Canberra Street Cat Alliance

Have a look at these cute little faces. All of them were lucky enough to have found their forever homes during June and are now official Streets to Sheet Graduates. A huge thank you to all the families who have adopted these babies and given them an amazing second chance at a comfortable and beautiful life.

So tough! 😂😂😂

Check out some of our Street to Sheets Graduates for April and May! We have been a bit quiet with our adoption updates recently but rest assured our adoption team have been working very hard helping these babies find their forever homes. A huge thank you to all the families who have adopted these babies and given them a fabulously comfortable and beautiful life ahead.

Beautiful Asha came to us a few weeks ago as an extremely unwell kitten, weighing in at a mere 250gm with an estimated age of 6 weeks. It was touch and go with multiple vet visits to try and stabilise her with all of CSCA and the vet team hoping she would pull through. It looks like we have made it through with Asha now becoming a lively little kitten! She has developed ringworm which is not uncommon when they are very unwell. But we know that her coat will grow back and look forward to watching this cheeky little muffin continue to thrive. For now it is oat milk baths and the teeniest slither of medication (thanks to Dr Collette from Canberra Cat Vet for cutting each tablet into 16 pieces!), intensive feeding and plenty of ringworm snuggles for her! Please note - we are not taking adoption enquiries for Asha at this time.

~ Halle's FIP journey~ One evening a couple of weeks ago young foster cat Halle started tilting her head ever so slightly. What was even more noticeable however was how bad her balance was, in particular when jumping up or down different heights. She was still in great spirits however with a good appetite, albeit a little bit quiet. The next day she went for a vet visit where her ears where thoroughly examined as balance issues and head tilting can often be related to ear issues. With nothing ominous found in the ears the vet moved on to a blood test which quickly revealed a particular value (A:G ratio of 0.24) which is highly suggestive of the dreaded disease called FIP. FIP can be dry or wet. Most cats tend to get the effusive or wet version but Halle had the dry version which can include neurological signs. She was put on a drug called molnupiravir which is one of the newest FIP treatments and the one of the most cost effective ones. Previously FIP, whether the dry or wet form, used to be a death sentence but in large part as a silver lining from antivirals produced to combat COVID this is no longer the case. We are amazed even in just how a few years the treatment has become so much more accessible and affordable compared to when we treated our previous FIP case, Pebbles. Halle is having weekly blood tests to check her values and at her last one her A:G ratio had already climbed up to a level of around 0:35 which is still very low but heading in the right direction! She has a lot more energy, and is now playing again and her mobility has greatly improved.

Tonight our beautiful three week old Elysium baby is fighting for his life at Canberra Veterinary Emergency Services. Little Cricket aka Stubby, came into care on Sunday riddled with fleas, and with half a leg believed to have been caused by some form of trauma. Given the nature of his injury, we took him to the vet on Monday for assessment, but the leg looked totally ok with a watch and monitor as he got older to see if any intervention was required. Having lost weight over the last few days and struggling to feed, today he has been in the care of the amazing team at Kippax Veterinary Hospital. We were not hopeful for this gorgeous boy as his injury looked terrible and we were so worried he was starting to become septic! However we received good news in a way, his leg looked pretty ok although will need to be amputated when older, but testing diagnosed him with severe anaemia, more than likely from the fleas. The anaemia is believed to be the cause of his laboured breathing and lack of interest in feeding. Given the severity of his symptoms, Cricket has undergone a blood transfusion late this afternoon and transferred to the incredible team at CVES for overnight care. We are hoping his little body keeps fighting and we receive the call in the morning to pick our little man up. He is the sweetest little thing and already the CSCA team adore him! His life does matter and we are giving him everything we can to see him on the path to living the life he deserves. He has a long road ahead so if you are able to help us with his vet bill, donations can be made at https://canberrastreetcatalliance.org/donate . Every little bit helps and we truly appreciate any support. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.

A little walk by one of youngest kittens in care. They have four other siblings who are equally chonky thanks to the excellent care from their mum who is busy eating in the background. Mum is not very friendly but she tolerates hands being close by as long as she's eating.

If you are looking to add to your family make sure you come down to the Cool Country Cat Clubs cat show on today in Jerrabomberra and say Hi. We will have a number of our cats and kittens on show who are searching for their humans and forever homes at our adoption day. If you can't make it head over to our website and check them out. https://canberrastreetcatalliance.org/adopt

When Orb's dad stopped patting him 😂😂

Our construction pipe kittens have received an upgrade. We think they like it 😏

LIVE with ringworm kittens (no audio)

LIVE with the ringworm kittens. Sorry folks, no audio today.

Congratulations to our December Streets to Sheets graduates, all of whom were lucky enough to find their forever homes in the lead up to the holidays. And a very big thank you to those people who have added to their family and supported Canberra Street Cat Alliance by giving the gift of a safe, loving home to these precious souls. We have many more muffins in care, who are patiently waiting for their turn, so if you are interested in adopting head over to our website.

Bath time for our six ringworm kittens! At the moment they are only receiving topical treatment including Austrazole shampoo (a broad-spectrum anti-fungal) and lamisil cream. They will be doing another live video tomorrow :)

Unlike most cats, beautiful Echo is not at all worried about the vacuum cleaner! This is because she is deaf! White cats have a much higher chance of being deaf due to genetic factors, but not all white cats will be deaf. Research has shown that blue eyed white cats are at the greatest risk with 65 - 85% experiencing deafness, whereas only 17 -22% of white cats without blue eyes are born deaf. NB the statistics mentioned have been taken from https://petkeen.com/are-all-white-cats-deaf/ . According to their website, this article has been reviewed and fact-checked by a veterinarian.

When you are a street kitten with no soft bed...but luckily your sibling makes a pretty good pillow. These little guys (along with their other siblings and of course mother) are on our list of trapping jobs.

A bit of excitement today as the white mum we posted about a couple of days ago has given birth to 3 beautiful babies! One little white one, one dilute tortoiseshell, and one grey tabby. Her older babies have now moved to another carer as they are more than old enough to be independent from here.

A beautiful mumma with her babies that came in yesterday. They are about to go off into foster care. Edit: We just wanted to clarify this family are not abandoned or dumped! *Please note mum and babies are not yet available for adoption and are not taking enquiries at this stage.

***UPDATE - Michael is ecstatic he has won because he can now make a $2000 donation to CSCA to show his appreciation of the work we do! We are truly blown away by the generosity of Michael! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! *** What an awesome day we have had today as we held our final Santa Pet Photo session! Thank you to everyone that came to see us over the last three weeks. And a HUGE thank you to Old Bus Depot Markets for hosting us again this year. A massive thank you to everyone who also supported our Christmas Cash Raffle which we drew this afternoon. And congrats to our winners who will be having an extra special Christmas this year sharing the $4000 we have just given away!