Second Chance - Hartlepool Cat Rescue

16/10/2025

A big thank you to our friends over at the brilliant Consett cat rescue for their donation of some large bags of wood litter 😻

16/10/2025

We’re really in a crisis at this time, so is every other rescue that I know. So many cats and just not enough spaces. Yet still there are people who don’t neuter their cats and keep ending up with an “accidental litter” 😢 We honestly cannot take any more cats in, we’re dealing with emergencies every day and it breaks my heart when we have to turn cats away. We have several poorly ones too and between those and the sheer amount of neuters we’re trying to get through our vet bills are a struggle always. Although we’re “just” managing at the minute by all our fabulous supporters helping. If you have a cat or cats and are struggling to feed them your local food bank do have cat food which I’m sure they’d be only too happy to help you. Or give us a shout and hopefully we can suggest something. But we cannot take any more cats at the minute. PLEASE NEUTER YOUR CATS

13/10/2025

I’m feeling like such a failure right now. We’re getting calls for help from people being made homeless who need help for their cats, animals who’ve been left on the streets by owners moving or leaving, pregnant cats on the streets, kittens dumped ……. The list goes on. And we are at full stretch. Don’t have enough foster carers to keep taking more in, funds really low due to having some poorly ones in. Our bill just for neutering has been running at over £500 for weeks now. I can’t see an end to it. PLEASE if you or someone you know can help in any way - by fostering a cat, donating some cat food, having a go on our bonus balls, etc we do appreciate everything so much. Just to give you an idea - Friday night feral mum and 5 kittens, dumped mum and kitten, Sunday dumped kitten, today more please to help with surrendered cats people can no longer keep, LONG list of people waiting for rescue space. 😢

13/10/2025

Desperately needed - foster carers to take 1 or 2 cats for a few weeks while waiting for homing. Also experienced foster needed for feisty kittens - to get them used to handling, socialising, litter trays

13/10/2025

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Giant Cat Advent Calendar - Bonus Ball

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We have been donated this super sized advent calendar full of goodies and toys for your cat !

Please ensure you send payment to PayPal.Me/SecondChanceChair as this is being run by one of our volunteers who does not have access to the main account to check (it will show as Fintasia Aquatics)

Please ensure you select the friends and family option otherwise your payment will be returned (we dont want paypal taking their % cut from our cats)

£1 per number - dont forget to let us know what numbers you want

1. Kathy Massey
2. Julie Clayton
3. Gill Webb
4. Julie Smith
5. Lewis Wills
6. Cheryl Cairns
7. Gill Webb
8. Kathryn Fox
9. Julie Clayton
10. Lewis Wills
11. Lewis Wills
12. Gill Webb
13. Kathy Massey
14. Julie Clayton
15. Hannah Peacock
16. Cheryl Cairns
17. Elisa Arnold
18. Kathy Massey
19. Gill Webb
20. Julie Clayton
21. Elisa Arnold
22. Julie Clayton
23. Georgia Foy
24. Gill Webb
25. Kathy Massey
26. Georgia Foy
27. Lewis Wills
28. Kathy Massey
29. Gill Webb
30. Julie Clayton
31. Kathryn Fox
32. Julie Smith
33. Gill Webb
34. Kathy Massey
35. Kathy Massey
36. Cheryl Cairns
37. Julie Smith
38. Gill Webb
39. Julie Clayton
40. Kathryn Fox
41. Hannah Peacock
42. Julie Clayton
43. Cheryl Cairns
44. Kathy Massey
45. Julie Smith
46. Julie Clayton
47. Gill Webb
48. Lewis Wills
49. Elisa Arnold
50. Kathryn Fox
51. Kathy Massey
52. Gill Webb
53. Julie Clayton
54. Elisa Arnold
55. Cheryl Cairns
56. Kathy Massey
57. Julie Smith
58. Elisa Arnold
59. Kathryn Fox
60. Hannah Peacock

10/10/2025

Hah, time was when Friday night meant getting glad tags on and off down town for a few drinks. Now it’s just call-outs to help cats. First of all a mum and 5 kittens having been dumped. Arranged for them to be held safely until we can get them temp foster space and in the middle of sorting that we got another call to a mum and one kitten under a shed. Mam really friendly and didn’t put up a fight, preferring the warmth of my car to the cold shed. Little chops though decided to lead us a merry dance for a couple hours, until finally being tempted out by some nice fresh fish provided by lovely ladies nearby. Both mum and baby now safe and warm. Will be assessed properly in the morning 😻

08/10/2025

If your cat goes outside it is going amongst the current epidemic of dumped stray and feral cats. These won't be vaccinated and many end up positive for FPV and Cat Flu. This is contagious.
Its not just the worry of all the extremely busy main roads we have that are a huge risk its a dangerous place outside a domestic cats own home.
Cat owners are being advised to take action to protect their pet cats following a concerning rise in cases of feline panleukopenia, also known as feline parvovirus (FPV). The virus, which is spread primarily through faeco-oral contamination, the ingestion of animal waste, is highly contagious and can be fatal, especially to young unvaccinated cats.
With reports of cases of the virus rising in the North of England, Medivet is calling on all cat owners to check their pet’s vaccination status immediately and to remain alert for early signs of infection.

07/10/2025

Food appeal - we've updated our Amazon list if anyone can possibly help please as we've had such a ridiculous busy time we've nearly run out of food completely :O We are getting calls every single day to take in more cats and kittens, we also getting reports of more on the streets, abandoned, wandering, lost, it just seems never ending. And of course then our wonderful foster carers feel overwhelmed and need a break, which leaves to more stress on the remaining ones. There seems to be a few outbreaks of fpv across the country too (feline Parvo) so we need to be extra diligent to try and avoid that. Of course we will still be ever so grateful for any cat food/litter that your fur babies turn their noses up at, lol. Normal drop off points or message us for details.

06/10/2025