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Forgotten Felines Cat Rescue was founded in June 2018 with the aim of rehoming the "unhomeable" cats and to date we have succeeded to rehome over 500 of these cats!

We specialise in finding homes for hard to rehome cats, especially disabled, feral FIV+ and abused cats. Many of our cats come in petrified of any human contact and our fosterers work tirelessly to ensure that they not only accept human contact, but they actively seek love, warmth, cuddles and strokes.

We have a few long term care and palliative cats in our care. Our dedicated fosterers ensure that these cats spend their last few days with us happy, warm and with full bellies receiving all of the love that they could imagine.

Adoption History

2018 - 42 Cats and Kittens

2019 - 126 Cats and Kittens

2020 - 138 Cats and Kittens

2021 - 95 Cats and Kittens

2022 - 97 Cats and Kittens

2023 - 180 Cats and Kittens

2024 - 115 Cats and Kittens so far!!

Long Term Foster Cats

Here we have put our long term foster cats in one place for you to be ​able to find out all about them! If you would like to sponsor one of our ​foster cats a monthly amount or make a one off donation please email us ​with the name of the cat as the subject line!

Success Stories

Here we have put our biggest success stories in one place for you to be able to find out all about the work we have done and will continue to do!

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Drop off Points

Swansea Area

69 Pantycelyn Road

Townhill

SA1 6NB

Llanharan Area

22 St Marks Close

Llanharran

CF72 9SS

Port Talbot Area

26 Abbots Close

Margam

SA13 2NE

Llantwit Fadre Area

52 Heol Dyhewydd

Llantwit Fadre

CF38 2RE

Caerphily Area

37 Drum Tower View

Caerphilly

CF83 2XW

Whispurr

Whispurr is a sweet 4 year old girl. She loves to cuddle and enjoys her food too. She is very playful, always looking for fun. She gets along with other cats but she can be nervous initially so an older cat may suit her more. Whispurr would be suited to a quiet home.

Barney

Hi I’m the handsome Barney and I’m looking for my forever home. I love chasing my foster siblings even when they don’t want me too. I would be ​happy living with another cat or two. I love my food and will follow you around when I’m hungry. I like to sit in the window and watch the world go ​by, I watch out for my foster mother when she leaves the house and keep watch until she comes home and I love to sunbathe when the sun is out. ​I’m fully vaccinated and neutered. Can you give me a home?

Oreo

Oreo ... calm, sweet, gentle, loving little boy, 9 years young and looking for a quiet home. He's happy with cat company, not dog ​tested, neutered, chipped, fully vaccinated and up to date with flea/worm treatments.

Oreo is great company ... to apply or for more info please send us a message.

Sam and Alfie

Introducing Sam (black) and Alfie (black and white) These lovely boys are looking for their forever homes! Both have tested positive for FIV so will need an indoor only home / home with a catio. We would love for them to go together but could go separate to the right homes! Both have been in foster with a dog , Alfie absolutely loves the resident dog and Sam tolerates the resident dog. Both are extremely cuddly so would love a lap to sit on! They both also love playing and their dreamies!

Leia and Rey

Say hello to Leia and Rey, mother and daughter. Mum Leia is about 2.5 years old and Rey is about 2 years old. They came to their foster home about a year and a half ago and were totally feral. With love and affection they have become house cats and are completely happy being indoors. They are still learning to fully trust humans so Mum Leia may hiss at you but it’s just her defence until she knows she’s safe. These cats are not for you if you have young children as they enjoy a quiet household. They will allow fusses on their terms but aren’t lap cats yet . Mum is FIV positive but this doesn’t stop her. They are to be indoor cats or have access to a catio. The lucky adopter will need to have patience and the will to work with them over a long time.

Long Term Foster - Misty

Misty is approximately 2 years old and came to us after having toileting issues in her home. After a trip to the vets it became apparent that Misty had ​an underlying health condition that flares up from time to time. She suffers with her breathing and not being able to smell properly, her white blood ​cell count is also high!

She has receive antibiotic injections and pain relief injections which have helped so far whilst we still investigate what the cause is.

Misty has a very big appetite and is gaining more and more energy every day. She gets on very well with the other cats in her foster home and loves ​nothing more than a cuddle with her foster mum!

Long Term Foster - Teddy

Meet Teddy, the ginger ninja! At nearly 4 years old he is a resident cutie within FF, as he his one of our palliative care cats. Teddy loves life, hiding ​and dodging in and out of tunnels and jumping on his feline siblings and relaxing in his catio.

Teddy came to Forgotten Felines at 14 weeks of age after ingesting human iron tablets and being a very poorly boy. He was making a good recovery, ​at his routine neuter, irregular breathing picked up a problem and Teddy had a scan on his heart. He has been diagnosed with a condition called ​hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, (an enlarged heart and heart muscles) which means he now needs daily diuretic medicine to help reduce the pressure ​around his heart. Teddy also has a hole on his diaphragm.

Teddy’s condition will mean that he does not the life expectancy that he deserves, but he ensures that he gets the best from life, loves his food, his ​bed, a windowsill with a good view, and of course plenty of rest! He will continue to be cared for by Forgotten Felines for as long as he needs.

Teddy is such a lovely boy, a purr machine, it’s almost like he knows that a purr makes everybody happy!

Long Term Foster - Tui

Tui may be a chunky old boy with a worn out heart but in his mind he's still a kitten and loves nothing more than to play - and is obsessed with food ​and anything that twinkles. When he was rescued, he was very overweight, his lungs were filling with fluid and he'd suffer from gurgling coughing ​episodes which told us his heart was sadly in failure. We thought he didn't have long left. However, after veterinary examination (not his favourite ​past-time) he was put on a cocktail of diuretics, blood thinners and pain-killers which swiftly freed him from the fluid in his lungs and pain from his ​arthritic back legs. That was back in June 2020, but through regimented medicine, monitoring, a lot of love (and a very gradual diet), he's bounced ​back and is getting up to lots of mischief with his palliative foster carer.

Tui is very affectionate and so if this chunky boy wants to cuddle (especially at 3am when you're in the deepest sleep) - he will bury his head into your ​neck, and with a purr that could wake the dead - will lick you til you wake up to administer cuddles. He is also in love with his 'wormy'... (a toy once ​attached to a rod but soon detached through a particularly enthusiastic playtime) ... Tui will carry his wormy around in his mouth like a security ​blanket...chirping happily from room to room. Tui also considers himself somewhat a feline Pavarotti, he loves the sound of his own voice so enjoys ​sitting in the bathroom (fully tiled for best resonance) where he can wail his little song at ample volume and gets a real kick if his foster mummy ​replies for a verse or two. Its easy to forget he's end-of-life as he's so full of life - but sometimes his little ticker can falter if he gets overexcited ​(usually chasing reflections of light off things across the wall or attacking his latest favourite fascination (the Christmas tree).

Although it's uncertain how long he has left - what can be certain is that he will not be abandoned again, he will know he is safe and will be played ​with and cared for and smothered with love til his little heart finally gives out.

Success Stories - Grace

Grace was part of a colony in Cilfynydd, South Wales. After successfully trapping and rehoming a litter of Graces kittens a volunteer managed to trap her at 10pm on a Saturday night. Grace was feral and pregnant again, so her fosterer spent countless hours socialising grace whilst patiently waiting for her babies to arrive.

On August 21st Grace became ill and had to be rushed to the vets. Unfortunately, one of the kittens had passed away inside and therefore she needed an emergency c-section. Because of the anesthetic she received Graces 6 kittens had to be hand-reared by the fosterer until she recovered. During this time 3 more passed away but Grace regained her strength and was able to look after her babies (with the help of Marie the resident cat who also loves to wash kittens.) They spent the next 10 weeks in foster with the kittens being reserved but no interest in Grace at all.

Then Graces luck changed! The fosterers best friend who was originally adopting one of the kittens met Grace and fell in love!

3 years on, Grace now spends her days with her feline brother Sid, canine brother Dougie and amazing family who love her endlessly! She is a complete lap cat that laps up the family cat life - although every now and then she'll still bring a rat to remind us of her roots, especially when her foster mother is catsitting!

Success Stories - Treharris Colony

After being called to help with a large colony in the Treharris area we began taking in some very sick kittens, who went on to require extensive veterinary treatment, and also exeptional devotion from loving foster carers to ensure their survival. When there's a large colony kittens are not only at risk from the elements and severe weather conditions. They become malnourished, are also at risk from neighbours who are not necessarily cat friendly, marauding toms who will sometimes kill kittens to allow the mother to come back into season, and also health problems resulting from interbreeding. Thankfully we have been successful in bringing these babies to safety. However, there are sadly many more requiring our assistance.

28/8/23 - Bonnie, Gizmo and Ziggy

30/8/23 - Ivy and Raffi

8/1023 - Annoushka

29/11/23 - Magic and Mistletoe.

5/12/23 - Sprite.

13/12/23 - Pipkin

Success Stories - RCT Colony

During 2023 we were called to several sites in the Vale, reports of multiple stray cats and unaccompanied kittens. A large white tom cat servicing the area. Tom cats can roam up to 2 miles in search of a female. First we got in was young Reggie .... way too young to be out alone in the cold. From the same site another 2 kittens, Harlech and Conwy, Their mother disappeared for a while but after setting up a feeding station, Ginny was finally trapped [14/12/23] and is now settled in her foster home. Next came little Jacey from an adjoining site, a little older but also too young to be on her own, sadly the only survivor of her litter. Jacey's mother was very elusive, despite freezing temperatures of -5% she refused to be tempted into the trap. Finally we got our lady 18/4/23, and on 22/4/23 she gave birth to 3 healthy kittens, indoors, in the warm. She was extremely feral but within 6 mknths turned into a complete lap cat cuddle monster!

The last site we were called to 3 kittens without mother and eating out of skips. This was a very dangerous area for them and they didn't look in the best condition. These we managed to trap over several weeks, [Panko 20/8/23, Katsu 28/8/23 and Teriyaki 2/9/23]. All have since made a full recovery and happily living in their adopted forever homes. Sadly mama cat could not be found and went onto have another litter outside before we got her in. So much hardship and sadness which could have been avoided. We cannot stress enough how important it is to neuter your cats, male or female. Both suffer enormously whilst trying to survive outside, some sadly don't make it. But for these lucky few ... a happy ending.

Success Stories - Cora

Cora came to us from a colony in Ogmore Vale that had another 10 cats. As the cats were not neutered or spayed the colony kept growing we collected over 30 kittens from there. Cora gave birth to one of her litters outside whilst at the colony but due to harsh weather the kittens did not survive.

In August 2021 Cora was successfully brought in to the rescue after 18 months of tireless work to try and trap her, where she went to the cattery to begin socialisation. Cora proved herself to be a true feral in all senses of the word. She refused all human contact and would regularly lash out and bite.

Once neutered she was moved to her foster home in June 2022 for further socialisation and desensitisation to an indoor household environment. In the foster home she was in a crate for 2 weeks to climatise to her new environment. Once out of her crate socialisation continued downstairs only for 3 months and then she was allowed full access to the whole home. Once fully socialised she was adopted to a lovely couple who allowed Cora to settle with them in her own time where she is now a full time lapcat. WHAT A TURN AROUND!

We turned Coras hisses into kisses!