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Cats over the age of 12 can be adopted under our Golden Oldie Scheme if requested.This scheme exists to help owners who need it to meet the extra costs of caring for older cats. It provides financial assistance to meet the cost of age related illnesses such as thyroid, renal, kidney, heart etc. It also offers to meet half the cost of special veterinary prescribed food.
The Scheme does not include the cost of preventative treatment such as vaccinations, worm and flea treatments, and neither does it cover injuries/accidents for which insurance is recommended.
For information on these cats go to our main adopt a cat page
Worthing Cats Protection have a number of older rescued cats in it's care, they may have come into our care because either they have out-lived their owners, their owners cannot afford the veterinary costs as their cats get older or just that they are not as cute and playful as when they were younger.
Our senior cats deserve their own caring homes just as much as our younger cats. They of course get passed over for the younger ones and can be with us for a long time.
There are however a number of advantages of adopting one of our Golden Oldies, one of them being that they are unlikely to bring you presents i.e. mice, rats, birds, or frogs !! A cat which has reached about 8 years will be thinking more about its favourite sleeping place and is much less likely to go hunting.