Hi, my name is Lucky. I arrived at the sanctuary with my son (grown up man child!) Neko! Honestly, he’s huge!

Sadly, we have been through a lot and it was quite a traumatic period of our lives before we arrived here at the sanctuary. It has taken us both a while to decompress and settle back into a life of happiness and calmness. It has especially taken Neko a long while, but I have been here to support him and so have our carers.
Our human mommy passed away last year so we were taken in by her daughter while she tried to find rescue space for us. As there are so many cats at the moment needing help from rescues, it took a long time for rescue space to come up. We were on the sanctuary’s waiting list for months before they were finally able to take us in. Unfortunately, we were very stressed in the temporary home. There were young children who we were scared of, so ended up living in just the one room. The humans didn’t have much time for us so we essentially were just fed and didn’t receive the care that we desperately needed. We also needed veterinary treatment but the humans couldn’t afford this, Neko especially was a very poorly boy when we arrived at the sanctuary.

As we were in a home and looked after, the sanctuary team thought that we were safe and cared for while waiting for space, but sadly this wasn’t the case. Although our family were trying their best, they just didn’t have the time or resources to give us what we needed.

When we arrived at the sanctuary, we were quickly booked into the vets as we were both extremely skinny, Neko was quite literally skin and bone, we were covered in scabs and had a lot of hair loss. We were placed on steroids, which really helped. Our fur quickly started growing back and in turn our skin cleared up nicely. I was only in steroids for a short time, but Neko had to be on them a while longer as his condition was a lot worse and he struggled to put on weight.

Thankfully, after a few months, we are both now completely healed and doing really well. In fact, my carer has recently had to put me on a diet as she said I was looking a little plump- rude!

We are both such friendly cats who love cuddles, fuss and attention. Sometimes, my man child does push me out the way for a fuss, but don’t worry I do tell him off when needed!
I do like my own space too, so sometimes like to have a bit of quiet alone time. I do love a lap cuddle when I’m in the mood though and will wait around staring at you until you sit down so I can hop up for a cuddle and nap. I can be a tiny bit grumpy if you annoy me, but this is usually if my carer is messing with me too much, like when she checks me over or trims my claws. It’s just annoying really and I wish she would leave me alone, so obviously I tell her, but I promise I am gentle.