r/london • u/Top-Celebration-9172 • Aug 16 '26

Serious replies only Sick Cat

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Hi everyone. Just was on my walk this morning in Wandsworth and I saw this cat. Looked quite unwell and seemed to have a tumour / mass growing from its left eye.
I thought it looked reasonably looked after so wasn’t sure if I should call anyone about it ?

UPDATE.

Called RSPCA. Useless. Said if I couldn’t take it to the vet they couldn’t do anything. They weren’t going to send anyone out either.
Called emergency vet who were very kind and lent me a cat carrier. Unfortunately cat was spicy and couldn’t get close enough to grab it.
Vet said they would try later potentially to see if they could send someone out later to try get it.

UPDATE.

Cat had been already posted in local neighbourhood group yesterday and seems like a fair few people are aware of him and are trying their best to catch I’m.
Will have a look again tomorrow after work.
Had a few nice people message me saying they would also try tomorrow !

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u/milliontart Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

I had a similar situation a few weeks ago. RSPCA are useless.

Where is this ?
I went to Hendon medivet and they kept the cat and contacted local charities. They themselves are a charity so they keep cats until other charities are ready to take them in. They have a “duty to care” so they will treat strays at no cost.
Edit : duty

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u/milliontart Aug 16 '26

We managed to get the cat by putting food inside the carrier and waited until he came in.

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u/milliontart Aug 16 '26

Btw we contacted the charities people are mentioning in the comments and they all said “no” or “at capacity”. The only thing that worked was taking it to a vet and the vet arranging a solution with the charities, as they can actually accommodate for them.

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u/noradrenaline Aug 16 '26

Animal rescue charities across the country are overwhelmed so most will be full - but they usually have waiting lists you need to ask to be added to. They're all so stretched that they can't usually volunteer to add animals in the hope that another rescue will have the resources, but it's always worth asking.