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If you've homed a cat from us, we'd love to hear your stories, see your pictures and include them on this page - go on, we'd love to hear from you!
Just to let you know how Archie is doing....
Photos show Before and After...
When my husband and I went to the homing show in Crawley in February, it was just to look round after sadly losing Sophie, a cat we adopted just before Christmas 2007.
Archie was cringing and shaking in his dirt tray when my husband walked over to see him, but something looked right about him, so we adpoted him there and then. He was described as shy and reserved, well he may have been then, but boy did he come out of his shell when we got him home! He didn't stop meowing or purring for 3 days and nights. Now he's a joy to have, so entertaining, playful, loyal, not a lap sitter but a headbutter and totally spoilt…
We came to the rehoming show back at the Hawth in November and feel in Love with Raven and Lyra.
They have been with us for nearly 2 months now and have even started to venture outside. Raven is waking us up in the morning and has fitted in to a routinue with us. Lyra has taken longer as she was very shy, but is now coming to us for strokes and has even started to test out my lap, She has started to come out of her shell and I even got a meow for the first time when she rushed in from the garden with a peg in her mouth and presented it to us.
I know in time they will both be settled and think they are happy in there new home.
I hope this helps other people to take on nervous cats because in time they will make loving friends.
Just thought you would like to know how two of your rescued kittens are doing, Charlie and Daisy (formely Chicken and Sid). I adopted them a year a go to the day. When they first arrived they were very very timid and spent a good few weeks hiding on top of the kitchen cupboard. Slowly they realised I wasn't the big scary monster they thought and they came down for food during the day and slept under my bed at night.
I have attached two pictures, the first is them on top of the cupboard and the second when they finally decided to come down!
Daisy is still very shy and won't let me touch her but Charlie likes to rub against my legs and lets me stroke him when I give them their food. They run around chasing each other at all hours of the night and seem very contented. I hope they will continue to improve so that one day they may come up onto my lap for strokes.
I intend to get a third cat this year, one who is a bit less timid and will let me stoke them. I am hoping this may show the other two what they are missing out on. Of course I will be coming to you so I look forward to homing another one of your cats very soon.
I adopted zed (now fred) in december so he had a home for christmas, he was a stray. He is a old boy who had his thyroid removed, he came to me with lots of hair missing because of the thyroid and was a little poorly still. H
e is doing really well now, he is a lovely effectionate cat, he sleeps on my bed with me at night and comes for a cuddle in the evening. O
ur dog brandy loves him also and comes over for a kiss at times.
As promised - a couple of pics of 'Sooty' taking it easy. She does this very well, but also has a remarkable turn of speed - hence we have decided to rename her 'Turbo'. She has a great sense of humour and thinks that skidding around noisily on the laminate floor at 4am is a great laugh! She has gained much confidence very quickly, and although she likes to chill out upstairs, will now come downstairs on her own, walk past the dog, stare at the parrot and go to gaze out of the patio doors at the back garden. She is not at all shy with people either - my boyfriend's sister and fiancee came around the other evening and she went and purred all over them as well as us. A very funny and cute addition to the household!
These are two of six kittens with feline herpesvirus, that were found in a skip last year. They were homed as indoor only cats, and just look how well they are doing now...
From Maisy
"I am the smallest girl in the house. I like stretching out over my Mummy's laptop while she is working. It means that I am always in view. My parents say that if I was human, I would be a super-model ... I have 5 beds .. in the lounge, bedroom 1 & 2, office and in the hallway ... spoilt? moi? .. mais non, darling ... prrrrrrrr"
From Mittens
"Since my little sister and I have arrived in SW1, I have learnt how to wallpaper, fix lights and general household stuff. My parents think I was a handywoman in a previous life. I love playing with my big sister, Gemima the Dog .. we play chase ... Daddy hates it when we do that at 6 in the morning though. I am a very happy kittie"
These two beautiful boys are proof of what our branch aims to achieve.
Squidge the black and white boy in this picture came into our care as a very tiny kitten, along with his mum and four siblings. All were successfully rehomed to loving new homes.
Twiglet is a beautiful tabby boy with a lovely nature. He came into our care as a stray and went to live with Squidge and another two rescue cats. As you can see, they settled in very happily and now love playing with each other and their toys. Twiglet loves everybody and will rub round your legs then flop over for you to stroke him.
Squidge has an amusing habit of bringing all sorts of 'treasure' to his new mum, including leaves, worms, bits of bread and even the odd frog. He cuddles up every night with his mum and shows his contentment by purring very loudly!
Isn't this a lovely picture of Millie in her new home? This is what her new mum wrote to us when she sent this lovely picture -
'It has been just a week since we took Millie home and I wanted to give you all an update on her progress. She is the funniest, most playful and affectionate little cat I could have ever asked for. She has commandeered our bean bag which I have covered in her favourite brown fleece. She is eating really well (maybe too well!) and has had two visitors to the house which she has taken in her stride. She loves playing chase, jumping on top of my wardrobe and climbing up clothes hung behind doors. She is very mischievous and very vocal!'
Poor Austin came into our care with a badly matted coat and needed loads of TLC. He has since been homed with an experienced Persian owner and the transformation is amazing - look how beautiful is now!!!!
Pippa is one of the friendliest cats we have ever met and she came into our care last December. She was put on medication for her overactive thyroid, but she was a very good girl and gobbled them up in her food. Poor Pippa was also found to be positive for FIV. We thought that finding her a loving new home would be a mammoth task! Luckily, a wonderful couple from Southampton spotted her on our website and decided to offer her a home. She has settled in wonderfully - her toughest choice now is on which bean bag to sleep! As you can see from her picture, she is now a very happy and contented cat, and her lovely new owners feel exactly the same way.
Max recently went to a loving new home in our area. His proud dad has sent us some lovely pictures of this cheeky little boy who has certainly made himself very at home!
Here's yet another photo sent in by proud new parents - don't these two look blissful?? They too were recently rehomed in our area and are now the picture of contentment; stories like these make all our hard work so worthwhile!
Bailey & Sammy are a very special pair of cats; they were looking for an indoor only home as Sammy had had a traumatic start in life with major eye problems; he is the ginger boy in the photo. Bailey was very nervous around people but absolutely adored Sammy, who loves everybody, and would curl up with you at every opportunity, purring and snuggling as close to you as he could get.
Since going to their new home, Bailey is coming out of his shell and although not yet a lap cat exactly, he can be found rolling around on the rug in front of his new mum and dad in new found contentment. Sammy continues to be his outgoing little self, and his eyesight is improving - not that his problems ever prevented him from charging around and playing happily.
Their new mum and dad adore these two boys and they in turn are rewarded by seeing these two beautiful boys go from strength to strength!
Just look at Millie - how well she has settled in with her new mum and dad! She is getting bigger and has really settled into new life.
Since adopting Millie, her new mum's boyfriend has moved in and Millie absolutely adores him, in fact she has become a real 'daddy's girl'. She often sits on his lap in the evenings while he is watching TV and gives her mum the evil eye if she dares to touch her while she is spending time with her dad.
She has also become quite talkative and has really begun to respond when called (although only when she can be bothered). She adopts a cute pose like the one in this picture when she wants them to play with her!
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