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Private rescue centre for mainly disabled/injured/sick cats and dogs. Currently closed to new intakes

Rescue centre for disabled, elderly and ill street cats and dogs.

06/06/2026

So my plan for not taking an kittens on this year hasn't gone to plan 🙀

After yesterday's arrivals today we have these three.

They are from the laundrette just a few doors down from the vets. Unfortunately their lovely but young mother was killed by a car a couple of days ago 😭 and the staff at the laundrette are struggling to care for them. This is the same road the pregnant girl came from who had her kittens yesterday.

They are around 7-8 weeks old the ginger and whites are both boys.

I have everything crossed they stay healthy and can start their vaccinations in a week or so, I'm absolutely paranoid about them catching something like panleukopenia 🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏🙏

Other news, mum and babies are doing well, the babies gained 19 and 13 grams just over night and by this evening they are 25 and 21 grams heavier 🙀🎉🤞🙏💕. The rule of thumb is as long as they are gaining 10 grams a day they are ok so this is a really good start, just got to hope they continue to thrive as well 🤞🙏💕

05/06/2026

Yesterday this YOUNG girl was at the local cafe I sometimes frequent near to the vets. The cafe is very animal orientated and care for the local animals and even have a resident cat.

Unfortunately this girl was determined to sit on the tables and harass some of the customers and it was becoming a problem. I noticed that her t***s were swollen but her small belly was still hard so popped her down to Erkan who confirmed that she was still pregnant, but only just, Erkan estimated she would give birth within the next 10 days.

As she was causing issues at the cafe and I feared someone would chase her out onto the busy road I said I would take her home.

This afternoon I suddenly heard a baby crying, less than 24 hours after arriving here baby number one is here. There is more than likely a second one due but hopefully not any more than that. 🤞🙏

This girl is only around 6-7 months old herself, she shouldn't be a mother and certainly won't ever be again now she is here. She's currently doing her motherly job and purring away 💕

Baby one weighs in at 74 grams is currently active, loud and is eating well 🤞🙏💕 (believed to be a boy)

Baby two just born, weighing in at 98 grams and came out feet first 🙀 🤞🙏💕 (definitely a girl)

04/06/2026

On Tuesday evening I got a message regarding a cat that had been attacked by a dog 3 days previously and had suddenly declined . After several attempts to get the people who had the cat to take him to the vets it was clear they weren't going to do anything more than hassle me to go and collect him!!

I collected him and crated him and took him to the vets yesterday. His skin had some puncture marks in them which were going necrotic and an X-ray of his body showed a few broken ribs, damage to his upper spine, lung and kidney damage and he has a hernia. He has been given painkiller and some form of antibiotics by the lady who found him but unfortunately not the correct medicine. Erkan gave him some meds and I brought him home.

He will remain in a large carrier for the next few days to rest and keep still and will continue on some meds Erkan has given me.

He's only young and he's very sweet, hopefully he will recover in time 💕🤞🙏

31/05/2026

Up early this morning to bury Buddy and the others, I tried to do it yesterday but couldn't get to the gave due to the height of the grass so Birol kindly strimmed it all for me yesterday afternoon 💕

The count goes at ....

60 Cats/Kittens 🐈🐈‍⬛
2 Dogs 🐕 🐕‍🦺
1 Hen (Henny died in her sleep 😭) 🐓
1 Cockerel 🐔

💔💕

The rest of the day I will be, amongst other things no doubt, be cleaning and doing meds.

(View from the grave, it's lovely and peaceful down here, I would still like to get a bench so I can, when I get 5 minutes 🤣, sit down here)

30/05/2026

It is with an incredibly heavy heart I have to tell you that Buddy died late yesterday afternoon.

For those of you that don't know his story I found him on the side of a road on Christmas morning 2021, the new regulations for banned dogs were just coming in so they were dumped as they were pitbull mixes. They were frightened and the relief in their faces when I stopped will never leave me. Buddy ran straight to me Dudley following a little bit more unsure. It was a really busy road so I quickly got them into the car and I went to get them supplies and gave a quick vet check local to where i was.

Due to their age and a misinterpretation of the new laws I had to fight hard to make sure they weren't removed to the government shelter and destroyed.

Their first few months were spent out away from the other dogs as they were so small; they moved everyone they met; loved the village cats and even the chickens weren't an issue with them. 💕

Buddy and Dudley were very bonded, Dudley is the more insecure one of the two and always looked for his brother for support and comfort. I'm hoping his bond with the other dogs will make his loss not so great. He has seen Buddy since he's died so he will have an understanding that he's gone but I will be keeping a close eye on him.

Gone far too soon, I'm sorry Buddy you truly will be missed

💔😭

P.S. I'm donating the serums and medicines he was due to have back to the vets who are very active on caring for the street and beach dogs (and cats) of Bitez for it to be used for any of them that need it.

(Picture of Buddy and Dudley the day I found them, they were around 4 months old)

29/05/2026

Early start this morning, kitten room cleaned and then down to Safari vets to see Hatice by 9 o'clock. I took advice from her yesterday evening regarding Buddy, who still hasn't eaten anything, and it was decided he need to go in this morning if he refused to eat again today which he did 😕.

Today he looks much worse and has gone yellow due to the lack of food 😭. He's had another blood test as I didn't have a copy of his one from Monday and we also needed to see where he stood today. He's got Ehrlichia which is a pretty common blood parasite here. He's now having serum and supportive meds and I will now start to force feed him and give extra meds and support supplements at home. Hopefully it's not too late for him but the lack of food has added extra issues 😕🤞🤞🙏🙏

I also took Platinum with me, he's had a cold and has had some meds the last few days but I found him last night and although his snotty nose was much better he was breathing fast and drooling. He spent the night in the bedroom and kindly pee'd on the bed 🙄🤣. Hatice doesn't have an xray machine so we could check his chest but he's had a blood test and does have an infection, I did have him on a good antibiotic but as he's got slightly different symptoms now he's been changed to a different one.

I will administer more serum at home for Buddy and Platinum if he needs it. Hatice has given me a supply with extra meds in it. Hopefully he will start eating himself again soon 🙏🙏

Hatice has kindly said I can pay their bill in a few weeks time as I'm totally out of money at the moment 😕

Safari Veteriner Kliniği

28/05/2026

Buddy went back to the vets on Tuesday morning as he still hadn't eaten. He's had some different meds and I'm continuing that at home but he's again still not eaten anything. I will pop out and get some chicken today and make him some chicken and rice and see if that temps him a bit. He seems fine ish in himself but not eating is now becoming a major worry 😕. I've messaged Bilal and am waiting to hear back, with it being holiday time the vets is on a very limited working time.

Today was a slow start as Jay decided to sleep on my legs while I was having a coffee and you know the rules when a cat sits on you 🤣🤣.

25/05/2026

Vet visit today which including Buddy who's been off his food for a couple of days. After a blood check was done it was found he's got a blood parasite so is now on some antibiotics. I actually started him on them last night so here's hoping he will be eating by tomorrow 🤞.

It's holiday time as of tomorrow afternoon so the vets will be closed till next Monday although Bilal will be going daily for an hour or so if I have anything urgent that needs dealing with but not having access to the vets properly does stress me a little. Fingers crossed everyone will be fine 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞🤞

Shonagh has been up again over the weekend and has helped with both cleaning and getting organised, it's been lovely having a second set of hands around to help and someone to work with, I'm going to miss her 💕

Sorry for the delayed update regarding Sami, I sort of couldn't face saying but unfortunately she took a quick turn for the worse on Thursday evening and died early Friday morning, it seems sepsis got a hold of her little body and she just couldn't fight it, it was so fast I was shocked and am sad that she didn't make it 💔😭.

This week I hope to carry on the momentum and get more work done, I collected a shelving unit that someone was selling on Sunday and will sort out putting it somewhere for the cats to use and lounge on. I might need to wait for a second set of hands to get it into the catio though 😳

Thanks for all those who support W&S I truly appreciate your support 💕

23/05/2026

Not sure if people remember but on 17 March I got a bakery cat neutered, his name was Hamur. I popped to the bakery yesterday to be told that he had started swiping at people and that I could/should take him away.

As it's coming up to festival/holiday time here the bakery has become busy and while I was there some customers from out of town took offence by his presence so the staff were trying to chase him out onto the road. I didn't have a carrier with me so got him and put him in the car where he sat on my knee for most of the journey to the pet shop where I bought another carrier for him to keep him safe.

As his character has changed, the staff blaming his nurturing for his aggression, I asked Erkan to check him over as a change in character usually means something is wrong and when handling him he seems to be in pain. Erkan confirmed that he had an oldish, back/hip injury that was still tender and a very recent damage to the base of his tail, possibly from a bite. He was still fit enough to be vaccinated and has been brought home and has gone into the catio. He's getting used to it, it's all a culture shock for him 💔😕. But I was left in a difficult position and couldn't bare to see him dead in the road.

He's a very sweet attentive boy and hopefully once he's had his course of antibiotics he will be feeling much better. He's a cat who sticks up for himself and is possibly over stimulated by physical contact all the time and also possibly any only kitten as he's not learnt about not giving love bites. I wish I could find him a home as he would probably be more suited to that than being here but, for now, he's safe and will settle in time 🤞💕

He is now called Hemel 💕

21/05/2026

96 bags of cat litter collected from the cargo office. £500 worth of litter. Hopefully it will last around 28 days 🤞🙏

Now to unpack them and put them all away 🙀🤣

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