January 2025 Archives

Gerry

Name: Gerry

Age: 1.5 years

Gender: Male, neutered.

Behavior/character: Gerry is still fearful of people, with tasty treats there is still room for improvement. Gerry is very focused on food.

Other particularities (lap cat, shoulder cat): No touch cat.

Medication/health: Gerry was injured on his right front leg when he was found. This has been amputated. Gerry is otherwise a healthy tomcat.

Social with people: Not yet, with sweets he almost dares to touch my finger with his nose.

Social with other cats and dogs: Very social with other cats and okay with cat-friendly dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Gerry was found on the street by a lovely lady who took him home and had him operated on because he was injured on his right front leg. Unfortunately, that lovely lady couldn't keep him and she contacted Kareema and that's how Gerry came to 'the haven' after the operation to recover.

Chucky

Name: Chucky

Age: About 3.5 years old

Gender: Male castrated

Behavior/character: Chucky is a very calm tomcat.

Other particularities: If Chucky is suddenly touched, he can sometimes get scared and then scratch once. For this reason, Chucky should not be placed in a busy family with children.

Medication/health: Chucky is blind, otherwise no known health problems.

Social with people: Chucky is social with people. He can only get scared if he is suddenly touched.

Social with other cats and dogs: Chucky is social with cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: It was October 2021 when Kareema saw a post of a blind young cat walking on a busy road in Cairo. Kareema rescued him from the streets not long after. Chucky has been a resident of 'the haven' for over 3 years, he would like to know what it is like to have a loving home of his own.

Mylo

Name: Mylo

Age: About 2 years old

Gender: Male castrated

Behavior/character: Mylo is a calm young tomcat who loves to be petted.

Medication/health: Mylo has a scar/small deformity on the right jaw of his mouth. Soon a number of teeth will be pulled.

Social with people: Mylo is social towards people, will not push himself but does like a pat.

Social with other cats and dogs: Mylo is the epitome of calm and gets along well with other cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How did the cat end up in the haven: Kareema saw a post about a young tomcat that was walking on the street with an injury to his head, she immediately went to get him off the street. When she found Mylo he appeared to have a large wound on his head and he was missing a piece of tissue and skin on the right side of his jaw. This injury has healed reasonably well but he did have a scar/small deformity because of it, so you can always see his teeth on the right. Soon a number of teeth will be pulled, which were affected by all this.

Fuzzy

Age: 10 years or older.

Gender: Male castrated.

Behavior/character: Fuzzy is a calm and friendly tomcat.

Not a lap cat, but I think he'll be more approachable in a quieter environment.

Medication/health: Fuzzy is estimated to be 10 years or older, he was found blind on the street. As far as known, there are no other problems with his health.

Social with people: Fuzzy really likes to be cuddled, so you can hear him purring loudly.

Social with other cats and dogs: Fuzzy is social towards cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How did the cat end up in the haven: Kareema first saw a post about Fuzzy's brother, also blind and 10 years or older and alone on the street. They immediately took him off the street. About a month later, the same reporter saw Fuzzy, also blind and completely alone, walking and contacted Kareema. Kareema then immediately went to rescue him from the street. How these two guys of 10+ years were able to survive on the busy streets of Cairo, no idea. It is suspected that these two elderly gentlemen first had an owner together and that this owner may have passed away. It could well be that the family of their owner just threw the two of them out on the street. Fuzzy's brother died not long after he came to 'the haven' from the effects of diabetes.

Daniel

Name: Daniel

Age: About 1.5 years old.

Gender: Male, neutered.

Behavior/character: Work in progress, from scared/shy to pushing up against you for a pet. Daniel was initially afraid of people, recently he is starting to trust people more and more and he also comes to you for a cuddle.

Medication/health: Healthy as far as we know, not taking any medication.

Social with people: Recently Daniel has started to trust and seek out people more and more. At first he often withdrew when you tried to pet him, but over time he started to enjoy cuddling/petting more and more and even pushed himself up against your leg.

Social with other cats and dogs: Daniel is social with other cats, but not yet familiar with dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Daniel was found about 6 months ago on a busy street on October 6th. People took a picture and shared it on Facebook. Based on the picture, Kareema went to get him off the busy street and that's how he ended up in 'the haven'.

Case

Name: Cas

Age: approximately 4 months old.

Gender: Male, still being castrated.

Behaviour/character: Very playful young tomcat, he lets himself be picked up.

Medication/health: Cas is a healthy young male cat, has been vaccinated and will soon be neutered.

Social with people: Cas is very playful and social towards people.

Social with other cats and dogs: Cas is social with other cats but sometimes very busy. A real 'havens angel' 🙂 Dogs is not yet known.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Kareema tried in vain to catch Cas for days because he was wandering alone on the busy streets of Cairo. On December 31st she finally succeeded and Cas became the last rescued cat of 2024. Cas hardly slept the first night, he only played with toys he had never had and ate the tasty cat food. He quickly developed into a lively playful boy.

Mimmie

This is a temporary reserved cat. This status typically lasts for a week.
This is so that an interested party can think about a possible adoption proposal. It is still possible to apply as a reserve.

Name: Mimmie

Age: approximately 1 year old.

Gender: Female sterilized.

Behavior/character: Mimmie is a sweet, affectionate cat.

Other details: Mimmie is a first class cuddler, she loves attention.

Medication/health: Mimmie was missing part of her right front leg when she was rescued from the streets, no one knows how this happened. Her right front leg was amputated.

Social with people: Mimmie is very social towards people, she likes to cuddle.

Social with other cats and dogs: Mimmie is social towards other cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Not long ago Kareema saw a post about a young kitten that was walking around in October 6, Cairo. The kitten was limping and missing part of a front leg. Kareema immediately picked her up from the streets and took Mimmie to the vet. Here the right front leg was immediately removed and Mimmie turned out to be pregnant. After the surgery Mimmie was transferred to 'the haven' to recover and soon after gave birth to 4 healthy kittens.

Pancho

Age: About 3 years old

Gender: Male castrated

Behavior/character: Pancho is a very cuddly and sweet tomcat who will follow you around to get attention.

Other special features: Lap cat, cuddler.

Medication/health: When Pancho was found he was paralyzed in the back. After much TLC and vitamin injections he can now walk, albeit unsteadily. This does not bother him.

Social with people: Pancho is very social towards people, he will follow you to get attention and cuddles.

Social with other cats and dogs: Pancho is social with other cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Early July 2024, Pancho was found all alone in the busy streets of Cairo. He couldn't walk, his hindquarters were paralyzed. After they got him off the streets, they took x-rays of his back and there was good hope that he would one day be able to walk again. Now after a while of TLC and vitamin injections, Pancho can walk again. His walk is a bit wobbly, but he doesn't experience any discomfort from it at all.

December 2024

Rebel

Name: Rebel.

Age: About 6 months old.

Gender: Male castrated.

Behavior/character: Rebel is shy towards people.

Other details: 'No touch cat'.

Medication/Health: Rebel couldn't walk when he was first found but he is now a healthy young cat.

Social with people: No, Rebel is shy around people.

Social with other cats and dogs: Rebel is social with all other cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Kareema recently received a message about a kitten in the busy streets of Cairo that was paralyzed from behind. It looked like he had been hit by a car or motorcycle. After some good care and a few vitamin injections, Rebel can walk properly again and is a healthy young cat.

Dotty

Name: Dotty

Age: 2.5 to 3 years old

Gender: Female sterilized

Behavior/character: Cheerful affectionate cat, loves cuddles. Will not push but once you start cuddling you will not lose her.

Other special features: Dotty loves human attention, she really likes to be petted.

Medication/health: Dotty is blind, other than that no special health issues are known.

Social with people: Dotty is very social towards people, she will not push herself to get cuddles but once you start petting her you will not lose her.

Social with other cats and dogs: Dotty is social with other cats and cat-friendly dogs.

How the cat ended up in the haven: Dotty was found blind and in very bad condition on the street by people in the summer of 2022, who posted a message on Facebook. When Kareema saw this message, she immediately went to take Dotty in. Dotty spent a few months in a foster home to get stronger and better. Dotty has been in the Haven since the end of October 2022.