Articles tagged with: Tommy
VERY Happy Tommy Tomcat
04/10/12: Yesterday Kerstin sent me fantastic new photos of Tommy our VERY special boy with his new friend Jerry (previously Thomas from PAWs). Thomas actually travelled to Germany in October 2011 when Tommy and Sock’s Mum kindly agreed to foster this other lovely FiV boy. Then in March of this year Socks sadly died of kidney failure, so Natascha decided to adopt young Thomas, and …
Little Tommy Cat
16/12/11: Last weekend I visited Tommy in his new home in Germany, and he is definitely a lucky little man. His new family really love him, and are watching him closely to ensure that after all his problems, he now stays healthy. Tommy still has some pain from his gums when he eats hard food, and it is possible they will never be quite right, …
EWN 09/09: The Truth About FiV
This is my article published in the Euro Weekly News Day, talking about Feline Immune Deficiency, and how it DOES NOT mean a cat cannot have a long and happy life.
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EWN Article 15/07/10: Against The Odds
This is my full article, part of which was published in the Euro Weekly News last week. The rest of the article will feature in future weeks. It talks about some of AlStray’s ‘special’ cats and kittens.
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AlStrays This Week
February 26th
This morning we failed to catch the second of the 2 Nautico kittens for sterilisation, so she must now wait another 10 days. This was frustrating as yesterday she was actually in the catch box, but our appointment with vet Miguel was for today. We MUST catch her soon or we will have more little feral kittens!
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Tommy Has His Forever Home
I posted in November photos of Tommy in his new home , and hoped SO much that this would become permanent for him as he looked SO happy snuggled up with his Dad.
On December 26th my wish was granted when I received this email from Germany:
“Hello Sandra. we are the foster-home for Tommy. We really like him and he is such a lovely boy. We …
Tommy At Home
This is a fantastic picture of Tommy with his new Dad. AND to think this lovely old cat was outside on the rocks for years. I really don’t now believe that Tommy started out life as a street cat, so it is SO brilliant that he now has a loving home and can continue to catch up on his cuddles!
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Tommy & Friend
Tommy At Home
SO here is Tommy our lovely old FIV boy chilling out in his new home in Germany.
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News From Germany
News from Germany over the past week is great:
MOST important is that big Tommy is getting on fine with his housemate Socks, so we are now very hopeful that his ‘trial’/foster home will turn into a permanent one. This is very important as Tommy, being FIV positive, can only really live with other FIV positive cats to rule out ANY risk. FIV (similar to the …
Socks Likes Tommy!
Great news from Germany is that it looks like Tommy, our FIV positive, charming old boy, does have his forever home. Socks the other BIG boy in his home “likes him”, so he will get to stay!
This is fantastic news as Tommy is one of our biggest rescue stories to date. For more on him, please click on his name in the Tag Cloud.
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A Home For Tommy
Tommy’s New Friend
Great news this week that a foster home has finally been found for Tommy our FIV positive old Tomcat.
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Foster Cats Update 15/09/09
Now we have 23 foster cats!!! This was not planned but our numbers have swelled since Tracey and my visit to the dog protectora to see vet Miguel yesterday. I knew that there were 4 lovely kittens who had been stuck in a dog cage for about 3 weeks, and Nicola had agreed to take them for a while, but when we arrived we found …
Foster Cats Update 06/09/09
Time for another update on our now 18 foster cats, although that may actually be 15 as it appears that 3 of them may be staying in Almerimar!
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Foster Cats Update 25/08/09
Thought it was time for a quick update on all our foster cats … we currently have 18! This includes a beautiful new 6-week old kitten that Jean and George have taken in, and that I have yet to meet.
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Strays Update 08/08/09
Time for a quick summary update, as I haven’t been phloging so much this week. I’ve been having a psuedo holiday, actually at home as we live in a Spanish holiday town!
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Monty & Mimi Update
Monty and Mimi are doing SO well it is hard to believe. Well done to Nicola and Erika for being such brilliant foster parents. Yesterday evening they were both at my vet’s, Mimi just for a chip and Monty for his blood test, vaccinations, and chip. All went well, but as Begona was more comfortable with Monty tranquilised, he was understandably a little woosy …
Tommy – Lovely Old Boy
Tommy In His Cool Place
Just been to see lovely old Tommy, our character cat in his foster home.
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News!
Good and bad news this evening. Tommy’s test result came back, and it is now confirmed without doubt that he is FIV positive. This does not mean that he cannot have a good life, but we must continue to wait for the right home for him, either as a single cat or with other cats that are also FIV positive. The risk is low as …
Strays Update 16/06/09
I had a very constructive morning today. Big Tommy (our FIV positive Tomcat) had blood taken by Miguel for a plasma test. It seems that the quick test sometimes give positive results in error, so we are hoping that this more accurate one at the lab may give him a FIV negative result, which will mean he can travel to Germany this weekend. Roya is …
Summer Plans
I’ve been reviewing our ‘cat list’ for the summer, to make sure we have the priorities sorted. Overall we have an aim to sterilise most of the stray cats in Almerimar and re-home the more tame ones via our friends in Germany. Alongside that we are trying to reduce the number of feeding sites and overall the number of cats that need feeding, as this …
Harvey & Greta Sorted
Meet Harvey
I’ve written before about my frustration that some of our beautiful, people loving stray cats keep getting ‘bumped’ down the list for re-homing by newly-abandoned, more vulnerable ‘pets’. I’m now really pleased to be able to report that Harvey and Greta are now booked for re-homing in Germany. They are the remaining 2 siblings of a litter that was left on the rocks …
Strays Update 19/05/09
Just a quick update on our foster cats. The four baby kittens are doing REALLY well. Even the smallest is now close to 1kg which is fantastic. Meanwhile Tommy’s coat improves daily and I await confirmation of his ‘forever’ home, AND a flight partner to get him to Germany by the least stressful route.
Caesar/Kasper has finally started purring at Pam’s and is obviously very happy. …
Tommy May Have A Home
A Real Character
Great news from Germany last night; Kerstin thinks that she has found a home for Tommy our FIV positive TomCat. He has settled very well into apartment life with Nicola and Erika and we have started his vaccinations. Now it seems there IS going to be a happy ending for this lovely old boy.
Kerstin has someone interested in him who already has …
Busy Successful Morning
Just back from a very successful morning. First Nicola manage to catch the 4th abandoned kitten, another little girl! We had all been worrying thinking about the poor little thing out there alone and hungry at night, but now all is well and we have taken them up to Miguel for a quick check and to get some drops for the one with the slightly …
Strays Update 11/05/09 & Plan
A mixed news days today. We STILL haven’t caught the 4th baby kitten abandoned on the rocks. This is worrying as the poor little thing is now alone out there while the 3 others are sleeping with Nicola in her bed and eating well! Tomorrow they will come to the protectoria with us to be checked over by Miguel. They seem healthy enough, unlike the …
Strays Update 08/05/09
As planned a quiet week, although we have been trying to help a very sick feral cat. So far no progress as he won’t come near enough for us to help or catch him, and yesterday was showing no interest in food. We will keep trying but I don’t hold out much hope as yet.
On the better news front, both Caesar (now Kasper) and Tommy, …
Update On Tommy & Caesar
Tommy is doing ok. Our neighbours are looking after him really well and forgiving his toilet accidents, that were becoming quite numerous until we had him castrated on Thursday. Now things are better and we remain hopeful that he can be an indoor cat and therefore have a good life. Because Tommy is FIV positive he must stay away from other cats so cannot go …
Arrived Safely
Great news this afternoon, that both Cookie and Mina have arrived safely in Germany, and are now in their foster homes there. It is always good to hear as the transport takes close to 24 hours, so is a very long trip for the poor little buddies. Now we just have Tommy in a foster home here in Almerimar and Caesar in the cat rescue …
Saving Tommy – Our FIV +ve Cat
Tommy the tomcat has had a rather eventful week, and I have been finding out all about FIV in cats, because when Tommy had his blood-test I was given the news that he was positive. This is the equivalent of being HIV in humans, although I now know that less cats develop full blown aids, so it is definitely NOT a death sentence.
The problem however …
Plan For This Week
UPDATE: 22/04/09 17:00
Great news! Tommy now has a foster home with Nicola and Erika and is out of his cage and enjoying a nice meaty meal. Now I just hope he settles into apartment life as he has been a street cat for several years. Being FIV positive, the outdoor life is not longer an option for him. If things are looking good he will …
