The Sheffield Cats Shelter

Hello everyone!!!

Twinkle came to the shelter having become separated from her mum and litter mates.  She was far too tiny to be left on her own, so a foster friend (thank you Helen) stepped in to take care of her until she was big enough to be rehomed. 

Hi All at the Cat Shelter,
We want to let you know what a lovely time we are having with our beautiful little cat Cleo. (AKA Queen Cleopatra, Mistress of all she Surveys), formerly known as Twinkle.   We adopted her on 12th January in the middle of all the snow, and she has really brightened up the winter for us: she has settled in brilliantly, does everything you'd expect in all the right places and even sometimes scratches on her scratching post!  She loves to play and to be in company, and also loves to sit next to us on the sofa in a cosy way.  Her purring motor is in constant use and she adores a big stroking session!   She has quickly found warm spots in the house for her daytime catnaps, and has also identified the best places for looking out of the window at the birds....Everyone who sees her marvels at her beauty and we think she enjoys this adoration! 

Even though she has been with us for only a couple of weeks, she is already a member of the family: we are really thrilled to have her; thank you so much for letting us adopt her.  We look forward to lots
more fun with Cleo and will keep you posted.

Here are some photos. with warm wishes, Caroline and Rachel

How lovely to see Libby settling into her new home - she obviously has a musical interest!

This is Felix.  Felix is a dear little soul who came to us with poorly paws and terrible gingivitis.  Because of the need to monitor his condition over the next few months, we decided to seek a long-term foster home for him.  Well it wasn't long before he caught the eye of a friend of the shelter and he duly went home for some well-deserved love and attention.  As you can see from the photos - he has made himself right at home!

For information on our fostering programme, please see our fostering page.  If you are interested in becoming a short or long-term fosterer, please contact the shelter between 1:30 and 3:30 any afternoon and we will be pleased to tell you how it works and who might be seeking a foster placement.

We have just received greetings from a very special little boy that was adopted in January this year... 

As you can see I've settled in very well! I have a new big brother called Basil (that's him on the chair with me (ginger and white)). He's fun and we play a lot - he chases me, I chase him back, we roll around and then we snuggle up together as you can see. He's my new best friend and I know the feeling is mutual. I have also learnt how to sleep like humans do - it's really comfortable! Thank you to everyone at the Shelter for looking after me after I came in with a broken pelvis. I have pretty much been given a clean bill of health now and been told to do lots of exercise to build up the muscles - the running around with Basil is certainly taking care of that!

George

Hi,

We adopted Nora in October and she very quickly became a member of our family. She always wants to be around us and follows us from room to room to keep an eye on us. Every morning she wakes mum up to get breakfast by sitting on her head!  She is a little reluctant to go outside but was very interested by the snow. Hopefully when the weather is better she will go out a bit more. Luckily she' s not bothered about the hamsters but we sometimes catch her watching them.

I took a couple of pictures of her over Christmas which are attached.

Thank you for Nora!!!

Sue, Jenny and Kate

Just a quite note to let you know that Jess and Billy (now called Scrumpie and Jack) have settled in nicely. They are very cheeky and have been climbing our xmas tree alot so i took great joy in taking it down as soon as xmas day was over :D. Im still finding stray baubles all over the place. They love a good cuddle and a fuss and everytime we go in the kitchen they think its feeding time and persistantly meow like theyve not been fed for days. Scrumpie (Jess) is still quite timid when you are stood over her but if you get down onto her level she is very friendly and loves being stroked and has recently taken to sleeping on the freeview box where its nice and warm. Jack is the more inquisitive of the two, he always leads Scrumpie astray. I have often found the both of them shut in the spare room but have no idea how they manage it. They both seem to have unlimited amounts of energy and tend to spend alot of time getting into mischief and chasing each other all over the house and making a mess but we wouldnt have it any other way now.
 
Thank you all very much for my little moggies!

Toni

Hello to all at The Sheffield Cats Shelter

I just wanted to update you on my progress with my new family.  Since my adoption in September, I have really settled in to my new home.  Father Christmas even visited me on Christmas Eve and left me a brand spanking new toy.  Unfortunately my play was a little bit over zealous and it didn't really stand up to the pressure!!  Christmas was fab, there were lots of boxes and paper bags for me to have fun in.  I have attached a photo of me at play in one of the paper bags.  My new family do enjoy to play games with me.  How they laugh as I run round and round chasing a toy or piece of string!

My new family are telling me that I will be getting a cat flap very soon, so I will be able to go in and out all day as often as I like!  Although I think I shall still have my nap time in the afternoons. I am one spoiled little kitty!

Thank you to all at the shelter for all that you have done for me.  My new family would also like to say thank you for all that you at the shelter have done too.

love from Poppy xxx

We love this picture of Charlie (formerly Brian) who was adopted from the Shelter before Christmas.  He is clearly enjoying the excitement of Christmas!