When Milo and Phoebe arrived here for the first time they didn’t immediately hide like some cats do, they explored. Phoebe, determined, her tale straight up and pointing skywards as alert as an an antennae, her back slung low and close to the ground, ‘commando style’ said her owner Joyce as her son Justin, looked on with concern. Milo was a little more reluctant and hung back waiting to see what Phoebe would report. Phoebe continued to explore long after her owners had left,

When Aziza and Kosha arrived I thought Aziza would be the quiet one as she immediately sought refuge behind the sofa, reluctant to come out. Her sister Kosha on the other hand stuck her nose in the air and wandered around exploring fearlessly. By the next morning they had both relaxed and appeared bright eyed and bushy tailed at my feet. Splitting into two they separated and circled me in opposite directions, staring up at me imploringly with their huge eyes. It’s been a few

Barney and Tilly immediatly made themselves at home, popping out of their baskets and scouting around the front room, suspiciously sniffing anything and everything in their path. On completing their inventory of their immediate surroundings they turned thier attention to the bedroom, approaching with caution and sniffing with determination at the half inch gap under the door which remained firmly closed. Now and again it would get too much for Barney, who prefers the quiet li

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Saturday morning and Barney and Tilly were still not happy with each other. Barney wasn’t talking to Tilly and they sat on opposite sides of the room with their backs to each other. If they happened to pass each other, in the narrow hallway for example, they would both grumble so low and long that it felt like the beginnings of an earthquake, the rumble growing slowly beneath the floorboards. I had a busy day ahead and as well as checking on Rameses upstairs and giving him a

From the moment Rameses arrived he made himself at home, springing from sofa to cabinet, running full speed across the rug and skidding into the hallway, nuzzling my legs and nibbling my ankles, his enthusiasm for everything was infectious. When Najwan, Ramses’s glamourous owner left, he meowed his objection and pawed longingly at the front door, but there were so many new things around him that his attention was soon diverted and we spent the rest of the evening staring at e

When Pandora and Chicken first arrived I was taken aback at how big they’d grown but I am very happy to report that Chicken, at least,is still a big overgrown baby. I had some painting to do the other day on the balcony, and with a pet gate keeping the cats on the inside and me out, I got on with the job. Before long Chicken wondered in and peered at me curiously through the gate. She pushed her little nose up to the bars and tried to force it through, then stood on her hind

My two lovely friends arrived at 8am this morning with their owner Alex, and after escaping their baskets, ran around re-aquainting themselves with everything. They have both grown bigger, Pandora being wider in the face and Chicken looking sleeker and firmer and much less chicken like than before. They both paused and stared with interest at the closed bedroom door before continuing their inspection of my flat, curious but too distracted to hang around. After Alex said goodb

Baguette has been keeping me company the last few days and is as funny as she is sweet. Now she is settled in she has access to the bedroom and disappears for an hour or two, bird watching at the window or snuggling under the bed in my shoe box. The real bonus however is that at night she comes in and sleeps next to me. Typically she lands on my back, and I feel the dent of her just below the nape of my nape. She pauses before walking up the back of my head and dismounting at

Indeed every time I looked she was somewhere different, either on top, underneath or sniffing out something new. She loves the balcony and made a b-line for the cat grass, later sitting on the rattan armchair for ages and watching traffic. Incredibly trusting and friendly she wasted no time on her first day twisting around my legs and jumping on the sofa and sidling up next to me; she even gave me a nose bump. Not yet quite sure of me though, she wouldn’t let me give her a pr