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25/06/2025

Reposting as Lorraine needs more help please. 🙏🏻

Do you have a couple of hours on a Monday or Wednesday to spend volunteering?

We are looking for additional help on MONDAY & WEDNESDAY mornings at Kats & Kits. We need mature, responsible, dedicated, cat minded people to assist in cleaning & caring for our loving, gentle cats in a home environment. The sanctuary is based near Keevil so you need to be able to drive to get there.
We are looking for people who have an affinity with animals and a desire to bond with the cats.
😻
If you are able to volunteer please ring Lorraine on 07976624770.

Fundraising for Devizes Kats & KitsFor sale - antique pine table 121 x 190 cmheight 80cm. £30
20/06/2025

Fundraising for Devizes Kats & Kits
For sale - antique pine table 121 x 190 cm
height 80cm.
£30

07/06/2025

Update from Lorraine

Devizes Kats and Kits in Care Newsletter.
June 2025
Since my last newsletter we have all experienced the warmest and driest spring for many years.
I love the warmth and so do the cats and, without the frosts we are hoping for our fruit trees to bear fruit.

In the last newsletter I said I would update you on both Tabitha and Doris.
Dear old Tabitha. Ever since I took her into care in 2017 from one of the local vets she has for nearly all of her time here had to have various ongoing medications for a persistent mouth condition, involving the fauces.
Latterly she responded for many months very well and was eating brilliantly. However, in late March and literally overnight, she quite suddenly could not jump, had become very weak and showed no interest in food. So, sadly, Dave and I had to take this much loved tabby to the vets for her last journey.
Doris, who is blind, I felt was losing a bit of weight, so I took her for a T4 blood test, just in case she was in early stages of hyperthyroidism. However, she was not showing any of the usual signs associated with being possibly hyperthyroid.
The vet was surprised with the raised levels from the test, when he phoned me later in the day.
In view of this she was immediately put on Thyronorm.
She too came to me from the vets and had ongoing ear problems, resulting in polyps, which I am treating her for twice daily.
She is now slowly gaining the lost weight.

Bandit, Rocky, Rambo and Solo, who were all ferals, are now absolutely gorgeous and very much loved by us all and they all love the human contact.

DK&K have benefitted from the amazing grand sale held at Needham House, Devizes on 17th May.
Although this was the last major sale, where multiple stalls take over the whole room, further fund raising events are planned, albeit on a smaller and more promotional scale.

So many preparation hours go in before these events and it’s down to Gill and Jenny doing so much to make it all happen.
My sincere thanks for all this hard work goes to them, Annemarie for the posters, to all the helpers who help man the stalls and all who make cakes and articles to help add to the cat finances.

Since January we have been working through the many pages of questions in order to become a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Gill has been busy on the computer and submitted the application over the last Bank Holiday weekend. We now have to wait to hear if we can become a registered charity.
I will let you all know how it goes.

Both Dave and I are glad to say re-instatement has now started on both the front and the back of our house.
100 Tonnes plus of stone has been backfilled so far, into the trenches across our lawn and in front of the cat room.
We still have to have the floor tiles and screed removed in the Hall, cat room and downstairs toilet, before they can start reinstating the inside of the house. Again, tonnes of stone will be required to build up the Kitchen and Utility floors.
The last weekend in May Reece and Nathan, who built my wonderful cat exercise area, came back with a small digger and removed the makeshift path along in front of the building, then laid a concrete path, which will create a lovely clean area to walk down to see the cats.
They are both amazing and work every minute they are here.
Thank you again, Reece and Nathan.

The next newsletter will be in September.

Best wishes
Dave and Lorraine and all the elderly and special needs cats here at Devizes Kats and Kits-in Care.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone that supported our sale last Saturday. It was lovely to see our regular supporters and to m...
19/05/2025

A huge THANK YOU to everyone that supported our sale last Saturday. It was lovely to see our regular supporters and to meet new ones too!
We made a substantial amount to help towards the cost of vet bills for our dear cats.
We look forward to seeing you at our next venture. 😻

TODAY’s THE DAY!! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU @ 10am! We have stacks of bargains. Please help us clear our stock. 🙏🏻SAVE THE DATE...
09/05/2025

TODAY’s THE DAY!! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU @ 10am!
We have stacks of bargains. Please help us clear our stock. 🙏🏻

SAVE THE DATE 17th May
Please support our last Pre-Loved sale 😿(we will be holding more sales in the future but no more like this!)
We look forward to welcoming our supporters - both long-standing & new!

Please spread the word!
01/04/2025

Please spread the word!

❤️‍🩹 CAT NEUTERING SUPPORT ❤️‍🩹

Melksham, Devizes (and surrounding villages), Westbury & Warminster.

In memory of Primrose and her 3 kittens 🌈 we are supporting a neutering campaign to help relieve the pressure of kitten season, rescue is overflowing and we can’t support the numbers of rescue coming through the doors.

Please email with proof of benefit which shows your name and address, without this we’re unable to process your email.

Please use this opportunity and be responsible for the welfare of your cat ❤️‍🩹🐾

We can also microchip during neutering for an additional £5.

This is only possible thanks to Estcourt Vets Devizes & Chalkland Vets who are supporting our campaign.

Help needed please 🙏🏻Do you have a couple of hours on a MONDAY or WEDNESDAY morning to spend volunteering? Recent volunt...
23/03/2025

Help needed please 🙏🏻
Do you have a couple of hours on a MONDAY or WEDNESDAY morning to spend volunteering?
Recent volunteers have had to change their working schedules and cannot continue to volunteer.

If you have an affinity with cats please come and help us.

We are looking for additional help at Kats & Kits. We need mature, responsible, dedicated, cat minded people to assist in cleaning & caring for our loving, gentle cats in a home environment. The sanctuary is based near Keevil so you need to be able to drive to get there.
We are looking for people who have an affinity with animals and a desire to bond with the cats.
😻
If you are able to volunteer please ring Lorraine on 07976624770.

13/03/2025

Thank you 😻 Thank you😻 Thank you!
A huge thank you to the mystery person who sent us a large donation of cat food recently! It’s very much appreciated 😻

Devizes Kats and Kits in Care Newsletter.March 2025 How lovely this is, to be writing my first quarterly newsletter of 2...
10/03/2025

Devizes Kats and Kits in Care Newsletter.
March 2025

How lovely this is, to be writing my first quarterly newsletter of 2025 sitting outside with our cats in the still, warm spring sunshine
How much they love this new semi-outside exercise area, with their cat trees to jump on and their houses and beds to rest in. Plus the bonus of the sun.
This has transformed their lives and mine too, just to see how happy and relaxed they all are.

Yesterday, 3rd March was a red letter day for two reasons. Both Dave and I took our cup of coffee out with us and sat with cats all around us under their umbrella for the first time. It was Fabulous.
The 3rd of March also marked one year on from taking all the cats out of our home and moving them into the main cat house. This was before the new exercise extension was built.

The next month, on 4th April 2024, was when Dave, myself and blind cats Chocky and Doris moved out of the house and into the mobile.

On the 4th February I took dear Twilight to the vets for a dental, as I was noticing from the left side of his mouth and on his thick mane, a small wet patch in the mornings. The vet phoned and sent a photo of the inside of his mouth. My beautiful boy had cancer of the jaw and it was invading the surrounding tissues of his gum and underside of his tongue. We rushed over whilst he was still under the anaesthesia and I held our beautiful, formerly feral, boy whilst the vet gently put him to sleep. It was heart breaking.
We brought him home to spend the next 24 hours with his companions in the GOSH, particularly Truffle and Bandit. This is so important for any animal who has strong bonds. They do understand death, so this stops the separation anxiety.

Dear old Rambo is now over 19 years old. We took him to the vets on 10th February for another blood pressure test and to collect his Amodip for his high blood pressure. I asked for another blood test, as his previous one at Christmas was showing signs of anaemia.
To cut a long story short, for the past four weeks I have been injecting him three times a week to help kick start his body into producing his own red blood corpuscles. We have had one blood test check in between and we go again tomorrow morning, 10th March.
Also tomorrow, his sibling brother Rocky has another T4 blood check for a second time, as a hyperthyroid situation is looming.
Both cats having been feral, were not wanting human contact for many years. They are now both absolutely amazing and just cannot get enough love from us all. It’s THE BEST!

In the next newsletter I will let you know what’s been happening with dear old Tabitha and blind Doris.

There are some new changes on the horizon, which I would like to share with you all.
First is that our small fund-raising team, Annemarie, Gill and Jenny, together with Dave and I, are going to apply to register Devizes Kats and Kits in Care as a registered charity.
We are in the beginning stages of the process, so more will be known in due course and I will update you via the newsletter.
Also, our very small fund-raising team, who do an admirable job in every way, plan to take a different approach to future events, as we are all getting older and thus finding it increasingly difficult sorting, lifting boxes, transporting and setting up on event days.
We have also been struggling to find enough volunteers to help with the preparation for these events.
We are going to have a big sale at Needham House, Devizes, on 17th May 2025, when we hope to move on a lot of the stock we already have in storage and would welcome anyone willing to help, on the day.
We will have a Tombola stall and would be very grateful for donations of unwanted gifts, etc.

Following that, we need to attend local events, but in a more promotional role, to meet the public and to continue to raise the profile of DK&K.
If you have any fund-raising ideas we would love to hear from you. email [email protected].

Also, we have an Amazon Wish List for cat food pouches and incontinence pads, if you would like to contribute, to help our cats here, we would be very grateful.

On the 11th March, Dave and I have a meeting with the three companies involved with the ongoing rectification work, following the oil spill which occurred over a year ago.
We are heading towards another decision point and hope to start planning reinstatement of our house, soon.

I am pleased to say both dear old Kitty (now hyperthyroid), who I took in on 4th February 2024, from a lovely elderly lady, and Solo, the beautiful timid homeless boy who turned up here, are now totally integrated with our existing cats, are freely moving about and are extremely happy. I could not wish for more.
The lady has serious ongoing health issues and she felt it was not fair on Kitty to stay with her, as she has impaired mobility.

Thank heavens for the cats and donkeys. They are our salvation during this ongoing nightmare.

I wish you all well until the next newsletter in June.

Best wishes
from Dave and Lorraine and all the elderly and special needs cats here at Devizes Kats and Kits-in Care.

We are always grateful to receive donations of food from your "picky" cats!! Thank you for all the recent donations. Som...
24/02/2025

We are always grateful to receive donations of food from your "picky" cats!! Thank you for all the recent donations. Some of our elderly cats are given kitten food so any type of food is always welcome.
We also have an Amazon Wishlist (link attached) if anyone would like to donate some food to our dear old cats!

16th January update. 😻The cat has returned home…. thank you all for your suggestions & ideas! 😻Help needed please to get...
15/01/2025

16th January update.
😻The cat has returned home…. thank you all for your suggestions & ideas! 😻

Help needed please to get this dear cat home again. 🙏🏻
Hi, I’m hoping you can keep a look out for my elderly male cat who went missing from Potterne on Monday evening, he’s predominantly white with three distinct ginger patches on his back. It’s totally out of character for him to do this as doesn’t stray far and is a homebody. If anyone reports seeing him or brings him in please get in touch. Thanks Julian 07799 695559

14/01/2025

Can any of our followers please help? We can’t help due to our oil leak situation but Cat Watch Rescue Shelter reached out to us …

Devizes Kats & Kits In Care you don't have room for an old lady do you? She's 14, lost her human, has arthritis .. I've tried to get her a retirement home where we pay bills but it seems noone wants to love an old lady who deserves it so much xx

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