The Craftekittens Sanctuary

19/11/2024

07/11/2024

Can anyone help with raising funds for Holly's Merry Moggies cat shelter Nottingham? Even a few essential supplies from their wish list would help them TONS. Sooo many kittens and adult cats are being helped by Holly and it's literally a matter of life or death. My heart is breaking seeing so many needy cats - especially after our two losses. Help if you can. Please.

We're still being deluged with kittens and pregnant mums, and have just taken in four 4-week-old kittens from Wales who were about to be put to sleep.

They were found in a hedge and handed to a vet, but because they have ringworm (an infectious skin condition), no one would take them, so they had less than a day left to live.

They arrived last night and I'm going to need lots of supplies (mainly for bleaching everything daily so the other mogs don't get it) to keep them alive and get them well. Since they don't have a mum, I'm hand-rearing, which takes up tonnes of time and means I won't be able to do much writing work this month to pay the bills.

If you can help at all or share the fundraiser, it would really help with saying yes to literally life-saving requests like this. Thank you ♥️

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-save-cats-kittens-from-the-cold-this-winter

27/10/2024

I can't ... fathom in my cranium... the ol' brainpan... how it's been a week already :(. While I'm glad she isn't battling with her dysphagia anymore - I would give absolutely anything in the world to have my baby wilburforce with me right now :'(. I just... can't :'(

23/10/2024

Rest in peace Willow, you're now with your big brother. we know you have missed him this past year

23/10/2024

I don't really update this page much anymore. But just to inform anyone reading - Willow died 12.15am Sunday 20th October and was buried Monday around 1.20pm. Rest In Peace my beauty. My heart aches in ways I can't word. I hope you found your big brother waiting for you on the other side. I love you so much x :'(

06/10/2024

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04/09/2024

It's been a tough ol' year to get through (same for many others, I know. Not saying we're alone in the struggles) but we've been plodding through. Thanks to those who've shown support and likewise those who's online orders we've received this year. It really does help keep us afloat.
I can't quite believe it's already been a year since our beloved Alby left us :(, I try not to talk about this kind of thing anymore but if you know, you know. Pain. Sorrow. It's always there.
Had a few problems with Willow this past few months - she goes through rough phases of not wanting to eat, then requesting handfeeding only [palm of our hand, or one bit at a time]. Then wolfing down anything in eyesight. then normality. then back to not eating again. She seems to get very nervous of any kind of noise at all now so it takes lots of time and patience and love to calm her nerves.
Fox has been mostly okay although she has been in a depression since losing Alby (they all have) and has taken to sinking into our arms and murmuring while clutching at us.
Pearly too is being a bit hit and miss on eating and interaction but is sort of at a balance point. Ben hasn't been the same since losing his brother but has recently come out of his house more and more to have hugs and watch tv. He gets scared very easily now and likes to hide lots and does these odd "safety checks" around the room before he'll settle.
That just leaves our little miss moony (Luna). She's been very much a different girl since Alby passed away last year. She is very clingy and eats like a horse [yet is somehow STILL the size of a Kitten :) ] but then spends hours on end in her house slumped in her fluffy bed staring out the window as if waiting.... only coming out when we're having hug time or if she spots pigeons outside on the roof of the cabins etc... (she thinks they're bringing greetings from Alby to her and chirps and purrs and whirrs sing-songily to them, moreso if a Robin is spotted!)... one day she missed seeing one as it flew away while she was in the litterbox and howled in despair until the next day 3 came and she purred up a storm and beamed so happily it made my chest hurt!
We've started attending fundraising events again as funds are tight but sadly missed a good chunk of the ones we'd booked into this summer for one reason or another (not JUST our fault - weather, host error, venue issues, car problems etc) but it would be amazing if anyone local to our events listed on the FurwebsMarket page could pop by and spend a few pence/pounds and say hello... We miss seeing everyone! :)

11/04/2024

Hello everyone, Sorry I don't seem to be using this page very much anymore. We are still busy caring for the cats, fundraising and selling goods to provide care for them.. but we've not really had the heart to be "public facing" very much since losing our beloved Alby. I do hope you're all doing well and we thank each and every one of your for your support and donations though xx Here's to a lovely year ahead :)

01/03/2024

Feeling rather low. Wasn't going to post anything but... I did so .. bleh.
Unbelievably FIVE years ago today we buried our beautiful Beany.. It was the start of the end of everything ... we didn't know that then - we just felt crushed beyond measure, especially me (not saying John wasn't affected, but he knows how it hit me differently with Beany)...
We could never have imagined what was to come in those following months but... my heart aches for you my baby boy... special sweet one :( - "Two hands, Two hands..."
Love you forever and always

28/02/2024

18 Years ago today I said goodnight and goodbye to my first loss as a Cat Mother.. My beautiful Tigger-Lou. I miss you every single day, often hear the echoes of your call and feel the soft paddling on the bed at night beside me... Losing you changed everything.

04/01/2024

Happy New Year everyone! - Thank you SO so much to everyone who generously donated items to us in 2023.🥰😽
A quick reminder/plea to anyone clearing out DVDs, games, CDs, books, videos, clothes, cassettes, puzzles, electronics (or almost anything and everything) especially in the aftermath of Christmas when you want to make way for the new gifts in your home.... that we'd gladly accept donations for our cat cause fundraising 🙏🐾❤️. Thank you Xx
**Important** At a time of mutual convenience You can either arrange to drop off with us in Shrivenham, or we can collect from you. Check your messages/requests if you're waiting to hear from me as we've still some unresponded-to messages from before Christmas :)

20/12/2023

No Christmas closure for us this year, You can shop right through the holidays, any day - if you want anything.
BUT arranged pickup or drop-off times only locally.
OR If your items are being posted they may be delayed as final posting has passed Xx
https://www.furwebsmarket.uk

17/12/2023

Feeling so thankful/grateful and appreciative of all the wonderful people in my area who've been donating everything from DVD's Books Games and Puzzles to Clothes and Housewares this week - plenty of people would turn their nose up at our cause (and have done in the past) but certainly feeling the love for a change... THANK YOU everyone xx

18/10/2023

A bit of backstory on Alby.
I'll be re-writing one page for each Rainbow baby but it'll take time. My heart's in a weird place right now as I've been unwell and to be honest I'm not sure if I have the strength to revisit every memory and write about it fully yet so these will be sporadic notes until future updates. http://furwebsmarket.uk/alby-2019-present
If you can donate we would TRULY appreciate anything you can afford. For donation methods check the link in the comments instead. Thank you xx

Over 19 years of Fundraising for The Craft-E-Kittens.Current generation: The Moonshadow Cats. Special Needs Cats & Kittens Sanctuary. 

28/09/2023

Just heard the news - Rest in peace Sir Michael Gambon 😔❤️. Known for many things throughout the years of course - but best of all in this house as Albus Dumbledore and Kazran Sardick... 2 characters which are SO special to us 👍

31/08/2023

May update later, but just FYI. Mum and Johnny have gone in at 4am to be with Alby while he is Put to sleep. Am broken. May respond later.

29/08/2023

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29/08/2023

Albys just been rushed to the vets again... Another flair up of preexisting life threatening condition. We thought this was all in the past now or rather hoped it was. He'd been okay since December. Until this morning he was fine, eating drinking toileting and playing happy as ever. Today he's reluctant to drink, won't eat, fidgety, getting progressively zoned out and jumpy...
If you have any pennies to spare please 🙏 send them via the PayPal link below. I hate to say it but we need your help.
Donate: please it could quite literally save his life 😭

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