Cats
This post has been written by Chloe Cooke, Senior Cat Care Assistant at our Newbury & District Adoption Centre
Here is Flower's story...
"I love my cat but I am moving house and I can't take her with me. She is healthy but does leave red wet patches wherever she sits…"
This sentence rang alarm bells to me and Deputy Manager, Natasha when nine-year-old Flower was handed over to the Newbury Adoption Centre early one morning by her owner.
Our hearts broke when we took Flower out of her carrier. She was soaked, she was filthy red/brown colour, fleas were literally bouncing off her in front of our eyes and she smelled strongly of ammonia (it made our eyes water).
We rushed her straight to the vets. The vet had never seen such a bad flea infestation, her body was covered in a thick crust of flea dirt, fleas and flea eggs were dropping off her and she was dangerously anaemic. It’s devastating to think of the conditions that she must have been kept in to have been covered in so much urine. Cats do not like to be unclean; she couldn't have had access to a clean litter tray.
Flower had weeks of veterinary treatment, love and care and finally began to trust us. Her fleas were all gone and after several baths it was discovered she was actually a grey and white cat and not brown and yellow! She even had a lovely fluffy coat.
Flower went to her forever home in November. We couldn't have wished for a happier ending and we wish Flower and her new family all the very best.
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Cats
Flower is coming up roses
This post has been written by Chloe Cooke, Senior Cat Care Assistant at our Newbury & District Adoption Centre
Here is Flower's story...
"I love my cat but I am moving house and I can't take her with me. She is healthy but does leave red wet patches wherever she sits…"
This sentence rang alarm bells to me and Deputy Manager, Natasha when nine-year-old Flower was handed over to the Newbury Adoption Centre early one morning by her owner.
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| Poor Flower was covered in Fleas |
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| Flower's fur was filthy |
Flower had weeks of veterinary treatment, love and care and finally began to trust us. Her fleas were all gone and after several baths it was discovered she was actually a grey and white cat and not brown and yellow! She even had a lovely fluffy coat.
Flower went to her forever home in November. We couldn't have wished for a happier ending and we wish Flower and her new family all the very best.
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| Flower is now in a loving new home |
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Little Poppy was just 14 weeks old when she was signed over to the Gosport Town Branch of Cats Protection. Her owner couldn’t cope with looking after Poppy or her mum, four-year-old Josie. Poppy was tiny – she was taken straight to the vets for a...
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When three-and-a-half-year-old Panjo was found living in a shed in July 2014, she was in a terrible condition – her skin was sore and weepy all over her body. She was taken in to Cats Protection’s Exeter Axhayes Adoption Centre where she had extensive...
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