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Assisting street cats in Egypt with food, medical care, and TNR (trap, neuter, release).

01/11/2024

The page has been quiet in recent months due to health challenges, but that does not mean the daily work of caring for street cats stopped. I will post updates soon and introduce you to some of the cats recently and currently in care.

01/11/2024

Welcoming in November, and adding December as many are already planning for end of year. Updates on 2025 calendars soon...

17/08/2024

Although I had many neutered over the years, there are still new kittens in the neighbourhood.
I check this mum and babies every day, fortunately no eye infections and mum cat is taking good care of them.
They stay under bushes during the heat of the day and enjoy the cool of the tiles outside this home when the sun isn't directly on them.

17/06/2024

New arrival this morning, apparently dumped and struggling to find food in the street.
Dirty and thin, and won't let me touch him.

Hopefully after some food and water he will feel safe and I can clean him or he will clean himself. He was clearly a beauty before suffering in the street.

03/06/2024

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May was a challenging month and although I was away for surgery the street cats continued to come for water and food, with a kind neighbour looking after them during this time. I am happy to be back and see them doing well.

I continue to care for them every day of course, but following surgery trip my personal funds have less to spare for their feeding, and I was still hoping to neuter several more cats in the second half of this year.
That's why your sharing of the page or posts matters, as it may bring even a little support from others who wish to make life better for these Egyptian street cats.

Thanks for following and continuing to care.

19/05/2024

I've been offline for a while due to eye surgery. I just wanted to reassure everyone that the cats who visit regularly are being well cared for in my absence.
I hope to be back home this week and will do update photos then, so you can see how the courtyard crew are doing.

Photo: A tale of Egyptian cats, published in 1890, London.

23/03/2024

Happy to report I made my first sale of products featuring my photos, all to benefit the street cats, on RedBubble.
Someone in Austria bought a Sekhmet pillow.

It is a perfect circle that my photo of an ancient Egyptian goddess with lioness features is now helping to feed Egyptian street cats.

Small profits on each product sold, but every $ or € helps provide food and medical care for the cats.

More designs available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/egyptoasislove/shop

16/03/2024

Wherever I walk there are cats in need of a little assistance.

Local shopping area this morning a tiny kitten ran towards me mewing loudly. As soon as I approached it the mother cat appeared, hoping for some food. While I patted the mum cat, her kitten ran under a parked car. My cat immediately left me to retrieve her kitten.

My container of dry food was already empty and the pet shop is not open until afternoon, so I got some cheese from the supermarket and returned to give it to them.

While these two were eating there was more kitten crying from inside the shopping mall. Mum cat ran inside with a piece of cheese and I followed to see two more of her kittens, neither as adventurous as this little one. I put out some cheese for them to share and left them to it.

12/03/2024

How neutering transforms the life of a street cat.
This cat had multiple litters of kittens over several years until we were at last able to catch her between pregnancies.

My adopted nearly blind cat Fullah was a kitten of this cat, but was abandoned in the street when her eyes became infected. She was fortunate I found her and she wasn't hit by a car or bike.
We knew then that getting this cat neutered should be a priority, she should not be struggling more with kittens.

For more than a year the mother cat hissed at Fullah whenever she visited the courtyard, and she was often aggressive with other cats that approached her and also sometimes aggressive with humans.

After my neighbour paid for neutering and we caught her, this previously thin, worn out mum cat has become calm, healthy and even affectionate with the other cats, both the street cats that visit and my adopted street cats, seen in these photos.

Aside from ending her constant struggle with pregnancy and care of new kittens, neutering has given her a gentle personality and better social interaction with other cats and with humans.

Seeing her like this brings tears of happiness to my eyes.

03/03/2024

Although I can't ensure a great life for every street cat, I try to assist all those that I can. Even if this is only with medical help, patching them up after bin scavenging injuries, or giving them some assistance food, I will give what is possible.

Ever rising costs and the neverending number of cats mean every donation is deeply appreciated. This old boy likely will never have a home, but today was an easier day for him as he got some food given to him instead of having to scavenge for hours for it among plastic bags and broken glass.

That's thanks to a very generous donation from Belinda Landsberry who also donated last year. Her donation will again provide assist feeding for some time for multiple cats who visit a nearby community bin, and also neutering for one cat.

It will change the lives of these cats, and if they could speak they would send a big THANK YOU to Belinda. I add my own "Thank you" from the heart, for the relief this brings me in knowing I can continue to care for them thanks to this donation.

24/02/2024

This street kitten is shy and didn't keep still for photos, but let me pat and check it is healthy. Every week I meet new kittens in the streets and although they are sweet I wish there were less of them.

The only way to stop the struggle for many of the street cats and decrease the number of kittens is TNR (trap, neuter, release).

For that we need funds. Please share this post if you can. Donation numbers are low and the cats and I are thankful for every $ that gives them a healthy start in life through assisted feeding and medical care, and can help fund neutering and decrease the numbers of kittens.

09/02/2024

A few locals enjoying the late afternoon near one of the community bins. They know that after dark when people have eaten there will likely be meal remainders added to the bin, so they will stay close to get first chance at any food. These cats get a little dry food from me at least three times a week, more often if I see any of them looking thin.

28/01/2024

Abandoned ginger kitten is doing well. He is healthy and eats as much as an adult cat 🙀 He is extremely affectionate, and now housetrained. Adventurous and curious about everything, he is quickly learning to socialise with my cats.

He has some outside time daily to explore the garden and get to know the street cats.
After two months, when he is big enough to be seen by drivers of cars and riders of bikes, I will let him begin to stay outside a few hours each day without me. He needs to then learn to scavenge with the big cats, unless someone can give him a permanent home.

28/01/2024

Sometimes I really dislike humans. It seems someone dumped this injured cat or it has run away from mistreatment 😿

It came to the courtyard probably following the other street cats, it has probably been trying to scavenge but has become hungry enough to look beyond the rubbish in the community bins. With the injured paw it probably struggles to jump up and into the bins.

Its fur has started to become matted, and it mostly just looks miserable and disoriented. It was sharing the water bowls I keep filled for the street cats and also accepted some food, but at first it wouldn't come to me or let me touch it to check for other injuries.

After watching me pat and talk to the other cats it soon understood I would not hurt it and let me pat it a little. Still it is frightened, possibly abused and so is wary of humans.

I'll check on it again later today and see if it will let me examine the leg and paw. Sometimes a cat gets a paw cut on glass or tins in the rubbish and I can treat the wound, hopefully it isn't a car, human or dog inflicted injury that I can't fix.

The street cats are wary of it and their hissing makes it nervous, but it doesn't trust me enough to come into the apartment to have some rest and comfort.
I also want to give it a bath, but a lot more trust is needed before it will let that happen. I'm hoping after some food it will try to clean itself.

I know times are tough, I know many are struggling, but I despair when I see what has clearly been someone's pet left to struggle in the street.

12/01/2024

New arrival is doing well. He has a big appetite and between sleeps he is affectionate and active, following me everywhere.
He is a little scared of the big cats but he will get used to them in time.

He has an hour in the courtyard each day to enjoy the trees and meet the regular street cat visitors, and to get used to the daily street sounds.

No idea how he got the kink in his tail, but the end of tail still has movement and it clearly isn't causing him any pain. Thanks to my neighbour he had his first injection to ward off the infections cats are prone to.

12/01/2024

Why was getting 2 female cats neutered this week a success? What about all the male cats?

Unfortunately it is impossible to get all of the many street cats done on limited funds, neutering is expensive, and concentrating on the females is most effective. Getting these two done means from 6 to 10 more kittens won't be added to this street in the next few months, and long term that can mean many more don't get born to struggle in tough street life.

It is still possible that orphan kittens from nearby streets may turn up, like little ginger boy this week, or that I find them in other streets when I'm out walking.
Also can't rule out new people moving into the area with female cats not neutered that later get dumped or their kittens get dumped 😿

Still, these two being done will limit the numbers and also make a substantial long term difference to their own health.
Having multiple pregnancies and bringing up their kittens in the street really wears out the mum cats, it's heartbreaking to see the state they end up in if they can't find enough food while feeding kittens.

11/01/2024

Two successes, street cats having their neutering today. Teamwork with my neighbour organising the vet and paying for neutering.

"Mum cat" had several litters of babies and between each my neighbour and I tried to catch her for neutering but failed. This time we had a vet ready to collect her and I kept her inside all afternoon, and when she was relaxed got her into a carrier without getting scratched and bitten and cat running off to hide as happened on previous attempts.

She became so thin feeding the last litter, we were determined she would not get pregnant again. We thought she may not survive another litter. You can see she has been fed well and regained her health.

The other cat is very young and we thought was male (as sometimes happens) but this week it became clear he is a she 🙀
She is very small, much smaller than her brother, and we decided she absolutely had to be neutered before she got pregnant. Having kittens for such a small cat could mean kittens or the cat herself may not survive.

She was avoiding us, but just as we gave up hope of catching her yesterday she turned up and went easily into a carrier. One of my cats was concerned about her and kept guard until the vet arrived to collect her.

They will stay a few days with the vet after surgery. Another neighbour kindly paid for the neutering of the boy who turned out to be a girl.
When they return from vet they will get extra care for a week or so, additional food from me to ensure their healing process is smooth and they don't need to scavenge in the big bins.

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E-calendars are ready for our wonderful donors, here is a short video walkthrough 🐈‍⬛🐈 of the 12 month version (14 pages), and in Comment under the post is the year in one page version. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST even if you aren't able to donate. I understand there are so many causes in need of your donations and not everyone can support our cause also. WHICH CALENDAR DO YOU GET? You will receive the single page e-calendar that is handy for your phone or computer desktop AND the 12 month PDF e-calendar which has more photos of your favourite Egyptian street cats. These can be sent to you, just provide your email address. Any donation of US$5 or the equivalent in your currency will receive the two styles of e-calendar. Every $ € £ donated helps the cats and we are deeply thankful for your support. You are potentially saving lives and giving the street cats I care for less difficult lives by providing food, medical care, some shelter, and I hope in 2024 more TNR (neutering) to keep the number of cats from increasing. Hard copy calendars will be made if I can get to Cairo soon and organise a printer. Cost of printing and postage will determine cost per calendar. As these will need to be couriered to those in Egypt (unless you are visiting my city 🐱) it may not be cost effective to make and send print copies, I have to do the research on this. I don't want to ask a high price, but naturally have to cover costs and make at least a small profit for the cats from purchases / donations. I will keep you updated on this page. 🐈 Donors outside Egypt: unfortunately will only get e-calendars due to postal system challenges here 😿 If I get print (hard copy) calendars made, I will try to post those to you if I am in a country outside Egypt or know someone visiting your country soon. 🐱 Anyone in Egypt who donates now will receive the e-calendars, then if I do make the print versions and your donation covered the cost of a calendar and courier, I'll

Some people think street cats have no worth, are dirty or ugly. I see their beauty, even when their tough life has left then with some scars.

Street cats have challenging lives, but they often interact beyond the bonds of family and can be suportive of each other. These cats are from different parents but hang out together. As the female has been neutered there is no harrassment from the males. Ultimately I would like to get as many neutered as possible, but females are the priority. #cats #streetcats #egyptiancats

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