Tips

Our lovely Tips came to us back in April 2024 along with 3 other cats. They were signed over to us due to their owner not having time for them anymore, its also important to note they all lived together unneutered and two of these were brother and sister who had previously mated resulting in kittens where they then kept 1 which also didn't end up getting neutered however we will stick with Tips for now.

When they all came into our care our hearts broke immediately, 3 of the 4 cats had significant hair loss, and were malnourished. Still so very full of love it made it so hard seeing them in the worst conditions id personally seen a cat since starting the rescue. Due to the malnourishment we had to build up feeding Tips bit by bit so we didn't over feed her too quickly and make her ill, however a few weeks past and it still felt like there was no chance of filling her as she was just as ravenous when it came to meal times in such an unnormal way.

During the first couple of months of the 4 coming in because 3 of them were in such bad condition test after test were being preformed on them to try figure out what was wrong with them and also what caused the hair-loss, all tests kept coming back negative which of course gave us such a sense of relief, leaving the only kind of explanation to be either 'flea related dermatitis', 'stress related hair-loss' or a mixture of both. Then came the most heartbreaking part, unbeknown to all of us, vets included, Tips was actually pregnant though she wasn't far enough along to show obvious signs like her teets producing milk +  she was so skinny it really didn't show, it was then when I had a phone call when I was at work by a volunteer saying that he had found Tips laying in her isolation cage with 2 stillborn kittens.

This then made sense as to why Tips always seemed hungry, she wasn't just trying to feed herself the poor girl was trying to feed a family we had no idea about... Tips was then rushed into the vets later on that morning to be scanned showing 2 more kittens deceased in her where she then underwent emergency surgery to remove them and then be neutered in the process. We then found out prior to Tips being signed over she had been pregnant before and successfully gave birth only to reject the kittens leaving them to pass away one by one. It was hard for us trying to wrack our heads around how much she'd been through in her small life, how scared she must have been and felt... Yet still be so damn loving & caring. So to make up for it I set out to find the most perfect home for her where she wouldn't ever have to go through anything like it again and I'm  glad to say I found her just that. Meanwhile whilst I was finding the best home for her I'm glad to say her beautiful furr came back and Tips made a full recovery.