WHAT'S NEW?
ROUNDHAY GARDEN TRAIL
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On Sunday, June 23rd, our secretary and her husband, Jan and Ian, are opening their garden at 1A Springwood Road, Oakwood, LS8 2QA - next door to Roundhay Methodist Church. The garden will be open from 1-00pm to 5-00pm. The Roundhay Garden Trail is for REAP, Roundhay Environmental Action Project, and the proceeds are going to St Gemma's. More details can be found on REAP's website, www.reap-leeds.org.uk. Maps may be obtained from the website and Jan will also have maps available showing the other open gardens.
 |  | Jan will be selling plants and serving tea and cakes and those proceeds are going to Leeds Feline Friends. |
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CREAM TEA AND PLANT FAIR
 | THANK YOU An enormous amount of work went into this event resulting in a great variety of beautiful, healthy plants for people to buy, followed by cream teas with delicious, home made scones. It was a very pleasant afternoon which seemed to be enjoyed by everyone and also a very successful afternoon as £931-30 was raised to help us in our work. Well done everyone and a huge thank you for all your hard work and commitment. |
NEW HOME NEEDED FOR OUR PEN!!
Please see PEN NEWS for details.
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AUCTION OF MODEL RAILWAY ITEMS
Those of you who are members of Leeds Feline Friends will know, from our newsletters, that we were given a model railway enthusiast's treasured collection. These items recently went to a specialist auction in Driffield. Four of our committee members attended the auction and were absolutely delighted when everything was sold and raised over £4,000!! The commission and charges have now been deducted and we have received the fantastic sum of £3,430, a wonderful boost to our funds.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ANN WHO DONATED HER LATE BROTHER'S TREASURED COLLECTION.
Thanks must also go to Daphne, Jan and Ian who spent a great deal of time cataloguing everything and arranging the auction. They have became quite the experts in the process!
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THANK YOU, PETS AT HOME
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Many of you will probably have visited a branch of Pets at Home to buy food, toys and accessories for your pets but you might not know about the Pets at Home Charitable Foundation (Reg.No. 1104152). This is a charity dedicated to supporting the rehoming of pets.
Early in 2012 we applied to them for a grant to help us to be able to neuter more cats and to pay the associated vet bills. When we take a stray cat to be neutered the cat is immediately vet checked and is automatically deflead, wormed and microchipped but it is seldom so straight forward. Depending on the cat's general health, it may also require blood screenings, dental work and /or treatment for infections and wounds , sometimes quite minor, but, as in some recent cases, nasty collar injuries which dictate long stays at the vets. We can, therefore, end up with the neutering of one stray cat costing many hundreds of pounds.
We were delighted when the trustees of the Pets at Home Charity approved our grant application and awarded us £5,000 for neutering and associated vet bills. The above photograph shows our Chairpaw, Liz, and our treasurer, Viv, accepting the cheque on behalf of Leeds Feline Friends from the deputy manager of Pets at Home at Crown Point.
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YOU CAN NOW JOIN LEEDS FELINE FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK.
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FROM JUST ONE PHONE CALL.........
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We received a phone call from an elderly lady asking for some help with a stray cat that she was feeding. She said the cat had an injured paw and was fat! The cat had previously had a home but was abandoned and left homeless when her owners moved. She had then moved in next door with another lady but that lady's daughter had moved into the house with her two big dogs. The cat didn't like the dogs so started calling on the neighbour who was now feeding her and providing shelter for her in the shed. She was unable to keep the cat herself - hence the phone call.
Thankfully,when we got this cat to the vets, she was not pregnant, just a rather portly older cat with an ingrowing claw which was easily dealt with when treated with antibiotics. She also needed a dental and had the usual worm and flea treatments as well as being microchipped. We put her on our website to find her a new home. Happily, someone came along wanting to adopt her and she is now very well settled and loved in her own home.
 | The "fat" cat, Jeannie, when first reported to us. She turned out to be a gorgeous girl with a lovely temperament. |
This same lady then told us about a situation that was going on with her directly attached neighbour. This neighbour had two cats of her own, all cared for and neutered, but two adult cats, one male and one female, had moved in with her and the female had given birth to four kittens. She wanted to keep the adults and two of the kittens. Liz offered help to get the two adults neutered and to home the two remaining kittens. On arriving to pick up the adults to take them to the vet, she noticed another cat hanging around outside. On inquiring who this cat belonged to Liz was told that he was also a stray and had been hanging around for a long time. As an unneutered tom he found himself on the way to the vets with the other two! All three cats were neutered, microchipped and had flea and worm treatments. The stray tom cat, Ken, has now now been rehomed. The two kittens went on the website for homing.
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Time passed and the family decided that they wanted to keep all four kittens so we offered to help with neutering when they were ready. When it was time for them to be neutered there was a delay all four were suffering from mild cat flu symptoms and needed treatment with antibiotics and eye drops. When they recovered they were all neutered, microchipped and given flea and worm treatments.
As this was all happening another stray cat,a large, full tom, started coming in through their cat flap. He had a nasty collar injury around his neck and under a front leg. We agreed to help with getting him treated and he spent just over a month in the vets, costing us around £460. TC is now fully healed, castrated and has been adopted by his fosterer.
 | TC is a lovely, big, friendly lad happily settled now in his own home. |
ALL THIS FROM JUST ONE PHONE CALL!
What can we learn from this saga - NEUTER YOUR CAT! There is help out there if you need it.
If you want to put a collar on your cat make sure it's a safety collar. The catch or clasp on the collar should be the quick release type so that, if your cat gets a front leg or bottom jaw hooked in the collar or gets hung from a branch by the collar, the clasp just snaps open. It would also be a good idea to attach a name tag to the collar to help to identify your cat if necessary.
Flea collars are potentially dangerous and are not always effective in treating flea infestations.
We received another phone call the other day!
A lady was worried about a stray cat that had been hanging around for a while ...........yes, looks as if we have another saga developing! One cat already helped, at least another three, so far, that will need neutering, rehoming or help of some kind.
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A NEW HOME FOR TOMMY
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We were absolutely delighted when some very kind people did just that. They recently sent us an update on him.
After a quiet introduction to his new home, it took all of one day for him to discover the joys of high living. His paws are very firmly under the table. Litter tray etc. not a problem. He has made friends with all he meets and especially the vet who described him as "handsome". This little chap is a charmer indeed. He loves sitting on laps watching a bit of telly and being brushed and is very chatty, particularly at mealtimes. He enjoyed his Christmas presents and dinner! He has managed to take over the bed and also organises large jigsaw construction.
Thank you to Liz and all at LFF for bringing him to us - it's lovely to come home to him - and thank you to the ladies of Fairfax Road for looking after him so well.
Just look at him now!
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