Catcuddles Cat Clinic for needy cats

This is our one and only funding push to open the long awaited Catcuddles Cat Clinic in London, run by the charity and a great team of experienced, charity-minded Vet & Vet nurse who are joining us in this amazing effort to the next big step in our dedicated, incomparable Cat Work. 

We do not believe in bad timing. We believe in the will of those who believe in what’s possible. So, for the first time in our history, we are inviting ALL of our friends, past adopters, people we helped, rescuers, volunteers, members of our Catcuddles Community of several thousands and cat people who want to see something positive happen in a time of gloom, to look at our Crowdfunding Page and see how they - You-  can each pitch in as well as spread the word among those with feline sensitivities who wish to see more good happening to cats in need, regardless of limitations, restrictions and BUTs. We are ready and rearing! 

With your Help, in any financial shape and of any size, we will get there within this, the historic month of April 2020. Just as the charity has not stopped its activity for one day since inception in 2009, but adapted it and made sure we can still help all the cats we can in and to safety. 

You will be donating exclusively to fund equipment needed and 2 months of staff costs. That’s all we need. And it will all be transparent so you can monitor the progress of the effort all the way to Opening Day! 

So, here goes - The remaining cat clinic Needs, large and small: 


CENTRIFUGE

As a small charity run clinic, we cannot afford to have an inhouse lab. All our bloods are sent off to an external lab and results take 2-5 days to come back to us.

We would love to be able to get basic urgent blood results inhouse! Having a centrifuge at the clinic, we would be able to get red blood cell counts in minutes. Red blood cell counts are vital to assess anaemia in patients. Anaemia can be life threatening, it is seen in young kittens with severe flea infestation or adult cats with autoimmune diseases.
A centrifuge also allows us to do urine sediment analysis inhouse.
This centrifuge costs £745 + VAT Pro-Vet HE Centrifuge and Haematocrit


WARMOLOGY UNIT

Our patients are so tiny! They need help keeping their body temperature stable when they are ill or under anaesthesia. We use baby grows, heat matts, foil blankets and warm packs but this machine is the most efficient way; it’s like laying in the middle of a warm cloud!
The warmology unit costs £799 + VAT


BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINE

Cats are very prone to high blood pressure problems in their old age. This could be due to kidney disease, heart disease, hyperthyroidism… High blood pressure can cause lethargy and blindness among other things.
We love our golden oldies and we want to offer them the best quality of life! This machine would help us tailor their treatment to their needs.
The doppler blood pressure kit costs £945 + VAT


ANAESTHESIA MONITORING
This is a state of the art monitoring machine (blood pressure, ECG, oximetry and capnography), to make anaesthesia as safe as possible! We can also monitor more precisely the use of anaesthetic gases, this will help us keep them to a minimum and is much better for the environment!
The Mindray iMEC 8 Vet Multi Parameters Monitor costs £2’495 + VAT


TONOPEN
Glaucoma is a disease where the pressure inside the eye is abnormally high. This can cause retinal detachment and lead to blindness. It is important to have it diagnosed as early as possible! Unfortunately, as the tonopen (intraocular pressure measuring pen) is very expensive, patients need to be referred to specialist centres for this. We would love to be able to measure this as it is not uncommon for our strays to come in with head trauma and secondary glaucomas.
The tonopen costs £2088 + VAT


SURGICAL LIGHT
We need a good light to see those tiny organs!
The Luvis S200, 100’000 Lux Medical Surgery LED Light Trolley costs £1395 + VAT


SURGICAL OPERATING TABLE
The Burtons Pro-Lift Mono Table costs £1265.87 + VAT


MOBILE DENTAL UNIT 
Dentals are becoming all the more important for kitties' overall health and from experience, they are very frequently needed and not only for strays. This unit will come in handy and very time efficient. Plus, it transfers easily across areas within the clinic where space is at a premium, even with only kitties to treat. 


SHORLINE KENNELS (capacity of 9-10 cats)
The kennels (ex-demo) that Shorline have quoted us would be a bank of 3 smaller kennels on the top row  with two larger kennels at the bottom, the largest of which would have a divider, therefore making it 2. This bank costs £2251+VAT

The isolation kennels (again ex-demo) would be two on the top with 1 large one on the bottom which also has a divider.
This bank costs £1342+VAT

OUR DREAM PURCHASE
There is also a digital  X-RAY MACHINE and a mobile Ultrasound Machine on our Wish List, but as these are items costing well above £10,000 combined we are still looking at different sourcing options, so they are not part of this fundraiser. Or
If you are a funding angel, a benefactor of sorts, who can help with either one of these two specifically, over and above everything else, please let us know by emailing  [email redacted].uk


OUR OTHER SMALLER FUNDRAISING NEEDS


Please see our Amazon Practice Wish List for small items which will be updated as we go along. Here is the link (to cut and paste on your browser):


https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/WUVI5DXBVG20/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist


Indicatively: 

Microscope: this would give us the possibility to check for mites/ear infections/lumps/blood smears at the practice.

Step stool: offering a hiding place for our patients staying in kennels for the day. It is much more hygienic than cardboard boxes.

Cat carriers: to bring strays in and to move patients around the practice

Magnetic white board: So we don’t forget anything! :)

Electric heating matt: To keep our little patients warm in their kennels and during anaesthesia.

Ultraviolet torch: To check our patients for ringworms!

Desktop Computers

Crash box: to keep all our emergency drugs organised for those life and death emergencies.


SO HERE IT ALL IS AND YOU CAN HELP :-) 

We wish to complete the dream of our charity's cat clinic which will come to the help of needy cats, both loved and neglected, within under a month of achieving our funding target.

This is our Promise.

The team is ready, willing and rearing to go. 


*** THANK YOU FOR HELPING US ! ***


(For Updates and photos of equipment needed as well as how we are getting on with the fundraiser, please visit our facebook page).