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A cat safety charity in Easter Ross is making an contemporary plea to discover a new home for its most undesirable cat – after six months of fruitless appeals.
11-year-old Fluffy got here into the care of Tain & District Cats Protection some 250 days in the past, after she was acquired from an elderly girl in April.
The black and white short-haired puss has since smashed all information for the size of time the department has had a cat in its care – as a result of no person has supplied to take her home.
When she got here into care, Fluffy was classed as “extraordinarily chubby”, to such an extent that she may hardly walk and had turn out to be content material to only sit round.
The charity say that the cat’s weight has now resulted in arthritis.
But a particular eating regimen has seen Fluffy begin to show the nook on her sedentary way of life – having shed a complete of 600 grams (1 lb 5 ounces).
Tain & District Cats Protection department supervisor Jean Jardine stated: “She wasn’t shifting. Her physique had stiffened up as she had been sitting round for thus lengthy as a result of she is so heavy. If you see a fats canine or fats cat, they do wrestle to stand up, so they have an inclination to only sit down, not wanting to maneuver.
“I’d attempt to tempt her out with some meals, and you possibly can see that she needed to return out – however she would simply put her paws out, as if to say ‘I’m not going to maneuver, I am unable to be bothered!’
“She is now being handled for arthritis, and is getting therapy for that. She is to obtain three doses of injections from the vet which is able to assist, however most significantly, she has misplaced 600 grams and that’s actually serving to and can assist along with her mobility.
“I do know that her fosterer has been taking the cat out to maneuver about and keep cell additionally, and appears to be doing okay. In the final couple of weeks she’s additionally managed to leap up on one thing. It appears like even this slight weight reduction has helped.”
Mrs Jardine added: “We have had her marketed on Facebook and our web site however she simply doesn’t appear to be interesting to anybody, sadly.
“People are inclined to assume as a result of a cat is of a sure age, that its too old they usually might not need to undertake. But I’ve taken in two cats on the age of 17, they usually’ve gone on to reside to the age of twenty-two and a half. Cats can have lengthy well being lives, and most do if they’re taken care of.
“She has probably the most lovely face. She completely loves consideration, all the time needs her fosterer to be along with her and loves being fussed over. She loves getting her hair brushed throughout, even her tummy. She likes to be exterior and would sit on the deck all day so long as she has access to indoors if the climate turns.
“She appears content material along with her lot in the intervening time however we might love to search out her a brand new, quiet, loving home with no different animals and access to a safe backyard with somebody who simply needs an excellent pleasant companion.
“Fluffy is a stunning, bonny-looking, wholesome cat and deserves a endlessly home. Hopefully there’s somebody on the market ready to present her that.”
If you are feeling you possibly can give Fluffy her want for a brand new home, contact the Tain department through e mail on [email protected].
