Queenie

Heavily pregnant mum to be

Queenie is a gorgeous black, pregnant girl who is almost ready to give birth. Over the last few days she has looked very uncomfortable and absolutely huge! This photo taken yesterday shows how large she has become. 

This will not be Queenie's first litter either. She came in with two 12 week old kittens. She has now been separated from her kittens as they are fully weaned. 

Earlier today Queenie started to have contractions and before we left she had produced one tiny, adroable black kitten. She seems very relaxed and not worried at all, after all she has done it all before. Here is a photo of her in her maternity bed ready to become a mum. 

Centre Manager Mel will be keeping a close eye on her tonight to make sure that there are no complications during the birth. We are wondering how many kittens she will have. Any guesses anyone? We will let you know shortly how Queenie got on and how many kittens she has. How exciting!

Molly and her gorgeous babies

Growing up fast

You might remember from a previous blog post that proud mum Molly gave birth to four gorgeous babies just over three weeks ago. 

Yesterday we took some photos of them and you can really see how much they have grown up in the last few weeks. Before long they will be walking around, playing and eating solid food. 

Molly has been doing a fantastic job and all of her babies seem happy and healthy. We have been socialising them to help the kittens get used to us and new experiences. So far they have been doing really well and Molly has been enjoying all the attention as well.

The kittens should start to be weaned onto solid food once they reach the age of 4-5 weeks old. Every litter is different it may well take them a few weeks to get used to kitten food. We will keep you updated on how they are doing.

Once the kittens turn nine weeks old they will be health checked by our vet, vaccinated and micro-chipped. Then they will be ready to go to new homes and Molly will too.

Hopefully they will all find homes quickly. Don't forget that Molly needs a home just as much as her kittens do. Sadly the mums often get overlooked.

We are open everyday from 11am-3pm so please come along a view our wonderful cats. Our address is 122 Marlborough Road, Ryde, PO33 1AW. Our telephone number is 01983 562609.

Homing Day

A Huge Success

On Sunday we held a Homing Day here at the adoption centre. At first it was a slow start, I expect everyone was having a lie in! Around midday lots of potential adopters started to arrive. After a very busy few hours we had managed to reserve Dexter, Megan and lots of kittens. 

The whole weekend was very busy and on Saturday we reserved Dolly, another cat called Dexter, Tilly & Spencer and more kittens!  If only all of our weekends were this successful we would be very happy. 

Special thanks must be said to all of our hard working volunteers who helped out on the day. We had small raffle, refreshments and Cats Protection merchandise on sale. 

We still have many cats and kittens in need of loving homes. Some of our cats have been in our care for some time. Often the older cats get overlooked in favour of kittens and are kept waiting for months to go to new homes. Have a heart and consider adopting one of our golden oldies. Kirsty, Flora, Winnie & Molly and Holly are all older female cats. To find out more about these gorgeous girls please visit our website.  

Quiz Night

High Park Tavern- 22nd October

Cats Protection invites you to a quiz night on Saturday October 22nd.

Place: High Park Tavern, Ryde, Isle of Wight

Time: 7.30pm, quiz starts at 8pm.

Entry: £2 per person

We will also be having a small raffle. All proceeds go to Cats Protection

Success Story

Missy and Ebony

The last remaining pair of Ruby's kittens were adopted a few weeks ago. Here is an update on how they are doing.

The girls are going from strength to strength! They are now exploring the whole house and getting increasingly friendly. We have all had lap cuddles Ebby is particularly fond of laps! They are discovering the joys of running up and down stairs and my teenage daughter has two new alarm clocks, brilliant! It was lovely to hear Ruby has a new home my daughters were very concerned about her.

We will see you on Monday for our 2nd jabs!

Steph Warren

Success Story

Catkin - adopted last January

 

Dear everyone,

 

Time, I think, for another bulletin;  an update on my life.  Last Friday was my 4th birthday, Mummy decreed it to be September 9th, as this was the date she lost the last cat she loved.  There was no problem with this as I came off rather well - nearly all the presents were edible!!  Thought you might like to see the photos, I think I looked rather beautiful.  Mummy managed to get some "Hello Kitty" wrapping paper, which I thought highly appropriate, and a Simon's Cat card.  I have to confess I have put on a little tonnage in the last eight months, although I honestly don't eat very much, unlike the previous incumbent!  My main downfall is probably laziness, I do enjoy my sleep and have my own fleece permanently on the bed.  At the outset of our relationship Mummy actually bought me a cat bed of my own - but how can one not spurn something so predictable!!  This may well find its way to you in December.  

 

Now, my greatest achievement - my lizard catching has reached new heights.  Last week I actually ATE one.  I have to say, this was not appreciated by the one who opens tins, but as she was up a step ladder at the time, cleaning windows, it seemed the ideal opportunity for a quick flavour savour.  Actually, I'm not sure the taste was so great and I ended up leaving a head and a tail on the hall carpet - another dubious decision!!

 

Hope all is well for everyone and our love to the cats

 

Catkin

 

and Liz, the servant.

Success Story

Bella - love at first sight

Mick & I had just lost our cheeky little cat Jasper who passed away suddenly in July. He was taken in as a stray by Feline Welfare and we adopted him giving him the best 7 months of his life in a loving caring home.

Mick & I decided that we would like to adopt another cat. After looking on the Cats Protection Website we decided to go & visit Bella at the centre on Sunday 7th August 2011. As soon as we opened her door it was love at first sight for us all. She let us stroke her especially on her tummy when she rolled on her side and her little tail was wagging from side to side.

We went through all the procedure and got the all clear that we could finally collect her on Saturday 20th August 2011.  All the way to Newport Bella Meowed in the car wanting to be let out, when we finally got home she came out of her carry box and explored her new home and found two favourite places that she likes to hide and go to sleep. One is behind the sofa and the other one is upstairs behind the futon.

Within the last three weeks she has settled in really well, we are very pleased that she is eating well to. Bella enjoys catching flies, spiders and insects sometimes chasing them all around the house. She loves her cuddles she even wakes me up at least once during the night for cuddles, how can I resist!! If I stop Bella nudges me with her head, bless her.

We play hide and seek in her tunnel, she loves going out in the garden pretending to be Tigger bouncing around and best of all she loves trying to get in the bath when we are in it or when we are just about to have a shower.

We love her to bits and would like to say that she has given us so much love back including being very cheeky in not wanting to come back indoors at night by playing catch me if you can with us.

It was defiantly one of the best decisions we have ever made to adopt her and give her a loving caring home and return she gives us so much back.

We believe every cat or kitten deserves a chance of what Bella has and what we had given to Jasper.