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We try and help as many feral cats as possible by trapping and taming and finding them loving homes as house cats.

Our Amazon wishlist is at https://amzn.eu/fL1PO2R We're a very very small family run cat rescue operating the rescue from our own private home and private foster homes. We do not have large cat pens or a cattery and all cats live as part of a family with us or in foster homes. All visits must therefore be via pre-booked appointment. We do have official recognition as a charity registered with the

charity commission. Our charity number is 1211677
We believe pets are for life and are part of your family. We are very much PRO NEUTERING & CHIPPING and believe breeding should be outlawed with only certain registered breeders being allowed to breed cats
Amazon Wishlist is at https://amzn.eu/fL1PO2R

17/08/2025

Our litter of scrapyard kittens in foster care being turned from feisty felines into purring pussycats so they can be adopted

16/08/2025

Meet Mindy, the little kitten who underwent a double enucleation yesterday.
Edit to add - Mindy was a feral kitten already harbouring the cat flu virus when caught. (4 out of 6 of the kittens caught at that site ended up very poorly and one died)
She has not yet had her vaccines to protect her and the virus attacked her eyes causing them permanent damage. She had already gone blind prior to having her eyes removed but because the ulcers had started to cause her eyes to “pop”they had to come out.
We've been busy with our fundraising day today, but it's looking like we'll exceed £800 raised! Every penny counts, especially with three surgeries in one week. Soon, Mindy will be vaccinated, spayed, and ready to find her forever home. ❤️

16/08/2025

Today (and last few days) have been very busy but after a hectic time, today went off really well.
Now let me get the apologies out the way first. I can't give you a full total of what we've raised today because there is still some raffle money to collect. It is in the safe at the vets so don't worry - it is safe. (any burglars reading this, believe me it's not worth breaking on for 😂). And the other thing is I'm away all day tomorrow on a family thing so I won;t be able to get the raffle prizes out to you until Monday onwards - but I will start contacting the winners.
What I do want to do though is give a shout out to some special people from today. Elaine for doing all the baking and her husband Ken and son Jake for doing the teas and coffees. Also a shout out to the lady who lives next door to the vets for the cakes she baked and brought on, what a lovely surprise and very thoughtful of her.
A very grateful shout out to all the vet staff who came along and helped all day today, Caroline, Emma, Kirsty, Marina and Susan. Really appreciate you helping out on your day off. So kind.
To the supporters who came and volunteered with stalls all day. Leon, Mark and her mam did a cracking job with their stall. Katie for her bringing her hand made goods and selling them at the event and all proceeds going to the rescue. Kirsten and Helen for coming along with their book stall, always a good laugh and such good supporters. Jane for coming along on her day off and helping out on various stalls. I can't leave out Terri and James for coming along and selling their fabulous pyrography items. Such a talent.
Gosh I hope I have not missed anyone off here. Oh I have, thank you to Ian for running the tombola, he does a cracking job.
It was lovely seeing Maureen and Dawn today too as they came along and raised money for Maureen's Sanctuary. I hope they did ok.
Of course the day itself would not have been possible without all of the public who came along and supported us by buying stuff, having a go on the games, or buying raffle tickets or even donating (which many did by the way)
So a huge thank you to everyone really and apologies again if I have missed anyone off. Tell me and I'll add you in 😘

14/08/2025

‼️‼️Warning gruesome cat’s eye pics‼️‼️

Remember the kittens with the eye ulcers?
Well this morning built cleaning the feisty tabby’s eye, something popped and there was some blood.
So I’m straight on the messages to Rebecca of Darlington Vet Clinic who said to take her straight in today.
Just dropped her off and the lovely Vicky is going to do her best for her.
The white and tabby in the other pic will have a double enucleation done on Monday so sadly we’ll be looking for a home for a blind cat. But they become fab little critters as we know because we have No Eyes Steve, so a blind cat is not an issue for a cat. House cat of course.
Black cat pic is the famous No Eye Steve himself, living his best life at ours.
Should the tabby survive her op (she is less than 1kg in weight so it’s high risk) then she needs a name beginning with an N and something which describes her feisty fierce character would be good.
The white and tabby will have a name beginning with an M and although still feral she is a gentler soul so need an appropriate name for her.

13/08/2025

I confess I am losing track of the amount of jobs I have on now because they are literally coming in thick and fast.
So if you've asked for a neuter voucher AND you have paid for it but not received it - GET IN TOUCH because I get so many messages, yours will be lost in there somewhere. Yes I know I should be more organised but the workload is so huge that there is not enough time to be more organised.
I'm frantically trying to get everything dropped off at SimplyCats in advance of Saturday so on the day we just have to take the cats through and set up.
On Sunday I have a private family thingy going on so technically a day off completely from cats although I am there first to admit the actual timing could not be worse for me.
Monday I am dreading. I am taking 7 kittens for neutering to Darlington Vet Clinic. But while I am down that way I am popping to Bowes to see about catching 3 adult females that have already had kittens or are pregnant again 😭 Another job where all kittens could of been prevented had we been there sooner. Now there are at least 2 litters of kittens to sort even after the adults are done.
But I also have 2 strays to collect from Lumley and one cat to collect from Ouston again to starve them overnight ready for neutering on Tuesday. Thats going to take some moving around of cats at my house as I need the kennel space to put them in. Thankfully Tami may (just may) be able to go collect some or even all of these for me. Then of course I have to also collect the 7 kittens being neutered that day.
Tuesday if all goes to plan I will be taking 6 adults for spaying (yes all girls).
I may be able to take a breath after that but I also got word today of kittens at a business site which is a place where we have trapped before. We never manage to get them all so the cycle continues.
In between all that I have to answer adoption enquiries, although sadly they are a rare thing these days. I have to respond to messages in my inbox and via email.
Messages are usually only about two things - the most popular is "can you rehome my cat) and asking for a neuter voucher.
Tomorrow - back to the grind, tonight its bedtime

13/08/2025

Just three of the all black mini panthers we have at CCR.
Few people want black cats despite them being considered lucky (in the UK)
Instead people want different coloured ones. Had an enquiry only yesterday asking if we had any grey kittens 😡.
Surely when choosing a cat it is about personality and not their colour.
Yet I also heard of another case where someone was going to be given a cat by a rescue yet they had never met the cat. What kind of madness is that?
I maintain you cannot choose a cat from a picture alone.
You need to meet them, learn their personality, see if they take to you when you meet them.
Choosing a cat is not the same as buying some clothes from a catalogue.
We have a cat-alogue of cats but if anyone wanted one without meeting them then they would not get one from me.
And before you say what if they are disabled or cannot get there, then you take the cat to them for them to meet it in their own home.
So please when choosing a cat, do it wisely.

12/08/2025

Due to some price rises, I have had to slightly increase the discounted neuter voucher costs to cover the increases.
Note:-
You do not get pain relief after the operation so you may wish to buy this separately from the vets on the day if you have a female (costs circa £28 but don’t have exact prices)

We have no control over price increases

11/08/2025

💜Warning cute kittens💜

Are you coming on Saturday to our event. If yes then these are just three of the cuties who are waiting for you to give them a stroke.
We’ll have 3 more kittens of a similar age and potentially 4 adults as well.
All available for adoption.
All are house cats.

11/08/2025

‼️WARNING NASTY EYE PICS‼️

Let’s talk eyes shall we.
We’ve got three kittens at the minute who’ve all got nasty conjunctivitis. Two gave it bad in one eye whilst one has it bad in both eyes.
We have 4 corneal ulcers between 6 eyes.
Whether or not we’ll be having 4 enucleations remains to be seen but it would be a miracle if we did not have some.
And yes the kittens have seen a vet. They had to so I could get meds for their eyes.
I did already have the correct meds here but I was running out so needed to see a vet to get more dispensed/prescribed.
We’ve had so many cats with conjunctivitis over the years I literally roll my eyes (no pun intended) when someone is worried about a mere watery eye.
I have to remind myself they don’t have the experience that I’ve got from seeing so many.
We’ve adopted out a handful of one eyed cats over the year and currently have three at the rescue with only one eye. Vimto is the only one of those up for adoption. We of course have Steve with no eyes and he is amazing at how well he copes.
But I’d still like to avoid enucleations if possible so hoping it does not come to that. No idea of the cost but if it needs doing it will get done.
Pics attached but be warned, they aren’t pretty.
Just hope we can find these kittens homes once they’ve recovered. That’s a big challenge indeed.

10/08/2025

Let’s have a happy post for a change shall we.
On Saturday, Tami of Crowther's Critter Sitter, came to help me take a litter of kittens over to a fosterer at Ovingham.
She came not to help me transport them but to catch the 3 feral kittens that the fosterer had and was swapping them over for this new litter. She has made some progress with them but they need more intensive handling so a change around was needed.
On the way home we passed this little Frenchie taking itself for a walk. Tami went straight into action mode and turned her van around to catch the dog and scan it for an owner.
Turned out Dave the Frenchie was just staying in a house right next to where we found him but he wasn’t supposed to be out on the busy road! Luckily his owner had done the right thing and updated his chip details the moment he arrived in the UK only weeks earlier. Good result for Dave who only speaks Arabic and couldn’t understand a word I said!
Cat rescue is not always just cats it would seem.
On the way back from Wear Referrals today I passed a heron so I stopped to take a pic. However it refused to oblige but inside get 3 pics of it in flight.
Lastly, a pic of Yolli in bed beside me as I type 💜🐈‍⬛😴

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