28/09/2026
🫠 UPCOMING WEEK — A LOT TO GET THROUGH 😥🙏
Beloved followers, please keep the following in mind as we head into another very busy and financially stressful week. 😔
🦷 URGENT DENTALS
Please remember that Azizi and Blossom are both due for urgent dentals. They have already received their necessary shots, so the dentals need to be done before the vaccinations wear off.
🩺 Azizi is tentatively booked for Friday.
🩺 Blossom can only be booked once I know that there are sufficient funds in the NPC account.
The vet has advised that Azizi’s dental could cost up to R2,500, so I am already extremely stressed about being able to cover these procedures. 😣
🐾 OTHER VET VISITS THIS WEEK
There are several other veterinary matters that also need attention:
💉 Cherki — second round of vaccinations on Friday.
🩺 Forrest — mouth shots; his mouth is currently in a very bad state.
🩺 Celine — FIP follow-up.
🐾 A few other veterinary matters also need to be dealt with in between these appointments.
I have also identified several TNR cases requiring urgent attention. 🐈⬛🐈
And, of course, feeding continues every single day. 🍽️🐾
I have now also inherited another colony, taking the number of colonies I am caring for to 29 colonies. 😔
💰 My current expenses can reach approximately R1,800 per day, with monthly expenses around R45,000.
🚨 THE INJURED DOG AT VUT CONFERENCE ESTATE
Regarding the blood trail I mentioned previously at the VUT Conference Estate, another security guard informed me yesterday that it was apparently an injured dog, with the leg reportedly looking as though it may have been broken.
I want to be fair here: I completely understand that the security personnel did what they thought was right to protect the cats on the property and to protect themselves. They chased the dog off the property, and honestly, who can blame them for trying to protect themselves and the animals on the premises?
However, when an animal is clearly injured, I believe there should also be an understanding of what needs to happen next:
“This animal needs help right now.” 🐾🚨
I personally saw the blood trail, and there was quite a substantial trail of blood. This was clearly an animal in distress, and my heart is honestly so sore thinking about this poor dog. 💔
I therefore feel that security management has a responsibility to equip their personnel with the necessary knowledge, skills and protocols to deal with situations like this — including knowing who to contact when an injured animal is encountered and when the SPCA or another appropriate animal welfare organisation needs to be called.
It isn’t necessarily fair to expect an individual security guard to know exactly what to do in every animal-welfare emergency if they have never been given the proper guidance or training.
That is why I really feel that management needs to provide the necessary tutorials, guidance and protocols so that personnel know how to respond when something like this happens. 🙏🥺
As someone who has been advocating for the cats at the various VUT sites for many years, I really hope that situations like this can be handled differently in future.
📍 For anyone in the CW areas who follows this page, please keep a lookout for an injured dog.
If you see a dog matching this description, please use your discretion and contact the SPCA or appropriate animal welfare organisation and try to get this poor animal the help it needs. 🙏
If I encounter the dog while I am at the site, I will also do whatever I reasonably can to assist.
😔 I AM REALLY STRUGGLING
I am being completely honest when I say that I am highly stressed and stretched to my limits at the moment.
There are so many animals needing attention, so many expenses, and so many decisions that have to be made every single day. 🐾💔
Sometimes I genuinely don’t know what to prioritise first.
So, if you have not yet made a donation, please consider making one to The Feral Carer NPC. 🙏
If you have been thinking about setting up a monthly payment, please know that your support would make an enormous difference in helping me manage these ongoing expenses. 🙏
🟩 DONATIONS — SECTION 18A APPROVED
✅ The Feral Carer NPC
✅ FNB
✅ Account number: 62915444327
✅ Branch code: 250655
✅ Reference: Name and surname or Anonymous
✅ Section 18A approved
Whatever is within your means today will be greatly appreciated. 🙏
Please help me get Azizi and Blossom through their dentals, attend to the other urgent veterinary cases, continue feeding the 29 colonies, and keep going with the many other welfare cases that are constantly coming my way. 🐾
Please donate if you can. 🙏
Please share this post. 📢
Every bit of support helps. 🐾
