Desex Those Cats

With the amount of homeless adult cats and kittens currently at the Esther Honey Foundation looking for homes, we cannot stress enough that we need to try and control the population of cats on Rarotonga.


In order to control the population of cats we not only need to de-sex them but also place them back into the area that they are coming from to compete with the other cats that are not de-sexed.

If we do not place them back then it creates a gap for a non de-sexed cat to move in and have kittens. A cat, on average, can have four kittens per litter and two litters per year. These kittens can start having their own kittens as young as six months.

In large populations of cats contained in small areas, diseases can spread very quickly which can also have an effect on humans such as worms and fleas.With that in mind, cats also make great rat catchers, while killing the occasional moko or cockroach. Rats have a more devastating impact on bird populations than cats do, but there does need to be a balance.

We have some wonderful cats here at the clinic that could do the job and one cat that probably wouldn't be any good at catching rats at all, but is looking for a nice home. Lucy is a very friendly cat but is missing her front leg. She doesn't need any special treatment, just a nice home. She behaves just like a normal cat.

We also have an old dog looking for a nice home. We call him Hovis and I'm sure he would like a home other than the clinic. Please come down and see them and the other residents at the clinic.