Hanne: a tail of unsuccessful matchmaking
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
1y ago
Those of you who know us know that we much prefer to rehome kittens in pairs than singly. There are lots of benefits – they keep each other company, they have a partner in crime to trash the house with, they continue to learn social skills, and it’s actually more fun to have two than one. Hanne So, when little Hanne arrived here age six weeks we set out on a mission to find another singleton to send her off to her new home with. That has turned out to be much more of a saga than you might expect. Our first attempt was following a request to take three kittens who were about 12 weeks old, so tw ..read more
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Hot Tails
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
1y ago
Blimey wasn’t it warm this week?! The forecast was worrying enough to feel we needed to plan ahead to keep the place cool. We were hopeful that most of the cats would be sensible and stay out of the sun, but concerned about Aunty Honey who is elderly and has respiratory issues, and Luci who is long haired and flat faced. Luci One of the simplest things to do to keep the house cool of course is to close all the curtains. Except that’s not quite so simple here. We’ve not had any curtains in the lounge since Christmas. Not since the residents Christmas party when a now 6.5kg Kevin realised he was ..read more
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Small things can make a big difference
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
1y ago
Never has this been more true than this week at 8 Lives. On Monday afternoon we were all home, nine residents going about their usual Monday chores and Luci working in the office with me. Then a message pinged through. One of our adopters had seen a very young kitten being given away free on a social media site and had rushed to get her before she came to any harm … and now needed a rescue space for her. We agreed to take her almost without thinking about it … after all … one tiny kitten can’t cause that much disruption can she? On Monday evening Hanne arrived. She looked so tiny we were worr ..read more
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Cat Tetris
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
2y ago
We’ve been quiet on the blog for a while. When we’re very busy we mostly don’t have time to write, and when we have time to write there’s often nothing happening to write about. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening of course, but an endless round of litter trays and vet runs doesn’t make for very interesting reading. This story starts, as so many of them do, with me in my pjs winding down for the night. It was gone 10pm and after a long day at work I was wondering if it was too early to go to bed. Idly scrolling on a local facebook group I noticed a post about three cats having just bee ..read more
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A somewhat miraculous tail
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
2y ago
It’s now seven weeks ago that I was sitting at home one Friday evening, minding my own business, when a message pinged into our 8 Lives inbox. It was about a long term stray who was injured and needed help asap. As usual we were full … but obviously wanted to help as it was an S8 cat and we aim to go the extra mile for S8 cats We said we could help with vet bills etc but simply had nowhere to put him … so would the person messaging like to foster him? This is perhaps the first miracle in the tail. More than 9 times out of 10, if we reply offering help conditional on the other person doing so ..read more
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Office Assistants
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
3y ago
We’ve been working from home for well over a year now and have seen a succession of office assistants come and go. What used to be the main cat rescue room in the house is now also my office. We just about manage to blend the two together with varying degrees of success. In some ways its a good thing, or even an excellent thing. Whereas normally our foster cats would have spent almost all the day alone, they now have company and cuddles and I get to work with feline rather than human colleagues, which on the whole, I prefer. Bae & Bigsby are our most recent temps. They arrived with very s ..read more
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Zoltan: a six week rollercoaster journey
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
3y ago
It’s six weeks ago today that we brough Zoltan into rescue. She settled in quickly and remarkably well. Such a sweet old lady. We knew she had some health issues, she’d been having seizures for some time, but she made herself comfortable and we started to get to know her, to care for her and love her. She made the end of the sofa her main hang out place. As with every other new arrival, she was off to the vets for a health check in her first week here. Because she’s 18 and had health issues, she had a blood test. That revealed that she had early stages of renal failure. She took to her renal ..read more
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Introducing our newest purrmanent resident … Zoltan
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
3y ago
A couple of Saturdays ago I noticed a post on a rescue friend’s facebook page: “Urgent place needed for two elderly cats … more details to follow”. The details that followed were sad: an 18 year old with epilepsy and a 16 year old with a cataract … about to be made homeless as a result of their family’s own health issues. I couldn’t get them out of my mind. There was no way we could accomodate two elderly cats with health issues who were unlikely to be adopted. I still couldn’t get them out of my mind. We were full and the couple of people I mentioned them too reminded me of that, and pointed ..read more
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Several steps forward and several other steps back
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
3y ago
I’ve debated about the title of this. Should it be two steps forward, three steps back? Three steps forward, two steps back? Two steps forward, two steps back? I think the ratio of steps has changed over the two weeks I’ve been writing this … we’re moving forwards again As many of you know, we’re a tiny rescue with just two rescue rooms. The story since just before Christmas described very simply is: Oliver moved in, Hamish moved in, Oliver moved out, Timtam & Tiktok moved in, Hamish moved out, Albie moved in, Albie moved out. Timtam and Tiktok weren’t getting on so moved into separate ro ..read more
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All the Ts
8 Lives: Sheffield 8 Cat Rescue | A small rescue for cats in Sheffield 8
by accidental fosterer
3y ago
A couple of days after Henderson died we were contacted about two young cats who needed to come into rescue. The owner was unable to continue to care for them. They’d been born to her female cat along with several siblings. She’d done the responsible thing in getting them neutered but unfortunately due to her health issues we were told that they had not been handled or socialised. They were really scared when they arrived here and understandably went to hide. Presumably, apart from a visit to the vet to be neutered they’d never seen anywhere other than the home they’d been born and lived in. T ..read more
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