Luvly was found on the edge of a road in this terrible state. The concerned lady
that found him contacted her friends to see if anyone could take him in. Luckily
one of the friends knew Shropshire Cat Rescue and telephoned me. Luvly was brought
in straight away to the Bayston Hill Shelter and we were horrified at the state of
the poor little cat.
Luvly was blind. One of the eyes was filled with puss and the
other was blank with a film of infection covering it. He was full of cat flu, he
had clearly fallen into a slurry pit which suggested that he may have been a farm
cat. He stank of cow poo and it was difficult to tell what colour he actually was,
his front left paw was deformed, his mouth was also deformed, he was suffering with
dehydration and starvation and was covered in lice and full of worms and was an unneutered
tom.
The vets found it impossible to guess his age. He was small and active but his
teeth and problems indicated an older cat. He was checked for Leukaemia and Aids
and found to be negative, placed on a drip and for the next three days we waited
to see if the little soul could be saved.
Luvly was a fighter and has continued to make steady progress. He has now had his
left eye removed and the other eye cleaned up. He has been neutered and received
a bath – though his fur is stained but will eventually grow out.
Luvly returned to
the shelter where he received lots of love and attention, he is incredibly friendly
and very brave and we love him to bits.
The owners were part of a large family group and accused the woman who had picked up their cat and taken him to the vets of stealing him and threatened her and her family that if they went near their cat again they would be in trouble. They never thanked her for her concern.
Despite telling the owners that the cat needed to be neutered to avoid him being constantly bullied by other male cats – they scoffed the idea and clearly had no intention of taking that route. It transpired that the family had a new puppy which also attacked the cat and so that cat preferred to live outside under their car that persistently leaked oil. The cat had oil stains all over his coat – we expressed our concern at this and said that if he licked his coat the oil could and would be harmful to his health – they said they couldn’t help where the cat chose to sleep.
Due to the fact that the owners were able to prove that the cat did belong to them, we had no alternative but to hand the poor cat back to the owners insisting that he return to their vet for a check up in ten days time to check over the wound.
When we received a call about a stray in need of veterinary assistance that looked like a dirty white Persian with blue eyes, I knew immediately that this was the same cat. The owners had apparently moved away and left him behind.
Due to the fact that he was a mature unneutered male, we asked the vets to test the cat for feline Leukaemia and Feline Aids. The following day we received the bad news.
Peter as we decided to call him had full blown Feline Leukaemia for which there is no cure. Spread by saliva (grooming and eating from feeding dishes), blood (fighting) and other bodily fluids (mating), Leukaemia in cats is a quick, agonising ticket to death, attacking and immobilising the immune system, the body deteriorates leaving the body organs unable to cope. Peter’s condition was poor, any surgery would have put too much pressure on his body and so under veterinary advice, Peter was put gently to sleep, freed from his miserable existence, at peace at last.
Unneutered cats rarely have happy endings but we hope that by reading Peter’s story – you can encourage as many owners as possible to neuter – and if cost is a problem – we are always here to help.
Domino first came to our attention when we received a call asking if we thought it might be possible to rehome an odd looking cat. "How odd?" we asked.
The first pictures showed a strange looking little cat with very little fur. There seemed to be some fur on her chest and back, but it was very sparse. Her feet were totally hairless.
As a kitten she had managed to get tangled up with an unsuitable toy which ended up with her falling in the toilet and later she was shot at with an air gun pellet whilst sunning herself outside.
So Domino arrived.
On first appearance and depending on what part of her body you saw she resembled a large, frightened rat – not very appealing. However her tiny little face soon overwhelms you, and that’s it, all you want to do is help her.
Here starts the journey – Domino’s journey – what we find along the way is as yet unknown but we will keep everyone updated of her diagnosis, treatment and the well being of this very sweet little cat. It is likely that her veterinary treatment will be lengthy and costly. If you can afford to donate just a little to help with the cost of her care it would be much appreciated.
Shropshire Cat Rescue is entirely volunteer led – every penny given to us is used to help the cats in our care.
Andrea is very happy and cheeky and fearless of the 4 dogs she is now living with - in fact the other day she stepped on the sleeping staffie - it was quicker than going round - he didn't stir.
Andrea is very much loved in her new home and we wish her a very long and happy life with her new family!
From the moment we set eyes upon him, we could see that this little creature was a rather “odd” in that he had much less fur that his siblings, and his skin was wrinkly in appearance as he has folds of surplus skin.
The vet examined Wrinkles and could not find anything obviously wrong with him but has advised us to keep a close eye on his progress.
We will keep you posted on Wrinkles.....very sadly, Wrinkles passed away.....
