Next Steps Cat Rescue Shropshire

04/01/2026

What an awful weekend💔
Please help if you can.

Meet little Koa (Hawaiian for brave) who is 3 weeks old.

This little one is fighting for her life in the emergency vets due to severe flea anaemia. Unfortunately her gums are very pale and her temperature was low when she arrived at the vets.

We have hospitalised her with fluids, heat, oxygen and we will do a blood transfusion if this is needed. All of her siblings have unfortunately passed away.
We are hopeful and praying she will be ok but at the moment we just have to see how she responds.

As her mum had stopped feeding her a couple of days ago and there had been attempted feeding with milk we wouldn’t recommend, we have made the decision to separate them for now as mum herself is anaemic and is also poorly. Once antibiotics have started to work and she has been flea treated, she should be absolutely fine. Mum is in our care.

As we have had to use the out of hours vet, we have already spent nearing £1000. Our consult and 50% deposit is in the screen shot which we have already paid.
We really need to fundraise to help little Koa. She deserves a chance as she has survived to 3 weeks so far.

Please donate if you can for Koa.
We would really appreciate your support.

Koa’s fundraiser
https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/9lu58W73Pv

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Please don’t be unkind or judgemental in the comments as the owner reached out to for us help. The main focus is now educating people. We are advising and will support the owner with neutering and flea treating any other animals.

If this post encourages one person to neuter their female cat, then that’s more kittens saved. It’s all fine until something goes wrong and then it can be absolutely devastating.

Safe flea treatments include anything prescribed at the vets or advocate and advantage plus a drontal wormer.
Please reach out to us if you need help. We will do the best we can.

03/01/2026

Goodnight from a smiling Brian.

He has some loose p**p which is not uncommon after life on the streets and not being treated for worms before now. We will be getting further treatment and testing if things don’t improve so that he get can even closer to a lap of a new owner - although Helen’s lap is doing well for now!

03/01/2026

Here is Spud who is feeling MUCH better after being on medication and news that once he’s recovered, his forever family are waiting for him.

In the mean time, here he is demanding further cuddles as the stokes were paused for us to send a huge thank you for 50p Friday.

We raised an amazing £625 which is a massive help.😍💖

Sorry for the delay but last night we had to take Tabitha and babies to the emergency vets because the kittens were losing weight and off their food. Tabitha has mastitis and everyone is now on close monitoring.

Thank you for supporting us to help the cats 🐾
It’s been a rough day and Ali was very grateful to read all of your support.

03/01/2026

A MASSIVE thank you to Fairfield Kennels and Cattery who are always so supportive of rescues.

We try to support rescue as much as we can, especially during Christmas time. In addition to the money we raised for Grinshill Animal rescue and Sleapy cat rescue, we also managed to raise £55 for Next Steps Cat Rescue Shropshire by selling treat bags 🥰👏x

03/01/2026

Unfortunately today we have lost Noel 💔

Despite our best efforts and trying various medication, fresh chicken daily and a whole lot of hope, earlier today he lost control of his back legs and had lost so much weight.
On arrival at his emergency appointment, his temperature was low and heart rate slowing down.
It was clear he was suffering from something more than a bug as the loose poo was pouring out daily, multiple times and he was having to be cleaned constantly.

He was an older boy and his suffering was evident so we made the decision to let him cross over the bridge to endless dreamies and fresh chicken to his hearts delight.

He was chatty, demanding and a total sweetheart.

No owners came forward although we do believe he had some.
He is now pain free.
It’s hard being the person that says goodbye and it’s never easy but today foster mum, Ali, was there cuddling Noel when he passed over.

🌈 Fly high sweetheart
We will remember him with a face of lickilix and his little hellos

02/01/2026

Beautiful Brian has had his neutering today and tested negative for FIV and FELV.

He is around 7-8 years old and a big lump of affection and love.

The next few weeks will be spent gaining his trust further, getting him settled and making sure he is completely healthy then he can find his forever home 💖🐾

02/01/2026

Thank you everyone so far. The cats really appreciate it.
First 50p Friday of 2026 so please donate if you can.

02/01/2026

Xmas Babies Part 1

After much confusion it appears Nutmeg and the 4 babies found dumped in a box at Xmas turns out that there is no possible way Nutmeg had given birth and the kittens are more likely to be 2 different litters.

The smaller kittens are not up for adoption, so please do not enquire about them, we will ignore you

BUT

*Adopt Us*

Hi!! Our names are Parsnip and Potato, and we are around 9 - 10 weeks old, and we can find our forever home now.

We are both friendly girls. However, because we are very busy playing, we don't have too much time to stop for cuddles.

Parsnip - I can be a little shy with human touch, but I'm only a baby, and toys are great fun, especially the cat tunnel. I like to jump out and land on Potato.

Potato - I am super confident and really enjoy playing with dangly toys. I can sometimes get myself into trouble as I am very good at climbing, but I haven't figured out how to get back down.

We would prefer to go to a home together. However, for the right homes, the rescue have said they could consider us going separately.

* Additional: We require an indoor-only home due to our colouring making us very susceptible to sunburn and skin cancer. Ouch! *

If you are interested, please message the page, but please be patient with the team . Remember, we can't be cloned, so please don't be upset if you aren't picked by us.

Thanks
Parsnip and Potato 😻😻

*Please note our adoption policy is to adopt kittens either in pairs or to a home where there is another young playful cat in the home.*

02/01/2026

Thank you to the family of Jane Dilloway who collected for us at her funeral. Her wonderful daughter in law and daughter are valued members of our team and we appreciate them thinking of us during a challenging time💖

02/01/2026

Thank you so much to the family of Mark for thinking of us during a difficult time.
Our thoughts are with you

02/01/2026

🐾50p FRIDAY 🐾

The first Friday of 2026 and it’s already a busy day ahead.
With 14 newbies in the last week and a wait list of some cats in need as soon as possible, it’s been a mad start.
We have new boy chunky boy Brian in at the vets for his neutering and check over today.
Fingers crossed it all goes well for him as he’s lived a rough life so far.

Spud has a home but a few days ago he started being sick and having loose poo so has not been able to go. Vets weren’t concerned but he hasn’t improved so he’s back today for another check up and tests if needed.

Next week Miss Holly Pudding and Yuki have dentals which will be around £1000 for the both.
Ruby is also due her xray to see how her leg is doing.

We have lots of applications we are getting through to find homes for our beautiful kitties who are ready to leave us. We appreciate people’s patience.

We still owe the vets some money (around £2000) and have last month’s bill to pay. We would be amazing to start the new year abit closer to £0 as it’s very stressful wondering if you can afford to bring in any more cats when some our adoptions go through.

As always, it’s power in numbers. You don’t need to send a lot to help and we appreciate you supporting us. Thank you 💖

Here are ways you can donate below:

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✅50p Friday PayPal

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/9lqcZniG3j

You can pay our main vets directly.
Southwater vets - 01952 309306 -

Enjoy some pictures of some of our lovely cats and kittens 🐾

01/01/2026

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