Animals Currently In long Term Foster

As a rescue, we always do our upmost to ensure all our animals meet their forever families and get to enjoy long happy lives in the homes that they deserve. However, there are sometimes animals that can’t be rehomed. This can be due to a range of different reasons, long term health conditions being the most common. These animals mean the world to us, and deserve just as much love and care as any other. This is why we are so lucky to have such an incredible team of wonderful fosterers who look after them, and give them all the love & TLC they deserve, either until they can go to their new home or indefinitely.

Unfortunately as a charity we only have limited resources, both in terms of foster spaces and money for medical treatment, to put towards these animals. So we would be immensely grateful for any help you can give, wether it your time fostering or by donating. It could make all the difference for one of our animals.

Mustard

Mustard is our very own tiny Tim, he is the brother of Marmalade & Marmite who were both re-homed earlier this year (2025). All three of them were found dumped on the moors, and were trapped by one of our incredible volunteers and brought to us for some much needed TLC.

Unfortunately for this little man, he was brought in a couple of weeks after his siblings, while we had tried so hard to catch his sooner he was just too shy! Initially we though he was smaller than his siblings because of his extra time outside without enough food (and that he might have worms). But after a few weeks of repeated worm treatment and loads of tasty food (including him trying to steal ours!) he still hadn’t gained any weight. This was when we first though there might be a bigger problem hiding under the surface of this teeny boy. Since then he has been in & out of the vets, undergoing a series of tests and treatments to try and get to the bottom of it.

After some testing, we found out that he has quite a severe respiratory infection, pneumonia likely due to his time out in the cold having compromised his immune system. He seems to be improving slightly on treatment (he’s put on a whole 200 grams! which may not seems like much but after weeks of trying desperately to get him to gain anything it is the biggest win for us).

He still has a very long way to go, his infection still hasn’t cleared and he needs to gain a lot more weight. We are doing absolutely everything we can to try and help him, but his prognosis is still very guarded. Right now, he’s getting all the love we could possibly give him, loads of cuddles (he purrs like a steam engine though you wouldn’t guess it from the look of him!). He says ideally would never be put down!

He’s also enjoying playing with my two foster fails (Dandelion & Sherbert who you may recognise!)- after being so low energy he has only just discovered how to play, and now won’t stop! His favourite is pretending to be Godzilla on top of his scratching post.

He really has so much personality, and so much love to give. Admittedly, we’ve become incredibly attached to him. All we want is for him to be happy & healthy (even if he never gets much bigger!) - our hope is one day he is able to fly the nest and find his new home.

Any donations towards his veterinary care could make a massive difference for him.

Chutney

Chutney, is the last of a group of strays we had in earlier this year (Toast, Crumpet, Pickle, Branston & Muffin). All of these cats came to us with slightly sticky eyes, which cleared up very well with eye drops & cleaning, leaving them healthy and ready to go home. Chutney on the other hand took slightly longer for his to clear up.

To begin with we thought this was just because he was the youngest and that it would clear up, but he just didn’t seem quite right. He started wheezing during play or intense activities and holding one of his front paws up slightly. This paw hadn’t formed quite right in the womb, he has what we call has lobster claw, two of his digits are growing crooked and two of them are fused. For the first few weeks this didn’t seem to bother him, he was happy to use it & we thought maybe it was just a quirk. But recently, he has started favouring his other paws and it has become painful as he’s grown. While he’s still small we’re managing it with pain relief but we’re hoping to take x-rays when he’s under GA for his castration so that we can get a clearer picture of what is wrong with his leg. If it continues to be painful the only option might be amputation of his limb. While it may seen extreme to amputate and entire limb for a paw defect, if just the paw was amputated it could lead to further issues with him trying to place the stump on the ground. We’re hoping it won’t come to this, but if it does we know he will still be a very happy little man, cats can get around incredibly well with three legs after all!

Like Mustard, the wheezing is due to a respiratory infection, which he has had testing for & is undergoing treatment for. He seems to be better on the treatment and we are hoping it might completely resolve, but while he’s got a bit going on he is living with one of our fosterers. He is very much enjoying all the attention (including that of the vets!) and most of the time can be found batting about the house at 100 miles an hour or sleeping curled up on the bed (with not much in between!).

If you could make any size of donation towards his veterinary fees we would be so grateful, the x-rays (and potential amputation) while necessary are a very large bill for us as a charity.

Rocco

Rocco is one of our lovely old men, he came in as a stray after being dumped due to medical issues. He has a hernia, which affects his digestion and has to be very carefully managed to avoid it becoming a worse problem - it has the potential to cause pain and further complications. Unfortunately, because of his age Rocco isn’t a suitable surgical candidate for correction, so instead he is living his life to the fullest in rescue with routine vet checks to make sure we are doing everything we can for this special boy! He has a special diet to reduce gut inflammation & keep him as comfortable as possible.

He is very much enjoying his retirement, having gained two GSD sisters and multiple feline friends! His life mainly revolves around lots of toys & treats and he is pretty sure he’s still a puppy.