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Primrose
Primrose arrived in March 2024 in a severely neglected state. Crippled with pain, sores all over her body and covered in bald patches, she was a very sorry state! She was suffering so much that she could barely move from her bed, between her own fear and her pain, we had to be very careful with her.
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But she showed that she was still a loving and friendly lady with a big personality hiding beneath. So we got working on helping her feel better, working on her skin and helping her pain levels whilst working out what we could do with a nearly 8 year old at the time.
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X-Rays showed that she had severe fusion of her neck vertebrae meaning she was always walking with a tilted head and unable to move her neck. To ease the discomfort, she was put on medication and brought down to the Village in an attempt to help her exercise and loosen her stiff limbs.
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After a while she started to flourish! On meds for her stiffness and sore skin, she found her way around the village with ease and made all the volunteers and visitors listen to her stories about her day (and demands for attention!). She loved life in the Village and showed visitors that the Village is more than just a home for old cats. It can help younger cats rehabilitate too.
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Unfortunately due to the fusion, she slowly started to loose feeling in her leg and by August, she couldn't bear weight on it at all and the other was starting to weaken too. She had decided she had enough and let us know she was ready to be at peace. ​
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Flora
Flora arrived in April 2024 after her owner sadly went into care and she was left alone. Scared and now alone, Flora struggled to adapt to our Village and didn't want volunteers to touch her for long. So we respected her wishes and left her to find her place in the village.
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After a while, she softened and enjoyed being around people, even coming up to request fuss and attention! She enjoyed her time in the village, despite her dislike for the other cats, she took it in her stride and settled.
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In early August 2025, her appetite suddenly slowed and in the short span of a few days, she developed a lump on her face. As it grew further, investigations showed it was a fast growing mouth tumour that was already impacting her jaw. So she was put to rest before she suffered anymore.
Jingle
Jingle was rescued as a stray on Christmas Eve and arrived at the shelter a few days later.
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With a lot of health issues mainly revolving around his skin and his mouth, a distrust of humans and cats, Jingle had a rough start with us. We tried to adapt him to our Village where he found a way to co exist with the other cats.
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As time went on, his skin issues continued to flair up causing him pain and irritation that we could not manage. The damage had been done and the pain mixed with the medication side effects eventually caused him to turn on the other cats and volunteers.
Eventually it was clear after several attacks on the Villagers that his pain and health issues were far too severe that we had to let him go.
Pipsqueak
Pipsqueak came to us in May 2022 when her owner passed away.
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Originally a Villager, she struggled to settle around so many cats and eventually became a Resident. Happily coming and going from the outbuildings and often found in the office, Pipsqueak was a chatty lady who most visitors met along the way.
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She already had kidney disease but it was maintained by medication for the time being, she also was arthritic and had high blood pressure - but never complained about the extra treatment she received because of it!
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In early April 2025, her weight started dropping dramatically and her demeanour changed. Tests showed her kidney's were shutting down and the best thing we could do for her was let her go.
Mabel
Mabel arrived with 7 other cats in late January 2021, when their owner had become too ill to care for them anymore. Despite not even being 10 at the time, Mabel had ongoing issues with non-cancerous masses growing down her ears so moved into our Village so we could keep an eye on it and treat when necessary.
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She later developed high blood pressure which rendered her blind, but still enjoyed her sun spot in the Village!
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Unfortunately, she started to decline rapidly at the start of April 2025 and it was found that one of her masses had developed into cancer and it was spreading fast.
Nerina
Nerina was one of our longest standing residents on site, arriving in May 2011 as a semi feral with kittens, she remained on site after her kittens were rehomed.
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Happily living on site with limited interaction with humans, she only found herself needing medical intervention once after an injury to her tail meant it needed amputating.
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With us for over 14 years, Nerina taught volunteers that not every cat needs a lap, fire or a human sized bed to sleep on to be happy.
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Unfortunately we lost Nerina in March 2025, her age had started to creep up on her. At nearly 15 years old, a pedigree and semi-feral, she was arthritic, in need of some serious dental work and had started to present with a serious head tilt. A tilt that later revealed to have been cancer - something we just could not help.
Glory
Glory arrived with her sister, Blaze in September 2024 after her owner became too ill to care for them anymore. Originally from us as kittens many years ago, they returned and soon settled into a life in the Retirement Village.
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Outgoing and affectionate, Glory loved her new life in the Village, however was struggling to keep weight on. She started to show signs of a gut infection so we ran all the necessary tests.
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Unfortunately, she was found to have several infections and after months of giving her all the medications, her body continued to decline and was unable to improve. Still the friendly, happy little girl, we let her go peacefully in Feb 2025 before the pain became too much.
Bronwyn
Bronwyn arrived in late November 2023, a skinny, balding and incredibly flea ridden little older lady, who was found wandering the streets and brought into a vet practice.
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Despite her raggedy appearance, Bronwyn was a sweet but quite strong minded cat, who took some time to settle into Village life. As we helped her gain weight, helped her with her flea problem and nursed her back to health, we realised she was maybe not quite as old as we thought originally. Featured on Dr Scott's Rescue Vet Show, we set out looking for a home for Bronwyn, but she made it clear she did not want to leave Village life.
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Soon, she came down with an incredibly bad case of cat flu, something that she really struggled to bounce back from. She became one of our 'chronic flu cats', blessing us with a snotty nose every morning! But she was happy, bright and didn't pose a danger to the others. In early December 2024, after another bout of flu, she started to drop weight dramatically and refused all of her medications, she was showing signs of severe gingivostomatitis, and her mouth pain was becoming unmanageable.
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In the new year of 2025, she unfortunately took another dive in weight and behaviour, we were out of options and unable to manage her pain, she was no longer happy, nor eating and was withdrawing from us. The decision to let her go was made in mid January 2025.
Twinkle
Twinkle came to us with her sister, Snowflake, in Feb 2023. Fiercy protective of Snowflake, Twinkle was the first Villager in years who fought our vets tooth and nail and actually earned herself a behaviour caution!
Not long later, we lost Snowflake to Kidney failure and Twinkle soon relaxed and ended up showing us she was one of the friendliest little girls in our Village.
She started to show signs of slowing down at the end of November 2024 and unfortunately was found to have cancer on her kidneys so we had to say goodbye before she suffered further.
Coco
Coco arrived late October 2024 in the hopes of settling in our Village once her vet checks were complete.
Unfortunately, it was clear something wasn't quite right with Coco and tests were done to determine what needed doing. Whilst we waited, we allowed her time to settle in our Village.
It was later shown that she had multiple illnesses, some that we simply could not help her with and her quality of life was severely impacted so we had to let her go.
Tula
Tula came to us in at the start of 2022 when her owners couldn't give her the medical care she needed. She soon settled into a life in the Village, until volunteers let her have a taste of freedom. Not long later, she moved into our Free Ranger area and remained, made friends and made the most of her life!
In 2024, her kidneys started to fail her, but she remained in high spirits, but in November, her heart failed her and we had to say goodbye.
Nebula "Nebs"
Nebs arrived in March 2024 after her fear of dogs meant her owners couldn't adopt a dog so she was handed to us. She settled fast but it was clear she had problems with her back legs.
Unfortunately, despite physio, pain relief and regular monitoring, her spine was starting to fuse and in turn, it started to compress her spinal cord. Eventually, her quality of life was significantly decreased and she was unable to do the things she loved. We let her go peacefully at the start of November.
Chumley
An ex-SCR cat as a younger cat, Chumley returned to us December 2023 after his owner had to go into care.
He sadly passed away in October 2024 from heart failure.
Charlie
Charlie came to us in June 2024 when his owner passed away.
Unfortunately, he presented with many complex medical issues which we just could not help him with and in the end, his pain was too much. We sadly lost him in October 2024.
Mille & Squeak
Millie & Squeak came in together in August 2024 when their owner was unable to give them the medical care they required.
Sadly, it was too late to help the girls and both were found to have intestinal cancer and both were let go in October 2024.
Sam
Sam came to us with his brother Beau back in May 2023 after their owner sadly have to relocate due to work. Both arrived with thyroid issues but sailed through treatment and thrived in the Village.
Unfortunately, Sam declined rapidly in September 2024 and he was ready to be at peace and back with his brother who passed earlier in the year.
Despite that grumpy face, Sam was one of the most loving cats we'd met!
Despite that grumpy face, Sam was one of the most loving cats we'd met!