Our new darlings! Now with added pics!

[Cooper & Peanut]

Awww...

I do quite like Bits & Bobs  Sounds cute as a combo but not so good individually. I do like Drum and Bass though - proper statement names! 

[jezebel]

Were they already called Drum & Bass or did you rename them? Cool names...

They were called Bits and Bobs when we got them. As I said at the top of the thread, fine for kittens but these are lovely, elegant cats and the names didn't really suit them any more. We wanted something music related, and had a shortlist of about five but Drum and Bass just stuck. It suits them - Drum is nearly alway active (despite the photos on here!), and Bass is, well, deep and dark!

[Cooper & Peanut]

They are lovely 

I find I take more photos of Cooper than I do of Peanut. She just won't sit still long enough! Plus, I don't actually own a camera, I have to use my mobile phone, so the quality is a bit crap! I'll find her in a really cute position and then just as I reach for the capture button, she moves and all I get is a big old blurry mess

Were they already called Drum & Bass or did you rename them? Cool names...  

[Guest]

Awww now I "know" them I just reread Drum and Bass' story. so sad. So glad you have them!

[AliCat]

Just beautiful.

[madamcat (Edd)]

Well done for adopting these cats - they are gorgeous 

[Guest]

Isn't drum a gorgeous colour! What a beauty!

Bass is gorgeous but I love Black cats anyway, so I was going to say that no matter what!  It is so hard to get nice pics of them tho. Mark my words you will end up with loads of gorgeous pics of Drum and a few semi passable ones of Bass! 

[jezebel]

Oh Helen, if only I could have captured her leaping 12 inches in the air like a demented idiot last night! I must keep the camera on standby at all times.

[Tiggy's Mum]

Beautiful girls and worth the wait  You've captured the hairband tapping really well there!

[jezebel]

Okay, here are a few more pictures: Drum looking lush, Drum with that mesmorising hairband, and a rare moment with our Goth girl Bass.

[Guest]

ha ha I swear our cats are related!! I save pounds on toys. Never look at them! They currently love a cap from a pepsi bottle and a barbie belt they "accquired somewhere". I look at cat toys and think shall I buy but nope they  are a waste!

Love the goth comment made me lol!
 

[jezebel]

I'm trying! I took some the other night but they didn't come out very well. Will try again over the weekend. 

[Tiggy's Mum]

Sounds like they're coming along a treat, difficult to visualise though Perhaps a new piccie or two might help 

[Jiji]

What beautiful girls  it sound like you are going to have lots of fun times with them.

[jezebel]

Coming along beautifully!

Drum is, as I suspected, a bit mad. Last night she entertained us for 20 minutes playing with a hairband that she swiped off the table. It's hard to believe she's 10 when you're watching her leap in the air like a demented dervish!  At least I now know not to bother buying any more cat toys - she runs away from most of them anyway.

Bass is slowly coming round. We've realised that being almost completely black and hiding from the light a lot just means she's a Goth, not that she's scared of us, so that's made us feel better.  She came out a lot more yesterday evening, but that might have been the full moon.

(Love those new pics of Ella and Effie btw!)

[Guest]

How are they doing now?

[Guest]

it is funny as they sound just like Ella and Effie personality wise. Drum is like Effie kicking down the door.

Ella and Effie are the same, not sure if it is a female thing and Effie can sometimes be a bit hissy - saying that they "hate" one another but always seem to wonder what the other is up to.

[jezebel]

Drum is firmly at home, yes, the little woke us up at 2.30am trying to dig her way into the bedroom!

She's very much a people cat and has to be with us most of the time. On the plus side, she doesn't appear to have been too bothered about all the upheaval. I'm sure if we'd let her out of the spare room on the first night we got her, she would have been just as confident.

Bass is still very shy and has been hiding most of the time. She comes out to eat and to use the tray when we're not around (or she thinks we're not looking!), and will have a bit of a fuss if we insist but, unlike her sister, she doesn't seem to want company. However she came out last night without any encouragement and I even managed to get some nice photos of her (will post later if I can find the USB lead for my camera).

They don't seem to be particularly close though, I've never seen them even sit near each other. Shame, because I really like watching cats interact.

[Guest]

How they doing today. Are they firmly at home now!

[jezebel]

Thanks!   

[Guest]

From one bonkers cat owner I wish you luck! There is never a dull moment ha ha!!

[jezebel]

It's official: Drum is bonkers! She does this weird face twitching thing when she's sitting otherwise quietly, which was a bit alarming at first. It's difficult to describe but it's kind of like she's flinching.

She's less chilled than Bass and hates to be separated from us - if we go outside and she can see us through the glass, she tries her hardest to get the door open. Once we're back inside, she shows no interest in going out.

However, she just had a stand off (or should that be scream off?) through the glass door with one of the neighbourhood cats who comes into the garden. If she could have got out, I'm sure she would have attacked him!

[Guest]

Bless them!!

[jezebel]

Lid back on litter tray last night, and craftily wedged tray into a corner - everything still in order this morning: result!

Although I swear I heard Drum trying her hardest to destroy it again during the night. )

[Liz]

Just to say the Clan kids can flip a covered litter tray and all its contents 

[jezebel]

Will post a linky to Emma unless you've done it already.

That would be great JS, thanks.

One or both of the little destroyed their litter tray again last night! This morning it was lying on its side with its contents all over the carpet. It's a big tray - it's actually an igloo but I've left the lid off so far because I didn't know what sort of tray they were used to and thought that learning how to use a completely new kind of toilet might be a bit too much on top of new home, new people and all the upheaval of the past few weeks. Still, they've settled down so quickly that I think they could probably deal with it now. 

[JackSpratt]

Thanks for the pictures, Sarah. Will post a linky to Emma unless you've done it already.

[Tiggy's Mum]

Poor girls, it must have been so frightening for them when their previous owner died  Sounds like they've definitely landed on their paws with their new Mum & Dad though 

They're having their first foray into the rest of the house tonight after being confined to the spare room for the past two days. Instantly, they grew very long necks trying to look at everything!

  I can completely envisage that!

[Guest]

So glad they found you! Sad to hear their story but great you haev taken them on. They are lucky ladies!

I trust you won't disappear and will keep us upto date with your adventures

[jezebel]

They're having their first foray into the rest of the house tonight after being confined to the spare room for the past two days. Instantly, they grew very long necks trying to look at everything!

Drum quickly found the bed and made herself at home on the duvet, and even spat at Bass when she tried to join her. No hard feelings though, they're both purring and enjoying themselves.

[Janeyk]

  that's lovely news! I'm so pleased that you've rescued these 2 it must have been sad for them and they are both just gorgeous 

It's great when you adopt 2 together I think, when we first starting adopting oldies we adopted Smokey and Timmy and I just loved them to bits and they were so excited when they first came they were running round in the night like giddy kid at 13 and 14 yrs 

Looking forward to hearing lots about Drum and Bass 

[clarenmax]

Aw congratulations  they sound like they're both settling wonderfully 

[jezebel]

Thanks all!

They're ten-year old sisters and they came from Furry Friends in Coulsdon. Sadly their owner passed away several weeks ago, since when they've been on their own with a neighbour popping in to feed them. They were briefly rehomed in a household with small kids but found it too traumatic, and were due to be PTS this week if they hadn't been rescued - so a big thank you to Emma at Furry Friends for saving their lives, and an equally big thanks to JackSpratt on here for putting us all in touch with each other.

The girls are both very affectionate and sweet, and love bumping heads and rubbing against us. Drum is a bit more dominant and very nosey! Unfortunately, she has an occasional tendancy to spit and raise her paw without warning! Bass is a sweet thing, she was a bit shy at first and spent the first night hiding (she also held things up when we went to collect them by hiding inside - yes, inside! - an armchair). But she comes out straight away now and is even happy to sit on a lap.

Bass is possibly the blackest cat I've ever seen - light just disappears around her! Although you can't see it from this photo (I will post better ones soon), Drum is beautifully marked and could be part Bengal.

Obviously it's still very early days but they seem to be settling in well - both are eating and using the litter tray (one of them tried to destroy it last night!) and love being fussed.

Ella and Effie: I think you must have been imagining it, these are the first pics I've posted!

[Tan]

  Gorrrrgeous 

Love their new names 

What are their personalities like?

[Guest]

awww I am so glad you finally found the right cats for you. i know you thought about this long and hard. Were there pics of them before of am i imagining that!

They are gorgeous!! So when was the moment you said these are the ones for me!

[Tiggy's Mum]

They're beautiful 

How old are they and where did they come from?

[sheryl]

Congratulations on your new Fur Babies - they are gorgeous 

[jezebel]

Formerly Bits and Bobs (nice names for kittens, not so suitable for elegant, funky cats), here are Drum and Bass (Drum is the tabby, Bass the black):
They've been here less than 24 hours but are settling in well. Very different characters, both charming!