Staycation Cat

17/08/2024

When I’m not busy looking after all your lovely furries… I spend my ‘spare’ time volunteering to help run Willows rescue. 10 years since I first met Maria and started first as the Saturday AM girl at the shelter.

Here’s a flavour of last week’s Donate Day. I know some of my lovely Staycation clients kindly donated too.

14/08/2024

THIS KITTEN IS NOW SAFE IN FOSTER CARE

‼️FOUND Feral kitten - any more siblings?‼️
Found in yard Hepscott Terrace Westoe

♦️ACTION #1 - Any info on where mammycat and any other siblings might be contact Maria by CALLING 07719605383. If the line is busy etc CALL AGAIN as she gets many calls. Don’t Text or WhatsApp’s as messages might get missed.

♦️ACTION #2 - We need more at-home Fosterers to help tame feral kittens like this one. The shelter is full and all our fosterers have cases already. Training on what to do will be given but must….

- Have time spare in the day to spend time taming, eg only work part time or retired etc.

- A space in the main hub of the home to put a nursery pen (doggy cage) on a table so the kitten can get used to sights and sounds of household life. Must not mix with own pets.

- Live in South Tyneside. So you are close by in case of any emergency. Ideally own transport.

- Be able to follow our instructions / advice on what to do to tame a feral kitten

- Initial taming 3-4 weeks sometimes longer.

If you think you might be able to volunteer to help tame a feral kitten even just once for up to 4 weeks contact Maria by CALLING 07719605383.

♦️INFO - How terrified a ferral kitten is when first captured having never experienced any human contact. Its brain is wired to fight and the fear is overwhelming. It believes it is going to be killed. We need to re-wire the kitten’s brain from wild to domesticated; with patience and learnt skill, if done correctly, (and if the kitten is young enough) then it works. Sadly the window of opportunity for all kittens is extremely small, they must be captured very young. Every day counts. They must be separated from siblings and worked on individually as they feed from each other’s fear. That means if we have a litter of 3 ferals we need 3 fosterers. A litter of 6 we need 6 placements. We are allways desperate for fosterers willing to learn what to do, and with some spare time on their hands to join us and help with this life saving work that changes a kittens life forever either becoming a domestic pet and eventually adopted out to a safe loving home versus remaining on the streets, wild and often suffering year in year out.

If you think you might be able to volunteer to help tame a feral kitten contact Maria by CALLING 07719605383.

10/08/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100064402913867/posts/864271195729636/?

UPDATE 19 August - found, exausted and very dehydrated, but safe now.

‼️WESTOE - NE34 area - Any FEEDERS, or INFO or possible SIGHTINGS please get in touch

‼️If you live Tynedale, Readhead or Grosvenor Road area please CHECK OUTHOUSES

06/08/2024

🐱 ❤️ 🐱 🎁 🐱 ❤️ 🐱 🎁 🐱 ❤️ 🐱 🎁

…. WOW… Jane can’t make our 🍩Donate Day this Saturday so she’s sending an ASDA delivery instead. I think this might be a first for us! We’ll looking out for our Asda van arriving 🚚

⭐️Willows Donate Day
10th August
Pop in sometime between 12-4pm
Donate food and see the rescue kitties
1a Wantage St NE33 4RY

Or if you can’t make it you can be like Jane and send a delivery to arrive before 4pm. Or you can donate online here https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/willows-cats-Brick-Fund-2023-24

We are so lucky to have such lovely kind suPAWters.

https://www.facebook.com/Asda

04/08/2024

https://fb.watch/tL2xPdanCi/?

03/08/2024

Another mini 🏡 stayCATion for
❤️MABEL & ❤️MAVIS… they just love chasing their rainbow ribbon through their tunnels.

30/07/2024

27/07/2024

Another stayCATion for Miss MITZI. She gets braver every time. Allowed me to sit right next to her on the sofa for ages. Loves sitting in her box lid trying to catch the swishing string.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with permission from her human).

27/07/2024

On (Saturday 10th August), pop-in between 12pm - 4pm to kindly donate some cat food in exchange for a 🍩 donut & 🍋 lemonade and say hello to our lovely rescue cats 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

Foster kitten Percy is awaiting adoption and particularly loves a smooooth chicken flavoursome kitten pate like Lily’s Kitchen. But we appreciate ALL kind food donations.

Donate Day
Sat 10th August
12-4pm

1a Wantage St, So Shields, NE33 4RY

22/07/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100064402913867/posts/853293640160725/?

19 more human-sleeps until SATURDAY 10th AUGUST.

Pop-in to kindly donate cat food in exchange for a 🍩donut & 🍋lemonade and say hello to our 🐱rescue cats.

Our most fave food items are on our wishlist below but we appreciate ALL kind donations; you really do help keep us going throughout the year.

Can’t make it? A little donation to our Brick Fund would be meowvelous… https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/willows-cats-Brick-Fund-2023-24

SEE YOU ON 10th AUGUST.

21/07/2024

Miss will forever be my first ever ever furry client since I started this little business in 2019. It’s sure grown since then… I run out of time to post on here and before you know it a month or more has gone by.

Daisy is super organised and has her stayCATion hols booked in for the year. Here she is on one of her recent ones. She has a set routine. Greet me at the door… toddle off… toddle back, lead me to the empty food station to request 1/2 refil. Eat whilst I sort the litter tray. Jump up for cushion-on-knee-cuddles. Listen to who else I’m seeing that day whilst enjoying a brushy-brush. Then in approx 12 minutes jump down for food part 2. A short cuddle number 2 then it’s the ‘dreamies stare’ which means hide some dreamies that she usually hunts out in 90 seconds.

See you next time Daisy.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with permission from Daisy’s human).

20/07/2024

Paw waves to & & Another stayCATion under their furry belts.
Sunflower Tommy had a mild skin infection so it was daily topical cleaning and a collar to stop him licking. Suits you Tommy 🌻. Thankfully the wound healed nicely. Ashika was as friendly as ever greeting at the door, and gentle Lucy enjoyed chin tickles as per usual.

(📸Photos taken by me and shared with permission from their humans).

19/07/2024

Seasoned stayCATioner has enjoyed a few hols already in 2024. Here’s his most recent. Once he’s checked on the fish in his pond, he loves a mooch in the garden… when not snaffling hand-fed fresh chicken treats or enjoying knee cuddles on his fave blanket whilst eyeing up the pigeons (licks lips) on the nearby roof.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with permission from Alfie’s humans).

18/07/2024

Here’s looking… errr… just peachy on her mini stayCATion a little earlier this year. She will happily sit on your knee… as long as there’s a cushion… she likes to be super-comfy. She loves looking out the window pigeon and magpie watching when not having cheek and nose/forehead rubs.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with permission from Peachy’s humans).

17/07/2024

on his most recent holiday doing what he does best… lounging around looking handsome in between chasing his feathers on a stick and lapping up the fresh water from the ‘fountain’.

(📸Photos taken by me and shared with permission from Dougal’s humans).

16/07/2024

& & their pal Mr FISH enjoyed another 2 staycations recently. Missy is usually first at the door, loves her food and drinking from the hand-operated water fountain (aka tap). Minnie chirps hello to me as she scoots down the stairs. She always claims my knee with her paw and adores head and chin tickles. Meanwhile Mr Fish happily gulps down his flakes each morning.

(📸Photos taken by me and shared with permission from their humans).

15/07/2024

Three more ✨NEW✨ furry clients for 2024 are , +

Black & white delight Dwyer is usually first to greet me, rolling over to say hello and usually first to the brunch bowl.

Tabby beauty Perkins is my little shadow and loves to lie nestled by my legs to steal all the strokes.

Fluffyliscous Floofy likes to play out, is sometimes elusive and a bit camera shy. But when she appears she’s gentle and friendly too.

(📸Photos of the girls taken by me and shared with permission from their humans).

14/07/2024

most recent stayCATion was when his humans went to Glastonbury so we turned up the 🎶tunes and pitched the ⛺️pyramid tent here back home.

13/07/2024

Lovely to spend time with & again recently. Chin scritches, head massages, & paw rubs.

Only just getting around to sharing all the gorgeous pics of my furry clients over the last three months as I’m always soooooo busy now.

(📸Photos taken by me and shared with permission from Luigi & Walter’s humans).

12/07/2024

A very busy Spring and Summer so far means I always run out of time to do socials promptly post-staycation. Here’s gentle and sweet … she enjoyed hand-served fine flakes and chasing laser mouse on her recent staycation in June.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with her humans’ purrrrrmission).

11/07/2024

Remember before all this recent rain… we had that mini heatwave? Well cue these cute pics of handsome enjoying time in his garden with me. It’s an endless task trying to brush all that fur and de-tangle and de-twig, especially when he rolls around in the garden picking up more twigs and debris the minute you’re done.

See you later in the year Fogle.

(📸Photos taken by me and shared with permission from Fogle’s humans).

10/07/2024

Here’s two of my ✨NEW✨ furry clients for 2024… & ; they already have a couple of stayCATions under their furry belts. Two friendly girls adopted from Willows as kittens; they love playing in their tunnels hiding under the cover of one of my woolly shawls.

(📸Photos taken by me and shared with their humans’ purrrrrmission).

10/07/2024

& have enjoyed more mini stayCATions recently.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with permission from their humans).

09/07/2024

So busy and no time to post… but so many lovely kitties cared for over the last 3 months… including & pictured here just this last week. They’ve already booked their next stayCATion.

📸Pictures taken by me and shared with purrrrmission from their humans.

09/07/2024

So my last photo shared was in March… time flies when you’re super-busy with so many furry clients old and new!

Was lovely to see again recently. She is so pretty and has magnificent whiskers. She’s alway at the door to greet me, LOVES her treats, LOVES being brushed, especially alfresco when the sun is out.

📸Photo taken by me and shared with Patches and her humans’ permission.

06/07/2024

Announcing our … look forward to seeing our kind supPAWters. The rescue kitties will be waiting to say thanks.

If you can’t make it, you can always donate to our Brick Fund at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/willows-cats-Brick-Fund-2023-24

16/05/2024

🐈‍⬛🐈 Happy Birthday Maria 🐈🐈‍⬛

31/03/2024

WIN picnic with the rescue cats. Donate ➡️
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/willows-cats-Brick-Fund-2023-24

Kind donators already in the draw, with one or more entries, are….

Karen Auty
Helen Tucker
Yolanda
Mrs Graham
Corinne
Brenda Holmes
Anonymous #1 25 Feb
Irene Irving
Irene Hailes
Fisall Kassim
Danielle Ahmed
Jane Dickinson
Louise smith
Jane Watson
Linda Ray
Emma Brechin
David Brown
Anonymous #2 3 March
Ann Hamilton
Dawn Tennet
Lauren Thomas
Gemma F & Daisy

And addded today are…

Lynn Henry
Paul Maughan

30/03/2024

🐾Paw waves to Florence & Alfie again… pictured here on their 3rd staycation of 2024. So sweet… curled up all cosy and cuddling.

(📸Photo taken by me and shared with permission from their humans).

29/03/2024

Tabby Holly & Calico Florence’s first staycation of 2024 earlier this month. Both ex-Willows rescue cats. First came kitten Florence, then she was joined by Holly.

One or both usually greet me on the stairs on arrival and watch me gather up the tinsel crinkles (Florence’s favourite) ready to throw again. Florence also has a penchant for nibbling my hair and also nose boops. Holly prefers to chase the dressmakers measuring tape ‘snake’. They both love their scran and dreamies treats. And they’re both very photogenic as you can see.

See you again next time little girls.




(📸Photos taken by me and shared with permission from their humans).