Please help me to continue to help stray cats

Hi, I’m Kelly and a few of my friends said I should do this. I’ve dedicated my life to rescuing cats and other animals in need. If you've known me long enough, you know that I have rescued all manner of animals from rabbits (I use to run a rabbit rescue and only recently did the last rabbit pass away) to cats, budgies, hamsters, chinchillas and more. As someone with a chronic illness in the UK, the increase of things I need for my health and illness plus rising pet food and vet bills are becoming overwhelming—and I need your help to keep going.

Since moving out of my parents, I’ve opened my home to injured, abandoned, and vulnerable animals. It wasn't long before I had the opportunity to help a rabbit in need that quickly became three rabbits then a family of babies with their mum was dumped in my garden. I found out who it was and managed to get the father rabbit who had been left at the abandoned property. Every creature deserves a chance, whether it’s a stray cat with abscesses or a three legged abandoned rabbit.

The last two cats that I helped I was fortunate the cat's protection paid for them to be neutered. I was lent traps and given some food so I trapped them and handed them over to cats protection who then paid for them to be neutered and I released them in my garden as cared for strays / community cats. Unfortunately that's the last time that I can use them as they no longer cover the area. I was lucky that they helped me out that time as the funding had already been cut and I think it's only because of the work that I'd done with them before that they decided that they would help me one last time. I also had to pay for the cats to be microchipped out of my own pocket because their funds did not extend that far. Both of them had facial abscesses that I managed to treat and they are now fully healed. That is now 10 stray cats that I've helped.

I have been putting money away to help the strays and the food bill is quite expensive without the added vet bills. I've spent quite a lot of money on vet bills. While there are quite a few rescues in my area unfortunately, all of them are full to capacity and have limited funds themselves so trying to find a rescue to help normally is a long shot because they are just in such dire financial straits themselves.

Providing food and various shelters for the strays costs £80 a month. Microchips cost £25-£30. That's without vet bills, neutering or cat medicine. I have provided humane traps for people and they cost £50.

I want to continue helping stray and abandoned cats but unfortunately things are getting too hard to continue.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you donate thank you so much I'm so grateful.