Name: Angel / Sex: Female / Age: 2 years / Colour: White / Good with other cats?: Yes / Good with children?: Yes

Angel was born in our care after her mum, Maya, came to us as a heavily pregnant youngster. Angel and Maya were homed together two years ago, but unfortunately they have had to come back into our care as a child in the family they were homed with has developed an allergy. This was obviously upsetting and confusing for them, but they’ve gotten over that now. Angel just adores her mother but Maya just doesn’t want to be bothered with her (much to poor Angel’s dismay! Angel is a very affectionate and loving cat who is used to being in a family with a young child. She did have access to outdoors in her previous home, so it is very important that her new home can offer a safe outdoor area. Like all our rescue cats, Angel is vaccinated and spayed.

Smokey

Bandit

Name: Smokey and Bandit / Sex: Male / Age: Middle aged / Colour: Smokey is grey and Bandit is black and white / Good with other cats?: Yes / Good with children?: Yes, older children

Smokey and Bandit came to us together but they can be homed together or separately.

These two lovely boys came into our care in March when their people went to live in the U.S. They are very affectionate, loving and healthy and we’ve had them vaccinated and checked over by the vet. All they needed done was a tooth scaling, so all looks good! It’s such a shame that the more mature cats get overlooked because they can have several years of happy life ahead of them. In their last home, Smokey and Bandit had access to lots of outdoor space, so a home (or homes) with access to a safe outdoor space is absolutely essential for their happiness and wellbeing.

Names: Ali, Jack, KC ad Cally / Sex: Male and female / Age: 10 weeks (7th May) / Colour: Ali, Jack and KC are all black and white,  Cally  is tabby with little orange patches / Good with other cat?: Yes / Good with children?: Yes, children over 5

These four rescued babies, all from the same litter, will get their second vaccinations around the 17th May and will then be ready for homing. Cally, the only girl, already has a home lined up but the three boys, Ali, Jack and KC, have yet to be placed. Although covered in fleas and very underweight when they first came into our care, they are all now very healthy and full of nonsense. It’s hard to say which one is the most affectionate as they very bad-mannerly push each other out of the way to be first in the cuddles queue. Don’t let their innocent expressions in the photgraph fool you! As they are so confident, these babies could be homed with gentle children but it is our policy NOT to home very young kittens with children under the age of five.

Names: Maddie and Sally / Age: 7-8 months / Colour:   Maddie is tortie and white, Sally is black and white / Good with other cat: Yes / Good with children? : Yes

These two girls were abandoned in a cat carrier that didn’t even shut properly. They are of an age that would indicate they were ‘Christmas kittens’, so had now possibly lost their appeal and were tossed aside with the other pressies that were no longer wanted. They were so scared when they first came to us, having been traumatised and terrified by the experience of being dumped. However, it didn’t take them long to show their true colours and they have proven themselves to be extremely affectionate and loving. They really are adorable girls and how anyone could bring themselves to part with them, let alone dump them, is beyond me.

It would be wonderful to get a home for Maddie and Sally together, but they could be parted if the homes were right. They both love human company and should settle well with a family. Both have now been spayed and are fully inoculated. Access to a safe outdoor place once settled is a must as they’re just desperate to get out and about to explore.

Age: 10 years / Sex: Female / Colour: Black / Good with other cats?: Prefers humans / Good with children?: No; this older lady needs a quiet home

Dusky and her friend Shelley had lived with just one couple since they were kittens. Their people were elderly and, unfortunately, the man died a few years ago and the woman was taken into care around June 2011. The cats, now ten years old, were put into the garden and spent several months being fed by a kind neighbour and taking shelter in the garage. This must have been so hard for them to understand as I’m told they used to sleep beside the old lady. The neighbour would have loved to have given Shelley and Dusky a home, but her dogs had other ideas and chased the cats whenever they saw them. Despite having lived together since kittenhood, these two girls didn’t actually bother with each other, so it was possible to let Shelley go to a great home in March where she is now settled and very happy.

Although now ten, and despite having spent so long outside in the cold, Dusky is very fit and healthy. She is spayed and fully inoculated. Dusky is really sweet and loves to be stroked and have a fuss made of her. The fur on her back was very sparse when I first brought them in but has now grown in all thick and shiny and she just loves when I have time to sit with her and groom her pretty fur coat. Her ideal home would be fairly quiet, as she was used to living with an elderly couple. A home with older people who want the company of a fit and healthy cat would be perfect. A house full of noisy toddlers or mad teenagers would be too much of a culture shock for Dusky! As she was always used to getting out, a safe outdoor area is a must.

Poppy was homed in February 2012

Name: Poppy / Sex: Female / Age: 1 year / Colour: Grey / Good with other cats?: Yes / Good with children?: Yes

Poppy hasn’t been with her current people for very long, but the cat who has lived there for much longer has made it clear to Poppy that she just isn’t wanted! This is such a shame as the people just love her and don’t actually want to part with her. They have had her spayed and vaccinated, this not having been done by the people who had her before. Poppy is a really pretty, friendly, good-natured little cat and would make a wonderful addition to a family. She’s only about a year old and deserves to have many years of love and stability ahead of her.

Names: Smokey and Murray / Sex: Male / Age: around 10 and 12 years / Colour: Black & white and grey & white / Good with other cats?: No / Good with children?: Older children

Smokey and Murray are looking for a new home because their person is moving and can no longer keep them.  The cats aren’t in our care but that we’re helping to find them a home… Interested parties could make contact either with us or directly to the owner (his number is below), but as he will be in London we will be vetting the potential home on his behalf.

Smokey and Murray are lovely, happy, friendly, middle-aged house cats (aged 10 and 12), full of character and looking for someone who can look after them permanently.  They’re in great shape, fully vaccinated and microchipped.  They’d make great companions for anyone who could look after them.  They live in Glasgow at the moment but they could be rehomed anywhere in the UK.

Murray likes babies and older children but is scared of toddlers (the Big Girl’s Blouse hides from them!), whilst Smokey is quite at ease with children of all ages. The cats have lived exclusively indoors, but may well get used to and enjoy access to a safe garden, once settled. They are both healthy, neutered and fully vaccinated.

Please contact us or their person, David on 07956 396 008 if you think you’d be able to offer Smokey and Murray a new home.

Millie found her forever home in February 2012. Thank you to her new family for giving Millie a home to call her own.

Name: Millie / Sex: Female / Age: around 2 years / Colour: Tabby and white / Good with other cats?: No / Good with children?: Older children

Millie is a young adult, probably around 2 years old, who was abandoned to fend for herself by people whose lives are probably best summed up as ‘chaotic’.

Not particularly fond of other cats, Millie would love to be an only cat in a household. She really likes people, despite having been so badly let down, and loves to be fussed and petted. When she first came into our care, Millie would play a bit rough; this is often a result of having been encouraged when they are kittens by the type of people who then consider it a problem when the cat isn’t small and cuddly any more (sort of like encouraging very young children to swear and then turning on them when they do it as they get older). She is learning, though, to play much more gently and would benefit greatly from being homed in a quiet, gentle, home rather than one with very young children. Millie’s favourite pastimes really do involve people: drag a piece of string around for her to chase and she’s a very happy girl. If Millie could talk ‘human’, and was asked what she would want most from life, I’m pretty certain the answer would be ”To find someone who loves me, and a garden to explore please.” As with all our foster cats, Millie is now fully inoculated and, being old enough, is spayed.

Name: Moriarty / Sex: Male / Age: 12 – 18 months / Colour: Black and white / Good with other cats?: Yes / Good with children?: Yes

Moriarty is a very friendly, handsome, boy aged around 12 – 18 months. He was on the streets, having been discarded by people who turned their backs on his confusion and distress and then pretended that he was a stray.  He is, of course, better off without such people, but so many who find themselves cast aside like this never do get help and are left to cope (or not!) with neither food nor shelter. He wasn’t even neutered, so his life would have been one of constantly fighting for territory and survival against other full toms, with several hundred kittens being left in his wake, themselves to suffer fear and persecution on the streets.

Having only been in our care for a couple of weeks, Moriarty has still to get his second set of injections before being fully inoculated. That will be done very shortly (mid Feb) and he has, of course, now been neutered.

This boy deserves to be happy, as do all animals born as a result of human error or neglect. His next, lifetime, home would be with kind, gentle, people and maybe a garden or other safe outdoor area that would allow him to get used to going out and about.

Cobbie was homed in February 2012

Name: Cobbie / Sex: Male / Age: 10 months / Colour: Tabby and white / Good with other cats?: Yes / Good with children?: Yes

Cobbie’s owner is leaving Scotland soon and needs to find a home for him. Although he isn’t yet in our care, our pens and foster homes being full, I have met Cobbie and found him to be a friendly and very good-natured boy. The only problem was getting him to keep still long enough to get some decent photographs! He has already been neutered, but we have yet to get him inoculated. Only ten months old, Cobbie is really still a kitten. He hasn’t been getting out much, but would enjoy access to a garden or other safe outdoor area once settled. Being pretty laid back, Cobbie could be homed with children. He is currently in a house with a dog, but would probably prefer not to be.