Have you ever thought about sponsoring a rescue animal?
Here at Mel’s Rescue we have lots of cats and dogs who end up staying with us permanently. Many of these have lifelong health issues which require daily medication. Not surprisingly, this worries potential adopters and poses a significant challenge in finding these wonderful pets a home.
Then there’s the golden oldies who are simply with us because their age is against them. Unfortunately we are finding it increasingly impossible to re-home older animals as many people associate them with not living long or an increased chance of getting medical issues.
Lastly, we have the incontinent ones who despite having to wear nappies when indoors, live a very fulfilled and happy life. At Mel’s Rescue we don’t believe in putting these precious animals to sleep over something such as incontinence. Yes, it means putting in a bit more work, applying nappies and doing additional washing, but to us their lives are worth far more than the extra effort we put in.
These all live wonderful lives not wanting for anything, and quite rightly so!
All of this is made possible not only by the dedication of Mel and her fosterers, but because of people like you who support us along the way.
Below you will see a list of all the animals we have available to sponsor. If you would like to sponsor one for as little as £5 a month please click on the sponsor buttons for your chosen animal below.
Thank you for considering sponsoring one the wonderful pets
Cats available to sponsor
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Felicity (Phyllis)
Meet Felicity!
Felicity has been in the care of Mel’s Rescue ever since she was a very young kitten. (Soon to be 3 in August!). When Felicity first came to the rescue she was suffering from permanent diarrhoea, severe malnutrition and anorexia despite eating us out of house and home. After diagnostic testing at Dick White referrals in Newmarket felicity was diagnosed with EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency). EPI is a condition in which the part of the pancreas that produces digestive enzymes doesn’t function. This is very rare in a kitten as young as what felicity was and so indicated that she was born with a birth defect. Thankfully for felicity, there are daily supplements of enzymes that can be added to each of her meals. Due to felicity having EPI she is also unable to produce enough vitamin B12 needed to ensure good health so added supplements of this is also required. Although felicity’s condition is being managed very well at the moment we are on constant high alert watching out for the development of diabetes which unfortunately for felicity is inevitable. However she has the support of the charity and a dedicated foster mum who will happily inject her with the insulin needed when that time comes. As you can imagine her monthly medication isn’t cheap at £30 a month. This will only increase massively in time when she becomes diabetic .
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Juno
Know a dog lover who may want to sponsor our beautiful (now 8 month old) Juno?
Meet Juno!
Juno came into the care of Mel’s Rescue after being thrown out onto the streets as a young pup. When we found Juno she was covered in ulcerated sores all down her back legs from where she had been constantly sat in here own urine and faeces. Juno was born to backyard breeders, but because of several health conditions she was born with she was unable to be sold rendering her of no use to the breeders. Juno was born with a condition called Spina Bifida, this is a congenital defect of the spinal cord which has caused her to be paralyised from the waist down. Being paralysed has caused Juno to be doubly incontinent. As you can see from her photo she is modelling one of her beautiful mermaid nappies! Despite being paralysed Juno has no trouble in getting around.
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Hamish
Meet Hamish!
Hamish came to the rescue after being handed into the vets to be put to sleep after sadly becoming diabetic. As you can imagine this was a very stressful time for Hamish as he had lived with his owners his whole life. Poor Hamish not only had to learn to adapt to his new founded medical condition, but also to a completely new alienated living environment. Thankfully with the love and support of his new foster mum he settled in wonderfully and is a very content 11yr old boy. Due to Hamish’s diabetes he requires insulin injections twice a day which he happily receives without any fuss. Managing diabetes is unfortunately very costly with one bottle of insulin costing around £50! Not only is insulin costly but It only has a 28 day shelf life once opened so a new bottle needs to be bought every month.
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Roman
Meet Roman!
Roman who is roughly 5yrs old now was brought to the UK all the way from Romania after he was hit by a car rendering him doubly incontinent. After being told that roman would not have stood a chance had he stayed in Romania Mel’s husband’s mum and sister kindly clubbed together to pay for the funds needed to bring him to the UK. Despite having to have his bladder expressed daily and wear kitty nappies when indoors roman is a very content and happy little lad.
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Patch
Meet Patch!
Patch came into the care of Mel’s Rescue after he was handed into the vets to be put to sleep as his owners could not afford his epilepsy medication. Patch now 3 had his whole life ahead of him and we simply could not have seen him put to sleep over a condition that can be controlled with tablets that are given twice daily. Now that Patch’s epilepsy is under control with medication he lives a happy fulfilled life here at the rescue.
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Elsie
Meet Elsie!
When Elsie was only a tiny kitten she had her tail yanked by one of the children she lived with. Unfortunately for Elsie the child pulled it so hard that it caused severe damage to the nerves in her spinal cord which left her doubly incontinent. After the horrific ordeal, her owners no longer wished to keep her. Elsie then went from new home, to new home, to new home, with us being her 4th and final home. As with the other incontinent cats she has to have her bladder expressed daily and wear kitty nappies when indoors.
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Chester
Meet Chester!
Chester had lived majority of his life as an unneutered stray after being left behind by his owners. Although Chester had someone feeding him, stray life wasn’t kind to him and he got himself into a very bad state. Sadly for Chester all the rescues up in Manchester were unable to offer him a place and Mel’s rescue was asked to help. Thanks to the help of some very kind people Chester embarked on his almost 4hr journey from Manchester all the way to us. Chester was so grateful to be off the streets he didn’t grumble on the long journey, not even once. When Chester arrived at Mel’s rescue we all thought he was an older cat due to the condition he was in, but it turned out he was only a youngster and that the harshness of living outside had aged him terribly. After several months in foster we got Chester to a rehomable state, he even had his forever home lined up. However when we took him to the vets for a final fit for rehoming check up and to have his microchip we found out the devastating news that he was in-fact in heart failure. We understand that many people are not financially in the position to take on a cat that needs medication twice daily and heart scans to monitor his heart failure every so often so wasn’t surprised when his new home turned him down. We did however offer to pay for all his medication and medical bills for the rest of his life providing his new owner could take him to our charity vets(due to the discount on treatment we get) but sadly this offer was still not enough to get Chester the home he had waited so long for. Luckily for Chester we found him a long term foster family who absolutely dote on him.