Thursday 7 July 2011

Poor Little Arthur

Life is very calm at the Catty Guest House at the moment. We've had no guests since last year and my cats have settled down into the loving cats they used to be again. There have been a few times when I've wobbled - the urge to have kittens in my house again is sometimes overwhelming - but I've stuck to my guns and resisted the urge.
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About 3 months ago Arthur turned up on my doorstep. He was very, very skinny and obviously struggling to find enough food for himself. He had the most beautiful face and a very loud cry. People nearby had just adopted a ginger cat, so everyone thought this was their new arrival. A few weeks went by and Arthur's condition didn't seem to improve, so I decided to go and speak to them. It turned out this was not their cat - their's was sunbathing happily in their garden while Arthur was tormenting my cats by sitting on my windowsill - my cats hate him with a passion!


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So I started to feed him, and he gradually lost that near death look. This has gone on for 6 weeks, and I decided that now was the time to see if he does belong to someone else or if he is actually lost.
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So this week he has been catnapped and taken to the vet. They've poked and prodded him, shaved him and neutered him, cuddled him and talked to him, and then returned him to me. As soon as I got him home, he was scrabbling for the door, and off he has gone on his adventures again. My job now is to find a home for him before the warm weather disappears and his life gets less adventurous and more dangerous.
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2 comments:

  1. Awww hope you do find someone who can look after him!! Well done you for caring for him in the meantime :) x

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  2. Aww, bless his heart. I totally adore Ginger Toms and I'd have him in a heartbeat ... if I didn't already have 3 cats.

    Very good luck in finding him a new home. I'm so glad that there are people like you in the world, who will take in an animal, care for it and once it's on the road to health again, then go about finding a decent home for him.

    Bless you for being so fabulously wonderful.

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