And then there were 4

Well what a surprise this morning!

I was woken up at 4am hearing loud cries. I was quite panicked wondering what was going on and jumped up to follow the noise.

It seemed to be coming from upstairs so I searched around checking each cat I came across making sure no-one was injured but found nothing.

I then followed the sound into the spare bedroom where Emily the new foster cat was. As I went into the room I could hear she was in distress immediately. I rushed to the corner she was hiding in and found .......

Kittens !!!



She had two new born kittens snuggled up beside her and was struggling to push the next kitten out. After watching her for a few minutes it was clear she would need some help. I helped slowly ease kitten from her but sadly it was still-born :(

She then quickly gave birth to a third and final kitten and so then there were 4!



All 3 kittens are beautiful ginger tabbies and it seems that we have 2 girls and 1 boy. We have named then Nemo, Dory and Coral.

They will be off to the vets today for a full check and I will continue to update on their progress as they grow up and go to their new homes.

We have a visitor :)

I recieved a phone call last week from a member of the public over-run with cats. The owner had over 40 cats that were all breeding and she couldn't cope with them any longer. This just goes to show the importance of neutering.

Please neuter your animals and help prevent situations like this!

So first steps on dealing with this is to neuter all the cats as we don't want any more kittens, especially as kitten season is just starting, that 40 could easilly become 60!

We got a team of volunteers to take the cats from the home and to the vets for neutering and managed to get all the cats neutered in just 3 days. This shows what dedicated volunteers we have and we really could not do this without them!

One of the cats we collected for neutering was Emily. However she was very heavily pregnant and so there was nothing we could do. I got the phone call earlier today and went to go and collect her. She will be staying with me to have her kittens before going to her new home.

She is very, very skinny! Even with her big bump you can see every bone in her body and she looks scared stiff. Her eyes are quite sticky so we suspect she has cat flu as well. This poor girl really needs some TLC. The vet estimates she is due in a weeks time so we will soon be hearing the pitter patter of tiny paws.

Until then she will get lots of love, food and vet care.

Another phone call I had today left me shocked and sickened. It was from one of our inspectors saying that two cats had been found tied up in a carrier bag!

How anyone can be this cruel is beyond me. There are rescue centre's all over the country that can help re-home your animals if you need them, why on earth would you leave them to die like this?

They have been taken to the vet for a check up and then hopefully into foster care tomorrow. I will update when I know more about them.