PlumPets Animal Shelter

26/01/2025

Please visit the PlumPets bookstall today at until 14h00. A great selection of available at fantastic prices 💜🐈‍⬛️📚🐕💜

25/01/2025

The PlumPets book team will be at🌳 Under the Trees Market - Constantia🌳 tomorrow from 10h00 to 14h00. Please pop in to pick up a pre-loved book or two. 💜🐕📚🐈‍⬛️💜

25/01/2025

A sweet welcome to our newest followers from Sugar! We are happy to have you as part of the PlumPets community 💜🐶🐱
Rodney Coetzee,
Caylin Rosslee

23/01/2025

The PlumPets book team will be at 🌳Under the Trees Market - Constantia🌳 this Sunday from 10h00 to 14h00. Please pop in at the stall. There is a great selection of pre-loved books available at very reasonable prices. The money raised goes towards the running costs of the shelter. 💜🐈‍⬛️📚🐕💜

22/01/2025

A NEW HOME FOR BONDED PAIR: TOKAI & ASTRO ♥️♥️ - Cape Town URGENT 🙏

TOKAI and ASTRO are an inseparable pair of beautiful, loving and friendly Pitbulls. They have been living with their owner and 3 cats, but sadly she had to move from her pet friendly accommodation and could not take them with her. She has been searching for alternative accommodation for some time now, desperately hoping to keep them, but sadly she found nothing. The dogs have been in kenneling for 3 months, and the owner can no longer afford to pay for kenneling. It is also unfair to keep the dogs indefinitely in kennels. Their owner is desperately trying to find them a new home to avoid the last resort of surrendering them.

PlumPets stopped taking in new dogs in May 2023, but we have offered to assist in looking for a new home for them. We have made sure they are ready for adoption (sterilised one of them, updated their vaccinations and microchipped them) and have offered to help with home checks and introductions. We have also organised volunteer walkers for the dogs 2-3 times a week and gotten to know them over the past few months.

TOKAI (white and tan female) and ASTRO (black and white male) are 2 years old. They are both sterilized and up to date with their vaccinations and microchipped. They are well socialised and manageable on their walks. They love meeting new people and get very excited for any human attention. They are not in any way aggressive. When the walkers fetch them from the kennels, they light up when they see them. They love car rides and any opportunity to be in the water and go for a swim.

TOKAI is mostly relaxed on walks and she loves the water. She gets very happy around people and will lick your ear off, if she given the chance. She just loves someone to play with her and loves human touch ❤️

ASTRO has tons of energy and likes to run around. He is a bit more reserved, but does enjoy some attention. He is very inquisitive. The duo like to walk together and if you take Astro too far from Tokai, she starts to cry. This is why they have to be homed together ❤️❤️

We realise a home for two pitties would be nothing short of a miracle, but we are hoping that a family or person is out there willing to give them a second chance. They would need an active person or family. They are fine with children, but due to energy levels, we would suggest older children. They are used to living with cats.

If you are interested in offering Astro and Tokai a forever home together, please contact Paulette via WhatsApp on 083 641 3535.

If you have no room, please share this post or tag anyone you think may have a home to offer. We need your help 🙏

20/01/2025

💜🐈APPEAL FOR CAT FOOD 💜🐈

We know the month of January can be tight, but we are hoping some of our amazing suppawters can help us out by donating some tins of Lucky Pet wet food. Our kitties are loving the pilchards and herrings and the tins are easy to use to feed lots of cats. It's also quite economical at around R35 a tin.

If you can drop a few tins in your trolley on your next shop and drop them off at Plumstead Animal Hospital vet shop on Basil Road in Plumstead, we would be SU-Purr grateful 🙏💜🐈

19/01/2025

Welcome to the PlumPets book team's first market of 2025 🎉. Please pop in at our bookstall at 🌳Under the Trees Market - Constantia🌳 today.

18/01/2025

THE LOSS OF ONE OF KEURBOOM PARK’S OWLS 💔

You will know that over the last years we have been encouraging wildlife back into Keurboom Park from what used to be a biological desert. We have had much success to the extent that in the last few months a breeding pair of resident Spotted Eagle Owls raised an owlet only to lose it to what we believe was another raptor. The owls tried again, in a nest they built away from the owl box. This time their young one was successfully fledged. We also have a resident pair of Rufous Breasted Sparrowhawks whose three young have fledged in the last two weeks. Our resident Black Sparrowhawks have, for the third year in succession, successfully raised a young one. A young Gymnogene also visits us at least four times a week.

Whilst we have many other park birds and wildlife I’m writing only of our raptors because it’s they that are in grave danger from secondary poisoning. Three years ago we had two Spotted Eagle Owls die a horrible death from eating a poisoned rat (secondary poisoning) and earlier this week a group of small children found one of our adult Owls on the ground in the middle playground. She/He was alive but shivering in great pain. She/He died a few hours later. The post-mortem showed that she/he had severe internal bleeding caused once again by poison from a rat caught and eaten a day earlier. We are desperately hoping that the remaining owl and owlet won’t also already have secondary poisoning and that the owlet will survive with just one parent bird.

Our Black Sparrowhawks are also in danger of secondary poisoning because they will opportunistically take rodents. The Rufous Breasted Sparrowhawks should be safe as they take other birds on the wing, but our Gymnogene may be at risk.

It is almost certain that the rat had been poisoned at a nearby household (the cricket club, the schools and other nearby sports facilities use bait stations which use rodenticide bait containing “cholecalciferol” (vitamin D3) which has a minimal risk of poisoning our raptors.

I don’t understand how anyone, knowing how most rat poisons work, can inflict such horror on another sentient animal, let alone on a magnificent bird. Most store bought rodenticides are made up of bait loaded with an anticoagulant causing uncontrolled internal bleeding. The animal may take five awful days to die. Other chemicals attack the central nervous system causing the animal to have a desperate thirst and stagger in the open - easy prey for raptors.

There are rodenticide brands in bait form that don’t carry the risk of the secondary poisoning of raptors. If you really must rid your home of rats by killing them (rather than catch and release) please discuss this with your vet before buying cheap rat poison from your local shop or supermarket.

Phil Flockton (083 554 1486) Justine Thornton ( 083 284 3388) and KPA committee

Please find alternative options to poison for rodents 🙏

17/01/2025

Found 💜🙏

GHUUMIE IS MISSING: Plumstead

Pitbull male
Unsterilized
Microchipped
No collar
Light brown green eyes

Went missing in Plumstead.

Sighted near Steurhof Station at 5:30pm.

Owner Amir Miron 073 624 4747

17/01/2025

💜 A HAPPY HOME FOR HARMONY 💜

Just one look at this cutie pie and you can see why Harmony became a foster fail for Sarah Oxley, our wonderful Physiotherapist who does some work at the shelter.

Sarah adopted a gorgeous kitty called Grumps from PlumPets Animal Shelter two years ago. So when Paulette asked if she would be interested in fostering this little girl, she said she would think about it. Although Sarah was not really thinking about getting another cat at the time, she couldn't really think of a reason not to foster Harmony.

And so the story begins....

When Sarah took Harmony home to meet Grumps it was not love at first sight. Grumps, being the only cat until now, did not want to share, and wanted nothing to do with this imposter, although she was rather cute 💜
It only took a few days for Harmony's charm to win Grumps over, and Sarah herself was not immune to this delightful little bundle, who quickly found a special place in her heart 💜

Grumps and Harmony became an adorable twosome, best friends, always playing together and cuddling up with one another.
So that was that. The decision was made. Harmony had found her new forever home with Sarah and Grumps 💜 Sarah says that Harmony has settled in so well. Her arch nemesis is her tail, which she is forever hunting, and her full name is now Harmony Gargoyle because she loves to perch on things.

Sarah says that Harmony brings so much joy to her life and she wouldn't change her in any way. She is just 'purrfect' 💜 Sarah would definitely encourage others to adopt from PlumPets. She says that Paulette knows which cat is the right fit for someone.

Thank you Sarah and Grumps for adopting Harmony and giving her such a special forever home 🙏💜

17/01/2025

OWNER FOUND 💜

DO YOU RECOGNISE ME? Totnes Road, Plumstead

Female dog, found in Totnes Road today. Friendly, in good condition.
Has a microchip but not registered to anyone's details.

Contact Paulette 083 641 3535

16/01/2025

BACK WITH OWNERS 💜

IS THIS YOUR CHICKEN? Plumstead Area

Walked into offices in Pluto Road Plumstead. They have knocked on doors in the area.

Contact Pauline 0827710427

15/01/2025

FOUND 💜

CINNAMON IS MISSING: Plumstead Area

Brown male rabbit
Not sterilized
Not microchipped

Went missing 13.01.2025 at 11am

Contact: Carolann Eacher 0724650427

14/01/2025

It's the PlumPets book team's first market of the year this Sunday, 19 January 🎉. Please pop in at our stall at 🌳 Under the Trees Market - Constantia🌳. The money raised from the sale of our pre-loved books all goes towards the running costs of the shelter. 💜🐈‍⬛️📚🐕💜

🌟🎨 Join us this Sunday for a super market experience! Discover funky swimwear, stunning jewelry, plants, books, unique fashion, captivating art, and even enchanting fairies 🧚‍♀️.

🍴 Indulge in the deli tent brimming with irresistible treats—cheese, freshly baked bread, fudge, nuts, biltong and spicy chili jellies. Deliciousness guaranteed! 😋

✨ Rejuvenate with a blissful head or back massage from Zuki and her magical hands—you deserve it! 😍

🎶 Live music, The Roadsinger, a laid-back vibe, and great company make for the perfect Sunday outing.

🐾 Bring your well-behaved pups on a lead! We’ve got a special stall just for your furry friends.

📅 New trading hours: 10am to 2pm.
😍Can't wait to see you at the Market.

13/01/2025

DO YOU RECOGNISE ME? Found on M5 near Grassy Park.

Female dog found Saturday 11/1/2025 at 1pm, M5 next to Grassy Park.
No microchip, collar or tag.
She is sterilised.

Dirty, had fleas, and dermatitis on her tail. Well fed. Shaved front right leg from a vet. Dog bite puncture wounds on ear and neck, recovering well. This was probably the reason for her vet visit. She has a slightly skew jaw.

She is gentle and very familiar with laps, couches and pillows. Good with other small dogs. (video in comments)

Contact finder: Louise McCann 083 662 9624 if she is yours.

13/01/2025

WINKY IS MISSING: Sussex Road, Wynberg

Male DSH Tabby

He is sterilized and microchipped.
No collar.
Last seen yesterday on the 12/01/2025 around 9ish in the morning.

132 Sussex Road, Wynberg

Contact: Kiki 0828415667

11/01/2025

IS THIS YOUR CAT? Stella Road Plumstead

This black and white male cat has been visiting 121 Stella Rd, Plumstead. It has been coming and going since 29th December, no microchip or collar but he is neutered. In okay condition, but cat comes for food.

Contact Bev Andrews on 0662353346 with any information.

09/01/2025

UPDATE 19.01.2025: WE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE TO THIS APPEAL AND WE HAVE A NICE SUPPLY. THANK YOU 🙏🙏💜

💜🙏 ON SPECIAL 🐈‍⬛🥜🧈🙏💜

Black Cat (No Added Sugar or Salt) is on special at Checkers Plumstead for R38.99. Please may we ask a few local suppawters to commit to buy a jar or 2. We use this for medication for the dogs. Thank you 🙏💜