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Cat Rescue Lake Macquarie

Ethical cat rescue run by volunteers in Lake Macquarie, NSW. Dedicated to rescue, rehabilitation, foster care, and finding safe, forever homes for cats in need.

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07/10/2026

We can’t help the next cat until we find homes for the cats already waiting.

Cat Rescue Lake Macquarie is CLOSED FOR INTAKE.

We have a number of adult cats in care who need loving homes before we can take in any more. While they wait, their food, litter and veterinary bills continue—and our funds are tight.

Closing intake is a difficult decision, but we have to work within what we can afford and give the cats already in our care the support they need.

Please help us get their adoption posts seen. Even if you can’t adopt, you can share them with your friends, family and local community groups.

Adult cats are so easily overlooked. A share could put one of ours in front of the person who chooses them.

Please share our cats’ adoption posts. They need homes, and we need room to help again.

This is just six of them…

06/10/2026

MISSING FROM CADAGA RD, GATESHEAD. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEODORE

Theodore escaped from his foster home on Cadaga Rd, Gateshead, and we still haven’t found him.

Theo is a black and white desexed male cat with distinctive yellow eyes. He had only recently come into care and is extremely shy and frightened of people. He also recently had an abscess treated on his cheek, so the fur on one side of his face has been shaved.

We are asking everyone in Gateshead and the surrounding area, such as Charlestown, to please keep an eye out for him.

Theo may be hiding somewhere very close without being noticed. Please check under houses and decks, in sheds and garages, behind stored items, around building sites and renovations, and anywhere else a frightened cat could quietly shelter.

PLEASE DO NOT CHASE, CALL OUT TO OR TRY TO CATCH HIM.

If you see a cat you think could be Theodore, please note the exact location and time and, if possible, take a photo from a distance.

Please message Cat Rescue Lake Macquarie directly with any sightings.

Even if you’re not completely sure it was Theo, please let us know. One sighting could be what finally helps us bring him home safely.

Please share, particularly if you live in or around Gateshead.

04/10/2026

URGENT: PANTHER NEEDS A FOSTER HOME THIS WEEK

We have only a few days to find Panther somewhere safe to go.

Due to an unexpected change in her adopter’s circumstances, Panther can no longer remain in her current home and we urgently need a foster carer who can take her while we work through a medical and behavioural issue.

Panther is a gentle, sensitive cat who can take a little while to trust new people. Once she does, she is incredibly affectionate. She follows her humans around the house, rubs around their legs, loves chin scratches and has even developed her own game of “soccer”.

She also loves the company of other cats and is particularly attached to one of the cats in her current home.

We do need to be completely upfront about why Panther needs a particular kind of foster home.

Panther has been having intermittent episodes of inappropriate urination. She still uses her litter trays normally, but during these episodes she has also urinated outside them, particularly on beds and other soft areas.

We don’t yet know why.

Panther is seeing our vet on Tuesday so that we can investigate possible medical and behavioural causes and start putting a treatment and management plan in place.

What we urgently need now is a calm, patient foster carer who can give Panther a quiet room of her own while we work through this with our vet. Ideally, this would be a room without a bed or lots of soft furnishings and with flooring that can be easily cleaned.

CRLM will support her foster carer and cover her approved veterinary treatment.

We know this isn’t the easiest foster placement we’re ever going to ask someone to take on.

But Panther needs somewhere safe to land this week.

This is not a forever commitment. Right now, we need someone willing to give this beautiful girl some time while we try to understand what is happening and help her.

If you think you may be able to foster Panther, please send Cat Rescue Lake Macquarie a private message.

And if you can’t foster, please share her post. The right person may be somewhere in your friends list.

📍 Lake Macquarie / Newcastle area

03/10/2026

Peaches may still be cautious, but there is a lot more going on behind that slightly suspicious little face these days.

She’s becoming incredibly inquisitive.

While dinner is being made, Peaches likes to pull up a chair at the table so she can keep a close eye on proceedings. Not interfering, obviously. Just supervising. 😂

She’s also discovered that she has quite a lot to say.

Peaches has an impressive collection of noises, particularly when food is involved, and she is becoming increasingly confident about making sure her humans understand exactly what she requires.

And then there’s this.

Apparently the quiet, cautious cat we’ve been patiently waiting for has also been hiding an inner lunatic.

The jumping. 😂

This is why we love getting these little updates from foster care.

For a cat who has spent so long learning whether people can be trusted, these funny, ordinary moments are actually pretty special.

Peaches is still Peaches. She still needs time. She still approaches the world carefully.

But now she’s curious about it.

She wants to know what you’re cooking.

She wants to tell you when she’s hungry.

And occasionally, for reasons known only to Peaches, she needs to launch herself through the air.

We think we’re finally getting to see the cat who was hiding underneath all that caution. 🍑

02/10/2026

I called him Midnight.

I met him today. Tonight, I had to say goodbye.

He was less than a year old.

Look at him. He looks like a cat who has endured a lifetime. He hadn’t even had a year.

He couldn’t walk. He had paralysis ticks. He was thin and dehydrated. Something had happened to his face.

He didn’t have a microchip. I don’t know his whole story on why he was a stray. I know the condition he was in when he came to me.

He hissed when I reached out to touch him. But he didn’t have the energy to do anything more.

I cleaned his eyes. I touched him gently. I held his paw.

And I loved him.

For the few hours I knew him, I loved him.

But I wanted to give him years. I wanted him to get better. To learn that a hand could bring comfort. To have a full belly and somewhere safe to sleep. To be a young cat, instead of a little body that had already endured far too much.

Instead, I had to say his last goodbye.

I am so fu***ng angry.

I’m tired. I feel defeated, deflated and lost. My heart is breaking for a little cat I didn’t even know this morning.

I cannot bear the thought of what he went through before someone helped him. How long he was hungry. How long he was hurting. What happened when he could no longer walk.

He should never have reached that point.

And I am fed up with cats suffering while people treat desexing, safety and basic care as optional. Fed up with their lives being treated as disposable. Fed up with being left to care for them when there is barely any life left.

Desex your cats. Keep them safe. Take responsibility for the life that depends on you. If you see a cat suffering, do something. Seek help. Please don’t just leave them there.

I’m writing this because tonight I have nowhere to put this grief and anger. Because I need people to understand what this costs the cats—and what it does to the person holding their paw at the end.

I didn’t care for Midnight because I wanted praise. I cared for him because he was frightened and suffering, and I wanted him to know gentleness. I wanted him to be loved.

Those few hours mattered to me. But they will never feel like enough.

He existed. He was here.

His name was Midnight.

I loved him.

And he deserved so much more than a few hours of love at the end.

01/10/2026

Magnus with one of his ancestors.

The family resemblance is subtle, but the attitude appears to have survived intact.

Magnus remains unconvinced that this is a big deal.

30/09/2026

He doesn’t have a name. But perhaps someone knows him.

This young cat was found near Toronto Hospital. Today, a local resident brought him in to be desexed through the RSPCA Straycare scheme.

He was checked for a microchip, but none was found.

We think he’s only around a year old. He’s very shy, but he has shown no aggression.

He’s now desexed, and we’d love for his next chapter to be something better than returning to the streets.

Do you recognise him? Could he be someone’s missing cat?

If no owner is found, perhaps you could offer him a safe home—indoors or with a secure cat-proof enclosure, where he won’t be wandering the streets again.

He’ll need patience, a quiet space and time to learn that people can be trusted.

Please message Cat Rescue Lake Macquarie if you recognise him or could offer him a home. Please share to help us find someone who knows him—or someone who can give him a chance.

Currently in the veterinary clinic. He has until tomorrow.

29/09/2026

What colour is your cat?

We’ve put together a quick guide to some common coat colours and patterns. It’s a broad overview, not a complete list — cats have plenty more colours, markings and combinations than we could fit on one page.

What would you call your cat’s coat? Show us a photo in the comments!

27/09/2026

Magnus the Magnificent has entered the building.

You might remember Magnus from our post earlier this week about the two big tomcats who arrived at the clinic needing our help.

Well, Magnus is now in foster care, and it turns out there was a rather lovely cat hiding underneath all that uncertainty.

At first, the laundry hamper was his safe place. But it hasn’t taken him long to start venturing out.

He’s now coming over to his foster carers for pats, enjoying being groomed, exploring beyond his hiding spot and, this week, we heard the first purr.

Then he rolled over for a tummy rub.

Magnus. A former big tough tomcat. Offering his tummy for rubs.

We may have slightly oversold the “tough” part. 😂

This is what a quiet home, patience and kindness can do.

Magnus isn’t quite ready to pack his little suitcase yet, but we wanted you to meet him properly because before too long, this magnificent boy will be looking for a home of his own.

And judging by the speed at which he’s discovering the benefits of domestic life, we suspect he’s going to be rather good at it.

26/09/2026

Their babies found homes. Fern and Peaches are still waiting for theirs.

Fern and Peaches both came into care as mums.

They did the hard part. They raised their babies, kept them safe, and watched as those babies went off to their new homes.

And then they waited.

Both of these beautiful girls take a little time to feel safe with new people. They’re not necessarily the cats who will walk straight up to a stranger and demand to be chosen.

They need a little patience.

And unfortunately, in rescue, the cats who need time are often the ones who end up waiting the longest.

Fern and Peaches have both been with us for far too long.

They don’t need someone looking for the most confident cat in the room. They need someone who understands that there’s something very special about earning the trust of a cat who doesn’t give it away immediately.

Their babies got their turn.

We’d really love it to finally be theirs.

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