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Sponsorship Would you like to sponsor one or more of the cats pictured below? Sadly these cats for one reason or another are too old, frail, and timid or have medical conditions that need constant veterinary treatment. Some have behavioural problems and just never get homed. All of them need feeding and caring for for the rest of their lives. If you feel you would like to sponsor a cat for a minimum annual sponsorship donation of £10, you will receive a certificate of sponsorship together with a photograph. You can give a sponsorship as a gift, or purchase it for yourself. Please click on the sponsorship form and send it in the post to us. Have a look at the certificate you will receive.   Please support Orpington Cat Rescue and change a cat's life forever.   Tramp was rescued from a multi cat household living in very poor conditions. His congealed Liver disorder had never been picked up until we took him on. Because his liver is unable to cope with the toxins In his blood, he can never eat an ordinary diet. If he does he becomes very ill salivating at the mouth, walking backwards and burying his head, probably because he has a headache. There is an operation available which is only performed at certain veterinary colleges with a fairly high percentage rate of success. The nearest for Tramp was Bristol University, Tramp was taken there to have the operation and all seemed well but for some reason Tramps body took a turn for the worse and they had to reversed the operation the next day with Tramp nearly losing his life. Tramp has to be kept on a strict diet of dried food and daily medication; Tramp is allowed occasionally other choices of food cooked chicken or goats milk. Sadly cats with this condition only live to middle age. He is a lovely cat with a sweet, unusual disposition, all the other cats love him and he is often found cuddled up with three or more of them. If Tramp had not been rescued we are sure he would not be alive today. Tabitha & Truffles, first came to our attention, when they were advertised for sale on a notice board in one of the supermarkets. We thought it was odd because they also wanted a grey/white female kitten, & Tabitha & Truffles were adult cats. Anyhow we gave them a call and went along to see the cats. What a filthy hovel we found them in. It was mid winter, freezing cold, no comforts for the many cats, stinking of unneutered toms, obviously not lived in. plus a dog in a cage. The woman was making money out of the uncared for animals. Both cats were unneutered although she insisted they were! And they were petrified, probably because they had never been socialised. How could we leave them there? We handed over the required amount of money and walked away with the two cats. Needless to say she was reported to the RSPCA. The cats where with one of our fosterers for a whole year and no one felt they could take them on, as they just shook and trebled from head to tail in fear of people when prospective owners came and viewed them. Eventually their fosterer decided to keep them as they had begun to trust her. They are still nervous, but live happily with her other cats and dogs even. They just needed someone to give them the time and patience so they could trust them. Rita (tortie/white) & Rory (ginger) were callously abandoned in a nearby nature reserve. A man walking his dogs alerted us after seeing a ginger cat sitting in front of an open cat carrying basket crying pitifully and nearby a tortie/white cat curled up asleep in a cardboard box with no lid on it. By the time we received his telephone message some three hours later the carrier and both cats had disappeared, leaving an empty box behind. We hoped they had not got into the wrong hands and made enquires at the local vets to where they had been found to see if they had been handed in. The ginger cat had been handed in; he was found wandering in the reserve, but there was no sign of the tortie/white cat. Although we had searched the woods that evening, we returned the following morning, leaving notices in the isolated car park, asking for any information about the other cat. Fortunately a lady who had kindly taken home the tortie/white cat returned to walk her dogs the next day, saw the notices and gave us a call; both cats were then re-united with each other. These two elderly cats could never have survived on there own. Rory, as we called the male ginger cat, was matted, had fleas, terrible teeth problems and was thin and diagnosed with Hypothyroid. Rita, the tortie/white cat, is deaf, had very mucky ears, teeth problems & very bad arthritis of the spine, so bad that she could not move very much. Her sight is also not quite right either. How could anybody abandon these cats like a piece of rubbish? Rita & Rory have now had all the treatment possible – dentals, de-matted, de-wormed, de-flead, micro-chipped and medication for arthritis, Hypothyroid. With regular food and love they have already improved and are much happier. They can stay with one of our fosterers to live their remaining years, but it would be nice if we could find them a special indoor home as only pets, with someone prepared to take them on with all their problems in their twilight years, where they can be given the love and attention they so deserve. Mabel A beautiful Tabby with ginger markings, Mabel is extremely affectionate she is around 16+, she came to us with bad weepy eyes and could hardly open them, her skin condition was poor bald in places and scabby. She was being fed by several people in the street. We are not sure how long she was wandering around like this suffering but now she has received all the veterinary treatment required. Mabel is deaf so needs to be in a indoor home, she has a great appetite and loves her sleep, Mabel snuggles up every evening on her fosterers lap for a cuddled. Megan Megan is a sweet old girl aged 13approx she was found in a poor state very thin, suffering with sickness. A kind lady started to feed her but realised how ill she was and gave us a call. She was suffering with Thyroid & renal problems and her teeth where very bad. Megan has now received all the treatment necessary. She needs to have two tablets a day to help her thyroid & renal conditions and a monthly steroid injection to help with her diarrhoea she has put on weight is eating well and has no sickness any more. She is very friendly old girl and loves to be cuddled she is a little bit of a grump with the resident cats but is enjoying her twilight years is a warm cosy home.

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