Whinnybank News
Crosby, a grey and white 11 year old who was re-homed in July has sadly been returned to us as he was not happy in a house with young children. So, he is… Continue reading
Crosby, a grey and white 11 year old who was re-homed in July has sadly been returned to us as he was not happy in a house with young children. So, he is… Continue reading
The number of cats who are waiting to shelter at Whinnybank is unbelievable – many people are waiting to give a cat a new home but it all takes time. The shortage of… Continue reading
Sue has lost another of her faithful feline friends – a cat called Bernie who was about 19 years old. He came into Whinnybank with many feral adults & kittens from a farm… Continue reading
Sue says: “Thank you for my many Birthday Wishes & cat food. I often wish I was 17 again!! My secret is ‘Think young, be young.’ & at 8 o’clock in the evening… Continue reading
This week it is thanks all round! Thanks for all the donations sent in for Wolfie’s vet bills so he could be put on the right track & re-homed. He has now been… Continue reading
In Scotland, the closure of Cat’s Protection League groups in Fife & north of Arbroath has put a lot of pressure on us & the SSPCA. There are many sad cases of people… Continue reading
This week, Sue was called out to pick up a mum & kittens in a garage – the people had gone to move a sack & heard the kittens, although they hadn’t seen… Continue reading
A cat called Spider was handed in to us, lame, in June – the people who had found him thought he had been hit by a car but it turned out that he… Continue reading
It’s the time of year for orchard fruits again – we have plums for sale in our Newburgh shop & we are busy picking more to keep up with demand… plum crumble –… Continue reading
An update on last week’s feral family – the tortie mum has turned out to be a domestic & the 3 kittens, who had been living in damp & cold conditions since day… Continue reading
Sue & Aaron were busy trapping a cat & her 3 feral kittens in Leven, when Sue realized that the mum cat was crossing a very busy road at least 3 times a… Continue reading
Eleven year old Crombie has now found his forever home after 2 months at Whinnybank 🙂 Another boy, Smokey (called Pavarotti online), who lost 2 owners in 7 years, is well into his… Continue reading
Sue has 14 cats who are ready to go to new homes – they will be listed on our website & Facebook page asap. Some of them have health problems (the elderly ones)… Continue reading
We have a few cats going onto our website (they are not all there yet) for homing – most of them do have problems but that shouldn’t stop them from getting loving homes… Continue reading
Every summer brings the vixens & their cubs during the day. Sue’s son Steven has strimmed the paddock so the birds can see the foxes coming & they get on the pond where… Continue reading
Sadly the feral cat with the broken leg had to be euthanized as the bone had not knitted together as hoped & it was badly infected. With a domestic cat the vet could… Continue reading
The cat with the fractured leg at Leslie, who Sue had been trying to trap for 6 weeks, was finally caught on Tuesday morning by one of the workmen. She is putting weight… Continue reading
Sue’s SOS for the cats’ favourite food worked well – many thanks to everyone who responded. Cat problems are continuing with injured cats, strays & ferals. Sue is still trying to trap the… Continue reading
Sue has her work cut out with injured cats coming in at the moment. A feral she released in Leslie about 3 years ago has obviously broken her leg – because she has… Continue reading
Would the kind lady who left a message for Sue saying she had lots of wool please call again as you did not leave your number for Sue to call you back. Sue… Continue reading