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I run a SELF-FUNDED FOREVER HOME for cats with life-limiting illness/disabilities. 😽 With my vets’ help, I nurse them back to health and care for them for life.✨ Wishlist - amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2CDUVRYSRX386 ✨lots of offers on right now!🤞🏼

Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK 🇬🇧❤️I’ve managed to have some lovely cuddles with my diabetic, IBD and pancreatitis b...
31/08/2026

Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK 🇬🇧❤️

I’ve managed to have some lovely cuddles with my diabetic, IBD and pancreatitis boy George this morning. 🥰🐾 We’ve also had some Kong playtime with the doggos, so we’re making the most of a quiet, rainy Bank Holiday morning before cracking back on with chores (time to de-summer proof and autumn-proof the catios). 🐶❤️

Sending the biggest hugs to anyone who needs one today. 🤗 You know who you are. ❤️

What are you up to today? Hopefully staying dry… because it’s absolutely chucking it down here! 😂🌧️

29/08/2026

Hello and welcome to all our new followers 😁😁😁

Also, thank you so very much for the two anonymous donations via Just Giving 😻😻
Will be used for carriers! 🥰

A little Dumbledore update 🖤I’m sorry it’s taken me a little while to update. I’ve just been trying to process not havin...
25/08/2026

A little Dumbledore update 🖤

I’m sorry it’s taken me a little while to update. I’ve just been trying to process not having my Rummy Bear here with me. 💔 Everything feels a little bit harder at the moment, and I’m struggling to find the words.

Dumbledore had his vet appointment, and thankfully the gabapentin did its thing, meaning they were able to take bloods and even get a proper examination and de-shed done. Anyone who knows Dumbledore will appreciate just how much of an achievement that is, because he absolutely does NOT like people getting close to him with anything remotely helpful. 🙈 He only tried to take their eyes out a few times…

His bloods showed a few raised markers, along with anaemia. Further investigation meant a pancreatitis test was done, and unfortunately the result was OFF THE SCALE.

We know all too well about pancreatitis here, so we’re starting him on oral prednisolone each day alongside B12 supplements, and hoping we can get things settled for him.

He’ll be back in 2–3 weeks for more bloods, and we’ll adjust his treatment plan if needed depending on how he’s doing.

For now, it’s just one day at a time.

I’m tired, I’m heartbroken, and I’m trying to keep putting one foot in front of the other for all of them. Losing Rum has left such an enormous hole 💔

But Dumbledore and the others need me, so on we go. One day at a time. 🖤🐾

Thank you for being patient with me, and for continuing to care about my little gang. It really does mean more than you know. ❤️

DUMBLEDORE has to go to the vets for tests tomorrow as the p**p is just not improving 😔Given his somewhat (VERY!) feisty...
24/08/2026

DUMBLEDORE has to go to the vets for tests tomorrow as the p**p is just not improving 😔

Given his somewhat (VERY!) feisty nature when it comes to anything not on his terms, the vet has asked me to give him a large dose of gabapentin tonight, and again first thing.

As he already takes gabapentin for his arthritis, I know how wobbly he got at first - I was imagining him being very 🤪🤪 with this dose (4 times as much, he’s only on a VERY low dose daily), but nope…..aside from having what looked like a VERY rewarding sleep, he’s fine! 😝🙀

I have him on “cat cam” and have isolated him just in case…..look at him like nothing is different! 💪

Fingers crossed for some (easily) sortable answers tomorrow. And that the gabapentin is enough to allow bloods to be taken safely! 👹

My almost 18-year-old boy Rum is smitten with his new bed 🥰. Cherishing every day with my senior sweetie, doing all I ca...
23/08/2026

My almost 18-year-old boy Rum is smitten with his new bed 🥰. Cherishing every day with my senior sweetie, doing all I can to keep him happy, comfortable, and safe.

Dianna rocking out with her invisible guitar and totally nailing it (in her mind) 🤣🎸
23/08/2026

Dianna rocking out with her invisible guitar and totally nailing it (in her mind) 🤣🎸

22/08/2026

Back from vets with Dumbledore. Examination and steroid shot complete without injury (for the wonderful staff I mean 😆🙈)….🤞for some improved 💩 now

*10:15 APPOINTMENT FOR DD*A little Fluggy & Dumbledore update… 🐾❤️Jax, aka Fluggy, is eating really well and has continu...
22/08/2026

*10:15 APPOINTMENT FOR DD*

A little Fluggy & Dumbledore update… 🐾❤️

Jax, aka Fluggy, is eating really well and has continued to take her poo paste like a trooper. We think we’ve had solid poos too… YAY! 💩🙌🏻😂❤️

Dumbledore, on the other hand, is still causing me some concern. Despite a couple of weeks now on strictly GI food, exactly as advised by the vet, plus the added synbiotic, we’ve had quite severe diarrhoea again this morning. 😔

He’s absolutely fine in himself though, as you can see from the picture! He is, however, clearly getting a little bored of his gastro food. How rude! 🤣 But unfortunately for him, he is NOT being allowed anything else.

The problem with Dumbledore is that he’s a very feisty three-legged boy, and getting poo paste into him is quite literally impossible. I’ve tried everything, but if I have to physically administer it, I get attacked… so we’re not doing that! 😂🙈

So, I think it’s probably time for another trip to the vets this morning to see what they think and whether we might need to add an antibiotic into the mix. He’s had metronidazole in the past, which has helped, so we’ll see what the vet says.

Fingers crossed we can get his tummy settled soon. 🤞🏻❤️

Thank you, as always, for worrying about my little lot with me. 🥹🐾

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