I have been visiting Simba twice a day in his home while his owners travel. He is a young male tabby with light green eyes and fabulous whiskers. He loves company and is always at the front door when I arrive, eager to play. It’s been a sunny week so we usually head to the back garden that is surrounded by a thicket of tall black bamboo. This is a stroke of luck for Simba as bamboo is his favourite toy. I pick up a discarded stalk and swish it around the floor in front of me

Around lunchtime I receive a call, a British short hair urgently needs somewhere to stay. The housekeeper arrives promptly the next day carrying a silent Bella in her basket. At 11 years old it is her first time away from home, although I’m told she has a tendency to invite herself into neighbours houses when the urge takes her. Bella wastes no time and shimmies out of her cat basket, her green eyes twinkling with delight, her tail straight up and her little bottom wiggling a

Although Chupa’s owners swear he is a 100% British Short Hair, I am sure he has been crossed with a teddy bear. He is has the beautiful a soft, white and silver grey coat, a wide round face, bright, light green eyes full of wonder and a little pink nose nestled into his fur. He arrives on his first birthday and pads around my apartment exploring, his stripy tail straight up and pink nose sniffing the air. Every where Chupa goes there is a little cloud of silver hairs floatin