Hello, my name is Chekov and I am one of the resident cats at The Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre.
In my article this month I wanted to tell you Homer’s storey. Little Homer was found on a grass verge on his own at only 1 week old. The kind member of the public who found Homer had taken him to a local vet who then contacted us. They thoroughly searched the area where Homer was found but could not see any signs of a mum cat or any siblings.
When Homer arrived, he was being hand fed and my staff would have been happy to continue this, but they knew that Homers best chance was to be fostered onto another mum cat. Kittens learn so much from their mums and siblings on how to be cat, it is so much more than just being fed. When Homer arrived we had two mum cats with young litters so my staff were hopefully that it would work with one of them. Fostering kittens can be hard and it doesn’t always work, but my staff have lots of experience. Steffi was a stray who arrived at The Centre pregnant, she gave birth to her litter of four kittens on mother’s day. Steffi was very interested in Homer and once my staff felt it safe to, they let her meet him, straight away she began to clean him and not long after she let him feed. Little Homer was a perfect match for this family and he fit in straight away. Now six weeks on, Homer is the sweetest little kitten and it is like he was always meant to be apart of his family.
See you next time. Love, Chekov
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