The story of Fat Face explains what we do very well. The first photo is of him feral with a gaping wound on his cheek, in danger of dying from something called fly strike. The family who had been feeding him sought the rescue's help. To rescue him a volunteer had to lay a trap and wait in the bushes for hours, this cat wasn't easy to catch.
In the second photo this is him sitting in his new home after a lot of care from the vet and us. He was feral so he will never be a fussy lap cat. His family adopted him not knowing if he would even stay in the house. He was done well, he knows he has a home, he knows there is food there and that he is loved, they are his family. He will always stay a little away, he is a social distancing cat. We don't home feral cats, but he and his adoptive family were exceptions.
In the second photo this is him sitting in his new home after a lot of care from the vet and us. He was feral so he will never be a fussy lap cat. His family adopted him not knowing if he would even stay in the house. He was done well, he knows he has a home, he knows there is food there and that he is loved, they are his family. He will always stay a little away, he is a social distancing cat. We don't home feral cats, but he and his adoptive family were exceptions.
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Georgie was trapped by one of the team, he was living at a feral colony in the city centre. When he arrived at his foster home his beautiful white fur was a dirty yellow colour and he looked so sad, he would watch warily from his bed, and wouldn't leave it, even to use the litter tray. He got quite upset, trying to find an escape from the crate, he soiled bedding, and wouldn't eat if his fosterer was in the room.
Slowly he started to relax and understand that his foster mum didn't mean him any harm. He started to use the litter tray, and would eat, so long as he couldn't see her watching him! There were some younger foster kittens also there and they were very playful - at first he just watched them, but eventually he started to join in and play with the toys which was wonderful to see - this sad, scared little boy was starting to enjoy life! His foster mum started lying on the floor with treats on her legs and he very slowly built up to coming to take them if she was very still. Over a period of weeks they progressed until he would take treats from her hand, and then one day he let her touch him. From there he quite quickly began to enjoy strokes and would sit on her knee. He was an absolute joy, and she was sad to see him go, though thrilled to see him settling into his forever home, with his adopted brother Jasper. |
This special little man is Hercules - In mythology Hercules lost his hair but found he was still strong. This little man lost his eye but was an absolute fighter.
Hercules had been living in the most horrendous of conditions with his litter mates and parent in an alleyway filled to the brim with rubbish. He was a tiny, malnourished skeleton covered in fleas and heartbreakingly his eye had ruptured from an eye infection that most certainly could have been treated. It's hard to imagine the pain he must have been in. Regardless of his discomfort, he was a friendly little boy who just seemed grateful to have been saved. After a trip to the vet for meds for his eye, his foster mum set about fattening him and his siblings up, handling them as his sisters were a little more spicy and letting them enjoy learning how to be a kitten. His eye socket healed well with the regular bathing and medication and he quickly started to gain weight with regular food that he wasn't having to scavenge for. Hercules also had a severe ear infection which made him tilt his head and sometimes fall over but this never stopped him from jumping and playing and being quite boisterous once he was well enough. Hercules now has a loving home after being adopted with his sister Pandora and is spoilt rotten by his new family. |
