 Liquorice
is a joy; he took a while to get used to us, understandably. At
first he spent a lot of time sleeping in his new cat bed in the
corner of my wardrobe. He always came out with encouragement and
gradually spent more and more time with us becoming bolder and
bolder. He is now quite the man about the house. He is extremely
intelligent and learns very fast indeed. He now demands a little
drop of milk each morning as he knows the sound of the fridge
and tea being made. He is very affectionate and very vocal.
However he is quite a creature of habit and does not go too far
a field. We do keep him in at night much to his disgust at
times. When he goes out in the day he always comes to find me
when he comes back in. At night he sleeps on the bed, taking it
in turns to sleep mine or Jonnies side. If he gets too hot he
sleeps in the middle of the staircase as if on guard duty. In
the morning he wakes us for food and the flap to be opened, a
good alarm cat, he then goes out. When he comes back in, if we
are still in bed he comes up giving us a few chirrups to let us
know he is on the way, we then have the morning cuddle. After
that he wants the curtains opened a bit so he can sit up on the
chest in the window and see that all is well out on the street.
He loves his football toys and his wind up tortoise and is a
demon at catching flies out in the garden. I cannot emphasise
how much we love him and thank you so much for letting us have
him to come and live with us. |
 You
may remember the story of
Patch the F.I.V. cat, and how
lucky we were to find him a home with female companion called
Loopy-Loo who also had F.I.V. However at the time of last
writing we were uncertain as to whether they were going to get
on together. The good news is that they’re absolutely fine;
eating, playing and even sometimes sleeping together on the bed.
These two lovely F.I.V. positive cats have been given the change
to lead a normal life and need not spend solitary lives but
instead are a cosy Mr and Mrs Patch, enjoying life together in
company with their owners who love them to bits. |
  Bluebell
and Flossie
had a terrible start in life, they had been dumped in the car
park of a local park. A kind gentleman was walking his dog when
he found them in a cat carrier, crying. This was the fourth lot
of cats to be dumped in the same place over the past two years.
They were very sickly and smothered in faeces. Both these poor
little girls were very timid and scared, when picked up they did
not understand human contact and just huddled in a ball. All
they needed was a kind, quiet, indoor home where they would be
safe and never be scared again. They were homed but due to
personal circumstances they came back into our care. Now after a
tumultuous start to their life, they are in a permanent home and
are still only a year old. Their new owners realised they would
be a challenge but were willing to try. Bluebell and Flossie
have improved quite a lot and get on with their new owners’ big
ginger boy cat. What a happy ending for Bluebell and Flossie to
finally have a home to call their own. |
 Fudge
came to us as an un-neutered tom with ear mites and wounds from
fighting, but actually he is a really handsome, big softie with
plenty of character. He was a real favourite with both my
husband and I, but he had to be homed as we cannot keep them
all. My husband was very sad to see him go. As you can see by
the photo, Fudgems as his new owners now call him, has settled
in really well and all the family love him dearly, he is spoilt
for choice when it comes to relaxing on one of their laps. What
a polite fella. He has extremely good table manners. “Would you
pass the Salmon over please”? |
 Georgie
has at last found a special home of his very own. After living
for 18 months on a balcony in a makeshift tent, and before this
under a hedge, Georgie came into our care. The lady who had been
looking after him, had provided food and shelter, but her own
very spoilt cat refused to let him into his house. Georgie was
very nervous at first and hid in his hooded litter tray .He soon
became friendly and affectionate, although whenever people came
to see him he again hid in the litter tray. This didn’t do him
any favours, until one day a very nice family took time to coax
him out, gained his confidence and finally took him home with
them. He has now settled in happily and is not nearly so nervous
and is so pleased to have a home of his very own at last. |
