Here are my favourite pair of boys, we say we take in any cat and treat them all the same that includes our wonky ferals. 

In all black is the most magnificent Lazarus he’s FIV postive and a hunky, chunky love machine. 
He came to us after he was caught by another rescue and their policy is to put FIV cats to sleep. 
One of our volunteers stepped in and said we will take him, we had to give him a chance. 

Lazarus has turned out not to be feral at all, I can stroke him, cuddle him now and kiss his beautiful black head, I can also now pick him up. 

He’s in full heath at the moment and enjoying life to the full with his new found, brother from another mother, Feral Mark. 

Feral Mark came from the GXO Ferals, they were all really poorly, but slowly and surely with treatment they became healthy again and we were able to find them feral placements, all but Feral Mark. 

Feral Mark developed an inner ear infection, for those who don’t know an inner ear infection is probably one of the worst and most expensive infections to get and treat, with him being feral we had a lot of decisions to make. 

We threw the lot at him from steriods to different antibiotics, putting him under anaesthetic to flush and clean his ear, the infection had gone too far inside, he must have been suffering some time with this. 

So we made a joint decision for Mark to be referred to Rutland house to have a CT scan and see what we were dealing with before any decisions could be made. 

The CT scan showed more than what we imagined, his ear was still very poorly infected and we also found a polyp, he needed a Pinnectomy. 

We also found flu type symptoms in the bronchial area.

Lastly poor mark has portophrenicshunts or PPS for short, which affects his liver function. 

Before we could go through with this we needed to do a liver function test, easy right! on a feral! take bloods before fasting and bloods after eating. 

I hope you are keeping up! 

Chad the “Hero” he was now known as, had everyone following marks story, the rescue world, nurses and other vets from different organisations, all wanting to know what the outcome would be? 

Chad did the impossible again. 

He managed to get the bloods needed for his liver function test and this looked completely normal when the results came back.

Chad performed the ear surgery, removed the inner ear, infection and the polyp. 

Foster mum looked after him for some time after, it was very abrasive surgery but feral mark got through it and here we are today, one little happy feral with his big FIV brother Lazarus. 

Now we are looking for a home for these boys but they do come with certain requirements. 

You must promise to look after these boys through thick and thin, we will automatically cover any vet bills needed as you will never get an insurance company to cover these boys. 

I’m happy for them to be indoor with a catio, I am happy for them to go outside on isolated land and to be homed in a feral environment with a house, warmth and fluffy beds to retreat to. 

You must also be happy to catch/trap them and catch them if they show any signs of Illness to get them to a vet asap. 

I could go on forever about these two guys who bring Joy to me even on the the saddest days, they seem to always cheer me up. 

I always say, the more we keep, the less we can help as it takes up more room, to find a home for these boys would truly be amazing and I’m sure we would also meet some amazing people. 

If you would like to apply for their adoption please use this link:

https://www.cognitoforms.com/CatsGuidance1/AdoptionApplicationFormFinal