Cornelius wasn’t quite sure about his valerian toy – I think he’s a catnip man, and the youngsters were far too quick for us to get any decent pics.
I did manage to catch Bootsie in hot pursuit of his toy is out of shot. We got the news we were waiting for about Bootsie just before Christmas. He and brother Smudge went for neutering and Andy vet was able to confirm that his rectal muscles are now working as they should and gave us the OK for him to go up for rehoming.
There are no guarantees that he won’t have problems in the future and at the first sign of trouble he will need to see a vet immediately, so they will need a very special home because he won’t be insurable for that condition or anything related to it.
Does anybody remember Perky who came to the Inn in late May of this year after waiting ages for a space? Her previous owner acquired her as a kitten for mousing duties but when she wasn’t up to the job he treated her badly. Fortunately for her an elderly couple discovered her plight and fed her and let her sleep in their garage, but they couldn’t let her in the house because their dog wouldn’t tolerate her and she felt the same way about the dog.
So, she has never lived in a house.
Until now.
She left the Inn just before Christmas and we thought she might take a while to adjust to her new surroundings but we’ve had a progress report and she seems to have settled well. She’s already explored the whole house, played with her new toys, been generous with her cuddles and decided the best place to sleep is on her new slaves’ bed.
Oh, and climbed the Christmas tree – three times.
Poor Toby and Marmite weren’t quite so lucky. They found themselves a lovely home but unfortunately weren’t happy with the children and were quickly returned to the Inn.
Despite the speed with which it happened, it wasn’t a decision that was taken lightly by the family, whose concern was for the cats’ welfare. They were all in tears when Debbie went to pick the boys up.
I’ve just checked when it was that I last did a proper update and it was early October
so I guess you don’t know that kittens Troy and Topsy went to their forever home ages ago. Sylvia and Hayley went to theirs not long afterwards, and that left Royston (he of the big ears and goatee beard
) all alone. He’s still with us, but will be leaving this weekend.
He was reserved several weeks ago and has had regular visits from his new slaves who have been fostering a dog over the Christmas and New Year period so couldn’t take him before. Doesn’t time fly, he’s six months old and was neutered yesterday.
Mum Kitty was spayed and returned to her owner as agreed in November, but her kittens are still at the Inn, and are absolutely adorable.
We’ve called them after film stars: Humphrey (Bogart), Lauren (Bacall), Burt (Lancaster) and Charlton (Heston). They’re too fast to photograph but I’ll try to sort out a few half-decent ones.
The Hisspits are also still with us and are even more difficult to photograph with three of them being black, but I’ll see what I can find and post them later. Poppy is still timid but the other three are friendly and cuddly, especially Pepper.
