A few more kittens have gone but as quickly as they went more came in, we have taken in 18 kittens over the past two days! Some years we seem to have only black or black and whites but this year there is a multitude of colours and some very beautiful ones.Looks should not be important when choosing an animal but unfortunately it appears to be very important to many of our visitors so a selection means they are more likely to find homes easily.Imagine if human beings were all put up for adoption and only the good looking ones were homed, how many of us would end up in institutions? Doesnt bear thinking about does it?
Our old cat Trevor was Put to sleep yesterday, he had started to go off his food and become very slow, his heart was failing and he no longer enjoyed his life.He had a good 18 months of life here with his companion Tomas.Tomas is doing well at the moment but he also is an old chap and not as active as he used to be.
This year is flying by, I have just realised our Open Day in Liverpool is only a short way off(the 20th)it does not seem a year since the last one.I am often asked when I will have an open day here but I dont feel we are ready for one just yet. When the cattery is improved, then I will think about it.Maybe next year or the one after that.I will definitely have one in the not too distant future.
Yesterday I took Holly in for a dental, Holly is the tortoishell cat who lost both ears to a disease and then lost an eye so she has really been in the wars and was clearly none too keen on this visit to the vet. Her looks seemed to put people off and even though she is a real character with a lovely personality nobody looked twice at her.Eventually I decided to let her stay, she now sleeps on my bed!
I had a chat with one of the Vets about the two ponies Shane and Judy, neither of whom seem to be benefitting from their treatment, he suggested xraying their feet to see hwat is going on there,and another possibility is to fit mouldable shoes onto them which may ease their discomfort - when horses suffer from neglected feet and/or laminitis , they are often forced to walk in an unnatural position as it is too painful for them to place their feet flat on the floor.
I had a disturbing phone call yesterday from someone who took on a horse a short time ago only for her to die this week from Liver failure.It seems ragwort posioning is the most likely cause of this as it has a cumulative effect on the liver which can result eventually in an untimely death.I feel somewhat responsible for this persons distress as I had passed on the details of this horse which was on a waiting list to come to the shelter.I wonder if its possible the previous owner was aware of this problem? Unfortunately we are not always told the truth about the animals we are asked to take and very often we discover major problems when we admit them.
The good news of the week is that Sam and Murphy our young shetland ponies are going to a new home and the same people are taking the ducks and the rabbit.We are waiting for them to build a shelter for the ponies anmd then they will all be off to live on a very nice place near the sea in Anglesey.
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