I was starting the week with some information about where we are at as a rescue .Except I have just remembered that its its Tuesday and not Monday but all our days here roll into one .
We currently have 33 kittens in rescue of various ages plus cats . Not all of these are ready due to being to young etc and they are spaced out amongst 5 different addresses and although we have most here they are kept in separate places to help reduce infections so it is not possible for people just to come and meet them .They are not all sitting waiting patiently in clean pens eager to meet people .Many are shy or may have health issues we are working on etc and the cleaning ,taming ,socalisation , vet trips , meds , flea and wormer are all attended to by us in between trying to do our own things/lives .
Some of these are now older kittens and have been waiting all summer for suitable home offers ,some have had home offers but then the people have I presume gone elsewhere but not had the decency to drop us a message and let us know so we are left waiting . All rescues are still very full but hopefully once people have had their holidays people will think about adopting as we still can't take anymore until more have homes .
Please only apply if you are 100% committed and ready to take on kittens in the immediate future . so much of our precious time has been wasted this year on people that have changed their minds.
This has been a very hard summer with no time to ourselves to get jobs done that need doing or even have a few hours out of the house with lots of young ones and poorly ones needing us to be around all the time and we can't keep it up much longer . I rarely sit down before 10pm and then its only for an hour before bed .
We have no funds what so ever and much is coming out of our pockets .
So please keep sharing our posts and encouraging people to get in touch if they are ready to adopt .
KITTENS ARE ONLY ADOPTED OUT IN PAIRS UNLESS THERE IS ALREADY A KITTEN OF A SIMILAR
I will do the weekly update tomorrow as Sarah is out and has some photos I need and I'm knackered lol . Been painting and gardening and this old body is well feeling old .Just finished doing the animals as its taking longer than normal as some have eye drops some still antibiotics and as we worm kittens every 2 weeks as we finish one lot the next lot need doing as its done over 3 days .
I'll leave you with this little video of Ozzy (looking for a home with Heathcliff ). he was trying out a cat scratch sofa (whoever thinks of these things lol )that we had donated this week .
I will reply to any messages tomorrow as need some painkillers and my cup of tea .
Playing silly games with a meat stick :)
Jack getting his eye done .
Can still play and wrestle .
MORE EVIDENCE AS TO WHY WE DO NOT HOME SINGLE KITTENS .IT IS FOR THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMAL AND NOT A PLOY TO RE-HOME MORE AS ACTUALLY WE WOULD GET MORE HOMES .
You’ve heard the saying: all things in moderation. Well, there are exceptions to every rule. In this case, the exception is kittens. You can never have too many of those. In fact, experts agree that two kittens are better than one — and even three is within the bounds of reason. That’s right; it’s better to adopt a couple of kittens rather than an individual kitten. Caring for a pair of kittens can be less work in many ways than having a single kitten, and far better for the felines involved. And that third kitten will not add much to the workload, so again, no issue with moderation there. It’s hard, if not impossible, to overload on kittens.
The rationale? Many rescues and shelters will only adopt kittens out in pairs. They don’t have to be littermates, but being close in age is important. In cases where three kittens are available, it’s becoming increasingly common to place all three together in a home rather than to place two together and the third on its own. (If adopting a single cat is important to someone, many organizations will steer them to adopting an adult cat instead of a kitten.)
Benefits of Adopting Two Kittens
Kittens learn from interactions with their peers, and some of those lessons are hard to learn from people — at least not as effectively. Learning to be gentle with their teeth (bite inhibition) and their claws (let’s call it scratch inhibition) is a lesson best taught by another kitten. When they claw at one other or use their teeth on each other, they learn boundaries about how hard to use these weapons in social interactions. It’s far more pleasant to have the kittens learn these skills from each other rather than from biting and scratching the humans in the household.
Adopting a pair often makes it easier to integrate the new kittens into a household with an adult
Literally having the blood sucked out of them by ticks from living outside .
High fives from this little princes to start the week off well :)
Thomas enjoying his new kicker toy
Thomas is 2-3 yr old neutered boy ready for a new rural home with older children would also consider a stables or outdoor home . He is a fussy boy and loves company but can be occasionally nippy probably a fear from his past .
These guys and girls all have names and are chipped now .They will be looking for homes soon :)
Kitten number 7 is called Dax. Well done Laura Bentham
