Cats looking for a Home

17/06/2026

I have to give 7 days of a quite large pill to a very difficult cat - a cat who will not hesitate to shred me if I try to force the pill down his throat, plus as he is an outside cat, if I stress him - he will run away and leave me to fear for his safety.

I have only one little packet of Easy Pill paste - I buy it from my home country, it is not available where I am currently with the cat. Not enough for 7 days!

A question! How much we as cat owners are willing to pay for the cat and dog pills to come already coated with something that smells and tastes attractive? So giving pills is not a bloody battle or a master class in deceit (when we try to hide the pill in the food)?

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15/06/2026

Tima
I had Tima neutered today. Tima is a male cat - technically, he is homeless. But he was born in the garden of my rented house, I watched him grow since he was a tiny baby, so I am very attached to him (as well as to his mother and father). I can not bring my garden cats inside the house - the place is rented furnished and my landlord does not agree to cats.

I don't know whether I did the right thing by neutering Tima? This will not have any impact on the hundreds of kittens being born - nobody spays/neuters here, there are plenty un-neutered males to impregnate the females.

When Tima was young he stayed closed to home - in my garden or in the garden across the street (my street is very quite one with not much traffic). But in the last months, he started going very far away, not appearing for our regular meal times, sometimes missing for days. I hope that once the sexual drive is gone, he would again stay close to home.

But I am worried that he would be a less effective fighter against the other un-neutered male cats who may push him away from the garden. If he is chased away, my objective that he stays close to home is not going to be achieved.

I just want the best for him.

I pray he will be OK. I pray one day, I could have a house for all "my" homeless cats.

06/06/2026

Lucinda (Lucy)
Lucy underwent an ear amputation surgery yesterday - 6 June 2026. The surgery became necessary since her left ear had skin cancer caused by the Sun exposure and had started to bleed frequently and profusely.

Lucy is an older gentle cat, without back teeth, malnourished and bearing the scars of the harsh life of a homeless cat.

Lucy needs to be kept indoors to reduce the risk of the skin cancer re-appearing on her left year or affecting her other ear. Plus, if she had a home, she would finally get enough food - she has difficulty to compete for food with the stronger cats in the cat colony.

I have been looking for somebody to adopt her for a very long time, but adoption chances of an adult and fragile cat are none. Nevertheless, Lucy is fully compliant for international adoption - microchip, vaccine, blood test.

25/04/2026

Duke
Duke was one of the 40+ cats living outside our offices at the place where I work - a big fenced courtyard.

Monday, 20 April 2026, Duke disappeared. He was sick, he had a liver problem, he was very skinny because he ate very little.

I looked for him around the courtyard several times a day (I never imagined he could go outside in the shape that he was). Due to his condition, I assumed he might have died.

Around midnight on Wednesday, I got a message that on Facebook somebody posted about finding Duke. I did not get the full Facebook post or a link, I just got a screenshot with a photo of Duke and words in Arabic (which I don't speak).

Thursday morning, I went to the place where the Facebook post was made - Duke was not there.

Thursday lunch time, my colleague located the Facebook post. I had to find somebody to translate it because it was a video in Arabic. On the video, a person holding Duke was saying that the cat was used in a black magic ritual, blamed people who do such acts, etc.

I went again to the place where the Facebook video was made, but this time with my colleague who speaks Arabic. She talked to a person running a cafe at the place. The cafe person confirmed Duke was there on Monday, the video was taken on Monday. That the cat kept coming to this place in the next 2 days. That on Wednesday, he took him 20 metres away from his cafe because the cat was looking bad.

Since Thursday morning, I have been to that place several times a day, I walked the nearby streets, I showed Duke's photo to people on the street, I left my phone number with many people. Nothing!

Today, 6 days after his disappearance I have to assume that he starved to death on the streets.

To recap:
- A person took Duke from the place where he was safe and cared for (Duke did not exit the fenced courtyard by himself, he was barely moving due to his medical condition);
- Whether or not they used him for black magic is uncomfirmed, what is certain is that they threw him on the street;
- Another person used Duke for Facebook presence making a viral video of him, got many comments on his Video;
- Another person did not want Duke around his cafe because of the poor condition that he was.
- People saw a starving sick cat - they did not give him water, they did not give him food, they did not give him a place to sleep.

I was late by 1 day - 1 day only. Had I discovered the Facebook post before Wednesday afternoon instead midnight, I would have found him.

Duke, I am sorry. I am sorry for all the times I did not pay enough attention to you. I am sorry, my baby - I tried, I did, but I was just one person with 40 more cats like you, I was so tired I am tired all the time. I am sorry for all the times that I did not give you food when you asked - I was busy, I was tired, I had my paid job to finish first, I had other cats in need. I am sorry for all the times I complained about you miauing in front of my office - I did not really mean it.

You died without knowing that I had you microchipped and vaccinated and blood-tested to travel with me to the EU when I finish with my contract in this place and go back to my home country. You were to come with me, my baby. We just did not make it.

You died without knowing that I looked for you. I went there as soon as I could.

I am sorry.