Welcome to Cats In Need Menorca
Founded by Janice Bockling, Cats in Need Menorca is a non-profit organisation that has been neutering, feeding and caring for stray cats in Menorca since 1999.
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What is happening today at Cat in Need Menorca
What do you give for Christmas to the cat person who has everything ?
Apart from another cat, obviously.
A little ginger kitten to climb into their plant pots.
12 euros. I bought all the stock.
Only 4 left.
Hopefully they will get some more.
I’m hoping that there might be other colours , usually this company does black and white, tabby and white and the ginger and white.
Que se puede regalar a la gente amantes de gatos?
Aparte de otro gato obviamente.
Un gatito trepador.
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I would love a tabby one Janice XX
Awww how cute! They look so real.
Me encanta !!!!
Misty. Can’t remember where she came from. Having a senior moment. But now she is living in her forever home. A year already!
Un año ya!
Un año en su nueva casa ! En Inglaterra.
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Is it really only a year. It seems so much longer. What a lot has happened since then.
I have fond memories of 20years on the island. I send my love and best wishes to all the friends I left there, Menorquines,Brits and others. Geoffrey Robson
Roger Dixon Jacquie Dixon Can you remember where she came from? Just can’t remember and I would have told you. She looks so happy
So clever!
What a beautiful cat💕
Beautiful just beautiful 😍😍😍
Well done Misty. 🥰. Here's our boy
A log fire?
In October?
Well I never.
I’m not going to complain says Ángela but I do want to know when Mum is going to get the warm beds out to put next to it.
Estufa de leña?
En octubre?
No me lo puedo creer.
Pero quiero saber donde están los cojines?
Comment on Facebook A log fire? In ...
I said the log fire needs lighting last night. Very strange for October! Nice to see cats snuggling up in the warmth! Xx
Going to be putting out the winter cat beds on the terrace next weekend 🐾🐾
Muchas gracias... Por traducir....
They love it. Took this photo just now.
Finally I’ve found a food that Paddy really seems to enjoy. He’s just eaten most of a tin.
Royal Canin Intestinal for kittens.
He really needs to put some weight on
Por fin he encontrado comida que le gusta a Paddy. Acaba de comer casi una lata entera.
Intestinal kitten de Royal Canin.
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Intestinal??? I thought that's for cats with diarreahoe....
After a tummy upset a few months ago my vet recommended gastrointestinal canned for my dog. I mix it with his grain free dry food, and he is since doing great. I buy it bulk (12 x 450gr tins) on line, and it is works out cheaper. Arrived within 3 days.
He has such sad eyes. Hope he improves now you have found a food he will eat x
Bon Appetit Paddy. 💖
He's beautiful x
Back in stock.
We haven’t had the amazing diaries from the Little Dog Laughed for 2 years.
Nowadays it’s so difficult to know who would like a diary , how many people will buy but I think it’s safe to say that these re the Rolls Royce of Diaries.
In size they are 16.5cm x 10.5
Date space is 2 x 6.5cm
12 coloured month pages
Month at a glance pages
Must do this month pages
Birthday and Anniversary pages
Notes and notable date pages
Year to view planner
Magnificent Moggie diaries
And Scruffy Mutts diaries
Cost is 7.50 euros each.
I don’t want to be left with lots over on these uncertain times so would appreciate it if you could pre order so I at least have n idea.
Just a comment here or a message will do for now.
Can be posted.
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Do they have calendars?
Can you send to UK? I'd have one of each - a cat and a dog one . If so I can pay with PayPal (adding postage) Janice. Let me know 🧡 x
A three seater settee comfortably holds I person and 7 cats.
En un sofá de tres plazas caben 7 gatos y yo
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Instant hot water bottles x cosy
Sharp claws indeed. Little holes in your legs where they tread before they settle.xxx
Lucky you fit too! My two seater hold one small dog only!🤣
Sure that is more room for a few more cats!!!!! No need for fires this year!!!
My chair holds me and 2 cats 😂
I'm so jealous XX
I'd love 7 cats sharing my sofa 😂
Breakfast for Paddy.
You’ve not met Paddy yet.
He is totally adorable, grateful and my new sofa chum.
As you might remember Dougal , my much loved elderly street cat from Calan Porter died just two weeks ago from kidney failure.
We didn’t know how old Dougal was but we do know much more about Paddy.
He was a kitten at a house in Binibeca 15 years ago when I went there to catch and neuter.
For although it doesn’t seem to me to be so long it is indeed 21 years this month since I founded Cats in Need Menorca. If you had told me then that I would still be donning the shoes at 9.30 at night and setting off to feed colonies of street cats around Mahon, Es Castell and San Luis , well I don’t know how I would have reacted.
Don’t know. But anyway along the way I have met many memorable cats , many heartbreakers, and Paddy is another of those.
He, like so many other cats, has anaemia and kidney failure and when he came to live with me last month wasn’t eating.
He ate well for a time, and started to gain weight. He took over the guardianship of my sofa, cuddled up to me every time I sit.
Then on Wednesday he stopped eating and became thinner at an alarming rate.
On Thursday a visit to our vet, a new prescription for a kidney medicine to help reduce the rate at which he loses protein and muscles. Fortunately or not, we already had a bottle in the house for it costs nearly 30 euros per bottle.
He had a long term antibiotic to cover possible complications for we feared he was starting a chest infection.
He had indeed lost 10 percent of his weight.
He just lay in a corner of the sofa.
You can imagine my thoughts.
But now he has rallied, is eating, purring and cuddling.
I have 3 very old frail cats living with me, they require constant attention and care and preferably if they will eat it special convalescence food.
Yes sorry but once again I am asking for donations to help us with our expenses.
We have just paid the vet for last month. Every single day we feed a minimum of 200 street cats.
I am not alone in taking the poorly cats home, all of our volunteers do it.
Sally has six cats living with her, all but one rescued from a life or death on the streets.
Recently she took in Romney who lost his sight.
We never put a cat to sleep if it can have a good quality of life and they are so grateful, rarely cause problems with the other cats.
So please if you could make a donation, or Perhaps support our work on a regular basis we would be so grateful.
All of us are aware that so many Charities are suffering and that our donors re kind people who support not just Cats in Need Menorca but many other charities as well so we don’t like asking but it is a truth that without your support our work would have to stop
Thank you so much to the kind people who donated last week. We have had almost no visitors this year so are going into winter with very much depleted finances.
Please could you share to your animal loving friends. Facebook has not allowed me to boost posts, paying to do so, for several years. But you could share and maybe help us find new followers and likes.
Thank you
We are a UK registered Charity. Cats in Need Menorca No 1161878
There are 3 easy ways to donate.
Via our UK bank account with Barclays.
20 53 77. 13280128
Using our PayPal account
www.paypal.com/cgi/-bin/webser?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=T7XWQ4UMFTKAU
And via our Virgin Money Giving Account.
Go to the website virginmoneygiving.com put Cats in Need Menorca in the search space. First of all fundraisers comes up, scroll round the page a little way and you will find us at the head of the charities.
If you are a UK taxpayer and fill in a form for HMRC we can claim 25% in Gift Aid.
You only need to fill in the form once. If you donate through Virgin Giving they do it for us at no charge or you can email me at janicebockling@gmail.com for a form.
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Should you be thinking of setting up a monthly payment via Virgin Money Giving there are sometimes difficulties setting up a direct debit using a smart phone but it usually works on a a laptop.
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Paddy un gato de Binibeca que yo conocí por primera vez cuando era un peque de escasa semanas hace 15 años.
Este mes de octubre cumplo 21 años cuidando de los gatunos callejeros de la Isla.
De momento tengo a 21 gatos viejos y débiles en casa. Pero disfrutan mucho de la vida todavía. Y merecen estar a sano y salvo en sus últimos meses.
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I have a monthly standing order. So many worthwhile charity’s, but you can just pick the ones closest to your heart. I can’t bear to think of cats anywhere suffering.
Donated. xx
Donated x
Donated x
Breakfast for teenies.
They went to vet for second vaccination yesterday and a very necessary pedicure.
Think the play was a bit rough the day before.
One poorly eye but recovering with cream and no damage done.
Good news there is less difference in the weights.
1.6 and 1.4 k.
After the smaller one was so poorly she was literally half the weight of her sister.
Desayuno para los peques.
Ya casi no hay diferencia entre ellas. Ayer la segunda vacuna y corte de uñas
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Gorgeous 😻
So beautiful. 🐈❤🐈 Xxx
Zenda Barlow
They are so gorgeous so hard not to take them x
Love a ginger me 😻
So sweet 🐈🐈
Such sweeties 💗
I love gingers! X
Aaaaaaaahhh x x x
Sharon Bladen
Absolutely Adorable
Current Campaigns
Donations Needed at the Moment for :
Meals On Wheels!
Meals On Wheels!
Meals for Street Cats
We provide food and water for over 200 cats every day of the year. Some are out in the country, some in the private gardens of villas in resorts. These are usually provided with hoppers and are filled once a week on average. But the many colonies of street cats in towns have to be fed daily as there is nowhere safe to leave food. Every month our food bill is over 500 euros , without counting the cost of food for cats with special needs.
Kittens Best Start
Vaccinations for Kittens
Their best start to life
We really do need more help. We have our loyal donors, many of who have supported us since we became a Charity And heartfelt thanks to them but our food bill is going to be horrendous with so many kittens. We vaccinate them all 3 Times to give them the best possible start in life and that alone is 57 euros each. So can you help please?
Neutering
Caring for sick and injured cats
Neutering to reduce unwanted cats
The main objective is to neuter cats to prevent unwanted kittens, supported by compassionate caring, veterinary treatment and re homing where possible. There are 25 feeding stations around the island tended by volunteers, but more stations are needed. Sick and injured cats are cared for and no cat is put to sleep if it can have a decent quality of life.