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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Cat/s Needing Homes => Sorted/ Unknown outcomes => Topic started by: RACR on February 11, 2010, 14:18:05 PM
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Sky came to us from Scotland after her and 2 other females were surrended to rescues. The home she came from wasn't a good life for Sky or any animal, 11 cats all un neautered/spayed and extremely thin and malnourished. Whats more we learnt when Sky arrived with us she was heavily pregnant, not that you could tell looking at her as she was thin. I took her for a scan which revelaed 4 babies, 3 dead and one alive. She was over due so taken in for a C section. Sadly the alive kitten didnt survive and all had died.
Despite Skys dreadful life before she is a wonderful lovng cat! She will sit with you and purr all day and loves licking you to give effection. She is used to other cats and dogs and has been around my kids which she loves also.
Sky is 4 years old and recovering well and slowly gaining weight again. Sky will make some family a lovely pet and will reward you with non stop effection and love.
She is hard to get pictures of as wants to be right on you and licks you to death :wub: She is so lovely!
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx244/Rattiemommy/RACR/Cats/opsky1.jpg)
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Her wound which she hasn't bothered with at all bless her.
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Now this girl has won me over...what a lovely looking little thing. :Luv:
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She is just lovely and so effectionate despite what shes been through. She loves licking you also to give effection :Luv2:
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I do love grey/blue cats, ahve always wanted one and she is gorgeous :Luv:
Hope she finds the home she so deserves.
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Will be hardpressed not to carry on going down the M1 at weekend on a catnapping mission!
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She's just such a skinny little madam. :Luv:
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Ahhhh bless her :Luv2: :Luv2:
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she's beautiful :Luv: :Luv:
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What a lovely face! :Luv2:
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I shouldn't have looked in here - all these Nottingham cuties... if only I didn't live in rubbishy rented houses where you've got to beg and scrape to be allowed to keep one, slightly wonky moggie... bah (managed to negotiate a discount on the pet damage additional deposit though on the grounds she had 25% less claws than the average cat!).
She's got such a pretty little face - sounds like a similar personality to my tripod who has to be superglued next to you if at all possible at all times! Not known many other cats do the complete and total limpet mine thing so it's interesting to hear of another one!
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She's gorgeous :)
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:Luv2: Oh she is adorable. Would South Wales be to far away to re-home her?
I'm looking for a 4-6 year old female kitty to give a forever home to as company for my little old man Widget, who is 14 years old, laid back and fairly lazy unless he has a companion to egg him on to mischief.
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No we rehome all over the uk succesfully :)
She has been playing chase with my cat today, 2 of them tearing round the house and playing :evillaugh:
Here she is with nudging my son (head butting lap top) for fusses :Luv2:
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:Luv: :Luv: Sky rocks. Definite soft spot for this one. :)
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RACR, has she been tested for FIV etc. Does she have any underlying health problems?
I just want to be sure I can offer her exactly what she needs before I put myself forward as a possible rehomer. She has had such a bad time lately I think she deserves the perfect home. If I can offer that to her I'd love to share my home with her.
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No she hasn't been checked for FIV but I can get that done if wanted :)
Other than that she is very healthy and gaining weight lovely.
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Oooh, this is looking exciting, good luck for Sky, I also have a huge soft spot for this lovely looking little girl :Luv:
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The reason I ask about FIV is because some years ago I adopted a female cat Mair from a rehoming centre and successfully integrated her into my home with the lovely 16 year old kitty, Emily, that I had at the time and after a month Mair just went from a happy healthy looking cat, to a cat that couldn't regulate her own body temperature, has discharge from her nose and eyes and she just stopped eating and lost a huge amount of weight in days. She just shivered the weight off. I took her to the vets, the first day she showed any signs of illness, they tested her and after a week they called me and told me she had FIV and loads of complications because of that and the only kind thing to do was put her to sleep. Then they told me I had to get Emily tested as she could have FIV too. It broke my heart to have to put Mair to sleep and then I spent a terrified week waiting for Emily's blood test results to come back. Thankfully Emily didn't have FIV and she lived on until she was 21 years old.
This was all some years ago when FIV wasn't so well known about and wasn't so regularly tested for, so I don't blame the rehoming centre for not knowing and telling me, but I still feel to this day that if I had known and I had more knowledge of Mairs condition when I got her, she may have survived longer and or she might have stood more of a chance of a long happy life. To this day I feel like I let her down, hence I just feel the need to know as much as I can, so I can research if I am able to give the kitties I take in the best lives I can, however long or short those lives maybe.
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I do believe Sootyca was showing an interest in Sky too. Not surprising as she's lovely. Hope either she or Skully are able to offer Sky a home, that would be wonderful. :)
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I do believe Sootyca was showing an interest in Sky too. Not surprising as she's lovely. Hope either she or Skully are able to offer Sky a home, that would be wonderful. :)
yes sootyca has shown interest. Still waiting to hear back from her :)
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I've had a think over night and I've decided that as long as she doesn't have FIV I'd love to offer her a home. I have Widget to think of and I can't risk my little old man catching FIV.
What do I need to do now to set the testing and adoption process going?
Oh I have one other slight problem. As this wee gorgeous girlie is in Nottingham and I don't drive, will she be ok with coming home with me on the train if I passed home checks and am allowed to adopt her. It is about a 5 hour journey.
The other thing is if Sootyca is wanting her and lives nearer maybe it would be in Sky's better interests to be homed there... (it was very hard to type that, because I have really fallen for her just from the photos!)
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Hi Skully. I have sent sootyca another message as she hasnt responded to my last but I know she was away until yesterday, so will giver her chance to reply if thats ok.
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Sure thing.
Do whatever is best for Sky. She deserves the best after all she has been through.
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LOL! Messages crossed - I never even thought about FIV. I've said the same basically - if your home will be better suited to her than ours that is fine. It is up to Andrea to decide where she will be best placed. :)
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Lol..
Well you both sound as good as each other so as long as sootyca is still interested and enquired first I will follow that one through if thats ok??
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Yep, that's cool.
Yay Sky! It looks like you have found a forever home.
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Honestly, forget the bit about who enquired first!!! Just want the little lady to get a special home and if when homechecked it's felt she will be better placed elsewhere that is absolutely fine.
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Hurrah!! :) This little lady had no chance of not being popular really, did she? ;)
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Aww well done Sky :)
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I'm still wondering about this little one.... :innocent:
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I'm still wondering about this little one.... :innocent:
me too :-:
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Me too....lol! Just waiting for news on homecheck. :)
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Me too :)
Good luck with the home check Sootyca!
Part of me is uber happy and part of me is jealous if I'm honest. She's just so adorable.
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Me too....lol! Just waiting for news on homecheck. :)
Hi, im taking it you havent heard from the homechecker either? she is meant to be doing yours and another one. Ive left her a message to contact you asap. She did mention doing it saturday to me as that way then. I will get onto her again, I know she is busy as she is a fulltime teacher and volunteers for rescues.
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Still not heard anything but I'm sure she'll ring when she gets chance. :)
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Still trying to fond a home checker for sootyca, last person had a fmaily crisis and had to cancel doing it.
To keep you going, here is a piccie :)
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She is one SERIOUSLY pretty cat! :Luv: Whoever gives her a home is very lucky.
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well worth waiting for, I'd say - and she looks the picture of health now
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yeh she has a wonderful shiney coat now and gaining weight lovely :)
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:crossed: Such a pretty girl :Luv:
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Soooo sweet :Luv:
good luck with this xx
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OMG :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: She is just sooooooo darn gorgeous! Looking at those pictures of Sky made me let out a small squeeeeeeeeee noise of delight :rofl:
I hope she ends up in her forever home really soon, so she can settle down to a happy catty life.
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Has Sky made it to her forever home yet?
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Not yet, home checker cant do until this week some point, just trying to get hold of her to confirm she can still do this week and she can arrange a time and date. Sky is confident the home check will pass and has been sat with her bags waiting patiently :Luv2:
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Ahhh, bless her. She deserves lots of love, a warm bed and lots of yummy food.
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She does :) She has a lovely appetite and best on dry food, gained weight lovely, will try and get more photos when she comes down, she likes sleeping on my sons bed :)
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She was very lucky to end up with you as her foster carer. You have treated her like the princess she is. :hug: I'm glad there are people like you out there giving these poor kitties a second chance.
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I keep telling Robbie he may be getting a new girlfriend and I think he has stopped believing me! ;D Hopefully the homecheck will be done soon. There is a Purrs voucher waiting to be spent on new toys for her and Robbie if we pass!
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Hope all goes well, she'll have a lovely new home I'm sure :hug:
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Sky is reserved pending home check that will be done this thursday
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Great news, are you in conjunction with RACR?
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Yes, Pauline (babyloveya3) is my assistnat manager and is also fostering some cats for me :) Pauline runs thorneywood cat rescue also and rescues persians and exotics, we work real close together :)
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It's good when rescues work together. Glad Sky is closer to getting into her forever home. :hug:
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Homecheck sorted for Thursday afternoon. :wow:
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Just thought id update with a few pictures :). Sky is really hard to get pictures of lol.
With my eldest who she follows all over
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:Luv: :Luv: awww, I bet your son will miss her when she is homed!
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I know. Im kinda hoping he will be at school when she goes so he doesnt see her go lol.
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She's still looking adorable! Are you sure you will be able to let her go? I'm not sure I could! LOL.
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Aww yeh, Ive been attatched to many of the cats here, but have to think I cant keep them all or wont be able to help any more.. Plus I am sure Sky would appreciate a home where she can fully relax more with out a crazed demanted staffie pounding out of no where on her to play :evillaugh:. Never seen my Tara chase a cat to play so much before. Poor Sky gets fed up some times when she dont want to be chased and play. I still have her crate up and open upstairs and she has that as her little hidy den area to retreat to, plus the fact the stair gate is on top of stairs anyway. Her and Thomas are getting on better now but still dont allow them fully together. Bit hectic here really, a mad house lol. Not that Sky seems bothered but I am sure a home which is less hectic and more one to one is better ;)
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She'll certainly have a less hectic home here. :)
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Homecheck done. ;D
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Eeee! Have been quiet on this thread because I've no doubt you'll pass the check. ;)
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Just had the news......
SKY'S COMING HERE!!!!!
;D :wooooo: :dance:
:yayyy: :yayyy:
Robbie's getting a girlfriend! :) Will be next week as due to some terrible planning we are having a boiler fit early next week and it isn't fair on her to bring her into that environment!
But yay!
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:wooooo: :1st place:
She's a lucky girl :) She reminds me of a female version of Riley so I may be biased but she is an absolute stunner :Luv:
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:wow: that's great news, Sky will be really happy with you - and Robbie, I'm sure xx
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Yippeee! I'm glad the gorgeous Sky now has a forever home.
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Congrats ;D
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:) ;D
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Two more sleeps to go! Hopefully the chaos that is our house will have been resolved and we will be back to peace and quiet by then! Who knew that having a new boiler put in would cause so much disruption.
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as long as the camera is primed and ready to go ;)
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Well, the big day arrived. Made it to Nottingham quickly and safely but took ages to get home! Sky wanted fussing all the way home and was very vocal with her demands! :rofl:
She was most relieved to get out of the cat carrier and quickly started making herself at home in the kitchen and lounge. Robbie was asleep in the conservatory and hadn't realised there was another cat in the house. When he spotted her he came running to get in the main house - complete with bushed up tail. They had a supervised sniff each others nose, Robbie de-bushed his tail and smelled her bum and decided she may be okay. Since then he has been very calm, sniffed her a few more times and followed her around to see what she is up to. She has hissed at him and growled a few times - no noticeable provocation, he was just looking at her.
All in all it's gone very well - Robbie has been much better towards her than I thought he would be and she has put up with him quite well. I do have one complaint though - I stocked up on her favourite biscuits......she won't eat them here!!!! She wants Robbie's gourmet gold!
Pictures will be forthcoming, just need to switch to main computer from laptop.
Karen
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;D That's great news! sounds good so far and I'm sure she'll be really happy with you :Luv2:
look forward to photos :wow:
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Soooo pleased for you both :Luv:
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Well, the big day arrived. Made it to Nottingham quickly and safely but took ages to get home! Sky wanted fussing all the way home and was very vocal with her demands! :rofl:
She was most relieved to get out of the cat carrier and quickly started making herself at home in the kitchen and lounge. Robbie was asleep in the conservatory and hadn't realised there was another cat in the house. When he spotted her he came running to get in the main house - complete with bushed up tail. They had a supervised sniff each others nose, Robbie de-bushed his tail and smelled her bum and decided she may be okay. Since then he has been very calm, sniffed her a few more times and followed her around to see what she is up to. She has hissed at him and growled a few times - no noticeable provocation, he was just looking at her.
All in all it's gone very well - Robbie has been much better towards her than I thought he would be and she has put up with him quite well. I do have one complaint though - I stocked up on her favourite biscuits......she won't eat them here!!!! She wants Robbie's gourmet gold!
Pictures will be forthcoming, just need to switch to main computer from laptop.
Karen
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Aww bless them.
Is the gorumet gold wet food or dry as she does best on dry, she will eat any dry but out of all tried here she would only eat the JWB white fish out of favour lol. maybe its a new food so she wants to try it? lol.
Cant wait for more updates and piccies. I am so sad to see her go, such a sweet little girl and playful..
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:yayyy: Jealous! I think Sky is lovely.
Looking forward to settling in pictures. :) ;)
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Robbie de-bushed his tail and smelled her bum and decided she may be okay.
All is good :evillaugh:
Glad you have her home
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Hopefully this album will be available for everyone to look at!
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sootica2000/SkyFirstDay#
If not I'll resize and repost tomorrow!
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Aww fab photos. In this one she is doing the cowering postiin when she is uncertain if she is going to get pounded bless her http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sootica2000/SkyFirstDay#5450812494802001458
She looks to of settled right in and made herself at home bless her. :Luv2:
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Brilliant pics ;D and both cats look fine for a first meet!
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Aww fab photos. In this one she is doing the cowering postiin when she is uncertain if she is going to get pounded bless her http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sootica2000/SkyFirstDay#5450812494802001458
She looks to of settled right in and made herself at home bless her. :Luv2:
That was when she was going in for Robbie's leftovers! She's quite the possessive mousecatcher and has put Robbie in his place and chased him off his favourite toy. Still, he did steal the toy that she arrived with first!!!
Quick question - she seems to have trouble scratching the litter over her tray offerings! She is scratching but is catching the side of the tray and not the litter. The tray is a large one (was covered but we took the lid of it as we thought that may have been the problem) and does have quite a deep covering of litter in it (and is clean) but for some reason she can't seem to scratch the litter. Any ideas?
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Hmm she covered it here ok? Not sure what to suggest except try covering for her and see if she starts doing it again?
Ohh she loves that little toy, thats why I had to send it with her, she is very playful. Didnt really have to share toys here as my Joss isnt that into toys really.
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I might pop out tomorrow and get a different litter tray or litter. She is scratching, it's just that she is scratching the plastic edges of the tray rather than the litter so she knows what she should be doing. May just be with all the changes today she is tired or something. Anyway, Lilly was a demon for leaving things uncovered which offended Robbie and he would go in and cover up after her so the same will probably happen if Sky doesn't get the hang of it.
She has done okay at sharing her favourite toy - Da Mouse will always bring out the worst in cats though but it is usually Robbie that gets possessive with it. Must be on his best behaviour today! We've had a good long play tonight, she hasn't worked out that the cat cubes can be fun but she's been after Da Mouse, laser, feathers, anything that dangles, the rug edges...currently trying to sleep on the bed but keeps getting distracted by any movement or noise as she doesn't seem fully relaxed and at home yet! She's had a day of changes and is not in an unfamiliar environment so that's not really any surprise.
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Great pictures for a first day! ;D
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How relaxed are they in each others company! I have the feeling this is the start of a beautiful friendship :Luv:
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:) How are the two puds this morning Karen?
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:) How are the two puds this morning Karen?
:) :)
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Had a semi pain free night. SKy settled into the night time routine of being kept in one room overnight. Robbie was very relieved to escape from the room this morning! Only had one almightly hiss and swipe at him this morning (well, he had the cheek to walk past her without looking at her!) so he isn't to happy with her this morning! They've since had a sniff of each other and Robbie has settled to sleep in the conservatory. She is trying to help me type this on the laptop. She seems to have settled well but does want to be with someone all the time!
Robbie is still not responding to her provocation!
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I'm sure things will settle down, she sounds a very affectionate puss :Luv:
Don't know if you've noticed but I've added Sky to our Roll of Honour: http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,31316.0.html :)
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Aww sounds to be going really well. Yeh she is very very effectionate, I think it's because she was deprived of it in the past :( She does settle with the clingyness as she settles in more. Was they in the night room together?
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Nephew has been round again today as he loves how friendly she is! Yep, they were in the same room overnight - it only ended up being for a few hours as I woke up at stupid o'clock and didn't get to bed until late. If there had been any real problems during the day they'd have been kept separate. :) So far we have only had hissing again from her so Robbie has accepted her completely, just waiting for her to realise he is no threat and we'll be sorted!
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Awww bless :Luv2:
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How's Sky getting on? :see: :pic: :see: It's very hard to visualise :evillaugh:
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Well, Sky has been in our lives a week and things are still going well. Well, if you count uncovered litter tray offerings and wallpaper stripping going well..... :rofl: Robbie and Sky are getting on okay, she is quite growly around food so they are supervised for meals. If Robbie finishes first and moves to hers she gets a bit growly but she is quite happy to do the same to him so they need watching! They are getting more relaxed around each other and are learning each other's boundaries. The other day we had progress where they were sat on the same chair - Robbie on the back, her on the seat. She was more cautious than him and wasn't fully relaxed but getting there. Today they were on the same bed within a paws length of each other so it won't be long before they are snuggling! They are happy to play in the same room (though not with each other yet!)
She very much loves company and isn't happy if there is too much movement around the house. She's also a lazy bones and sleeps the day and night away with just small interuptions for play and food. Showing no signs of wanting to go outside which is great - I would worry she is too friendly and would go off with anyone.
Anyway, for anyone interested:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sootica2000/SkyFirstWeek#
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Glad things are improving and love the photos! :Luv: :Luv:
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Those photos are excellent!! She looks so happy and settled :Luv2: her and Robbie look to make a great couple :Luv2:
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Lovely photos, she such a pretty girl :Luv: I love how Robbie is casually sitting in a collapsed cube for the first few :evillaugh:
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She's progressed so much in a week it's unbelievable. For the first few days she would jump on the furniture to be higher than Robbie and would swipe him if he was playing and got too close. Tonight he was playing with the cube and pushed it along the floor at her and she didn't even flinch. Progress. :) Now, if we can get her covering in her litter tray we'll be perfect.
On the flip side, my asthma and various other allergies have flared up with her arrival. It's strange, only certain cats seem to trigger me and Sky is one at the moment. I'm sure everything will settle down in time though. It's not serious just snuffly and as long as I have inhaler handy I'm sure I'll survive! ;D
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Glad she's settling - she's :Luv2:. I hope the asthma situation sorts itself out. One of the vets at my practice is allergic to some cats - no particular breed and he can't predict which ones it will be. My bridge baby Rosie was one of them and my SIL was also allergic to her but not to any other cat I've ever had.
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"Little" Sky is little no longer........she is so much like a part of the furniture now and is very relaxed around Robbie now. He is more cautious of her due to being bopped and sworn at a few times (she sometimes forgets she is a lady!). Last night she was so hungry she crawled under his belly to get to the food - he just stood there and let her! So cute. She plays a lot, sleeps even more and still strips wallpaper and doesn't cover up in the tray :sick:. Her favourite game so far is running at the cat cube and sliding across the floor with it. ;D
But she is such an adorable loving little girl, anyone who comes round falls in love and my nephew and niece still want to take her home and swap her for one of theirs. :rofl:
She is a "proper" cat as well - the only one I have ever had that loves to lie in front of the fire. :Luv:
So, the most recent pictures from over the last month (including a picture of Ginger) - she is so sleek and fluffy now she is barely recognisable to the cat we first saw in this thread!
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sootica2000/20100429CatsApril2010#
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She looks so happy in her forever home :Luv: You have done a fabulous job with her, what a lucky girl :wow:
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sootyca, she looks so well and settled in. You've got a scrummy cat there. I'm so glad to see she is so well cared for and loved!
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She's sooooo beautiful :Luv: She matches Mr hunky Robbie perfectly! :Luv2:
Has your asthma settled down at all?
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I take antihistamines every day now which helps - today I forgot and by 11am wondered why I was struggling! C'est la vie. As long as the pills keep working I'll keep popping them!