The first 150 people to apply can have their cat neutered and micro-chipped for only £5. To qualify owners must be in receipt of benefits and live in the Ashford or Tenterden area. To take advantage of this offer contact Ashford Garden Cattery on 01233 646855. If you live outside of this area you may still qualify for help from the RSPCA with the cost of getting your cat neutered. Just call 0300 123 8019 to find out. Irresponsible and accidental breeding of cats is leading to our rehoming centres being full of kittens, growing into young cats, without sufficient homes being available. More and more cats are abandoned when they need veterinary treatment. Hundreds of cats which are involved in road traffic accidents each year remain unclaimed at the vets. Often the RSPCA has to spend hundreds of pounds to repair fractures etc and get these cats fit to be rehomed. The cost of treating these cats has traditionally been met by local RSPCA Branches who then try to take them in for rehoming. However, numbers and costs have escalated to such a degree that local RSPCA Branches cannot meet the ever growing demand. Last year Ashford Garden Cattery on Station Rd took in a staggering 390 abandoned, unwanted and injured cats and kittens. So far this year looks set to be just as busy We need the cat loving public to help us. We are calling on the public to ensure that their cats are neutered and micro-chipped. It is a myth that it is best for a female cat to be allowed to have one litter of kittens. The health and safety of both male and female cats is best safeguarded by neutering at four months of age. Attached are a couple of pictures of a lovely cat who is at the Ashford Garden Cattery in Station Rd and will be looking for a new home. Staff have named her Sarah. She was found at the William Harvey Hospital. She already had a litter of feral kittens aged about 12 weeks and staff managed to catch three of them along with their mother. If they hadnt then both Sarah and her kittens would have faced a very uncertain future, living wild as feral cats. Despite still having young kittens with her, poor Sarah was already pregnant again. Un-neutered cats are so driven by their hormones to mate that they will wander and can become lost and end up living stray like Sarah. They are also at risk of catching diseases like FIV which is the same as HIV in people, but for cats (it cant be caught by people). Since arriving at the Centre she has given birth to another eight kittens. Sadly three of these were stillborn but the other five can be seen in the photo. This just goes to show how prolifically female cats will breed if they are not spayed and the toll this can take on their young bodies. That is why we are urging all cat owners but particularly those who have young female cats, to avoid any delay and ask their vet to spay them by four to five months of age. Any further delay and it may be too late. Sadly since the pictures two more of Sarahs kittens have passed away. Please share on all your walls.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:57:01 +0000
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