http://www.haworthcatrescue.org en-gb haworthcatrescue.org 2010-2-15T00:00:00Z haworthcatrescue.org http://www.haworthcatrescue.org/page22.htm#58466 You would think wouldnt you that the neutering message should be starting to filter through by now but there is still a large percentage of cat owners who through ignorance arrogance or sheer laziness dont get their cats neutered.Some people think that it isnt fair that a cat should be allowed to enjoy the opportunity to mate but in fact what they are doing is imposing human feelings onto something which for cats involves no element of choice.Female cats come into season whether theyd want to or not and for several days until the season ends they are relentlessly pursued by tom cats determined to mate with them. For the female cats the actual act of mating is very painful natures way of stimulating ovulation to produce as many kittens as possible. This is one reason you may hear screaming from mating cats. Thats without the risk of disease bites and the possibility of getting lost or injured as they run from the waiting toms. A queen female cat can be mated many... 2010-2-15T00:00:00Z http://www.haworthcatrescue.org/page22.htm#57460 As many of our readers will know the primary role of Haworth Cat Rescue is that of a rehoming centre. We take in strays and cats who are no longer able to remain with their owners and find them new homes.Most cats are in and out of our centre within a couple of weeks undergoing neutering microchipping and any other veterinary treatment beforehand. Stray cats tend to be with us slightly longer as we need to advertise them first in case their owners are still looking for them.In most cases it is a relatively quick process and the cats arent unduly troubled by their enforced holiday at our Cat Rescue.In some cases however cats can be with us for many weeks and sometimes months. Typical cats in this category are elderly cats cats with chronic medical conditions cats with behavioural issues and feral cats.Feral cats are quite simply cats that have not been domesticated. They are usually the result of a domesticated cat being dumped or getting lost then getting pregnant and havi... 2010-2-1T00:00:00Z http://www.haworthcatrescue.org/page22.htm#56981 As a rehoming centre we get our fair share of kittens most of whom are either fostered out for a brief period until theyre old enough to be rehomed or who are old enough to go to new homes almost straightaway. Usually the former have a lovely mummy cat to nurse them and to teach them the things that all grown up cats need to know and the latter are usually old enough to have left their mum full of catlore and knowledge to enable them to live long and happy lives.There is another group of kittens a small but select group and these are the orphan kits. These are the kits who no longer have a mummy and come to us aged anything from 1 day upwards. They have usually become orphans either because somethinghas separated them from their mum she may have died or they may have been removed or because she has rejected them.Its hard work but usually if something has happened to separate them from mum they have a good chance of survival. Sadly if they have been rejected by the... 2010-1-25T00:00:00Z http://www.haworthcatrescue.org/page22.htm#56505 Many of our local readers will have seen us on Yorkshire TV before Christmas when we were featured because of a story that appeared about us in The Keighley News. The story was about Snudgie a white and grey cat with four kittens who came to us after suffering a terrible ordeal. Snudgies story began one cold night in November last year when a householder in Leeds went to throw some rubbish into a nearby skip. Just as he was about to let go of the bag he heard crying from inside the skip and fortunately his curiosity got the better of him. Looking inside the skip he saw movement from underneath some material and further investigation showed that the material was a curtain tied up with something inside it. The something inside turned out to be a mother cat and four tiny newborn kittens. Needless to say he took them back with him. What a lucky escape that he didnt throw the bag away it would in all likelihood have landed on the cat and injured or killed her andor... 2010-1-19T00:00:00Z http://www.haworthcatrescue.org/page22.htm#55904 Its not uncommon for us to be asked to rehome a pair or a small group of cats usually a family group such as a mother and her kittens or a group of siblings.We were rather astounded recently when we were asked to rehome a household of twelve cats. Their poor owner had recently been diagnosed with a severe illness and this compounded with a change in his domestic circumstances meant that he could no longer keep his cats.He actually had nineteen altogether but had managed to find someone to care for five of them whilst he was in hospital and had rehomed two directly himself.The tragedy of this situation is that these were very much loved cats all neutered and uptodate with medical treatment and in normal circumstances their owner would have expected to keep them for the rest of their lives.It is such a shame that he did not make arrangements long ago for the cats to be cared for should anything happen. Too many people either think that they will be alright and will be ... 2010-1-11T00:00:00Z http://www.haworthcatrescue.org/page22.htm#55731 As a rehoming charity we generally only see cats for a relatively short period of time. Most cats who come into our Centre need only basic medical treatment such as neutering and dental work and are then ready for new homes.Sometimes however we have cats who need a lot more attention and care. One such cat is Rocky.Rocky is a black and white tom cat who came into our Centre some months ago. His owner no longer wanted him and two other cats due to changes in the household and asked us to rehome them all. As he left Rockys previous owner mentioned that he could be a bit badtempered at times.That proved to be an understatement Rocky was so traumatised that he would leap at the heads of any of our volunteers who approached him. This behaviour is extremely rare in cats most frightened cats flee rather than attack. He also sat in a permanently hunched up state eyes wide ears flat to the head and his body poised to spring. This was much much more than a badtempered cat thi... 2010-1-8T00:00:00Z