Second Chance - Hartlepool Cat Rescue

01/02/2025

£1 on the first - Happy February everyone! Springtime is on the way 🌷 If all our followers could donate just £1 a month that would cover all our vet fees and help greatly towards providing food, litter and any medications needed for all our gorgeous fur babies. Beautiful white girl Snow had her leg removed yesterday after being in pain with it for several months 😢 She was left in a garden when her owner moved out of town, leaving her behind. We are called out to so many other abandoned and stray cats thst we are really finding it hard to cope. We rely totally on donations and fundraising so if you could possibly spare something this month it would be most appreciated.

PayPal [email protected] (friends & family option PLEASE 🙏)
OR
Bank transfer to Second Chance (business account) - sort code 30-98-97, account 74094768

30/01/2025

29/01/2025

January has been a bit of a nightmare , someone crashed into my car at Xmas so being without a car has been so frustrating . But we have some great people supporting us. Thank you everyone for the ongoing donations of food, accessories, the vet runs, offers of transport etc. the food donations help to feed lots of hungry little mouths of the foster cats we have in, also in support feeding other cats who we just can’t fit in at the moment. Our waiting list is growing by the day, we just can’t msnsge to help all the requests we get. We have to prioritise those at risk. It’s heartbreaking having to turn people away and suggest they try contacting other rescues, even though we’re aware all rescues are in the same boat. We appreciate every single person who donates, offers help or even just messages in to send love or thanks. Far too many poor pets being surrendered or on the streets needing help. We’ve got some amazing transport volunteers now who have been running food etc around to our amazing foster homes. Also taking cats to and from vets for neutering or consults. We will have a stall on Saturday 1st feb at the Mayfair centre, 12-4 pm. It really would be lovely for any of our supporters to pop in if they can so we can meet you and say hello and thank you. Our fundraising team will be on hand and might even have some of our rather nice merch with them 🐈‍⬛ From my heart, thank you everyone x jc

29/01/2025

Two gorgeous elderly girls aged over 12 years. spayed and chipped

28/01/2025

28/01/2025

urgent - I'm currently without transport and relying on volunteer support for vet runs. We have this week's runs sorted except for Thursday (30th Jan). Desperately need some kind person to collect 2 cats from owton manor about 7.45 am and take to Dunelm vets, Durham for neutering. Please can anyone help? x JC

27/01/2025

Transport volunteer needed for Thursday morning (30th Jan) to collect 2 cats in Hartlepool and take to Dunelm vets in Durham for neutering please. To arrive for 8.30 am

25/01/2025

Our fundraising ladies will be at this event on 1st Feb

25/01/2025

Kittens ready, homing reliant upon homecheck and neuter agreement , adoption donation also applies

25/01/2025

Just when you think you’re on too of things more poor fur babies to bring in 😢 Some people can be so nasty, these poor cats only want love 😻

Flea and worm time too - I can’t stress how important this is though - worms especially seem to be quite prevalent this year and can cause your cat to feel quite poorly. And especially in the case of kittens it can make them really ill and even die. For house cats you can manage by oniy worming a couple times a year but for cats that go outdoors they MUST be wormed regularly. It’s not expensive to buy decent flea and worm treatments (we use Advantage flea and Droncit wormer) but of course multiply that by nigh on 100 cats and it’s a bit more pricey 😳

20/01/2025

UPDATES on some of our current “patients” -

First of all the gorgeous Claude - he underwent surgery on his paw before Christmas after being diagnosed with a condition called “Pillowfoot”. Vet bills totted up to just shy of £1,00. He’s just had a check up and vet is pleased with his progress.

Next we have lovely Gideon who was found trapped in a couch with a mangled leg. No owner came forward so Fiona put out a fundraising plea and amazingly raised over £1500 in less than 24 hours. This handsome boy was so brave and had his leg amputated. Due to have his stitches out this week and currently on cage rest.

Then we have beautiful Snow, a girl who was left behind when owners sold house and moved 😢 When we took her in her leg was injured, she’s had X-rays and been monitored for several weeks now but sadly her leg will have to be amputated too so she can then go on and live a decent pain free life. Her vet bills have been about £400 up to now and we’re looking about another £500 for her upcoming op.

These are just some of the reasons we always have huge vet bills, but how could we not help these gorgeous cats? This of course is beside our ongoing neuter list which seems to get bigger instead of smaller 😳

In December and early January we’ve neutered around 33 cats and currently have another 28 booked in. In total for 2024 we neutered around 186 cats. Some of those were owned cats who we helped by transporting them to/from vets but the majority were poor cats surrendered, abandoned, etc and of course kittens of the ones who’d been found already pregnant or with kittens.
This is just our little rescue so please take the time to consider just what a huge problem is out there. Neutering is also better health wise for your cats. In boys it stops them roaming so far and fighting with other intact toms, and in girls it stops unwanted pregnancies, unwanted kittens, and the risk of pyometra which can kill (google it).

Sorry for the long post but a HUGE thank you to all who have donated in any way to us in the last year. Every penny really does help us make a difference to help these fur babies (JC) x