Other times when born on the streets, kittens can unfortunately be exposed to a number of illnesses and issues including the loss of their mother to sickness or injury.
Shivering and covered in her own faeces, Shrimp was discovered on a doorstep early one morning in July. She was alone; dumped in a filthy carrier.
Freddie came from a colony of cats in Springvale who were living in a hard rubbish pile in the driveway of a property. The property owners and neighbourhood had been feeding these cats food scraps for years, allowing the cats to breed out of control without any attempt of intervention.
At 8pm Saturday evening, foster mum Kat was preparing the formula for the TellyTubby kittens 4 hourly feed, when she found tiny Tinky lying unresponsive in his litter box.