Topic: ANOTHER LITTLE ONE NEEDS HELP. (Read 5702 times)

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #25 on:** March 13, 2007, 19:14:35 PM »

Oh what great news .... Glad this little one has been reunited with it's mummy and daddy

Millys Mum · « **Reply #24 on:** March 13, 2007, 16:47:26 PM »

Thats good news, lucky the people went in when they did

Ela · « **Reply #23 on:** March 12, 2007, 23:19:18 PM »

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Aww, am glad there is a happy ending.

Makes a change, doesn't it?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #22 on:** March 12, 2007, 21:23:44 PM »

Aww, am glad there is a happy ending.

Ela · « **Reply #21 on:** March 12, 2007, 20:28:59 PM »

Right I have found out that the cat was taken to a vets who kept it in, although it is OK now. The good news is that the owners have been found. Its home was only a few doors away from the house it had been found locked in.

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #20 on:** March 12, 2007, 12:12:47 PM »

yep ive heard a few stories like that one ela, just makes you wander how an earth they can survive doesnt it, I mean we panic about lipidosis if our cats dont eat for 2 days (altho ive never seen it with such short a time of fasting but texts books do big it up) but then cases like that you'd think there was no way puss could survive. I hope its alive and well now, a fitting name though.

Ela · « **Reply #19 on:** March 12, 2007, 11:13:44 AM »

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know in the case of years ago when soots got shut in the house for 10 days without food and water he survived by licking condensation from all the windows, mind you that was before double glazing.

HOPE: found in an appalling condition after travelling from Taiwan for 6 in a sealed container, it took her many weeks To win her battle for life. Hope has an opaque eye and malformed foot and is a feral. In view of this she is spending her life on her foster mums farm.

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CurlyCatz · « **Reply #18 on:** March 12, 2007, 10:54:33 AM »

hopefully it sounded worse than actually is (well we can hope cant we)

i know in the case of years ago when soots got shut in the house for 10 days without food and water he survived by licking condensation from all the windows, mind you that was before double glazing.

Ela · « **Reply #17 on:** March 12, 2007, 10:42:06 AM »

I will find out, I am sure if the fosterer thought the litttle one needed fluids it would have gone straight to the vets, we never leave these things until tomorrow no matter what time of day or night a cat comes in.

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #16 on:** March 12, 2007, 10:26:27 AM »

whats the update on that cat ela, might it not be better with iv fluids etc if its really bad ?

Ela · « **Reply #15 on:** March 12, 2007, 08:34:17 AM »

Yes they do, but I always consider foster cats as mine until I find them a loving home.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2007, 20:37:21 PM »

awwww the ones that have been with u ages must feel like ya own now dont they

Ela · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2007, 18:31:33 PM »

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Ela: how many cats do have of ya own ?
did u get them as kittens or r they rescues?
how many fosters u got at the moment then ?
do u put one in each room or u got pens?

I only have 2 of my own now sadly I lost 4 in a short space of time
They were kittens when I adopted them but problem kittens or rather kittens with problems that would have been harder to home.
I have 4 long term fosters who have been here over 10 years so they so they mix.

I also have 3 pens outside, with electric beds, heaters and radios for short term foster cats.

If I have an accident case or kittens that need hand rearing we keep them in a large collapsible pen in the lounge.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2007, 16:40:28 PM »

Ela: how many cats do have of ya own ?
did u get them as kittens or r they rescues?
how many fosters u got at the moment then ?
do u put one in each room or u got pens?

Ela · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2007, 11:11:05 AM »

Before we would invest in pens and all that comes with it (paving, electric etc) in a garden we like to get to know the fosterer first and for the foster to know what fostering is all about, therrfore we like people to foster in a spare room first for say 6 months, so they can be sure it is something they want to do.

Ellie · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2007, 10:57:53 AM »

Thanks Ela that's what I thought .... my local CP said they would rather put pens in the fosterers gardens as it is better for the cat

That was over a year ago hopefully they have changed their minds since then.

Ela · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2007, 09:47:34 AM »

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Thank goodness Ela .. quick question do your fosterers keep the fosters in a seperate room? I have a reason for asking

It is not wise to mix cats from different situations, a little different if you are adopting a cat and you already have one, as hopefully your cat is healthy and the cat you have adopted has been health checked and been in care a while to be assessed. Although even when someone adopts a cat from us and they already have a cat we suggest they are kept separate for a while and introduced gradually.

Also when a cat re-homed it is sometimes a time of stress and if stressed a cat may bring out something it was perhaps incubating but would have not otherwise come out.

When a foster cat comes in you often have no idea if it has anything wrong with it so there are potential health risks to your cats, also as advised on another topic if we all had our own cats tested for certain things many of us would perhaps have a nasty shock. So your cats may be a risk to the foster cats whose immune system is not as strong as it could be, (actually I know mine are OK as they have been tested over the years due to mouth problems and they have not mixed with other cats).

If a fosterers own cats came down with something that it was thought a foster cat had bought in can you imagine the number of claims against rescues.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2007, 22:41:56 PM »

Aww, glad you have managed to find a placement for the little one, and hope that there haven't been any long term effects from it.
Ellie - CP guidelines do state that fosterers should keep fosters in a separate room, Ela can explain more when she sees this.

Ellie · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2007, 21:02:28 PM »

Thank goodness Ela .. quick question do your fosterers keep the fosters in a seperate room? I have a reason for asking

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2007, 20:50:30 PM »

phew, the rescues are working overtime to night

Ela · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2007, 20:30:15 PM »

Foster place found, all I have to do now is pay for a Taxi for the folks who have no transport to take the cat to the fosterer, who cannot go and collect as they have has a little wine. Thats it then, sorted.

Tan · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2007, 20:16:33 PM »

Oh Ela poor babe. He/she must be in awful pain?

Ela · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2007, 20:11:41 PM »

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Whats that mean?

extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.

ccmacey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2007, 19:49:57 PM »

Quote from: Ela on March 10, 2007, 19:45:29 PM

emaciated cat

Whats that mean?

Ela · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2007, 19:45:29 PM »

I have just received a phone call can I help, someone has purchased a property and went in for the first time a while ago and has found an emaciated cat how it got there no one knows but I will see what I can do. When will it all end. Hopefully when everyone gets their cats neutered/spayed and there are no so many available perhaps they will be more valued.

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