Trixie and Squinty Jim

Cat Welfare Luton graciously agreed to help with these two cats that form part of a semi-feral colony at our livery yard.

Squinty Jim, who is about 10 years old has got a condition called entropion - this means that both of his bottom eyelids turn inwards, causing his eye lashes to constantly be rubbing on his eyes. Jim is semi-feral, but is actually quite lovely, but sadly flinches when you go to stroke his head, as his eyes are so sore. I can't imagine the pain that Jim must have been in.

Thankfully Jim has corrective surgery last week, and his eyes are healing well. Unfortunately he did have to be rushed back to the vets for overnight hospitalisation as he had developed a temperature and wasn't eating. After a night at the vets with medications and fluids, Jim started to feel better and went back to the rescue to continue his recovery.

Trixie gave birth a few days before she was taken to Cat Welfare Luton, and sadly both her kittens were found deceased. Trixie herself was found to have a serious post birth infection that made her very poorly, which was probably why she lost her babies. She was found very unwell, so she went straight to the vets where she had sedation and x-rays to make sure that there were no babies left inside her, and the vets gave her antibiotics and pain relief to help bring her temperature down.

She was spayed last week after the infection was under control, and is making a very good recovery.

As Sally (Cat Welfare Luton) says 'with feral cats that will be returned to site, they there are always a massive bill to get them well enough to be released, and these are the ones that need our help the most. We will always try and help them as they have no one else.'

Please help me in covering the costs that were incurred for both Jim and Trixie, so that their vet bills can be covered. I hope that we can exceed our target, so that the rest of the donations can go towards aiding the next cat in distress that Cat Welfare Luton need to assist.

If you could please give just a little, it will all help - and me, Sally and future cats will be extremely grateful. Thank you