23/08/2026
✨Sunday Stories- Asta & Espen ✨
❤️ Our beautiful Asta and Espen have now been in our care for over 3 years. Three years of watching them grow, getting to know their little personalities and making sure they have always had a safe, happy and loving place to call home 😺🥰
✨ Many of you will already know their story, but for our newer supporters…
Asta and Espen arrived with us in December 2022 as young kittens. They eventually became seriously unwell with the awful feline pox virus and were incredibly poorly. Tragically, they lost their brother Jesper 💔. Asta and Espen fought so hard to pull through, but what they went through left its mark on them, both physically and emotionally 😥
As time went on, further health and behavioural challenges arose, but none of this takes away from the truly wonderful cats they are. They are sweet, funny, cheeky and loving, and both have such special personalities. They show their love in their own ways, but we understand them, appreciate them and love them exactly as they are 🧡
We know they could settle really well into the RIGHT home and despite everything they have been through, they are still young, healthy cats with so much life and love to give. Their health and behavioural needs are something that need to be understood and managed, but they are not all that Asta and Espen are.
For now, the sanctuary is very much their home. They are settled, loved and well cared for here, and they are not in need of a home urgently. However, if the right forever foster home came along, we would absolutely consider it and would love for them to have that opportunity 🏡❤️ (forever foster means a home for life with the sanctuary supporting and covering veterinary costs)
They need a specific type of home because of their individual needs, and we would never compromise on that. They need stability, routine, patience and someone who can give them the time and understanding they deserve.
They don't need someone to change them. They just need someone who understands them and loves them for who they are 🥹
After everything they have been through, we feel incredibly lucky to have Asta and Espen as part of our sanctuary family. They have a safe place here for as long as they need it, but we also believe there could be a special home out there where they could thrive in a different way.
We will simply wait for the right one to come along ❤️
If you would like to learn more about Asta and Espen, you can read their full story here:
https://www.wythallanimalsanctuary.org/cats/astaespen
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