Our sweet little Haru has been with us for over 90 days and counting, Partly because of Covid-19 situation and partly because of the condition we received her in.

Haru came from a large multi-cat household that wasn’t meeting her needs. Resulting in a cat that was fearful of people she struggling to engage in natural cat behaviours – 90 days on and she’s still learning how to play!

Haru’s whole body was smelly and sticky with urine, her poor little ears were inflamed, itchy, she had scratched all around her head and was missing fur on her in little spots and the insides of her ears looked like they’d been packed with coffee paste (a sign of a huge infection of ear mites that has taken us nearly 2.5 months to rid her of, it usually only takes a few weeks of treatment!)

In between numerous vet visits and through patience and hard work, Haru’s confidence started to build. She's come on in leaps and bounds –literally- although her fosterer had noticed some peculiar behaviors including whilst Haru ate her meals. She would only very small bits of meat in her food and lick the jelly off the rest. Although some people label cats as fussy, we were certain this wasn’t the case and needed to investigate further!

Haru has bloomed into a more confident cat with a penchant for pom-poms, but even with her increasing confidence around people, other than her foster parent, she still needed further medical work. A deeper look at her mouth and also a check for a possible spay scar was needed. She’d have to go under anesthesia to do all these checks.

Expensive but worth it for Harus comfort and ensuring good welfare and striving for happiness for the cats in our care!

Whilst we had great news in that our vets found a spay scar on the first shave and her ears were finally free from the dreaded earmites! There was bad news is that THREE frontal teeth behind her little fangs needed to be removed! One of the teeth had an exposed root, the two others were fractured! It was by no means a new injury. The pain likely impacted on her eating habits and also her other behaviours.

The pain this little lass must have been in for a long time, gone with one big appointment! She’s back in her cosy pen, playing as nothing ever happened, with additional pain killers to make sure the healing process is the easiest part of her journey!

Sadly though, Haru isn't the only cat we have from this home. All the cats in our care are currently from the same multi-cat household. They have been placed with different fosterers and will need more checkups and looking after than the average cat.

Our smallest girl Tux is still skinny and very timid, likely as a result of poor socialisation. Cats that are as fearful as she need special homes with owners who have the space and patience to allow the cat to build confidence in their new home, at their own pace. This means cats like Tux may be in our care for longer than normal as we wait for the right home to come forward. Financial assistance allows us to continue to care for Tux during her potentially longer stay here. Once Tux finds the right home our dedicated centre volunteers and staff will always be on hand if the owners need help or support settling her in.

Ciri and Jaskier are an older/younger pair who will both have different vet needs as we go along! We will never skimp on any of the cats' care - but we do need help more than ever!

Dentals are expensive and the extra appointments for these checks all add up. If anyone following our cats can donate even just a pound or a the price of a cup of coffee worth of money - it will all go directly to bills like Harus’ dental surgery, Tuxs’ ongoing gastrointestinal problems (we hope its just tummy issues from stress) and anything else any future cats in our care might need!