Timmy

Tabby and white male, approx. 2 years old.

This beautiful boy came to PCL with severe pruritus (itching). Timmy was causing damage to his head and legs with excessive scratching and his owners vets had been unable to help them manage the situation.

Timmy was diagnosed with a deep follicular infection, as his fur was easily coming out. He also had a skin and ear infection which was treated accordingly. so far during his stay in foster care he has had ear drops, eye drops, antibiotics, steroids and fluxetine liquid to get the infection and itching under control.

Throughout all of this, Timmy has been a real superstar! He is so tolerant of the various medications, and still always greets his foster mum with a loud hello meow, and purrs and tummy rubs.

Timmy is an adventurous boy, very entertaining when he plays, and is lots of fun to be around. He also loves a lap to curl up on and purrs like a little train.

Timmy loving his ball track

Playing with string (one of his favourite things!)

Having a rest

He is still on steroid tables twice daily, which are easy to administer, and fluoxetine liquid which goes into his food. Timmy still tries to scratch his chin, so unfortunately has to have a buster collar on unless his foster mum is in his foster room with him.

Timmy is a very loving, playful young boy. He craves human attention and would much prefer to continue any ongoing treatment in a loving home. As much as his foster mum finds time to spend with him at least twice a day, we feel he would really benefit from a proper home environment where he will have more attention, company, playtime, and spend more time out of his collar to break any habitual scratching.

PCL are still in the process of determining if his itching is down to an allergy, a behavioural pattern, or a combination of both. For this reason, he is currently on a special Hills Z/D Food Sensitivities diet (wet and dry).

As a charity we would be happy to financially support Timmy's continued pruritus treatment with the specialist at Tari Vets in Shenfield, and would be there to assist his adopters during this process to give him the full quality of life Timmy deserves - collar free!!

• Indoor only

• Catio or professionally cat-proofed garden

• No other cats

• OK with young children

Neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and flead.

Please contact foster mum Rachel on 07368 599 271 via call or WhatsApp message for more information.