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When Oscar and Winston came to the Sanctuary late last year, they had been surrendered to us for peeing problems – which our vets diagnosed as idiopathic cystitis. A period in a cage on a special diet was followed by release in...

05 Sep 2024

Cats

Back Courtyard Adoptables

Many of our weekend visitors walk into the Sanctuary with the expectation that they will be petting cats, and are surprised by how many cats don’t want to be petted. For cat-savvy people, of course, that’s no surprise – cats operate on...

29 Aug 2024

Cats

Higgins

Those of us who are involved in Sanctuary work find it hard to understand how people can just dump their cats, or let them out and not search when they disappear. Recent “dumpees” have been very distressed, and though we are thankful...

19 Aug 2024

Cats

Trooper

This week’s blog is brought to you by Sanctuary volunteer Brit Burant. Brit has been volunteering since Oct 2021 in the New Aids area. Friday evenings with the cats and other volunteers is her favourite day of the week! Some of you...

14 Aug 2024

Blog, Cats

rrrrrrrRoot Beer!

At the Sanctuary we have our share of cats who prefer not to interact with other felines – mostly the ones I call the Garbo cats (“I vant to be alone….) This boy takes the preference to an extreme. Lots of people...

07 Aug 2024

Cats

Mindfulness in Motion

This week’s blog comes to you from volunteer Laura Funay, who is one of our devoted Kitty Comforters. Every so often, an acquaintance will ask me: “ooh, what did you do to your hands?” If bandaged, they may expect to hear about...

Cat Sanctuary Blog

Floof or not floof…?

Back Courtyard Adoptables

Higgins

Trooper

rrrrrrrRoot Beer!

Mindfulness in Motion

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