Showing posts with label TNR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TNR. Show all posts
Friday, 6 November 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Loving my new trap...
Gotta say a big thanks to Leeds Feline Friends for my newest piece of trapping equipment... A BRAND NEW TRAP!
I shouldn't get so excited but they asked if I wanted any equipment, for the help I've given them with trapping and transporting. Well, I said I would love to have a trap where the trap 'door' opens outwards, and is outside the trap. Most traps have a door which opens INTO the trap and this can cause problems if you have a big cat or the cat has a long neck and doesn't go all the way into the trap before hitting the release panel. When this happens the door can come down on the cats back and if they are quick enough (which they often are), they can turn round and scoot right out the trap before the door closes.
This is obviously makes it more tricky to trap the cat again as they are more wary of entering the trap after they have seen it go off. I used this other trap when I was in Greece a couple of years ago and it is better for bigger cats or ones that won;t always go all the way and trigger the door release. With this one, they don't need to be fully inside and away from the entrance and is better for manually setting off as well. This one the door comes TOWARDS the trap as it closes, so there is less chance oif the cat escaping, plus zero chance of it catching on their back and letting them slip out.
Check out the pics...
I shouldn't get so excited but they asked if I wanted any equipment, for the help I've given them with trapping and transporting. Well, I said I would love to have a trap where the trap 'door' opens outwards, and is outside the trap. Most traps have a door which opens INTO the trap and this can cause problems if you have a big cat or the cat has a long neck and doesn't go all the way into the trap before hitting the release panel. When this happens the door can come down on the cats back and if they are quick enough (which they often are), they can turn round and scoot right out the trap before the door closes.
This is obviously makes it more tricky to trap the cat again as they are more wary of entering the trap after they have seen it go off. I used this other trap when I was in Greece a couple of years ago and it is better for bigger cats or ones that won;t always go all the way and trigger the door release. With this one, they don't need to be fully inside and away from the entrance and is better for manually setting off as well. This one the door comes TOWARDS the trap as it closes, so there is less chance oif the cat escaping, plus zero chance of it catching on their back and letting them slip out.
Check out the pics...
How NOT to treat a cat on National Black Cat day....
Not the best example of being kind to someone who is celebrating their national day - shoving them in a metal cage, driving them miles from home, sticking them with needles, man-handling them, knocking them unconscious and then chopping their balls off!
It's okay, it's all in a good cause!
Leeds Feline Friends had a call from a lady who is feeding a big black cat at a farm, and has a poorly eye. She asked if they could help. So, yesterday i went down to trap the big fella... and he is BIG... but as soft as a sausage. He turned up at the farm a while back and they think he might have come from a gypsy encampment which is nearby and possibly been used for dog baiting as he HATES dogs. Anyway, they tried to get him in a carrier and whilst partially successful, because he is so big, he stressed when they tried to shut him in. I took a trap across, we put some food in and he literally walked in, bless his soul.
They looked at his eye and it could just be an ingrowing eyelid with the hairs rubbing on his eyeball, so they are going to trim is eye lid and hopefully he should be alright after a couple of days rest.
It's okay, it's all in a good cause!
Leeds Feline Friends had a call from a lady who is feeding a big black cat at a farm, and has a poorly eye. She asked if they could help. So, yesterday i went down to trap the big fella... and he is BIG... but as soft as a sausage. He turned up at the farm a while back and they think he might have come from a gypsy encampment which is nearby and possibly been used for dog baiting as he HATES dogs. Anyway, they tried to get him in a carrier and whilst partially successful, because he is so big, he stressed when they tried to shut him in. I took a trap across, we put some food in and he literally walked in, bless his soul.
They looked at his eye and it could just be an ingrowing eyelid with the hairs rubbing on his eyeball, so they are going to trim is eye lid and hopefully he should be alright after a couple of days rest.
Monday, 3 August 2015
Garden Center cats
The two young cats whom Clive at the garden center kindly befriended and were placed with Yorkshire Cat rescue are fine. I began the task of trapping some of the other cats. A couple of the guys were really tame and you could stroke them, so much so we just picked them up and put them in a carrier! Both were TNR'd and one of the guys got re-homed pretty shortly afterwards.
In the mean time , some kind person dumped ANOTHER cat over their fence, this time another youngster. Again, tame and obviously been a household pet as was used to people. We worreid it could be a female, but as it tunred out it was a male. he's gone back and is settling in nicely... here he is, total cutie:
One of the other ginger cats I had planned on trapping was sadly run over on the main road a couple of days before, but we still had a big black fella to sort out. This was the one that would always run into the trap and steal all the food when were were trying to get the young girl back in June, so I assumed he wouldn't be a problem. As it turned out, he wasn;t, some tasty sardines in the trap and in he went:
In the mean time , some kind person dumped ANOTHER cat over their fence, this time another youngster. Again, tame and obviously been a household pet as was used to people. We worreid it could be a female, but as it tunred out it was a male. he's gone back and is settling in nicely... here he is, total cutie:
One of the other ginger cats I had planned on trapping was sadly run over on the main road a couple of days before, but we still had a big black fella to sort out. This was the one that would always run into the trap and steal all the food when were were trying to get the young girl back in June, so I assumed he wouldn't be a problem. As it turned out, he wasn;t, some tasty sardines in the trap and in he went:
MIA...
Sorry, life has been getting in the way of posting lately..
Yes, I have been working, but in between everything else haven't updated the blog as often as I should have. Got about 4-5 jobs and things to post, which I'll do today and tomorrow hopefully.
Thanks for caring!
Yes, I have been working, but in between everything else haven't updated the blog as often as I should have. Got about 4-5 jobs and things to post, which I'll do today and tomorrow hopefully.
Thanks for caring!
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Ginger Tom and proud... not anymore!
This guys has been 2 months in the catching, in Methley. His feeder rang and asked us to catch him as he was getting into all sorts of scraps and coming home battered and bruised. I organised to drop a trap off and we would set it up in the garage to try and catch him on a morning and then get him to the vets. As usual, his routine of turning up for feeding was erratic and when he did, he was shy of the trap.
He then started coming round on an evening and it was agreed we'd try then... no joy. Finally the week before last I got a frantic call around 9am to say he'd been trapped. As luck would have it the vets couldn't take him that day as they were full, so I arranged to collect him and keep him in the trap in my cellar till next morning when the vets could take him in. This was unusual, but there was no way we were going to be able to let him go and then re-trap him. I had a spare trap which I managed to attach to the one he was in, so he at least had the run of two trap lengths, plus food and a litter tray for his stay.
Anyway, next morning he was none the worse for being in stir for 24 hours, if a bit grumpy. He was snipped and back at his 'home' a day later, looking like he hadn't a care in the world, eating ham from his feeder's hand!
He then started coming round on an evening and it was agreed we'd try then... no joy. Finally the week before last I got a frantic call around 9am to say he'd been trapped. As luck would have it the vets couldn't take him that day as they were full, so I arranged to collect him and keep him in the trap in my cellar till next morning when the vets could take him in. This was unusual, but there was no way we were going to be able to let him go and then re-trap him. I had a spare trap which I managed to attach to the one he was in, so he at least had the run of two trap lengths, plus food and a litter tray for his stay.
Anyway, next morning he was none the worse for being in stir for 24 hours, if a bit grumpy. He was snipped and back at his 'home' a day later, looking like he hadn't a care in the world, eating ham from his feeder's hand!
Monday, 1 June 2015
New YCR pens all finished and ready for cats!
This was a few weeks ago, but the new pen block at YORKSHIRE CAT RESCUE is now completed, and all ready for it's new occupants.
There are around 7-8 new pens, all but one with an indoor and outdoor section and when I visited last week all the pens were already filled either with single cats or mums and kits. It's alot more cleaning for the volunteers with almost double the usual pens, but it does mean they are able to have a lot more cats back on site now they are finished, plus they look great for people coming to view the cats for possible adoption and will be warm and dry for the cats in the winter.
The below pics are the day before the pens were filled, just as we finished off cleaning them out and getting them ready for their new occupants.
There are around 7-8 new pens, all but one with an indoor and outdoor section and when I visited last week all the pens were already filled either with single cats or mums and kits. It's alot more cleaning for the volunteers with almost double the usual pens, but it does mean they are able to have a lot more cats back on site now they are finished, plus they look great for people coming to view the cats for possible adoption and will be warm and dry for the cats in the winter.
The below pics are the day before the pens were filled, just as we finished off cleaning them out and getting them ready for their new occupants.
Thursday, 21 May 2015
We got Mum... just in the nick of time!
After trying to get Mum for the last 5-6 days, I finally got her on Tuesday night after she went into the shelter where she sleeps in the garden and I managed to butt then trap up again the opening of the box she sleeps in. She shot out of the box and into the trap. Boom. Caught. earlier in the evening she had been in the trap twice to eat, but not far enough in for me to release the door and be assured of catching her.
I dropped her off at White Cross Vets on Tuesday night for the operation on Wednesday, but come the morning, one cat had turned into 3 and by the middle of the day she'd had 6 kittens. sadly one passed away> The good enws she is really friendly and we will not be putting her back, but re-homing both her and kittens at some point. It's a really good feeling to know we literally caught her in the nick of time, one more night outdoors and even fewer of those kittens could be around to grow up into happy healthy cats.
Here's a couple of pics of Mum, sorry they're not a bit clearer!
I dropped her off at White Cross Vets on Tuesday night for the operation on Wednesday, but come the morning, one cat had turned into 3 and by the middle of the day she'd had 6 kittens. sadly one passed away> The good enws she is really friendly and we will not be putting her back, but re-homing both her and kittens at some point. It's a really good feeling to know we literally caught her in the nick of time, one more night outdoors and even fewer of those kittens could be around to grow up into happy healthy cats.
Here's a couple of pics of Mum, sorry they're not a bit clearer!
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Kittens to go....
Got called to a TNR job in Harehills this week to trap a MU, Dad, 2 older siblings and a young kitten. First day there today I manage to get the kitten (top pic) and the two older siblings. They're hang around a garden in Harehills and a kind lady is feeding them and has agreed to have them back. Cat Action Trust is hanging on to the kitten in the hopes to tame and re-home it.
I'll drop the siblings back over the next couple of days after their operation and then go back next week for Mum, who already looks to be pregnant again, and hopefully the Dad.
I'll drop the siblings back over the next couple of days after their operation and then go back next week for Mum, who already looks to be pregnant again, and hopefully the Dad.
Monday, 16 February 2015
Is neutering cruel and against nature?
Interesting comment on the Celia Hammond Trust Facebook page, interesting that she has even had to say this at all. Comments wholly justified, and when you've worked for a cat charity and seen the effects of unwanted kittens first-hand, and the suffering and death of many a litter, you can't help but agree.
A frequent concern expressed to us is "but isn't neutering interfering with nature?"
And our response....
By domesticating cats and dogs, humans have already interfered. By breeding cats and dogs and caring for them, we have helped ensure their breeding success and longer life.
Cats are prolific breeders: If a female cat was to mate every time she came into season, and all her kittens were to survive and breed, then there could be up to 21,000 extra cats in just 7 years!
With the cat population able to increase at such a fast rate there could never be enough homes to go around.
The dog and cat population can either be humanely controlled by neutering, left to nature or the surplus can be killed or 'culled'.
Nature is cruel and since there are no natural predators of cats and dogs in the U.K the population would be controlled by starvation and disease. The most likely scenario however would be a situation seen by many holidaymakers in some countries - starving colonies of sick animals which are killed by the authorities to contain numbers - a situation we think most people in this country would find intolerable.
Surplus cats and kittens are already euthanased in the U.K because the cat population continues to grow and there are not enough homes.
Stray cats and kittens already struggle to survive on our streets in growing numbers as animal charities struggle to help them all. Cats and kittens become sick whilst living stray and and many do die.
https://www.facebook.com/celiahammondanimaltrust/posts/948189308525262
A frequent concern expressed to us is "but isn't neutering interfering with nature?"
And our response....
By domesticating cats and dogs, humans have already interfered. By breeding cats and dogs and caring for them, we have helped ensure their breeding success and longer life.
Cats are prolific breeders: If a female cat was to mate every time she came into season, and all her kittens were to survive and breed, then there could be up to 21,000 extra cats in just 7 years!
With the cat population able to increase at such a fast rate there could never be enough homes to go around.
The dog and cat population can either be humanely controlled by neutering, left to nature or the surplus can be killed or 'culled'.
Nature is cruel and since there are no natural predators of cats and dogs in the U.K the population would be controlled by starvation and disease. The most likely scenario however would be a situation seen by many holidaymakers in some countries - starving colonies of sick animals which are killed by the authorities to contain numbers - a situation we think most people in this country would find intolerable.
Surplus cats and kittens are already euthanased in the U.K because the cat population continues to grow and there are not enough homes.
Stray cats and kittens already struggle to survive on our streets in growing numbers as animal charities struggle to help them all. Cats and kittens become sick whilst living stray and and many do die.
https://www.facebook.com/celiahammondanimaltrust/posts/948189308525262
Friday, 21 November 2014
Update from the friendly cat with the lump on his leg I took to the vets a couple of weeks ago...
Dropped by the vets today to pick up my crush cage and apparent 'Harry' had a tumour on his leg and they amputated his leg yesterday.
Good news is he is doing well, and no complications. Still sad news, but plenty of 3-legged cats about. It will make him harder to adopt out, and he will need to be an indoor cat, but the little fella shud be fine.
Good news is he is doing well, and no complications. Still sad news, but plenty of 3-legged cats about. It will make him harder to adopt out, and he will need to be an indoor cat, but the little fella shud be fine.
Friday, 14 November 2014
TNR job today
Got asked by LEEDS FELINE FRIENDS to help out a member of the public who has been feeding a tom cat, but he needs neutering and has a problem with his leg.
I arranged to go round this morning, after speaking to them last night and asking them not to feed the cat last night or this morning. Apparently the cat was very friendly would come into the house to eat, before going out again. I got there today and found a very friendly looking tabby anxiously wondering where his breakfast was.
He was very friendly, jumped right onto a chair and let me stroke his head and scratch him under his chin. As reported he had a big lump at the top of his right leg, which didn't look like a wound and looked to be a solid mass, either an break which had healed wrong, or something else. He allowed the gentleman who feeds him to lift him up and just drop him in the crush cage for the trip to the vets.
The is quite a big cat, and when I asked what they called him they said they hadn't got a name for him but had previously called him 'big head'... as he had a big head... true. They didn't know how old he was, but had been coming round for about a year and as he was friendly the assumption is he has been a pet in the past, possible due to looking pretty young an ex-student cat who has been turfed out onto the streets when the students have finished their course. Yes, it happens more than you'd like to think that students get a'cute' kitten for their flat/house and then just abandon them when they leave.
Anyway, I dropped him at the vets this morning and then rang for an update on him, along with what they had found around the lump on his leg. I got through to the operating room and they said they had examined the leg and it looked like a solid mass under x-ray, but despite taking some samples were unable to confirm 100% what it was. They couldn't rule out a growth, which may result in the poor fella losing his leg if it is cancerous or looks like it may spread. It didn't seem to be giving him any problems walking or jumping this morning, but I only saw him for a short period of time. I'll ring tomorrow and just hope he is okay. I feel guilty that he may lose a leg because we have 'done the right thing' and took him to be neutered.
The good news is that he should be able to be re-homed due to his calm nature, but not sure what losing the leg will do to this as there will likely be a long recouperation and some adjustment.
I arranged to go round this morning, after speaking to them last night and asking them not to feed the cat last night or this morning. Apparently the cat was very friendly would come into the house to eat, before going out again. I got there today and found a very friendly looking tabby anxiously wondering where his breakfast was.
He was very friendly, jumped right onto a chair and let me stroke his head and scratch him under his chin. As reported he had a big lump at the top of his right leg, which didn't look like a wound and looked to be a solid mass, either an break which had healed wrong, or something else. He allowed the gentleman who feeds him to lift him up and just drop him in the crush cage for the trip to the vets.
The is quite a big cat, and when I asked what they called him they said they hadn't got a name for him but had previously called him 'big head'... as he had a big head... true. They didn't know how old he was, but had been coming round for about a year and as he was friendly the assumption is he has been a pet in the past, possible due to looking pretty young an ex-student cat who has been turfed out onto the streets when the students have finished their course. Yes, it happens more than you'd like to think that students get a'cute' kitten for their flat/house and then just abandon them when they leave.
Anyway, I dropped him at the vets this morning and then rang for an update on him, along with what they had found around the lump on his leg. I got through to the operating room and they said they had examined the leg and it looked like a solid mass under x-ray, but despite taking some samples were unable to confirm 100% what it was. They couldn't rule out a growth, which may result in the poor fella losing his leg if it is cancerous or looks like it may spread. It didn't seem to be giving him any problems walking or jumping this morning, but I only saw him for a short period of time. I'll ring tomorrow and just hope he is okay. I feel guilty that he may lose a leg because we have 'done the right thing' and took him to be neutered.
The good news is that he should be able to be re-homed due to his calm nature, but not sure what losing the leg will do to this as there will likely be a long recouperation and some adjustment.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Be their light on September 25th...
THIS MEANS YOU...
Spread the word, shelter pets, not pet store pets!
Spread the word, shelter pets, not pet store pets!
Monday, 22 September 2014
Dead cat walking....
Abit of a sad day. Got a job from Leeds feline Friends to go see a woman called Jean about a cat that she has been feeding for a couple of years - half-tail they called him, for obvious reasons.
The little guy has been plagued by flies around him this Summer and Jean wanted him looked at. I went down today and on looking at him it was not obvious what was causing the flies as he had no obvious wounds or injuries which could be attracting them. After setting up the trap and getting him halfway in with some regular tinned food, he just turned round and walked out again... flamin' picky cats! Out came the Pilchards and sure enough within 20 minutes he was bang to right in the trap on the way to the vets.
Got a call a few hours later that had tested positive for FiV and with all the other cats in the area it would probably not be right to return him as he could infect other cats/pets. The decision was taken to put him to sleep, whilst under anesthetic. It sounds cruel, but is the best option for the other cats in the area as this guy was a feral and not in a position to be fostered or rehomed easily.
Here he is sunning himself after his first meal. He seemed pretty content with his lot, didn;t run too far when we approached him, knowing it was a safe feeding area, but he was still cautious. God bless the little fella.
The little guy has been plagued by flies around him this Summer and Jean wanted him looked at. I went down today and on looking at him it was not obvious what was causing the flies as he had no obvious wounds or injuries which could be attracting them. After setting up the trap and getting him halfway in with some regular tinned food, he just turned round and walked out again... flamin' picky cats! Out came the Pilchards and sure enough within 20 minutes he was bang to right in the trap on the way to the vets.
Got a call a few hours later that had tested positive for FiV and with all the other cats in the area it would probably not be right to return him as he could infect other cats/pets. The decision was taken to put him to sleep, whilst under anesthetic. It sounds cruel, but is the best option for the other cats in the area as this guy was a feral and not in a position to be fostered or rehomed easily.
Here he is sunning himself after his first meal. He seemed pretty content with his lot, didn;t run too far when we approached him, knowing it was a safe feeding area, but he was still cautious. God bless the little fella.
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Be their Voice...
Join the Pet Awareness Campaign That Promotes Pet Adoption
Remember Me Thursday™ is a worldwide coalition of pet adoption organizations, celebrities and people like you, who raise awareness about the plight of millions of orphan pets around the world waiting for forever homes.
By lighting a candle on Remember Me Thursday, September 25, 2014, you are remembering those pets who have lost their lives but you are also shining a light on orphan pets in need of homes right now.
Light Up the World For Orphan Pets
Learn how you can light up the world for orphan pets as an organization or as an everyday animal lover. They need YOUR voice - let’s extinguish pet euthanasia together!
Thank you to all our Remember Me Thursday™ participating organizations! Countries from as far away as Australia and Japan are lighting candles and raising awareness for the orphan pets in their communities. Be sure to connect with our Remember Me Thursday™ Luminaries - a special set of celebrities who pledge to shine a light on the plight of orphan pets on September 25.
http://www.animalcenter.org/events/remember-me-thursday/index.aspx
Remember Me Thursday™ is a worldwide coalition of pet adoption organizations, celebrities and people like you, who raise awareness about the plight of millions of orphan pets around the world waiting for forever homes.
By lighting a candle on Remember Me Thursday, September 25, 2014, you are remembering those pets who have lost their lives but you are also shining a light on orphan pets in need of homes right now.
Light Up the World For Orphan Pets
Learn how you can light up the world for orphan pets as an organization or as an everyday animal lover. They need YOUR voice - let’s extinguish pet euthanasia together!
Thank you to all our Remember Me Thursday™ participating organizations! Countries from as far away as Australia and Japan are lighting candles and raising awareness for the orphan pets in their communities. Be sure to connect with our Remember Me Thursday™ Luminaries - a special set of celebrities who pledge to shine a light on the plight of orphan pets on September 25.
http://www.animalcenter.org/events/remember-me-thursday/index.aspx
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