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Purchases made through www.buy.at/RSPCA.Cambridge are made according to the information and terms provided by the company making the sale to you. Further details on using the buy.at shop are provided on the site.

Can anyone help?

We have the chance to do a house clearance in early February, with anything saleable to be given to our charity shops. However, to do a proper job—and make it worthwhile for the generous donor—we need a good number of volunteers and several cars (or a van) to remove the house contents.

Can anyone with use of a large car help us for a day? Date and time to be arranged.

If you might be able to help with this, please email camshop@rspcabookshop.co.uk or phone 01223 212 644

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Cut Costs in 2010 After the financial excesses of Christmas make amends and figure out how to streamline your budget. Have you tried shopping around for a better energy deal? If you haven't you can compare energy suppliers by using Switch and Give. It only takes about 10 minutes to submit your details and find a deal. If you choose an online tariff and use the same supplier for both gas and electricity, you’ll generally find the best offer. Buy TV, broadband and phone as a package and save a bundle With Sky Digital you can customise your bundle so you only pay for the channels and broadband you want, you can also get free off-peak calls. BT Vision allows you to watch digital TV on demand. If you add BT Vision to your package before January 15th and you will receive a FREE BT Vision+ box. Cut costs further with a Freeview box which allows you to watch a number of free TV stations. Asda is offering a standard Freeview box for £22; you can also get boxes which automatically record your favourite shows so you can watch them anytime. Find the right mobile phone deal for you There are lots of great deals on mobile phones, with T-Mobile you can get 300 minutes, with unlimited texts for just £15pm, it’s a 24 month deal and you’ll get a FREE Samsung Tocco Lite S5320 and FREE iPod touch (8GB). 3 Mobile’s Texter Plan is now reduced. For £10 you’ll receive unlimited texts and 75 anytime, any network minutes. The contract is for 18 months and there are lots of FREE handsets to choose from too. You can't switch water supplier but you can conserve water The Water Reduction Spray Magic Cartridge is easy to use and helps to reduce the flow of water coming out of taps by approximately 70%. Save yourself money and reduce water wastage by fitting a Bath Water Diverter. This device is designed to divert your used water from the shower/bath to your rain butt for use in your garden. Find a competitive deal on home and motor insurance The most popular insurance brokers in our webshop include Endsleigh Motor Insurance, ASDA Finance, Aviva Car and Aviva Home insurance. Women can save by buying their policy via Sheila's Wheels. Don't forget every purchase you make via this newsletter or via our webshop will generate a donation for RSPCA Cambridge & District Branch please try to use our webshop when you shop online. Visit www.buy.at/RSPCA.Cambridge for more great offers from over 150 top retailers.

Purchases made through www.buy.at/RSPCA.Cambridge are made according to the information and terms provided by the company making the sale to you. Further details on using the buy.at shop are provided on the site.

Animal Welfare Statistics for 2009

Animals rehomed
Dogs: 32
Cats: 82
Rabbits: 128
Others: 11
Total number of animals rehomed: 253

Veterinary Treatment of Owned Animals
(i.e. where the owner could not afford the cost of treatment at a private vet)
Dogs: 2,874
Cats: 1,475
Rabbits: 193
Others: 88
Total: 4,630

Veterinary Treatment of Unowned Animals
Dogs: 25
Cats: 193
Rabbits: 9
Others: 2
Total: 229

Microchipping
Dogs: 128
Cats: 165
Total: 293

Animals Neutered
Dogs: 175
Cats: 189
Rabbits: 112
Others: 4
Total: 480

Six feral cats were tested for FIV/FeLV, neutered and released.

Hedgehogs and cold weather

Any hedgehog that you see moving about during this period of cold is in trouble. When they hibernate, it is normal for a hedgehog's body temperature to drop in order to reduce energy use. If exceptional or prolonged cold causes it to fall below safe levels, then the hedgehog will wake up and search for food and/or another better-insulated place to hibernate. When the ground is hard frozen and snow covered, food will not be available and the hedgehog is at risk of perishing, because it is burning up fat all the time to keep up its body temperature.

It is possible to give such hedgehogs a better chance of survival by bringing them under cover and offering them suitable food: any meat-based pet food will do. Ideally they should be somewhere reasonably warm, but a well-insulated garden shed with dry leaves, straw or shredded paper to nest in will do for adult hedgehogs. Because they are mammals (like us) hedgehogs do not normally need a source of external heat to make it possible for them to eat (unlike reptiles who must be kept at an appropriate temperature). However, if they have got really chilled they need gentle warmth until they are eating and moving vigorously.

Pygmy hedgehogs, the species normally kept as pets, originally come from Africa and are unable to hibernate or cope with the cold and they must be kept at room temperature.