Cola and her kittens

Hello, many of you know that I do quite a bit for local cats and kittens in the area, helping a local cat rescue group and also working for another charity .

I made a rash decision the other day to rescue what I thought was 10 kittens off of gumtree turns out it was a total of 11 cats!

After reading the ad for these poor kittens which stated ‘we don’t have time for them so now they're being brought up outside so they may leave soon’ and also ‘we also own a big dog (Carne Corso) which if the kittens get close to her bowl of food they may be injured’ I knew I had to get them out !!

The kittens were advertised at 4-5 weeks old so still too young to be taken from their mother . After asking about the mother cat I could also collect her ‘for free’!

I would like to highlight I do not endorse buying kittens from gumtree however for this circumstance and the seller happy to sell 10 kittens for £100 to me I knew I had to just do it, I could not ignore them .

It was a long old day but me and a friend went and collected them from Basildon. When we arrived we were shocked to see the one litter that was 4-5 weeks old and another litter that’s was just 2 weeks old !!

Both mums , one still a kitten herself, had been allowed out , one we know for sure is pregnant again! So not only is she nursing 4-5 week old kittens she already has more on the way!!

They had also not been given the recommended food and had been living off dog food! It was just an awful situation, this is why it’s so important to get your cats neutered as it just spirals out of control!

God knows what would have happened to these little families if they hadn’t been helped , most likely dumped somewhere or would have just gone off to continue to get pregnant and reproduce.

The younger family has now gone off to a rescue but due to current lack of rescue space ( everyone is full ) I currently have the older family - 5 kittens that are between 4-5 weeks old and their mum with me at mine .

I am not a rescue and don’t have back up funding towards their food , litter , flea and worming etc . This is where I am asking for help!

If anyone could help and make a contribution to their food , litter and flea and worming I would really be grateful.

5 kittens and a mumma is a lot of mouths to feed . If a rescue space does not come up then I will be looking at getting them vaccinated , neutered and chipped whilst under my care.

If at any time a rescue space is found for them and they can be transferred over , the funds raised from this go fund me will be passed on to them.

As I say, I will be extremely grateful for any contributions to their needs at this time . They have really had a sad start to life but hopefully now things can only get better for them ❤️

thank you

Amy