The Society for Abandoned Animals rescues and rehomes many cats and rabbits yearly. Recently there has been an increase in the amount of chronically poorly cats and senior cats admitted into our care.

In the past two months alone there have been several cats with medical conditions amounting to a major cost to the rescue:

Pepsi (who is now available for adoption) was a stray who was brought in to the sanctuary with her five kittens. They all had chronic diarrhoea and required multiple faecal samples testing before courses of strong antibiotics. This cost £311.

Senior boy Ginge (who is now available for adoption) was brought to the sanctuary when his owner died. He had terrible dental problems, with rotten teeth and swollen, infected gums. Ginge had to have two dentals (and now only has one tooth left) and numerous courses of antibiotics to clear up the infections. This cost £935.75.

Dora (who has now been rehomed) was brought in with Ginge when their owner died. Some of Doras teeth were so rotten that they were only held onto the gum by the amount of tartar buildup. Her dental treatment cost £347.

Maggie (who is now available for adoption) is another sweet senior girl who was found as a stray, with respiratory problems. She needed a thoracic X-ray, nasal flush, and bacterial culture done to confirm that she had three concurrent respiratory infections. She also had a suspicious lump which needed a biopsy (and luckily turned out to be nothing serious). She is now starting to develop kidney problems so has had blood tests and is now on renal food for life. This all cost £578.05.

This list is by no means exhaustive, and is just to give an idea of the costs we incur on a daily basis.

We are thrilled to be able to offer help to animals in need, but we too need help to do this. If you would like to help the SAA help animals then please consider donating via this JustGiving page.

Thank you!

- SAA staff and animals