The Sheffield Cats Shelter

Hello to everyone at the cat shelter!
I am just writing to let you all know I have settled into my new home brilliantly this past month. Right from day one I let my owners know who's boss! I like a lot of love and affection and I love playing! My favourite things to do are: Stealing food from my owners plates, playing with my scratching post, chasing my toy mouse and having my tummy tickled. I also love hiding in boxes- the day we had a new kitchen bin delived in a huge box was a good day!  I love sleeping, but I occasionally go crazy and will chase anything in sight!

I have just started going out - I had lots of fun in the garden when it was sunny but I always come back home!

Thankyou to everyone at the cat shelter for looking after me so well when I was there, and for helping me find my new owners. They love me very much!

Love Daisy

An update from a former SOS cat...

Much to our surprise Abby spent no more than five minutes under the dining table on our arrival home. She soon appeared and began to investigate her new surroundings, and has not looked back. She follows my wife everywhere around the house, especially when she goes upstairs, Abby is only a couple of steps behind.

Although obviously still very nervous, and undoubtedly will be for some time to come, the early signs are really good. As I type this email Abby is sat next to me on the sofa, as you can see from one of the attached photos.

Angela and I enjoyed our visit to the shelter yesterday. Even though I had spotted Abby on your web site, on the day the decision was made much more difficult when we met some of your other residents. So much credit should be given to all the dedicated people who give so much of their time, in an effort to give as many cats as possible a better life. I am really pleased I found your web site.

Thank you for those kind words and we are really pleased that Abby has finally found her perfect home - Ed.

Just a quick note to let all our friends know at the shelter that we are having a wonderful time in our new home. We were adopted on the 30th August and haven't looked back since. There is always someone to play with and lots of cosy places (especially laps) to have a rest when we are exhausted! Thanks to everyone for looking after us.

Two very contented kittens  

Megan and Noodle

(The Bridges Family)

And another blast from the past!  We remember these two special little cats very well - they were totally terrified when they arrived at the Shelter.  Despite coming to us separately, they quickly formed a bond with each other and were rehomed together...

On Dec 14th this year, we will have had two our babies (Billy and Lilly) for two years, and every day has been a joy. We love them so much :-)  Lilly is getting much braver now... she will hop up on the bed and sofa for love (shes soo affectionate!) and Im very slowly teaching her that being held does not warrant and out and out panic attack, and is really rather nice, although its going to take a year or so longer before she completely grasps this concept.

Billy has a tendency to follow me round like a shadow - although I must say he adores his food so he's more like a mini wardrobe than a ghost!! He's a real mummys boy, he and I have a very special bond :-)

Thank you once again for them.

Anna & Douglas

It's always lovely to receive an update from a favourite from times past, so we were delighted to get an update on Charlie Bear - a lovely white, deaf cat who was adopted out 2 years ago.  He looks totally content snuggling up with his best friend!

Hello to everybody at The Sheffield Cat Shelter,

We are not only writing to let you all know how Charlie is getting on, but to thank you all for looking after him until we could bring him into our home. As a volunteer at the shelter, I fell in love with Charlie the first time he crawled onto my knee and touched my nose with his. After three weeks of ‘subtle hints’, my partner Gary drove us to the shelter to collect him and we’ve never looked back. We live in a flat with our other cat Mew Ferrigno, and we were worried that we wouldn’t have the room for two cats. To anybody in the same position, we’d advise you to go for it 100%! Since coming home with us, Charlie has transformed completely. He has become so vocal, whether he’s greeting us or demanding a share of our dinner, he has commandeered almost every available surface in the flat, he enjoys nothing more than sharing our pillows at night, and he follows Mew Ferrigno around the flat, settling down wherever he does.

His appetite appears to be growing daily, along with his demand for his favourite foods, including fresh turkey, chicken and fish.  He is even enjoying a ritual night feed, in which he finds it necessary to announce he’s finished by coming into the bedroom at around 3.00am and wailing at the top of his voice before climbing into his basket and falling straight asleep. He may have become ‘slightly’ overindulged with us, but at 15 years old, we feel he deserves it!

The Sheffield Cat Shelter has done a fantastic job with Charlie, as they do with all the cats in their care. We want to thank them for all they did for Charlie before we brought him home with us. For anybody who is thinking of getting a cat from here, please do it. There are so many deserving cats who would love a good home.

Thank you to you all, love from Cheryl, Gary, Mew Ferrigno and Charlie xxx

Lovely to see one of our lovely older cats so happy in their new home and thank you for your kind words of support - Ed

This is the lovely Bumble who was adopted from us in July:

Bumble is a lovely cat. She settled very well and quite quickly. She found her sleeping area on a cushion in the lounge where she is very snug and warm and has a great view of the front door and those coming to go up the stairs. Bumble can be very jumpy at times and will charge off when you walk into the room. She then stops and comes back. She loves to be stroked on her terms, she does not like to be picked up but she has never scratched or bitten. She is really very sweet. When she wants peace and quiet she sleeps on the Christmas decorations in the cellar!

Bumble seems to like the girls very much, settling herself on my youngest daughter’s bed at night. That is if she has not decided to spend the night outside!

Dear Cats Shelter

I thought I would drop you a quick line just to let you know how much I am enjoying my new home. I have an older step-sister and although when I want to play she is not very impressed and hisses and growls at me, as you can see from one of the photos when I am sleeping and calm she lets me sleep on the bed with her now which is very nice of her.

You can also see that I like reading the newspaper. Well if you call reading – rolling about on it, ripping it up and jumping on it then I love it! But then again I love paper generally!

I am really happy in my new home and have heard on the grapevine that I might be allowed out this weekend which I am really excited about.  

Thank you for looking after when I was with you and thank for finding me such a nice new home.

Basil (previously Boo)

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the delay, we adopted Chloe three weeks ago and so we thought we'd update you with her progress. Her coat has come on wonderfully and has managed to make a bed in every room of the house, she was very quiet at first but is turning into a lovely chatty cat that has started barging her way onto our knees at every opportunity.  Attached is a picture of her.
Despite the heart murmur she is quite active and is finally showing signs of wanting to go outside, but I guess as a stray she's reluctant in case she doesn't get back in, we are happy for her to be a house cat and she seems quite happy with that, too!
She has had a few coughing fits so we are keeping an eye on that, we expect a hairball soon.
Anyway, thanks for everything at the shelter.

All the best

Ali and Lee and Olive (formerly Chloe)
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