Pets Archives - Forgotten Felines Foundation

Low cost de-sexing for cats

Mary Bossley — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 04:53:56 +0000

It’s that time of year again. Mating season. While our Northland de-sexing campaign in is full swing, we wanted to open up some spots for Kapiti and Horrowhenua areas.

Get in quick! Have a mum and kits? Contact us about options for free- low cost de-sexing of mum on condition kits are signed over to a rescue or de-sexed.

Have a cat that needs to be de-sexed? Please fill out our de-sexing form via https://forms.gle/ikHr5hZa8RkX5XvZ8

If you genuinely can not afford the expected Koha please get in touch with us, to talk about options.To express interest in one of the options above.

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What have we been up to?

Mary Bossley — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:14:24 +0000

Our volunteers have been busy with lots of ongoing projects starting up again and calls for help regarding stray cats

.Recently we had two FIV cats come into our care on the same week. One (named Amohia) who was severely emaciated, with a raging Upper Respiratory infection, fleas, and lots of missing hair. Sadly he was entire and no microchip. No one ever claimed him, so after a few days at the vet, he came back to us and went into our isolation area. He improved a lot, but still has an ongoing Upper Respiratory infection that we are trying to get on top of with treatment.

We also had another gorgeous black boy come into our care, Harley. Sadly entire and also FIV positive. A long time stray from Levin, handed into us by a lovely lady who did her best to find his home. We got him de-sexed, but he fell very ill a few weeks after coming into our care. The vet suspected toxoplasmosis that was affecting his central nervous system. Sadly despite treatment, he only perked up for a while. But quickly went downhill, so we set him free over the rainbow bridge today.

We have several colony projects we are working on, a large one in Otaki, a few in Levin, and one in Paraparaumu. Shortly our volunteers will be hitting the pavements with traps in hand to get cats caught for de-sexing and kittens caught for socialising.

The message is clear, you can stop the overpopulation, FIV, FELV, and Heartbreak all of our rescuers face, by just doing one simple thing. Get your pet De Sexed. If you need assistance with desexing your cat, please reach out to rescues, we are always happy to help or can point you in the right direction.

Pictured is sweet boy Amohia, who is still currently in our care.

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The ripple effects of Covid 19 for animal rescues

Mary Bossley — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:11:55 +0000

The ripple effects of Covid 19 are far-reaching and in many unimaginable areas. In March 2020, Veterinary offices all over New Zealand closed their doors to non-essential care, sadly De-sexing did not make that list. Especially hard-hit were the rescue organisations, whose work depends on spey and neuter programs to keep the homeless cat populations to a minimum and to allow us to find homes for those animals lucky enough to be ready to find their forever homes. Also impacted were the pet stores and other venues where rescues sometimes hold adoption events. The general public also faced the same problem. Sadly, many people faced with a cat they were unable to spey later dumped the cat. We have taken in an alarming number of friendly and very pregnant cats this year. Cats have turned up in backyards, in skip bins, behind restaurants, at shopping centres, and construction sites.

Luckily after lockdown things improved somewhat, as vet offices were doing spey and neuters for the public and rescues. But the backlog was quite significant. It also took a long time before rescues could fundraise again in public (sausage sizzles, collection day, etc) and yet again we are faced with having to cancel these events, which normally would help fund our ever-increasing vet bills.

What this means to Forgotten Felines and other rescues: Our efforts to control the homeless cat populations in all areas have been set back at least 5-10 years. There are many kittens being born each month to mothers that have to hunt for food, either in fields or skip bins. We are working hard to play catch up, but the work is very slow.

Forgotten Felines gets multiple calls for help each day, we always answer every plea, either with hands-on help or suggestions for where they might find help if we cannot help them or liaise with other rescues to get the help needed. Calls include needing help with injured cats and kittens, litters of kittens being born in parking lots, in rural areas, and construction sites. Our resources are somewhat limited, but we do our best.

In this still challenging time, Forgotten Felines needs your help now, more than ever before. We have been very fortunate in finding good homes for many of our tame mother cats, kittens, and adults we have taken in this year. But some still need homes.

But the greatest need for Forgotten Felines is more fosters for mom cats and kittens, as well your generous donations. Medical bills, even for routine speys and neuters, are ever-increasing. So many of the cats that have come into our care need more than the usual de-sexing, because there are so many that need our help, our finances are being challenged each day.

The volunteers of Forgotten Felines will continue doing the work to which each of our members is dedicated. Because of your donation, we will be able to help many more cats and kittens.

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Update on Tui and Dee

Mary Bossley — Sat, 30 May 2020 00:55:00 +0000

We wanted to update you on the mumcat and kitten that came to our rescue recently with gin trap injuries. They are both doing well.

The kitten (Tui) has recovered amazingly well and has joined her mum and siblings in foster care.

Mumcat (Dee) is doing much better, sadly she did lose two of her toes as result of the gin trap injuries, but the vet is optimistic that the rest of her foot and leg will heal fine.

Other good news is that the caretaker of this colony was able to capture two of the remaining kittens and they are now with us in foster care (Luckily with all legs and toes intact and appear to be healthy).

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Sanctuary for Cats

Mary Bossley — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 07:58:43 +0000

The Forgotten Felines Foundation will also set up and operate a small Sanctuary for Cats to assist with the number of cats that would otherwise be considered un-adoptable. For example, Cats that cannot find a home because of age, temperament or health conditions and cannot return to their original location.

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Strange Facts about Cats

Frank Simon — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:28:26 +0000

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Internet Pet Resources

Frank Simon — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:20:17 +0000

PetLife Magazine
Pet Life is a magazine for animal lovers and people who love their pets. Full of engaging content, awesome photos, tips and inspiring stories. Dogs, cats, pocket pets, horses, fish, turtles, exotics and more – we cover them all. You can pick up at copy at Mary’s Petvilla Boarding Facility for free.
DogLinks NZ
DogLinks offer a wide range of Links to Breeders, K9 Clubs, Trainers and other Resources.
DogsNZ
DogNZ is the Website of the New Zealand Kennel Club.
PUSS + POOCH Pet Lifestyle Blog
The NZ Pet Blog is a lifestyle website for pet owners. It is a blog for all things cats and dogs, bunnies and birds… pets of any description!
Pettecc
Pettecc offers a wide range of Technology products for the Pet Industry. As well they have a very informative blog.

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