Sidney is a 7 week old tabby and white kitten who came into the rescue 2 weeks ago… Sidney has a rare problem with his tubes which come from the kidneys into his bladder. One of the tubes appear to bypass the bladder which is leading him to be incontient. Sidney’s problem can only be cured with an operation by a specialist veterinary hospital. The operation is going to cost in the region of £2,000.00…

If you would like to donate to Sidney’s appeal – please send your donation to Four Paws Cat Rescue, 2 Wheatley Road, Forest Hill, Oxford OX33 1EH or pop a donation into our charity shop situated at 8 The Roundway, Risinghurst, Oxford OX3 8DH. You can also donate via our JustGiving page – www.justgiving.com/FPCR-Sidney

Thank you for your kind support!

*UPDATE (25.09.12) – With many thanks for all your kind support – we are nearly half way to raising funds for Sidney! Please keep supporting!

*UPDATE (22.10.12) - We are currently at £1,328.00!

*UPDATE (01.11.12) – We’ve done it! We have raised £2,028.00!!! Thank you to everyone who has donated to his cause! With extra special thanks to the last anonyms donation of £700! Sidney is now 4 months old, and will be having his operation at 6 months old.

*UPDATE (06.03.2013) Sidney had his first operation last week! He was a bit older than 6 months, but only one of Sid’s testicles had appeared and on close observation over the last month, it was noted that Sidney’s other testicle was either non-existent, or it was inside him. Iffley Vets carried out Sidney’s castration, and the other testicle was found inside and he was successfully castrated. However, as thought, on closer investigation of Sidney’s kidneys and tubes, one side of his body is functioning normally, and the other side, unfortunatley, isn’t. One of Sidney’s kidneys is smaller and mishapen, and the tube from that kidney is 3 – 4 times larger than the other one. It was confirmed that it does bypass the bladder. An X-Ray also showed that some of Sid’s bones are twisted – with his front legs bowing outwards, and his back legs bowing inwards. We have been reassured that his legs are not too much of an issue, but it is very likely that he will develop arthritus as he gets older.

Sidney is recovering from his first operation well, and is getting back to his happy, lively and friendly self. He has so much character and is a little fighter! So fingers crossed for his next operation – which is likely to be to remove the kidney and tube.

Hillary came into the rescue as a stray in the middle of May. It was quite obvious that Hillary had not been speyed and was expecting….

On Monday 4th June, Hillary presented us with 3 very cute kitties! Hillary is being a very good mummy, and the kittens, now just over a week old, are getting bigger and stronger every day!

*UPDATE* 

Hillary’s kitties at 3 weeks old

*UPDATE* Hillary’s kittens, named Henry, Zara and Bea – have now all found loving new homes! Thank you to their new owners for giving them wonderful homes!

Nokie came into Four Paws Cat Rescue in May 2010 with her kittens, after a member of the public found her feeding her kittens in their woodpile! She was a very hungry puss who was quite shy when she came to us.

Her kittens were successfully rehomed and Nokie was speyed – ready for someone to take her home, but no-one seemed interested.

Nokie became Four Paws’ longest resident and we were beginning to think that she would be staying with us permanently.

That was until January 2012 – when Nokie fell in love with a lovely couple who kindly offered to adopt her! Nokie is now living the life of luxury – we have had an update and she has made herself very cosy and is loving her new home! So a big thank you to Nokie’s new owners for giving her a new start to life and we hope Nokie brings them years of happiness!

NEW ARRIVALS! SOX’S STORY SO FAR…

Sox came into Four Paws Cat Rescue as a heavily pregnant stray. She was put into the hands of fosterers – who immediatley created their house a purrfect place for Sox to become comfortable enough to bless us, after a rather long labour with a few complications, with 6 healthy kittens on 19th May.

The kittens, 2 boys and 4 girls, are now 3 weeks old and will be looking for new homes within the next couple of weeks.

UPDATE - all of Sox’s kittens have now found loving new homes! Thank you to everyone who adopted them!

Patience came into Four Paws Cat Rescue from a veterinary practice in Oxford. She had been brought into the vets as a stray with a serious injury. Patience had caught her leg in the collar.  The collar had caused bad wounds and rips on Patience’s shoulder and neck.

Being a stray, the vets did not know how long Patience had been in this mess, and a further look showed that the wounds had become infested with maggots.
Patience spent a long time having the maggots flushed out of her and being stitched up by the vets… Poor little Patience looked an awful sight, having half her body shaved and stitching all over the place.
She was put on painkillers as the wounds were very sore. But one of Patience’s wounds became infected…
Four Paws Cat Rescue rushed her to a vocal vet where the wound was cleaned and she was put on more painkillers and antibiotics to help clear the infection under the stitching.
Patience was such a good girl, and let Marilyn at the cattery clean her wounds daily. Marilyn made a very special bond with Patience and Patience knew Marilyn was there to help her get better! With ALOT of kind attention and care from Marilyn at Four Paws Cat Rescue, and with the help of our local vet, Patience’s wounds healed and Marilyn was able to find her a new, loving home !
Patience still has a little way to go, her fur is slowly growing back but this will take quite a bit of time.

UPDATE ON PATIENCE

We have recently had an e-mail from the lady who adopted Patience, to say that she is doing very well in her new home. Her fur is growing back and she definatley looks as if she has settled well!

 Litts, a 10 year old tabby, has been with Four Paws Cat Rescue for quite a while, after his owner was unfortunatley killing him with kindness by feeding him all of the wrong foods. Litts was on the borderline of developing diabetes and he had developed crystals in his bladder. Litts is now on a special prescription diet to help manage the crystals which form in male cats when they are given too much protein i.e chicken, fish.    Litts now lives at the Four Paws Cat Rescue’s cattery and is taken for regular walks on his harness. He is kept to a strict diet and has to be monitored carefully to make sure that he is passing urine everyday. 2010 is Litts’ year, he has become a celebrity, by not only being featured on the Alan Titchmarsh Show but he is also one of the stars on channel 4′s Animal Madhouse!

Speedy was rescued from a house where drug users thought it appropriate behaviour to put him in a plastic bag, blow crack cocaine into the bag, and then hold it shut…. hence the name Speedy.

Speedy was with Four Paws Cat Rescue for a very long time – and was always very nervous of people,understandingly, but made a special friendship with Julie who looked after and cared for him. He soon got to know he was safe with Julie, and no one was going to hurt him anymore.
Speedy made friends with every cat that came in “next door”. Bertie, an old boy the rescue had in, was the first to pair up with him and they became partners in crime, as we soon learnt, as Bertie taught him how to tap you on the back of your leg when it was food time!
Bertie was rehomed and shortly after – Four Paws Cat Rescue had a little tortoiseshell cat named Babe come in. She too was very nervous. But again, Speedy made a friend, and they became best pals and even shared the same bed in the cattery. They were the ideal pair!
A lady then enquired about coming out to view Babe. We knew we would have to find another friend for Speedy if Babe was rehomed, as he hated it in the cattery on his own.
The lady came out the following weekend to see Babe – and to our surprise, suggested rehoming Speedy too! We were thrilled and so pleased that not only had Speedy got a new home, but he was going to it with his pal Babe.
Speedy and Babe left Four Paws Cat Rescue on 1st December – so keep checking our stories page to see if we have an update on how they are getting on in their loving new home!

UPDATE ON SPEEDY

Speedy (now called King) has settled in brilliantly along with his adopted sister, Babe. Here he is, having a cat nap on his sofa!