In loving memory
One of the sad realities of cat ownership and caretaking is the time to say goodbye.
Here in our Retirement Village, the main goal is have the cats in our care live out a healthy and happy end to their lives. We work closely with our vets to ensure we do what's best for the cats in our care, this includes operations, treatments and medications to help ease their ailments. Unfortunately, sometimes the best thing we can do is let them be at peace.
We have a lovely collection of memorial stones in our village to honour those we have loved and lost, but since the rise in popularity on Social Media, we are aware that viewers and visitors have become fond of our Village cats and also feel the loss.
So this page is dedicated to our past Villagers / Residents.
Please note this will be updated as and when we are able to - it has started from our last memorial video in late August 2024.
If you or someone you know is struggling with the loss of a pet, Blue Cross have a fantastic pet bereavement support service and we highly suggest you check them out at : https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-bereavement-and-pet-loss
Kupala "Koop"
Kupala arrived in the midst of a Covid-19 lockdown, June 2020, with her two litter brothers, Xbalanque "XBie" & Hanahpu "Han" (Named after gods - and boy did they know it!). An incredibly friendly girl from the start, she was already being medicated for kidney disease, so we continued her care from the start.
Unfortunately, we lost Han not long after they settled into Village life, and XBie around a year later, but Koop was never bonded with her brothers and once she was granted the space to be without them, she was off! Never to be seen around her brothers again! A true independent queen.
Koop was with us nearly 5 years without many hiccups in her health, taking her medication well and always behaving herself for vets. She started to show her age (nearly 20!) in late 2024, and declined rapidly in the new year. She was seen for her constant weight loss and was found to have some further underlying health problems that we would be unable to treat. So we let her go peacefully before she declined further in mid January 2025.
Titch
Titch came to us in early 2013 as a young blind cat suffering badly from cat flu, given a two week life expectancy due to her illness, she was placed in our Village for rest and made comfortable.
She soon beat the odds and showed us that she in fact, was much younger than originally expected and soon started to thrive in the Village.
Whilst she never fully overcame her cat flu, we helped keep it at bay and she continuously beat several illnesses life threw at her!
From surviving persistent infections as an aftermath of Cat Flu as a kitten, operations to open her ear canals in order to remove a mass, to a ruptured and later removed eyeball, Titch beat them all and carried on being a favourite amongst visitors and volunteers. So much so that she was a sponsor cat with a long line of fans!
Unfortunately she started to slow down in November and it was clear something was going wrong, so during a routine check up, it was found she had a huge liver tumour and there was nothing we could do to help her. The difficult decision was made to let her be a peace in December 2024.
