Category: Letters



Letters: Susanne Mattes – Savannah Scam

Letters: Susanne Mattes – Savannah Scam

Hi there, I just happen to see your website, when I was looking for something else. I would just like to warn all your members of a scam that is going on – and I have been a victim. Kittens (pedigreed and quite costly) are advertised on Gumtree, and similar sites. I always wanted a [...]

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Purdey

Letters: Janet Ellis – My cat was shot

I was busy with my laundry, hanging it up to dry (Sunday just afer 12). Purdey (my cat) was sitting on the brick wall next to me.  Then I walked back into my house and ask my friend if he wants some coffee, he replied yes.  Then Purdey( my cat) comes running into the house [...]

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Letters: Maryke Villet

Thank you very much for putting all my photos on the website. It means so much to me. I just want to show people how much I care for my cats. You see they are indoor cats and they have a lot of stuff to keep them busy. They even have their own Kitty DVD [...]

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Egyptian Mau: Katzmau Midnight

Leteters: Mariana Booth – Katzmau Midnight, Egyptian Mau

My name is Katzmau Midnight  and I come all the way from Australia. I am four months old. I arrived at Cape Town on 2008/07/09 at 10:30. Please visit this website. www.katzmau.com.au Mariana Booth  

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Miriam

Letters: Mariana Booth – Miriam from Egypt

My name is Miriam and I am all the way from Egypt. I come from EMRO [Egyptian Mau Rescue Organization]. The Egyptians say I am Shiraz Mau. After a 48 hour flight with BA I arrived safely in Cape Town on Thursday morning. Diab and Yassir came with me. Please visit www.emaurescue.org Mariana Booth According [...]

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Letters: Gavin and Francine Kruger – DEAR CAT PEOPLE, PLEASE READ MY SAD STORY WHICH HAS BROKEN MY HEART…

I left my cat Midnight Shadow in the care of Miss A who is involved with friends of the cats, on the 21St of April 2009. I asked Miss A to look after my cat until I was able to bring it through to Israel. That was the agreement we had made between us both. [...]

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Tricha from Feral Squad and Dr Peter Smith from Onderstepoort releasing a cat after sterilisation

Letters:Anneke, Catpals – FILADELFIA SE KATTE

  Hi everyone, I thought I would send this wonderful mail I received this morning out to all of you, to make your day as it has made mine! A huge, purry THANK YOU to Tricha Naudé from Feral Squad and Dr Peter Smith and his assistants from Onderstepoort, who sacrificed their entire weekend to [...]

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Letter: Charnay Haarhoff – Centurion SPCA

I rescued Snowy from a man that hit her from one side of a room to the other side when she was just 6 weeks old. I heard the knock on my side of the wall which in turn had caused her to become completely deaf, I know that she was able to hear before [...]

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Letter: Kitty – Advice needed

Dear Reader I need some advice on my female cat. She is 6 months old. It is her time to go in heat. If my knowledge is right when a female cat goes on heat there is a little blood and then they go in heat. Now my concern is that my female has allot [...]

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Letter: Jacqui Smith – Att: SA Veterinary Council

Att: SA Veterinary Council I understand that sterilization is an extremely important issue with regard to pets as unwanted cats and dogs is not only an issue in South Africa but the world. This is why I can not understand how the council or whatever other veterinary group does not regulate the vet charges on [...]

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Letters: Hannes Keyser – Devon Rex from a controversial cattery in Pretoria West

Dear Kittycat I would like to share my past experience with the readers of kittycat.co.za and the cat federation. About 3 month ago in April I decided to finally get myself “pedigree” cats that I usually only see in photo’s or at cat shows. I eventually settled for a Devon Rex from a controversial cattery [...]

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Speckles Male

Letters: Johan Groenewald – House of Horror

Hi everybody On the old Seaview Road in Port Elizabeth, surrounded by burning bush, is an old WELL CAMOFLAUGED shack/hut. Inside this house, we came across 21 very traumatised cats and two traumatised dogs. No food, no water, no bedding, no litter trays, no light and no way to escape!!! One of the cats has [...]

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Letters: Leigh – “GUS” – a loving friend

Thursday a week ago my neutured cat “GUS” went missing. When he hadn’t come home on Friday I phoned my neighbour ”Peggy”, Gus would often pop over and play with her cats. She was concerned as she had not seen Gus. On Saturday I phoned her again – nothing, I started going around the complex [...]

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Letters: Riaan Zeelie – response to “To all pet owners emigrating”

To all pet owners emigrating, There is no excuse not bringing your pet along with you, if you can bring your children with you , you can bring your pet with you. Not even a dog through her puppies away. There is cases where the dogs is to dangerous, that is different! We emigrate with [...]

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Letters: Zerina Mackay – Cat Lover for Life

Hi all cat lovers When I read about all the wrongs in this world especially to animals it makes me sick to my stomach! I was always a dog person till one day one little kitty in a horrible state at a local petshop caught my eye, needless to say that I had no choice [...]

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Letters: Tracey Pace – To all pet owners emigrating

To all pet owners emigrating, I am so tired of all the pleading emails and advertisements for the people staying in South Africa to adopt your pets. I am so tired of hearing how you love them so much and it’s tearing you apart to leave them behind but you cannot bear for them to [...]

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Letters:Chris

Hello, I just read through some of these letters and I am touched. I did not understand cats myself until I moved to Johannesburg about 7 years ago. I was always a dog person up till then, but I learned once my first two babies came into my life- 2 cheeky brothers with a  wanderlust [...]

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Letters: Azanne – Hottentots Holland AWS in Gordon’s Bay

Good day all, Hope you are well. We have recently spoken to the Hottentots Holland AWS in Gordon’s Bay and there are so many animals looking for homes, so we thought it can’t do any harm to inform you as fellow-animal lovers about their needs. If you know of anyone who want to adopt a [...]

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Tanya Swart and Matewis

Letters: Tanya Swart – Matewis

LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY ABOUT MY BABY MATEWIS. I GOT HIM FROM A FRIEND. A BUNCH OF KIDS LEFT HIM IN HER DAUGTHERS ARMS AND RAN AWAY. HE WAS ONLY 4WEEKS OLD AND COULD NOT EAT BY HIMSELF. I HAD TO FEED HIM WITH A SERINGE. HE IS A HAPPY 6WEEK OLD KITTEN [...]

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Savanah

Letters: Amanda Norman – World Focus 1611cc

Hi there folks My name is Hope and I’m about 5 weeks old. And this is my story. I was born in a shopping centre in the heart of Mitchell’s plain. It’s a tough life being a feral kitten. I was found under a storage pallet when a kind gentleman from a company called World [...]

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Letters: Ellie Porter – Persian cat named Tasha

Hi I have a half Persian cat named Tasha. She has the most beautiful gentle nature and is so pretty. I gave Tasha to my daughter when she started school at age 6. My daughter is going to be 28 this year which makes Tasha about 22 years old. I would love to know what [...]

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Tretchi & babies

Letters: Lallie & Elmien de Wet – A HOUSE FULL OF KITTENS – 30 IN ALL

On 15 October 2007 Tretchi, our brown girl, gave birth to seven kittens. Tinkie and Tikka, both pregnant and great friends of Tretchi did not take much notice of Tretchi’s litter. Whenever Tretchi was available, they all played together. It works like this in our house. The girls are free during the day to run [...]

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Letters: Jacqueline Taylor – response to “Strange but True”

Hi there cat lovers My name is Jacqueline Taylor. I’m writing about the letter I read on the Kittycat website that was sent in by Jana Arlow. She mensioned that 2 of her cats had kittens on the same day. When I was much younger both our cats also had kittens on the same day. [...]

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Letters:Leatitia du Toit – Hill’s Pet Nutrition Feline Pouches Giveaway

Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for the prize that I have won in the Hill’s Pet Nutrition/www.kittycat.co.za Feline Pouches Giveaway. It was such a suprise. Nothing is for free these days. Regards Leatitia du Toit

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