Adoption appeal for Trinny
16 year old Trinny arrived at CatCuddles at the start of summer 2023.
Trinny is a gentle and friendly cat with a calm and undemanding temperament. Her loving and well-balanced disposition endured despite the considerable upheaval she has experienced recently through no fault of her own and arriving at Catcuddles at a senior stage in her life. It is a testament to how resilient, adaptable, and good-natured she really is.
As is standard at the point of accepting a new cat for rehoming, Trinny had a thorough health check at CatCuddles Cat Clinic. Due to her age, she had what we call a senior health check, so not only a thorough top to tail examination, which identified some alopecia, significant dental disease, but also blood tests. One of these blood tests confirmed Trinny had hyperthyroidism.
Hyperthyroidism is a common condition that mostly affects senior cats; with the right treatment and regular health checks, cats with hyperthyroidism enjoy a good quality of life.
The Clinical team set to work on performing dental surgery, which was performed in two procedures spaced 4 weeks apart, aided by the Clinic’s dental x-ray machine, which pinpointed exactly where the issues were in detail.
We’ve introduced Trinny before but for now her forever home eludes us, so today we’ve asked her fosterers to tell us what it’s been like fostering Trinny and how she’s getting on.
I fell for Trinny before I met her. An urgent, rehoming enquiry had come in for a female, senior cat, black no less; my favourite type of cat.
As luck would have it, I had space to foster her and set off to collect her.
I was surprised therefore to see a gentle little tabby cat, a little confused by her change of scenery but still taking it in her stride.
Trinny is incredibly loving, affectionate, purry and calming. I think it’s fair to say she’s friendly and quite snuggly. Typically, she’s content to sit by you rather than walking on your laptop - well usually anyway!
Trinny will give a slightly sorrowful meow, usually if she feels it’s been too long since her last meal, if it’s time for medication or she thinks you’ve not been as attentive as you should’ve been.
Trinny will sit on you but usually she’ll sit beside you. She will tap me if fuss isn’t forthcoming, groom me as she sees fit and takes her twice daily medication far more graciously than I would. I’ll often wake up to find her snuggled on a pillow (she’s very kind and never hogs mine), but if she’s not there it’s not long before my movements have her purring motor quickly giving away her location. (She does have a love of sleeping on hard surfaces like the mantelpiece or bedside table!)
Trinny really does not ask for more than a loving home, a bowl filled with food and her daily meds. In return us humans get immeasurably more from Trinny because she is a truly gracious soul. Trinny has not previously lived with other cats but in the right circumstances and with space and resources she could adjust, of the cats she has very briefly seen she has not seemed to pay them any attention
We know that it’s not an easy decision to take on a cat who already has existing health conditions but if you are open and able to, then you’ll not find a lovelier cat than Trinny to dip your toe into the water. You will need to be able to give Trinny her medication and there will be days where she needs a little more encouragement, but she will let you medicate her with relative ease. As Trinny’s adopter you’ll need to include the cost of her medication in your cat budget, along with blood monitoring. The cost for this will vary but can be discussed further with the Adoptions Team, and if you are within travelling distance to one of our Clinics then you’ll benefit from our standard not for profit pricing.
