Tesa's Rescue

23/04/2025

Our arts & crafts auction has started this morning and already generous bids are pouring in! 🥰 It's wonderful to see the local community surrounding these incredibly talented artists with so much love and support 🥰

If you're local to Hastings and are looking for some gorgeous items, feel welcome to browse through our fundraising group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236696107207232

Everything we raise, as always, goes directly to help animals in need 🥰

12/04/2025

Hi everyone! ☀

Our Easter razzle raised the amazing sum of £400 and our recent auction brought in another £570 - all from donated, recycled items! 💕 Thank you so much to everyone who helped, your fantastic efforts make a huge positive difference!

We donated a portion of the money to the wonderful rescuers in Romania, this will help with food supplies and medical bills; the rest of the money we distributed evenly between all of our active fundraisers, in order to pay off the generous loans we received for the medical cases we assisted: Bobby, Dakota, Freya + a few costs for our foster cats, Skinny Minnie (removal of thyroid glands + blood test) and Frankie (a round of antibiotics to treat a potentially recurring abscess 💔 we'll investigate this issue further once he finishes the medication). Bobby, Dakota and Freya are all OK following their respective medical procedures. 💖

We also want to gently share a lesser-known but deeply important fundraiser, a link we don't usually share: https://gofund.me/adf2de65 . This fund helps families who are heartbroken, not only because their pets are ill or have aged, but also because they cannot afford to let them go peacefully. It is very upsetting when pet owners cannot afford to treat their pets and get them back to health, but it is equally just as upsetting when they cannot afford to let them go peacefully due to medical reasons, quality of life or age. We have created this fundraiser to make sure no pet suffers unnecessarily and that they are offered forever peace gently and lovingly, with their adoring owners by their side. It’s not an easy thing to talk about, but it's a kind helping hand we’re extremely proud to be able to offer. ❤️ We won't be sharing this fundraiser for a long while now as it's heart breaking but we wanted you to know that it exists and that we continue to assist people and their beloved pets in this way too. It is truly overwhelming to see and feel just how grateful people are when we are able to offer donations to cover the costs involved in this procedure nobody ever wants or really should go through. But we all do it with the utmost care and adoration for our little family members who need us. 💔 ❤

Tomorrow our wonderful Susie will be running from Eastbourne Pier to Hastings Pier in the hope of raising more funds for Tesa's Rescue 🥰 Her wonderful friend Julie will also accompany her doing the same thing for another local charity 🥰 Susie's fundraiser link is still active if you'd like to support her: https://gofund.me/658c9a99 - she's raised £885 so far! How amazing is this! Thank you so much lovely ladies! 🥰

From all of us (and all the precious animals you're helping), thank you for being with us on this journey. ❤️❤️❤️ Look at our handsome boy Frankie enjoying the sunshine!! ❤️❤️❤️

31/03/2025

🎨🐾 Arts and crafts auction for our precious animals 🐾🎨

Tesa’s Rescue is hosting an online art/crafts auction from 23 April - 26 April in our fundraising group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/236696107207232 ) You'll be able to browse through a delightful collection of artwork created by talented artists, all while supporting animals in need. 🥰

If you'd like to contribute, we welcome donations of paintings, drawings or any artistic creations! If you're interested in donating, please reach out - we’d love to hear from you! 🥰🥰🥰

This will be so much fun!!!! 💙🐶🐱

27/03/2025

Charlotte & Frankie would like to say hello! 👋

🐱 Beautiful Charlotte came to Tesa’s Rescue in a heart breaking condition: emaciated, infested with fleas, on the brink of death. Thankfully she survived with medical assistance. However, the toll of neglect left her with permanent physical and psychological scars. With patience and love, Charlotte has beautifully adjusted to life with her foster family and their resident cats. To keep her comfortable, Charlotte requires regular steroid injections and a costly special diet to manage severe skin issues. We’ve tried countless treatments, but only this combination prevents her from tearing at her skin and bleeding.

🐈 At 16 years old, Frankie was heartlessly surrendered to a vet clinic by his own family who simply declared "We don’t want him anymore." He was severely underweight and suffering from a painful facial abscess. After running tests, we discovered he also had a grade 2 heart murmur and early stage kidney failure. To keep him comfortable, Frankie is now on heart medication and a costly special diet. Despite everything, he remains an extraordinarily friendly cat and has settled in wonderfully with his foster family.

No more suffering for Charlotte or Frankie - now they're busy enjoying the warm sunbeams, cosy cardboard boxes and all the love they could ever need. Due to their advanced ages and ongoing medical needs (which bring about significant food/vet bills), they will remain in permanent foster care, where they can enjoy stability, comfort and peace. Moving them about would be both unethical and stressful, as they deserve a life of security and love. It takes a special person to wholeheartedly welcome a senior kitty into the family being fully aware of all the implications. ❤❤❤

Several of our incredible supporters have come forward and kindly offered to sponsor Charlotte and Frankie on a monthly basis to ensure their food and medical expenses are always taken care of. ❤❤❤ We are extremely grateful for this ❤❤❤

We did not know exactly what we were taking on when we rescued Charlotte and Frankie, this is the reality of animal rescue - helping the neglected and unwanted. While their stories have broken our hearts, we are incredibly grateful they found their way to us. They are cherished beyond words and they absolutely deserve to feel loved for the rest of their lives. ❤❤❤

22/03/2025

Hi everyone! 👋

Our beautiful boy Skinny Minnie went to the vet recently to have a blood test (crucial following a thyroidectomy to monitor the thyroid hormone levels) and the results were certainly not what we expected: the normal result should be below 10 while Minnie's turned out to be 103 💔 There is ectopic thyroid tissue present in the chest, which is a rare developmental defect - surgery is not an option for our senior boy; due to his age, general health, the tissue's location which would mean open chest surgery - the vet feels it's way too high risk. Minnie will go back on oral medication as before but on a lower dose and for life; he will return to the clinic in 1 month to check the thyroid levels again and review his health plan.

We are beyond devastated, as his adoring foster mum said - life has dealt him a rotten hand. We all adore this boy and we will look after him no matter what, we were seriously thinking we might have sorted his health issues before this upsetting news.

His fundraiser will remain active as we're still paying off his thyroidectomy, plus any costs we may have for him in the future, potentially we may look into a sponsorship scheme for him too, like we've done for Frankie and Charlotte: https://gofund.me/640f24b1 ❤❤❤

Thank you so much for loving him just as much as we do. We'll keep you all updated ❤❤❤

20/03/2025

On Sunday, this extraordinary human is running the Half Marathon in support of Tesa's Rescue 🥰 Our wonderful Susie has already raised £750, exceeding her target! Needless to say we are overwhelmed with gratitude 🥰

You can do this Susie 💪 Lots of love and hugs from all of us. 🥰

Knees permitting, I am attempting to run Hastings Half Marath… Susie Prescott needs your support for I am jog walking Hastings’ Half Marathon for Tesa’s Rescue…

19/03/2025

Hi everyone! I hope you're enjoying the sunshine 😊

Breathing a sigh of relief, we'd love to let you know that Freya's wrist correction surgery went according to plan, she's comfortable at home and her adoring owner is glued to her side offering her care and cuddles. The vet bill was £2,890 - thankfully Freya's owner managed to raise an incredible £1,100 and we chipped in with the rest of the money using our own GFM money as well as a generous loan from one of our amazing supporters. It's so beautiful seeing the local community working as a team to help little Freya! ❤ We'll keep her fundraiser active until we raise all the money to repay our loan ❤ https://gofund.me/c0d2f5c3 ❤

Another sigh of relief comes with repaying one of the loans we've taken on for Bobby the Bulldog, £1000 🥳 Huge thanks to the wonderful person who trusted us and waited patiently for us to fundraise. Now we can focus on raising the rest of the money - we'll keep his link active until we've done so ❤ https://gofund.me/af47ca6b ❤

Dakota's fundraiser also remains active until we've managed to raise all the funds to repay her loan ❤ https://gofund.me/e4f87b07 ❤

A couple of days ago we shared Whiskey's appeal - the cat involved in a horrible RTA needing surgery to fix his leg, you wasted no time and sent contributions for his vet bills! ❤ I have since been informed that considering the circumstances and nature of the break, the vet and owners have made decision to amputate instead AND a wonderful person has come forward willing to help with the remaining costs. Whiskey has now had the surgery and will be okay ❤❤❤

Your kind donations help animals in all stages of life and heartbreakingly this also means relieving them of pain by granting them forever peace, we did just that for gorgeous Diesel, a senior Akita whose quality of life began slowly declining despite treatment to manage the progressing arthritis 💔 Sending all of our love and warmest hugs to his devastated family who absolutely adore this handsome boy. 💔❤

Many thanks once again to all of you - you are all such lovely people who make incredible efforts for these beautiful animals and allow your hearts to be broken time and time again out of immense love for them all. ❤❤❤

17/03/2025

Hi everyone! ❤️

Tesa's Rescue has been made aware of a very poorly cat - Whiskey, a very sweet orange tabby cat utterly adored by his family, especially the little boy. Heartbreakingly Whiskey was involved in a RTA recently which left him in a critical condition with a very badly broken leg. Despite the severity of the accident, Whiskey has thankfully survived. His owners rushed him to the emergency vet for life sustaining treatment and the following day were quoted roughly £3000 for a surgery that will mend his broken leg. This is an overwhelming amount for anyone to face alone - Whiskey's owners covered as many expenses as they possibly could before they received the new vet bills quote; they haven't given up hope - they launched their own fundraiser and kindly asked for help from the local community.

We would ABSOLUTELY love to contribute at least £300 for this case, but we our hands are completely tied supporting 3 very costly medical cases (in total we've taken out 3 loans to be able to manage), we simply don't have the funds available at the moment. So in order to support our donation to Whiskey - here we are kindly asking for your help - if you'd like to make a small contribution for this sweet cat please do so with confidence, we deposit the money directly into the account set up at the vet clinic so it can be used for little Whiskey's surgery ❤️

https://gofund.me/548d389e

Every donation, no matter the amount, makes a huge difference! Even £1, £2, or £3 can bring us closer to our goal. (GoFundMe allows a minimum donation of £5, but if you'd like to donate a smaller amount, please feel free to message us directly for bank or PayPal details.) As always, we work closely with veterinarians, all payments go directly to the vet and we are sent invoices. We thoroughly check every case we take on to ensure that the people and pets we assist genuinely need help.

Our mission is simple: to ensure the happiness and well-being of pets while easing the worries of their owners or carers. We've done this many times before with your support and we are forever grateful for your kindness.

Thank you so much for reading and please share this fundraiser if you can ❤️

08/03/2025

Hi everyone! ☀

Dakota's histology report has come back - the lab stated that the features of the sample received most closely resemble a re**al adenoma, which is essentially a benign tumour. However - because the tumour could not be removed in its entirety without seriously endangering Dakota - the lab team was unable to examine it fully, meaning that re**al adenocarcinoma (malignant tumour) cannot be ruled out. There is a minuscule chance that, even if the tumour is entirely benign, the remaining margins could over time mutate and become malignant - as we've seen in Bobby the Bulldog's case; the type of tumour that Dakota is firmly believed to have would not spread to other parts of the body or grow back, so we are crossing our fingers very tightly that this remains the case. All this talk of cancer is really heart breaking 💔

Overall - this is certainly pretty good news. For the moment Dakota is doing very well, her owner has been advised to bring her to the clinic regularly for a re**al examination. Dakota seems so much more comfortable now that the lump has been removed, there has been no straining or blood in her stools, massive relief.

We love you beautiful girl, keep being adorable and enjoy your life!! ❤❤❤

(Her fundraiser is still active: https://gofund.me/e4f87b07 ❤❤❤)

28/02/2025

Hi all 👋 Happy sunny Friday! ☀

Our recent auction raised £465 - how wonderful is this! Many thanks to all our lovely volunteers working so hard to make this happen! ❤️ As our focus right now is paying off all the generous loans we've been offered for the emergency medical procedures, we've distributed the amount to all of our active fundraisers, boosting the funds beautifully.

Bobby's histology report has come back and frankly it has left the vet, owner and us in a bit of a shock. Although the perianal mass was easily 99% expected to be benign as it is with the vast majority of dogs suffering with this condition, the microscopic testing diagnosed it as a malignant tumour, deeming Bobby part of the extremely small percentage of cases where this mutation might happen. Thankfully, all problematic masses have been fully removed during his surgery; despite these cells having a bit more independence, they are still hormonally driven, and with their activity now suppressed, they're not meant to cause Bobby trouble, all we can do now is hope. Bobby's owner will keep a very close eye on this specific area for any signs of irritation or lumps forming. If very early stages of trouble appear, the veterinary team can perform a curative surgery, although everyone feels yet hopes this will not be the case. Aside from this not so good news, Bobby is doing well, he's attended his check up yesterday, the stitches will remain for a little while longer as the skin has stretched a bit more than the vets would like. Meanwhile, we continue fundraising to pay off for his vet bills! ❤️ https://gofund.me/af47ca6b ❤️

Freya's wrist correction surgery has now been booked for 17 March - the wait felt endless as the veterinary clinic looked for and booked a specialist orthopaedic surgeon to come in and perform this delicate procedure. The bill is going to be costly, her owner is actively fundraising, and so are we, hopefully between us we'll raise the needed amount before the surgery: ❤️ https://gofund.me/c0d2f5c3 ❤️

Dakota's surgery went as expected yesterday, the vet removed as much of the mass as possible without endangering her, and now we wait for the histology report. Once Dakota heals completely, life should be far more comfortable for her; the vet bill ended up being £977, so we're sharing her fundraiser again: ❤️ https://gofund.me/e4f87b07 ❤️

Last but not least - our enthusiastic volunteers REALLY want to go out in the community to spread the word about the charitable work we do and organise all sorts of events and collections on our behalf. We are overjoyed to see so much love for Tesa's Rescue! In order for our volunteers to venture out in the community, they need some equipment: small collection tins to hopefully place in shops, pubs, clinics; collection buckets to take with them during in-store fundraising; high vis jackets with our logo on to distinguish them and a bigger standing poster they can display containing all needed information about us. All the equipment will be reused until it cannot be used anymore ❤️ We would love to make this happen but as you know we're struggling with funds right now after taking several loans to cover emergency life saving surgeries for several medical cases and our foster cats. We've created this fundraiser to serve as our equipment fund - if you'd like to send a small contribution we would be very grateful ❤️ https://gofund.me/af55c0d9 ❤️

Huge heartfelt thanks to you all - it is clear that you love animals so much you wish to make a positive difference in their lives and overall when it comes to animal welfare. We appreciate everyone's efforts day after day for these amazing animals who have found themselves in not so ideal circumstances. We aim to help them as much as possible, but we would never be able to achieve any of this without you. And for this reason, we thank you wholeheartedly. ❤️

26/02/2025

Dakota's strange mass removal surgery has been brought forward - it's now happening tomorrow! ❤ Hopefully we'll find out what it is and see a positive change in this beautiful girl's health.

Wishing Dakota all the best for tomorrow and sending her all of our love. ❤

Her fundraiser is still active if you'd like to help with a contribution towards the estimated £800 bill - thank you so much! https://gofund.me/e4f87b07 ❤

23/02/2025

Skinny Minnie is doing very well after the removal of his thyroid glands and several teeth - recovering steadily and eating well, unless it's medication time 😂 He's too clever!!! His foster mum needs to work extra hard to trick him into taking his calcium tablets 😂❤️ We love you Minnie ❤️

If you'd like to help our charity with a small contribution towards his costly vet bill, here we have the link https://gofund.me/640f24b1 ❤️ thank you so much ❤️

22/02/2025

Hi everyone ❤️

Sweet Dakota needs help 💔 You might remember her from October 2024, when she gave us all a scare with blood in her stool and difficulty during bowel movements. After careful discussions with the vet, the owner opted for medication, which seemed to make a huge positive difference - until now.

Yesterday Dakota needed sedation for a nail trim, as she finds the process very stressful. While she was under, the vet took the opportunity to check her over and discovered something worrying - a sizeable mass in her re**um that wasn’t there before. It could be a large polyp or something more serious. Because it appeared so suddenly, the vet strongly recommends surgery to remove it as soon as possible, giving Dakota the best chance at a healthy future.

The procedure is estimated to cost £800, which includes testing the mass to determine what it is. We've updated her fundraiser to reflect this cost and we're sharing her GoFundMe link in the hope that we might be able to raise some much needed funds for this 11 year-old beautiful girl ❤️ https://gofund.me/e4f87b07 ❤️

Thank you so much for all the love and support you always show for the animals we assist, we couldn't possibly ask for a more wonderful community of animal lovers 😊 Hope you have a relaxing Saturday evening!

19/02/2025

Our handsome Skinny Minnie is home and doing well! ❤

We had scheduled his thyroidectomy + (5) teeth extractions for today and we were all worried sick, hoping for the best. Thankfully, his bloodwork gave the go-ahead for the whole procedure and everything went according to plan. The vet discharged Minnie with calcium tablets and pain killers, he must return to the clinic in a couple of days to make sure he's recovering well and then again in 3 weeks.

He seems very settled this evening and has devoured his food. We're so happy - Minnie should feel so much better now ❤

The cost for today is £1500, the vets have already applied a generous discount and we are extremely grateful for this ❤ If you would like to help with a small contribution towards this bill, please feel welcome to use our usual accounts or our GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/640f24b1 - thank you sooooooo much! ❤

15/02/2025

The most adorable handsome gentlest big boi is now available for adoption! 🥰🥰🥰 Please read Angel's adoption requirements to see if he might be a good fit for your family - and as always... please share his adoption advert on your social media, who knows, maybe someone special will spot him! ❤🥰❤🥰

15/02/2025

Hi everyone! ❤️

Tesa's Rescue has been made aware of a very poorly cat - Leo, a very sweet boy utterly adored by his family. Heartbreakingly Leo was involved in a RTA recently which left him in a critical condition with a fractured jaw, smashed nose and a collapsed lung. Despite the severity of the accident, Leo is still with us thankfully and fighting for his life. His owners rushed him to the emergency vet for life sustaining treatment, Leo was seen the next day by his own vet which immediately referred him to a specialist clinic in Guildford. In order to repair all the damage, the vet team has quoted surgeries/treatments worth (and potentially exceeding) £10,000. This is an overwhelming amount for anyone to face alone - Leo's owners covered as many expenses as they possibly could before they received the devastating vet bills quote; they haven't given up hope in the slightest - they launched their own fundraiser and kindly asked for help from the local community.

We would ABSOLUTELY love to contribute at least £300 for this case, but we are currently helping a few foster cats with special needs as well as supporting 2 very costly medical cases (in total we've taken 3 loans to be able to manage), we simply don't have the funds available. So in order to support our donation to Leo - here we are kindly asking for your help - if you'd like to make a small contribution for this sweet cat please do so with confidence, we deposit the money directly into the account set up at the vet clinic so it can be used for little Leo's life saving surgeries ❤️

Thank you so much for reading and please share this fundraiser if you can ❤️ https://www.gofundme.com/f/leo-help-with-medical-bills ❤️