Dorcas

Dorcas suffers from recurrent cystitis and has to be on a special diet. She lives happily with her fosterer.

Molly

Molly is very nervous and can be aggressive, but she leads a good life and comes and goes when she pleases at her foster home.

Woodbine

Woodbine is a very shy cat who was rescued from a roof at McDonalds. She never comes for a stroke or a tit-bit but loves Boris and Merlin (pictured below) who she lives with.

Petra

Petra is the sister of Simba and Leo. Like Leo she will come for the occasional cuddle, but other than that will not be touched.

Simba

Simba was a feral kitten and won't come near people but he  is happy playing with the other cats and his brothers and sister at his foster home.

Leo

As you can see, Leo looks quite relaxed, but that's because this photo was taken from a distance. He will not be approached, but goes to his fosterer for a cuddle now and again.

Boris

This is Boris, he is one of our resident feral cats. He is the most friendly of the feral cats at Willow Cottage. He has been in our care now for many years and will never be re-homed. Unfortunately, Boris had to have his ears removed due to skin cancer.

Merlin

Merlin is another of our resident feral cats at Willow Cottage. They have a fully insulated centrally heated house and the freedom to roam, only being penned at night. Merlin has been with us for a long time now.

Dusty

Dusty has been in care since he was 7 weeks old. He is so very, very nervous that nobody ever sees him, so it isn't possible to re-home him. He lives happily in his fosterers home with Simba, Petra, Leo and sister Gemma.

Gemma

Gemma was very wild when she came in and is now very hard to manage as she can be very spiteful. She does have her nicer moments though when she will allow herself to be stroked.

Poppet

Poppet is a very shy girl, and is never seen by strangers.

Jill

Jill came into care with her brother Jack, when they were kittens. She likes to be indoors, but does not like to be handled

Susie

This is Susie, she was born with her sister Sophie under a hedge. She is now an indoor cat with her sister they do not like the outside world. She is shy and nervous but very affectionate with her fosterer.

Sophie

This is Sophie who lives with her sister Susie, pictured on the left. They live happily together with their fosterer.

Polly(tabby)

Polly may look like an angel, but looks can be deceiving !

Judy

Judy came in to care when she was a kitten, but has always been very nervous with people and is very rarely seen by strangers. She lives happily in her fosterer's home.

Molly

Molly is not a nervous cat, but suffers a lot of ill health due to having cat flu as a kitten. This was also the cause of her losing her eye.

Jack(Pats)

Jack is a beautiful boy but won't let strangers touch him.

Sheba

Sheba has been in care nearly all her life. She is a very loving cat with her fosterers.

Pouncer

Pouncer was a feral kitten, but gets on well with his fosterer.

Polly(black)

Polly came into care with her son Buster, pictured on the right. Visitors never see Polly as she always finds somewhere to hide.

Buster

Buster came back into care when his owner died. He now has a hyper-active thyroid, and is on tablets twice a day.

Ria and Jasper

Ria and Jasper were born in a pen situation which left them very, very nervous of strangers and any household noises. They are now have the freedom to roam and a heated cathouse to sleep in.

Kitty

Kitty kept running away from her new homes, so now lives safely in her fosterer's enclosed garden.

Lucy

Lucy is another one that strangers never see. She also lives happily in her fosterer's home

Coco

Coco suffers from attacks of gingivitis despite having all his teeth removed. He also gets swollen glands in his throat, like tonsillitis.

Fern

Fern is very nervous and aloof, and can be very spiteful. She is Bracken's sister.

Bracken

Bracken suffers from gingivitis, and is frightened of his own shadow. He is Fern's brother.

Posy

Posy was born feral and is never seen by strangers. She can also be very spiteful. She is Perkin's sister.

Perkin

Perkin was born feral, and does not like to be approached or picked up, although will come on a lap for a stroke when he feels like it. He is never seen by strangers. He is Posy's brother.

Badger

Badger is very frightened of people and doesn't like to be approached. He hides in the bed under the duvet when strangers are around. He is the brother of Bracken & Fern.

Rocky

Rocky had all his teeth removed when he was 1 year old as he suffers from gingivitis.

Buffy

Buffy is allergic to a lot of things, such as dust mites & storage mites etc. These cause her to scratch at her fur until she causes a sore patch. She has to have de-sensitizing injections to help prevent this.