpy's would have been welcome to the Clan cats abode we have our iwon 3 legged delinquent maverick or baby Mav (He's a mummy's boy) and it has never stopped him he came with 3 legs and his brother 4 weeks later when trapped with 4 but a dislocated tail
Also have a thing for black cats but don't tell the other colours in the clan! :innocent:
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A couple of piccies of the tiny baby - about 6 weeks? :-: She's too small to put her in a pen, so she's sort of hanging around our necks and sleeping a lot. :Luv: :Luv: She eats more than Jumpy does! :evillaugh:
Word is getting around about these babies now. Sharon, our rehoming officer, has already recieved enquiries about the Gingers and the tortie. So they may not have to go to Bredhurst. ;)
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What a cutie!
Wish I was closer to help out course you'd have to check my pockets before I left ;)
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She looks about petunias age 8 weeks and her eyes have definately changed :Luv: :Luv:
Well done on catching the others, you must be quarter way through ;D
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so does this mean I won't be getting any lodgers?? :(
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so does this mean I won't be getting any lodgers?? :(
blackcat, I do expect to be taking up your kind offer. But I'm having trouble locating a kitten pen. While some of these babies are really handleable, others will need taming. I'm concentrating on getting the friendlier ones first, because homing them will be relatively easy and that'll free up space. ;) But I want to try to save the fiesty ones as well. :)
I'm just a bit stumped on getting the right equipment in the right place. By the time I got back from the vets with the neutered cats and let them go from the traps, all the others had dissapeared for the night. I didn't catch any today. :( We're trying to get more traps, though. :innocent:
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oh goodie - I am looking forward to frayed fingers ;D ;D
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And another one... :wow: :evillaugh:
I'm drowning in black kittens as well! :rofl:
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They are both gorgeous - the calico has markings very similar to my old Tabitha Jane ... :(
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Keep up the good work.
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PB do you have access to a Crush Cage so you can decant the cats from the trap - this would mean that you could reset the trap whilst off at the vets
The crush cage is a godsend as it means you can decant them safely and get the wire door in before you split the trap and crush cage - we use the crush cages for 5 of the clan cats for routine injections as they are nasty or in the girls cases feisty ferals and it makes it easier for the vets to they don't get shredded
The crush cages are usually available from CP but you can buy them on line to
Our crush cages are modified and we have boarded the bases so we can put newspaper in the bottom and its a solid surface. Robin is an engineer and modified the cages so that it was easier for us to give antibiotics to Holly when she was very ill
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... and some more. :Crazy: :Crazy:
I'm very please we got little Stumpy 2, who is Stumpy's brother. He's somehow lost almost all his back leg as well - probably soon after birth. I suspect they were attacked by rats or possibly got strimmered by accident by the farmer. I'm stunned they could have survived and I hate to think of the pain they went through without help. :'( :'(
We've now removed 12 kittens and neutered and released 6 adults. There's about another 12 adults to go, I think. Plus we see more kittens every day... :tired:
We sent out an appeal for a Crush Cage, Liz, and another CP branch has donated one. :blow kiss: Life will get a lot easier when it arrives. ;)
I'm having a rest for a couple of days now. The cats up there are all getting twitchy and they know what I'm doing! :sneaky:
And the really good news of the week is that someone has expressed an interest in Apache and Squaw! :na na naa na: :yayyy: :yayyy:
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Well done PB at catching more of those gorgeous furbabes...... :wow:
You put your feet up hun, you derserve it :)
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Pinkbear
Just wanted to say what a brilliant job you are doing. I find it amazing what some of these cats have to go through without any medical help - poor stumpy. I know that he is now in the right place to get all the love and attention he needs and I am sure he will appreciate it eventually!!!!
Claire xx
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i am so glad to hear another good update, and fingers crossed it wont take much longer to get the rest of them.
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A few more piccies of the rescued orphans.
The tortie, we nick named 'Gremlin' was the sickly one. When the fosterer picked her up from the vet, she was so bedraggled after all the treatments, she looked just like one! She's teamed up with little Stumpy and we think they make a lovely pair and will gp together when rehomed.
Also picked up yesterday was a group of 10 day old abandoned in the paddock and found nearly stone cold. I'd been watching this mum all week and she just didn't want these babies. I kept hoping she'd change her mind, but the little ginger one looked dead when I found it. I revived by rubbing it on the way to the vet. Very Holby City!
Had a right lazy afternoon today, though... :evillaugh:
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AWw!!
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I met gremlin & the ginges at Caroline's the other day ;D - I couldn't believe she is younger than them as she is so tiny (apart from he big wormy belly :evillaugh: )
You must be knackered. I should be able to help next week if you are still working on them :hug:
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they are alll so sweet aren't they. Cute little shredders that they are ... :Luv:
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That's the really odd thing about this site. So far, I've picked up around 12 kittens. All but 2 of them have been cuddling and purring within 2 hours of capture. Even the 2 moody ones don't hiss or scratch - they just won't be picked up and skulk a lot. I can still tickle them and touch them anywhere. Not a 'shredder' in sight, bc... :innocent: I may not even have to call upon your offer of help at all - but we'll see what I catch next week. :evillaugh:
I had one much bigger kitten (5 months) neutered and I was going to put him back on the farm. I thought he was way too big and had probably gone too 'wild'. But when he was in the recovery pen, he stuck his little nose out and started sniffing my hand. I slowly put my hand in the pen and he put his head in my hand for a tickle. Some big, fierce creature he was! :evillaugh: How could I put him back..? :)
Diane, the lady feeding these cats has done a wonderful job. If only the poor woman had of had someone to help her corner the little tykes and get them neutered before! :innocent: :Luv:
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not sure whether to be disappointed (for me) or pleased (for them). Would have liked to have a go at fostering, but better still if they are all homeable with minimum fuss. Good on Dianne is all I can say.
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I know that Pink Bear is out at the moment.. But Gremlin isnt that well and vet needs to see her tomorrow and possibly do XRAY, she is eating fine, but her belly is very swollen.. Despite anti inflamatory, antibotics and other meds....She hasnt got alot better..
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poor little mite. hope she pulls through :hug:
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Fingers crossed for her.
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Poor little Gremlin. She is such a feisty little girl - lets hope its nothing bad :ahh:
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I have to say when I first saw little Gremlin, I thought she only had hours left. A very poorly young kitten indeed. :'( She's about half the size she should be for that age. Don't know what went wrong other than Diane said her mother was killed in an RTA when she was just over a month old. She didn't get cleaned, and missed mother's milk so it's probably nutritional and bacteria I would think.
I'm praying she pulls through because she's such a striking looking kitten. Her coat is a perfect blend of ginger tinged with black, so it looks almost gold. :Luv:
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Have only just come across this thread, just wanted to say what a great job you're doing Pinkbear. How are you and the little ones doing? :hug:
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This is the latest little one. I've called him Spot. :evillaugh: He's about 6 weeks. :Luv:
They are all doing fine as far as I know. But I've been really lucky in respect that some of our CP fosterers are taking care of a lot of them. On friday, a batch of kittens will be going to our local rehoming centre, Bredhurst, who have kindly agreed to help us out. :blow kiss:
I don't think there's any more little ones on site - apart from Spot's sibling and maybe a bigger ginger if I can get near him. And the rest of the cats are getting too nervy now. So we're going to have a break of a couple of weeks after this weekend.
Tally so far... 10 cats neutered and 16 kittens rescued. :innocent:
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too much gorgeousness, i cant take any more!!!!!
all the little kit pics just break my heart and i want them all..... ooooooohhhhhhhhh *stamps feet in tantrum cos i want them!!*
you have done such a good job with them, well done!!
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spot is adorable. Glad to hear things are getting under control :Luv:
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you're doing an amazing job pb, I love little gremlin I hope she is better soon
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We are doing really well at notching up the neuter numbers. I count 11 done with about 4 known regulars to go. ;)
But I am not allowed to mention the 'k' word anymore. :censored: :evillaugh: I'm going to have a number of small black fluff balls either next week or the week after. This is due to 1 mum keeping her batch of babies in someone's shed up the road. (aged about 6 weeks) And the litter from the caravan, also nearly 6 weeks. Of course, it'll be muggins who won't be able to refuse to take them. And if I just let them wonder off into the bushes again, all my hard work is for nothing. :Nooooo: But, our rehoming has dried up, all fosterers are clogged, so they'll have to go in the bathroom again..! :Crazy: :scared:
:yesss: Roll up! Roll up! :gimme: You can have your :censored: in any colour so long as they're black! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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PB - you haven't heard about 4 more feral kittens (apparently) behind the amusement arcade in Whitstable High Street yet?. Where will they go? :scared:
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PB - you haven't heard about 4 more feral kittens (apparently) behind the amusement arcade in Whitstable High Street yet?. Where will they go? :scared:
:omg: :what: :garf: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Any idea how old they are? :-:
I am somehow going to have to find another local rescue, or branch, to take these small ones. :tired: Perhaps I will call upon our regional coordinator for her thoughts? :sneaky: Poor Sharon has got enough on her plate and no one wants this amount of black kittens in one go anyway. :(
After that we'll take a look at this Whitstable thing. ;D
It's all go.... :evillaugh:
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still got room at my place
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Are you serious BC, because I am taking a look tomorrow. One of Sharon's friends said they are in a bad way. There was no point in me going tonight as I don't even have a torch (note to self woolworths, torch, tomorrow) If they are there and they have somewhere to go, I can nab them and maybe Caroline can take them for a matter of hours (TBA) - they may need to go to a vet? - I hope they are OK. I will take some food and a cage down - its only 5 minutes walk from here but dark round the back.
Don't know how old
" four feral kittens that are hiding around the back of the amusement arcade in Whit. They look a bit worse for wear"
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I've got a spare room and can make them comfy. I do not have time (due to commuting) to commit to intensive care. If they need some intensive care over the weekend and would then be fine to be alone during the day I can do it no worries. So vacancies, but little time. Happy to help where I can. Or perhaps I could take on some of the other healthier kitties and these could go to a fosterer who is at home ...
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Mark, if you need a hand, I will be at Animal House dropping of the dynamic duo at around 10am. I can easily swing past Whitstable on the way back... ;)
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I will have to squeeze it in as & when As I have people checking out and have to get a room and rest of the house ready for the weekend lot. Give me a call when you are in Herne bay and I can nip out for 1/2 hour - I wish I could do more but haven't got the time :(
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I've got a spare room and can make them comfy. I do not have time (due to commuting) to commit to intensive care. If they need some intensive care over the weekend and would then be fine to be alone during the day I can do it no worries. So vacancies, but little time. Happy to help where I can. Or perhaps I could take on some of the other healthier kitties and these could go to a fosterer who is at home ...
That would make sense ;D
I guess the main thing is getting them out of danger then sort out logistics later.
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:( your just too far from me
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I am sure we will sort these Whitstable kitties, as we usually do. But arms may be broken in the process. :sneaky: We wrote to all the nearby rescues and only Bredhurst responded. They said they'd be willing to take some more, but we can't really send them oodles of black kittens - cute as they are. :Luv:
I will compose a nice letter and ask Sharon to send it. If all our neighbouring rescues could take just one pair, the problem is sorted. :shy:
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HI all
I do not think the Whitstable cats are poorly just abit worse for wear living rough. I am told they are a few months old, for all we know that may mean anything.. If you see the mum we need to get her spayed.. I would just suss the situation out then we can devise a plan.... Some people give us a load of old twaddle, so cannot rely on third or second hand reports... Apparently there are not the only ones there either.. But some may belong to people...
Let us hope its not that bad!
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Well that was fun. We went into Boots chemists as its next to the arcade to ask about access to the rear. The helpful (not) woman said go round the block to the post office, there is an alley at the far end, cut down the alley and its at the end. So 10 minutes later, with poor Julie walking in front getting covered in spiders webs etc we got there. a shared yard with Boots >:( - why she couldn't have let us out the back door I don't know. Anyway, we spoke to some landscapers and they said there are loads of cats and a lady feeds them. She has 4 indoor cats but feeds all the cats in the area. We were none the wiser as the back area gets locked at night and would be very iffy and scarey at night - littered with empty bottles, cans etc so obviously where the teenagers congregate :scared:
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MAybe Shadow and I can come down to help. You guard us Mark, and Shadow will find the cats and make friends with them :rofl: :rofl: :rofl More seriously though, if I can help I am happy to come down tomorrow afternoon latish.
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Latest ickle trophies. :Luv:
We've now got Spot's sister, Stripe, who is a being a little difficult and hissing at her brother. But she's still only 7 weeks so will come round in a few days.
We also got the remaining ginger girl. It must be unusual to get 3 ginger females in one litter? :-: I've now neutered around 80% of the adults, and most of the rest are feeding little ones or heavily pregnant, so we're leaving it for a few weeks.
Little Gremlin remains at the vets and still poorly. We're all praying for her as everyone is in love. Stumpy 2 is now on Catchat hoping for an understanding, and fairly well off home as he'll probably need the rest of that leg amputated as he grows up. We also sent a batch to Bredhurst last week.
Still have oodles of small black kittens due to be ready over the next week is peeps are interested? :wow: :evillaugh:
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That's a mighty fine job your doing there PB....keep up the good work & make sure you put your feet up when you have time ;)
All my best wishes to Gremlin also :Luv:
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PB if a couple of little black babies appeared on the doorstep what could I do!!
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Good work :wow: i bet the stable lady is relieved!
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She is relieved, alright - relieved of about 20 kittens! :rofl: :rofl:
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:heeee heeee: give yourself a pat on the back :pat: :pat: :pat:
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that little gingers eyes look so sad :(
and :omg: how impossibly cute are those little white pawses of stripes!!! (i have a thing about paws... :innocent: )
oh i wish i was closer. but its probably best i'm not. but they're just too overwhelmingly gorgeous!!!!!!
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Another one rehomed!! :cheer: :cheer: :yayyy: :yayyy: :yayyy:
A friend of one of our volunteers heard about the Chislet babes and enquired about getting a ratter or 2. :sneaky: They've got a big area of woodland and aggie land at the back of their house and wanted some pest controllers, but on provision that they would be friendly and come in the house for a tickle and a snooze on the duvet. ;) Well, that sounds like they wanted a regular cat to me, so I sent them this pic. They were caught hook, line and sinker! :yes: :evillaugh: Case closed! :)
Felix is number 3 we have rehomed from this lot and goes tomorrow! :blow kiss: :yesss:
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how's my little gremlin?
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Gremlin has been allowed out from the vets on meds. It's going to be a long haul, but initial signs are her bowels are starting to reduce in size. She still needs an enema to go to the loo which in the long term isn't good news, but there's also a chance she may recover. :)
But there has been a real scramble to adopt her. :evillaugh: :Luv: Even the vet wanted her! In the end, I think the winner was the mother of a vet nurse. She'll be able to monitor Gremlin's health and administer meds, IF she improves to the extent she can leave our care. 8)
We just have to keep on waiting and praying... :sigh: :blow kiss:
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I'll keep my fingers crossed, I'm a sucker for a little tortie face!
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YEAYYYY! Got to admit to liking Gremlins little expression a lot. Glad she's improving.
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Aww, fingers crossed she improves and can go to her new home, and so good you have caught so many, and found some of them homes. Fingers crossed for all the black kittens, you might be lucky and find lots of people who dont believe in the black cats being unlucky thing, there are people who like black cats.
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Gremlin is alot better you will be glad to know!! And yes the mum of our welfare officer (vet nurse) looks like taking her on..if she continues to improve.
ALSO... not sure if you knew this but i am sure that Gremlin is a HE rather then a SHE! at least thats what the vet told us. I was sure her markings were tortie but really not more a dilute tortie with grey and brown, black colour, semi long haired... So perhaps not a true tortie colour, more tabby!
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Gremlin is a boy..????? :wow:
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I am so glad that Gremlin (the little he/she :evillaugh:) is on the mend! :Luv: ;)