We are a private, no kill cat adoption facility located in south-central Ontario, Canada.  We are a registered Canadian Charity. Our “Cat House” is home to approximately 60 cats who are permitted to roam free within the shelter.  Our cats need never fear euthanasia, and can stay with us as long as it takes to find the right adoptive home.

Our shelter is run by a very dedicated group of volunteers. We have no paid staff. Our funding comes from adoptions, surrender fees, our own volunteer fundraising events and private donations from individuals. We have no government or township assistance.

We mainly focus on adult cat adoptions, and kittens are usually available from about May through December. All our cats & kittens are blood tested negative for Feline Leukemia (FELV), and Feline Immune Deficiency Virus (FIV). They are vaccinated, dewormed, treated for fleas and ear mites, and are spayed or neutered.

If you would like more information about our shelter, or would like to adopt a new family friend, or would like to volunteer or make a financial contribution, please contact us.

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Featured Cat

Johnny

 (also affectionately known as Johnny Angel, Johnny be Good, or Johnny Cakes)

A shelter favourite, this handsome caramel colored tabby arrived at our shelter in the summer of 2007 when his senior owner had passed away. Efforts to integrate Johnny into the daughter’s multiple cat household were not successful due to Johnny’s unbalanced temperament. Johnny is a very attentive cat and likes affection, but only on his terms.

He gets along with quiet cats but is easily intimidated by the more dominant personalities in the feline world. He can be unpredictable at times and will bite if he gets over stimulated. Because of all this it has been difficult for us to find the right home for Johnny. Most people don’t understand him or know how to read his body language. The old song “To know him, is to love him” really holds true. Johnny is a favourite with most of the volunteers who look after him and over the 4 years he has been with us he has mellowed considerably. He loves to be involved in what you are doing and will follow you around like a dog does. He likes limited petting and affection but will not tolerate being picked up or cuddled. He’s just not that kind of guy!

In the spring of 2011 we noticed some dark color spots developing in one of Johnny’s eyes. It was checked by the vet and they were deemed to be just pigment. Nothing to worry about for now, but we should keep an eye on them. By summer, the whole eye had changed colour and we went to see an eye specialist in London. Johnny was diagnosed with a mild Uveitis, complicated by an acute Glaucoma and he had lost the sight in that eye. Johnny was prescribed 2 types of eye drops that needed to be applied three times a day to try and control the pressure from the Glaucoma. We wondered how on earth we were going to manage this … Johnny had settled down a lot over the years, but he is still very opinionated!

Surprisingly, he was easily bribed with Temptations treats and was quite co-operative about having his eye drops. I’m sure that he knew we were trying to help and the drops must have offered some relief to the pain that he was experiencing. Sadly, we were not able to control the pressure in Johnny’s eye with the medications and it was recommended that the eye be removed, for Johnny’s sake. Johnny is an amazing cat. Just one day after surgery he was purring and happy to be back ‘home’. He has never seemed worried or upset over the loss of his eye and is happier than ever.

Don’t get me wrong, he still has his ‘moments’ here … he is after all, still our Johnny! And we wouldn’t have him any other way.

 

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