Save The Cats Of Naxos

13/01/2025

Rimarrai da sola con le tue piante, i tuoi gatti e i tuoi libri, mi disse l'ultimo giorno che lo vidi. Ma sono passati due mesi, qui i giorni scorrono tranquilli e un gatto dorme al sole, mentre io con le mani nella terra penso al poema che scriverò per raccontargli che in questa casa stiamo molto bene, molto felici, i gatti, le piante, i libri ed io.

Jorgelina Soulet

10/01/2025

This is a public service announcement. Please be aware that it is getting cold everywhere and that cold makes especially cats get into warm engines. Even when the car is turned off that is a very warm spot for them to be. As an example we have a car that we do not use and we are extremely aware that some of the feral cats get into that car when it gets cold. I never turned it on without checking. You also need to check for kittens because they have no idea what's going on even when the car turns on. So please be careful be safe and always be cautious. Our furry little friends deserve our best intentions always.

10/01/2025

05/01/2025

Extreme weather alert!

Please feed your cats in the afternoon Sunday, ahead of the snow and give them lots of fresh water. Monday morning and afternoon, do not encourage your cats to come out of their shelters. Cats coming out during this event will have snow melting off their fur. This increases their chances of hypothermia. Cats are smarter than we are. If they are not coming out for food, that is normal behavior. Leave their food in feeding stations and make sure it is protected from wind and water. They will come out when it is safe to do so.
Wind is also a deterrent for cats to be out and about. It is their survival instincts. Those instincts have been in place for thousands of years. We all worry about our friends outside but sometimes intervening can be a danger to the cats.
So help them by letting them do what nature has taught them and give them some extra food today!
More tips below:
Leave fresh food and water at their feeding stations.
Do not move any food closer to or inside their shelters! Cats won't sleep where there is food and they will leave and try to find alternate shelter which can lead them into danger.
Do not call your cats out. If they are hunkered down, there is a reason for it.
Some cats may hunker down for a day or two rather than venture out - this is normal.
Take a shovel to create a path for the cats or you may need to dig them out if a snowdrift covers the opening to their shelter door.
If you know of a cat that seeks shelter under a deck, shed, or even under a car to escape the high winds, heavy snow or sleet.....they could get snowed in and trapped. They won’t and can’t dig out.
So, if you don’t know where the cat is, think, “If I was a cat, where would I hunker down?
Mix kitten dry food with cats meals for extra calories, if possible.
Feeding at the high point of the day will give the cats the longest duration before wet food freezes.
Do not mix wet and dry food together in winter months. Dry food freezes but cats often swallow whole.
Ping pong balls floating in water bowls keeps the surface moving and delays freezing.
A teaspoon of salt dissolved in a bottle of water and placed in water bowl will keep the water from freezing. (Make sure the lid is on tightly.)
Very important: Do not dump ice from water bowls at the feeding area. When ice melts, it will create dangerous wet / muddy ground, exposing cats to frigid water.

05/01/2025

LA STORIA DEL GATTO DELLA BEFANA
"Un tempo i gatti erano tutti tigrati, solo uno era di colore nero: era quello della Befana e la accompagnava nei suoi lunghi viaggi; a cavallo della scopa vedeva luoghi meravigliosi, ma sempre dall’alto. Il micio ogni tanto si chiedeva come era la vita degli umani: quando il periodo dell’Epifania si concludeva, lui infatti viveva una specie di letargo e dormiva con la strega tutto l’anno in attesa del 6 gennaio. Una notte il gatto, nel suo viaggio attorno al mondo assieme alla vecchina, si sporse per tentare di vedere più da vicino il mondo, il sacco era aperto e un regalo volo via. Dopo un pò la strega se ne accorse: “Mai era successo un errore così in millenni di viaggi!” Il gatto taceva, ma la vecchia era magica e disse: “Vecchio micione sei stato tu, non mi arrabbio…la vita è stata noiosa e solitaria con me. Ma a questo bambino bisogna pur dare qualcosa: andrai tu!” Così il gatto fu catapultato in un camino e quando arrivò nel grande salone cominciò a tossire per la gran cenere e la famiglia lo guardò stupita, ma il bambino urlava di gioia: “Che bello un amico tutto per me!” Ed i genitori non ebbero coraggio di separarli e da quel giorno i gatti non furono più solo tigrati, perché, a ricordo di quel dono, ci furono gatti neri. E per questo i gatti neri portano fortuna, perché sono un regalo della magica notte in cui i sogni si avverano."

01/01/2025

01/01/2025

“La mayor lección de amor me la dio alguien que no hablaba la misma lengua que yo

❤️🐱🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛🐱❤️

30/12/2024

🐱 In questa foto potete ammirare uno dei simboli assoluti della città di Roma: il gatto!

🤭 Sullo sfondo uno dei tanti edifici di epoca romana.

29/12/2024

cats aren’t presents that you can just throw away—they’re living beings who need love and care year-round [eyes watering]

29/12/2024

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19/12/2024

This is a random picture from last year of five neighborhood strays getting a bit of food. All five ended up in need of urgent rescue since then for representative reasons of what it means to live as a stray cat in Athens.

1. Millie: attacked and injured by humans, FeLV, cancer

2. Moby: dry FIP, liver damage, lost teeth, FIV

3. Bayou: every type of infection a cat can get, including pneumonia, FIV, bad case of stomatitis

4. Philomena: attacked and injured by humans, shock, stomatitis

5. Doko Jin (or his tail at least): badly infected blind eye that needed removal, respiratory and ear infections

All five furbabies required long and, in some cases, very expensive treatment to recover, and all (except Millie) can now live happily ever after if they find their own forever homes. They are the lucky ones.

Cats have evolved to hide their weaknesses for reasons of self-protection, and they usually must be in a truly terrible state to let themselves look sick. There is a general belief that a stray has a life expectancy of 2-3 years, when a housecat can live for more than 20 years. This is no myth.

So, the cute and healthy looking kitty you will see begging for food in the Athenian neighborhoods is actually in a constant struggle to survive. Apart from being pestered by all kinds of parasites, they are threatened by human cruelty, speeding cars, deadly diseases, hunger, thirst, extreme weather both in summer and winter, and attacks by other animals. They are hardly ever truly healthy at any one time.

Cats, as so many other fellow species, have paid a heavy price for our urbanized, alienated, overconsumerist societies. They have been left outside with the garbage and are often treated just as such. Most volunteers trying to help in Athens and other similar cities are exhausted and overwhelmed, and the tide seems never ending.

19/12/2024

I gatti sembrano essere in grado di predire la propria morte. Un gatto malato spesso tende a cercare posti comodi in cui rifugiarsi, anche se dovesse trattarsi di luoghi distanti dai padroni Per i proprietari che lasciano il proprio animale uscire di casa, questo può costituire un problema. I gatti cercheranno aree fresche, ombreggiate; si nasconderanno sotto i cespugli, boschetti di erba selvatica o persino sotto i veicoli. Se il vostro gatto malato o anziano è improvvisamente scomparso, provate a controllare questo tipo di zone nei pressi della vostra casa. I gatti domestici si comporteranno in modo simile, cercando posti freschi e poco illuminati in cui riposare.
💔💔MI CHIEDO SE SIA GIUSTO RISPETTARE QUESTA LORO DECISIONE...FORSE SI'..NON DIMENTICHIAMO CHE GLI ANIMALI ,I GATTI IN PARTICOLAR MODO,SONO ESSERE SUPERIORI CHE VEDONO AL DI LA' DELLE COSE E SONO CONNESSI PIÙ DI QUASIASI ALTRO ANIMALE , CON L' UNIVERSO...SO CHE E' DIFFICILE,MA RISPETTIAMO LA LORO NATURA 💖
Felines

08/12/2024

«I gatti, come gli umani, hanno bisogno di essere in buone mani».
☆~Ursula Le Guin Pard~☆

06/12/2024