Showing posts with label world spay day. neutering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world spay day. neutering. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

#CharityTuesday Adopt a Cat and World Spay Day

ADOPT A CAT



MIA


MIA (Photo: Wood Green, The Animals Charity)

Mia is a young-looking 16-year-old beauty who loves to bask in sun on the windowsill. She also likes to be groomed and as a very special treat, Mia likes a spot of cheese!

 Unfortunately, her previous owner could no longer keep her, so she is looking for new owners to help her enjoy her retirement. Sweet Mia is waiting for a forever human at the London centre (where I waited for my forever home). Click on her profile to find out more about her.

Today is also World Spay Day



 I am of course spayed. It happened to me when I was 5 months old and it was at Wood Green, The Animals Charity! As I was adopted from this pawsome charity when I was 10 weeks old Mum had to take me back there to get done when I was an older kitten. 

 I wasn't happy about it at the time. I thought Mum had taken me back there because she'd had enough of me. But I was soon sedated and then when I awoke, feeling groggy from the anesthetic I could hear her voice and when I looked up I was so very happy to see her. She'd come back to take me home. My forever home! 

 Now, in hindsight, and as a wise adult cat, I am really glad I got spayed because let's face it, who really wants to give birth? It's so painful and having babies all the time is not ideal. There are far too many hungry sad kittens around as it is. So many that aren't as lucky as me and other adopted kitties. Many of them living as strays and ferals, struggling to survive. It isn't fair but unfortunately, that's life.

 I also want to be the only baby in the house as it means all the attention is on me! And I don't want Mum getting all maternal over little bundles of squealing fursballs. 

 You can read about my spay day in my book (some of this book is part fantasy at the beginning and then my story is told in reality as it happened after the day I got adopted).

In support of World Spay Day, Wood Green is offering free neuter vouchers.



Note: Voucher applications are open from Tuesday 27th February 2018 up to and including Tuesday 13th March 2018, or until funds run out. Max 2 vouchers per household. Vouchers will be valid for 4 weeks from issue date.


World Spay Day 2018 is also supported by: 


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ATHENA'S RESCUE STORY

All proceeds from A Forever Home For Athena will be donated to the following charities:

 Wood Green The Animals Charity
Greek Cat Welfare Society
Cats Protection





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More homeless pets looking for forever homes can be found on my Mum's Pinterest Pet Rescue board.



Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post. As a rescue kitty myself I want to help other rescues find their forever home, so each week on Charity Tuesday I share adoptable cats from Wood Green, the Animals Charity (which is where I was rescued) and some other charities dear to our hearts. Mum and I are so grateful to Wood Green because without them we would never have found each other! Please note however that this post does contain some affiliate links. This means if you click on the Amazon links to purchase any of the items featured, I will receive a small affiliate commission. We are not affiliated with any charity mentioned in this post. 



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Tuesday, 24 February 2015

World Spay Day 24th February 2015

Athena here. Mum wanted me to write this post so here I am. Did you know that on the last Tuesday of February (doesn't time fly?) it is World Spay Day?

What is World Spay Day?

World Spay Day is a day that hopes to highlight the importance of neutering and spaying your furry babies. Now, I'm not exactly sure what I think about that. All I know is that it was done to me when I was about five months old. It wasn't very nice. Mum took me back to the place where we met and left me there and the lady vet there did it to me.

I didn't feel a thing of course, because she gave me something that made me sleepy. When I woke up, even though I was groggy, I remembered my mum and I was worried I would never see her again. Perhaps she had taken me back because she didn't want me any more?

But she did come back. A few hours later, she tells me. And she took me home and then I realised I was made ugly. Why? Because bits of my fur were missing, that's what! A big patch of it. And Mum wouldn't let me lick my horrible wound, and she kept a big watch over me so I wouldn't touch it. She made everything feel better with lots of extra cuddles and treats, though. Her healing energy made me feel better too and I sat on her lap a lot. But soon I was running around like the crazy little kitty I was again. The fur grew back quickly and I was back to my beautiful goddess self.

Mum says she wishes she had some good quality photos of me with my fur shaved off, but she hasn't, and I'm pleased! I don't want it shown here. That would be embarrassing.

But what am I doing? I'm scaring you kitties! And it wasn't my intention because Mum says this is a VERY IMPORTANT post.

You see, if kitties don't get spayed, there will soon be lots and lots of other kitties around, and then what will your humans do? And what about all the strays and homeless pets? Some cats don't have a great life like us fortunate pampered ones, you know. They are orphaned, homeless, starving, they get sick, and there are just too many. These poor kitties, if they don't die of natural causes, usually end up being killed by humans anyway because silly humans don't know what to do with them. I know. Very nasty! Mum doesn't want to think about that, and I don't either. Why humans want to control the world is another matter, and that would make a rather long post. I think that one is for mum to write, perhaps on her other blog.

Spaying your cat shouldn't be too expensive. What is great about World Spay Day is that many animal charities around the world have got together not only to promote the importance of spaying and neutering, but so many of them also provide affordable low-cost spaying for people on a low wage or unemployed. To find out where this service is available n your area CLICK HERE
If you are in the UK you can find out about discount neutering schemes in your area HERE 
Some even provide a free neutering service on World Spay Day, so do check it out.

In the UK World Spay Day is supported by the following animal charities:

  • The Blue Cross
  • Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
  • Cats Protection
  • Celia Hammond Animal Trust 
  • International Cat Care 
  • Mayhew Animal Home 
  • PDSA 
  • RSPCA 
  • Wood Green Animal Charity

What about you kitty friends? Have you been spayed? Do you have any memories of it? How do you feel about it? Do you think your humans were right to do it to you?

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