Hello! My name is Becky and I'm the manager for Jackson's Rescue Cat Cafe!

Some of our animal care staff team are taking on a 25-mile walk from our rescue site in Mold all the way to the cat café in Hoylake🐱 Half the team will be walking on Wednesday 24th June, and the other half walking on Thursday 25th June. We’ll be walking to raise money for all the rescue cats currently in our care, including the 15 that live at Jackson's Rescue Cat Cafe.🐾

Read below to hear the rescue stories about some of the cat's we'll be raising money for!

Mink and Marie:

Both cats have been confirmed to have luxating patella in both back knees, which is a painful condition where the knee joint slips out of place. After having x-rays, both girls were referred to Leahurst Small Animal Hospital for an assessment, and it was confirmed they will both need a CT scan to determine how badly their affected knees are. This will be done when both cats have turned a year old as the growth plates haven't fused yet. What happens after the CT scan entirely depends on the results. If surgery is needed, it's a big surgery that comes with plenty of risks so we will be having long discussions with the vets. In the meantime, we are going to be very closely observing the girls, recording lots of videos and keeping a mobility diary for the two of them so that the vets have a ton of information to work from when we go back!

Reef:

Reef had a burst abscess of her front leg and underwent surgery to repair the wound. However, the surgical site broke down during healing and has since become a chronic problem despite ongoing treatments, medications, vet visits and Phovia light therapy. Her pain medication has had to be increased so much that some days she struggles to even stand up to eat her food. While the medication helps control her pain, it’s no way for a cat to live. We want to give her the chance to be comfortable, active, and happy again. After specialist advice, we’ve discussed that the kindest option to give her a good quality of life is amputation of her front leg. The cost of her treatment has already been huge, and we now need help funding her surgery and recovery.

Big Mac:

Big Mac was found to have a polyp deep within his ear canal, that had caused a severe chronic infection. The infection has caused significant thickening and changes to the bone surrounding the ear which is what's causing his head tilt and neurological symptoms. He recently underwent major surgery to remove the polyp, which has been sent away for testing. There are still a few side effects from the surgery, but we are hoping they will improve over the next few week! The surgery alone has cost us upwards of £3000, not including his medication and treatment pre and post operation.

Yuki:

She arrived at the rescue with some skin issues but every time we think we’re making progress, it comes back even worse. We’ve switched her diet, trialed countless medications and treatment but nothing is helping this poor girl. Her skin is extremely painful and leaving her with open wounds. On top of that, Yuki recently had to undergo near full-mouth extractions because of how bad her teeth were when she arrived. Parts of her teeth and gum have been removed and sent off to the lab, and she's also had skin biopsies to determine the reasonings behind her awful skin condition. The biopsies alone have cost over £600!

By the end of the walk, our bodies will be aching… and in a small way, that helps us connect to what these cats are experiencing right now. The money raised will help go towards their care, as well as all the other cats and rescue animals currently living with us at Jackson's Animal Rescue!

Every mile we walk is for them and all the other cats in our care 🥰

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