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Penelope was nicknamed ‘Eyebrows’ when first in the pound, due to her unique facial markings. She arrived in foster care about to pop, and soon gave birth to five beautiful babies. The babies all found homes quickly, and it was Penelope’s turn next. From Penelope’s adopter: My old cat died of old age in October …
From Mickey’s foster carer: We had an emergency situation where kittens needed foster care quickly – with nobody else available I put up my hand (perils of being an admin of a rescue! You end up taking fosters you don’t really have room for, at short notice). I got four kittens delivered at the same …
Words from Big Boy’s foster carer: “I’ve had cats all my life. Some might say that cats are my life. The relationship between a human and their cat is very special. But every now and then a ‘different’ cat comes into your world. A cat who you’re sure was human in a past life and …
A letter to Maisie from her foster carers: Goodbyes were hard but memories are forever.To our first foster girl, Maisie May You completely took over our home and hearts and the dogs’ beds. Fearless and free from your cage, you settled in with a deepness of love for everyone you met. Not even the dogs …
Dante was a beautiful black boy who came to the rescue as an ex-abused cat. He had been kicked around and used as a “play thing” for his former family’s dog. You could tell that he didn’t trust, and biting was a way of defending himself. He was also desperate about food, biting and scratching …
Billie Vanilli was in foster care since April 27th, 2018, across two foster homes. Her progress has been slow. Although she is now adopted by her second foster carer, she has still never been properly patted!
We are so excited to report that these two girls, Cinnamon and Kitty Girl, are finally in their forever homes. (It was a foster “fail” too, a.k.a. a big win for these gals!) Kitty G was rescued all the way back in 2015 (March 21 to be exact), while Cinnamon came to us more recently, …
Words from Clary’s adopter: We adopted Clary in 2020 after I fell in love with her despite her spicy side. She was a foster at the cattery I work at and had been waiting a long time with a few failed adoption trials. She was said to be too rough with children and didn’t like …
In the words of Button’s adopter: “Adopted 14th June 2019. Button was very stressed on the day I picked her up from her foster home, she didn’t stop crying until about 20mins into the drive home and spent her first night behind some books on a shelf. But I was very surprised at how quickly …
Words from Smudge’s adopter: In 2013, I lost my beautiful 3 legged baby Snowbell to cancer. She was my soul kitty and so young at only 8 years old. This devastated the entire family. It devastated me especially as Snowbell would sleep in my arms every night, Summer or winter. In 2015 whilst scrolling through …