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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Cat/s Needing Homes => Sorted/ Unknown outcomes => Topic started by: BigPaws (Rae&Missa) on October 13, 2009, 10:45:34 AM
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Hi everyone
I am hoping that someone on here can help me please.
Long story short, some students were messing around with a little kitten just over a week ago and a kind man in a car and myself stopped them and somehow I ended up taking the poor little thing in for "the night!".
I still have her and although I have done everything to introduce her to teh notorious Mellissa it is absoloutly not going to work. Also becausof my proximity to the main Ashby Road in lough I couldnt let her out so I need to find her a place to go.
I have called Cats protection, RSPCA, Markfield and several other rescues and no one can help me. Also I have cirulated her details through the local vets and put notices in shops. I took her to a local vet to be checked over and she is fabulous!. No collar, no chip but in very good health and has put on weight and been spoilt to death since "movng in" here.
She has not be spayed (no suprise there). The situation is not ideal for anyone, poor puss (named Monkey by my two girls) is stuck in my eldest daughters bedroom and poor Melissa is one less double bed to snuggle in! :Luv:
Monkey is black and white, about 4-5 months old and has HUGE paws!! all white socks and eyes like dustbin lids :)
ANY advice or help would be so gratefully received. If there is a temprary place for her to go, or even a foever home we can help with transportation etc.
Many thanks to everyone for reading my posting.
Hugs
Rae and Missa
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I just want to say well done you for intervening. It does make one wonder what those 'students' are studying >:(
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Thank You Christine. They were drunk and trying to get the poor little thing to run backwards and forwards across Frederick Street. It was half past midnight!- grrrrrrr. Poor monkey was shaking like a lef and freezing cold and wet. Not now though. Maybe I can try and get a pic on here.
Thanks again
Rae and Missa-moo :)
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Grrr! The idiots! >:( :(
Hope you manage to get sorted out with her and a home comes up! :crossed:
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poor thing - and well done you
you've typed Lough - did you mean Slough?
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Maybe I can try and get a pic on here.
I will pm you my email addy if you want to send me any pics and I will pop em on here for you! ;)
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poor thing - and well done you
you've typed Lough - did you mean Slough?
I think it must be Loughborough ?
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Hiya- sorry it is Loughborough, in Leicestershire.
Sorry
Rae
xxx
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I've expanded the thread title for you.
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Thankyou. Pics have been sent also. Thanks everyone. :Luv2:
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Gorgeous! :Luv2: :hug:
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just one of my silly ideas - but have you considered asking if you can put up a noitce in the college the students came from?
the fact that she was being mistreated by students might help her find a home
can you get a CP voucher to get her spayed too, before she leaves you?
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Hiya
Thanks so much fo rtaking the time to reply and for your help.
Really dont want to advertise her in the college or Uni. My main concern is that the students all temporarily rent rooms in houses and are never here much more than a year at a time, I couldnt bear to think she was abandoned again in a years time. Also another concern is that she may not be looked after properly anyway, with all the parties etc and the fact that the majority of the houses are rented from private landlords who dont allow pets. I can imagine someone with good intentions taking her in, hiding her from teh landlord and then getting found out- she would be dumped I think.
Maybe I am being too picky and please dont think im tarring all students with the same brush (my eldest is at college now) .
I would be more than willing to get her chipped and/or spayed but my priority is to get her into a new home as soon as possible. This is probably all comng out wrong, I dont mean that I wouldnt get her sorted out but on a personal level we dont have a lot of disposable income and she has already cost me quite a lot over the last 9 days- :( its all coming out wrong.
I hope somehow you all know what im babbling about
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The way you are babbling on as you say just shows your urgency! :hug:
You should be able to get a voucher for her spay from CP.....It would either be £5 or even free! ;)
Would hate to think that someone could try and con you and only really want her for a breeding machine! :( :hug:
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You might find a member of staff keen to taken her, or a PhD/ mature student with their own home ... we do exist! ;D
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Ohhh dear- I really have said everything a little wrong havnt I. :( sorry
I know that there are more than just students at the uni etc, and I not too "urgent" about homing her (she has been here about 9 days now) its just that its a difficult situation and so sad for Melissa (Im sure everyone remembers her) as she is not the same cat at the min and I feel very unfair on her too. Thanks to firefox and everyone for the suggestions :) :Luv2:
I have just had a call from the vets who said that a lady that comes in has a sister that runs a small local rescue in Loughborough and a number so Im going to call there and see if anyone has reported this missing kitty. In the mean time Monkey is asleep, fed, watered and purring! so alls good here.
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Ohhh dear- I really have said everything a little wrong havnt I. :( sorry
No! Just never thought beyond the yearly students! ;) :hug:
Hope you get some joy from your call to the local rescue, please do think about getting a voucher for her though in the meantime! ;D
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I was totally thinking of a member of staff - there are Common Rooms for staff only at most Universities and Colleges
sorry - should have made my silly idea more detailed :-[
I went to Uni as a mature student and did a PhD too, while living in my own home
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Hi Trigger , REALLY appreciate all the ideas and none of them are silly!- I guess I am just angry at the situation, especially from how I came to be looking after Monkey and a certain rescue telling me that if I got to a point where I couldnt cope further to just "put it back out on the street!" grrrrr makes my blood boil.
Anyway fingers crossed for her- at least she is safe and warm for the time being- im just off to get her some more litter so will catch up shortly. Thanks again, sincerely.
Rae
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Yes ask if you could put a notice in the staff room, so the students dont see it ;)
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has she been scanned for a chip?
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has she been scanned for a chip?
No collar, no chip
Her details have been widely circulated too...
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Rae & Miss I've PM'd you.
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Just another thought. Have you tried Leicester Animal Aid at Huncote? They recently agreed to take Sofie, the little kitten found in my colleague's garden who is now with me.
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Well done for helping her and hopefully someone will now help you and give her a home,,,,,she is gorgeous but Mellisa must come first :hug: :hug:
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Awww Monkey is gorgeous, and I could I would seriously take her, the only things stopping me would be my Husband serving me divorce papers :(
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Sh'es gorgeous :Luv2: well done for helping her and I hope you manage to sort something out soon Rae and Missa x
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Hi everyone
Just to let you know that, this weekend, "Monkey" will be getting a new name an da new house. watch this space! :) Update and pictures will be posted.
A million thanks to everyone for their help and advice, and the time that you have all taken to help. Another happy ending.
Hugs
Rae, Missy-moo and Monkey-magic (for now)
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Cant wait for the update...Is she now staying with you? :shify: :hug:
Edited to say "dozy me did not read properly" :-[
Well Done at getting this little lady a new home! ;) :hug:
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The real thanks has to go to one of the lovely posters on here, as Monkey is going to live with her so all credit goes to this lovely lady :)
I will give her the honour of posting pics etc once she is settled :)
I am so happy that she has a new chance :) :Luv2:
Thanks again. Everyone xxxx
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I credit you both! ;) :hug:
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hmmm - a Purrs phantom kitten snatcher strikes again - though I think this time the guilty party is more prone to plucking golden oldies off the streets :evillaugh:
brilliant news :wow:
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:wrabbit:
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Thats wonderful and once we know I will post it our Roll of Honour ;D ;D
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Great news :wow:
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the guilty party is more prone to plucking golden oldies off the streets
Is it you Janey? :)
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the guilty party is more prone to plucking golden oldies off the streets
Is it you Janey? :)
:shify: not me I def think Byron would leave home :evillaugh: as much as I love kittens it's oldies for me ;)
Moira?
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my money is on Moira as well!
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What are you all like? C Blip gave the game away......
Its the :wrabbit: :heeee heeee: :innocent:
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No I still dont get it !, who is it :-[
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Dont know yet Claire hun, we are all just surmising at this point! ;) :hug:
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guilty as charged :)
Monkey-magic will join Sofie kitten (little one recently found in my colleagues garden and currently being looked after by Truman, Stinky and MacGreggor) and both will stay with me at least until they are vaccinated, speyed and chipped. I say 'at least' because I am not convinced that I will be able to let them go but I will have to think what is in their best interests when the time comes. I am picking her up on Saturday (Ray is just 20 minutes from me) and will post pics as soon as I can.
I think a big thank you should also go out to the anonymous gentleman that stopped his car, got out and helped Ray rescue the terrorised kitten from the drunken yobs. Thank God for people who will stop and not just walk/drive on by.
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Yay! Moira to the rescue yet again! :wow: Well Done you and the nice man in the car! :wow:
Now remember you were wondering when kittens settle on a night? Double the trouble now! :rofl: But it is fun really! ;) :hug:
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Fanastic news, bet you are so excited :hug:
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'Double trouble' . Groan :) I'm hoping they'll tire each other out during the day so the rest of us can sleep at night. Last night Sofie went bonkers and spent from 2:00 -3:00am ricoshaying around the room like a bullet from a gun. Stinky asked to be let out onto the landing, MacGreggor hid in the cupboard and Truman and I took refuge under the covers (really). I am excited about it, though. It's nice for kittens to be in pairs, I think.
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Ricocheting round the room at 2am is not unique to kittens, Dave has taken to doing this with alarming regularity and always nearly bounces off my face at least a couple of times as he apparently has little control of himself during these episodes! I actually hid under the covers this morning for fear of grievous facial harm!
Well done to everyone on this one, good to know there are people who care :Luv:
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Rae, Moira and man :hug:
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It does get to the pint Moira you will be so tired you will sleep through it!
Having 2 pairs of double trouble currently Jet and Turbo tamed down ferals loves pots now and Aztec and maya who are causing chaos in their guerst quarted and hanging off the door to get food me thinks we will be at 4 delinquents soon enough add in the other mob and I'm surprised we sleep at all - even the dogs looked tired this morning!!!!
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Thanks Mark.
Dancer: I actually hid under the covers this morning for fear of grievous facial harm!
:rofl: I have to say, last night I was quite worried she'd do herself an injury. If I had thrown her around with the force that she was throwing herself around I'd be done for cruelty. Then, when she had tired herself out she had the cheek to crawl under the duvet beside me and go to sleep! The rest of the clan do have their manic episodes but they stay downstairs , I'm used to calm in my bedroom :)
even the dogs looked tired this morning!!!!
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Well done everyone involved . sounds definately like double trouble :rofl: :rofl:
My double troubles are 16 yrs old and sometimes involves chasing but at present its plod plod and on the bed off the bed and claws and teeth and push and shove and I am falling asleep during the day cos am so tired. No sleep last night at all.......sigh
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I love hearing about Truman and MacGreggor - they sound such characters
I imagine them leaning over the side of Moira's bed commenting on the action like those two grumpies in the balcony on the Muppets :evillaugh:
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Sophie is really looking forward to her new playmate coming but I haven't broken the news to the old grumpies yet.
Trigger:
'I imagine them leaning over the side of Moira's bed commenting on the action like those two grumpies in the balcony on the Muppets ' That cracked me up :) Stinkey, of course, would be just standing by looking down her nose with a haughty expression.
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Ah yes the old "kitty wall of death" routine - I remember it well, Hobbes was very good at that and still has his moments, usually involving him chasing poor Dylan round the house :rofl:
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When you mention "Stinky" that makes me totally :rofl: daft question probably but any particular reason Moira for her name? :evillaugh:
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Stinky by name, stinky by nature.
A bit unfair, she really is very sweet but she is one of those cats that will purr while you stroke her then when she has had enough she'll turn and take your hand off. She is 12 now and I have had her since she was 6 months. I brought her down from Scotland with me 9 years ago in the back of my Nissan Micra with my, then, other 2 cats (now departed). Being the only female, up till now, she is very much the matriarch and stands no nonsence from the boys.
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Aw! :evillaugh: :Luv2:
She sounds a real character....My Maisey has the upper hand in this house....She has rule over 8 males! :naughty: :rofl: :hug:
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Picked Rosie (aka Monkey) up this afternoon. It was a pretty traumatic drive home as she was very distressed in the carrier but fortunately it was only 20 minutes. However, 5 minutes after being introduced to Sophie they were chasing each other round the bedroom and having great fun. Rosie managed to tire Sophie out which I didn't think possible. Rosie is beautiful and in the peak of health thanks to Rae - She's obviously been spoiled rotten. MacGreggor was curious and went over for a sniff but Rosie growled at him so he left her alone (the young ones nowadays have no manners). She was a little bit more careful with Stinkey who hissed at her and went back to her cupboard. The sun was shinning through the window and Truman was dosing in a patch of sunlight, missing the whole thing. Difficult to get a good picture as they wouldn't stay still long enough. I'll post more on Monday. Bye the way, Rae's Missa is a gorgeous regal lady and looks much younger than her 11 years. She didn't take to me too much, probably seeing the cat carrier she thought I was takihng her away from her mummy.
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:1st place: on your new family member Moira :wow:
A big pat on the back to Rae and the kind man who rescued her in the first place, poor baby :(
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Aw bless the experience for her but that seem's to have faded quickly once she arrived! :wow:
Have fun tonight dear! :naughty: :rofl: :hug:
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Hope that she settles in well :Luv2:
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Hi all
Sorry to bump this one back up. I just wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone and especially Moira for getting little Rosie a lovely new home.
I apologise for the delay in posting but, unfortunately, I have been in hospital and off work for 2 weeks.
Anyway I really dont know where to start, or what to say I just wanted to let you all know you are fabulous! and I really cant thank anyone taht was involved enough.
HHHHHHUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGEEEEEE hug and thanks to Moira and her tribe - I will come and visit soon- promise :Luv:
Rae and Missa (who is the most happy that Rosie has moved house)
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Sorry to hear you've been poorly, Rae. Please feel free to come over for a cuppa anytime.
Rosie continues to do very well. she is much quieter than Sophie (who is completely bonkers:) but they do enjoy playing together and are totally focussed on each other to the relief of their room mates, Truman, Stinky and MacGreggor . When I took Rosie to the vet last week for her vaccination Sofie came too for company and they were both totally calm on the journey, in comparison with when I took Rosie back to Leicester from Loughborough when she was frantic almost to the point of doing herself an injury. Rosie is so sweet, when I lie on the bed she snuggles up, sticks her nose under the pillow and suckles on it. I wondered if this was because, perhaps, she had been taken from her mother too young.
Purrs is a great site. I discovered it about a year ago and have learned a tremendous amount from all the experienced cat people here.
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Truman, Stinky and MacGreggor - I just love those names :Luv: :Luv:
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Rae, if you are looking in, I've lost your phone number. Rosie (aka Monkey) is doing fine. She was speyed on Friday and is recovering well. The hardest thing is to keep her from running around.
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Glad Monkey's op went well, they are amazing at recovery arnt they...Love to scare us with their jumping about lol! x
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Hi Moira,
If you can't get hold of Rae, PM Sharon (Canterbury Cats) as she has Rae's number from when Missa was homed.
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Thanks Mark. I know how much Rae cared for Rosie (Monkey) so wanted to assure her that she is doing well.
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I'll move this to the homed section now :)