u/barriedalenick

Always complaining about something

It has been a hard old week for this lot. Lost their mum, got rescued, delivered to us and have had 3-4 days of, well shall we say "digestive issues"! On the up now..

Just a quick update to last week's post. Oli came to us almost two weeks ago. He was born to an inbred farm cat and none of his siblings survived. We only took him home from the vet to try to make him comfortable, as we really didn't think he would make it. However, our vet is wonderful, and with a bit of good luck, he has survived and flourished. He is still quite blind, although that too seems to be improving. He has added about 150 grams and is now over half a kilo so we think it looks good for him.

This is what I do now!

The mother of these three street cattos unfortunately passed away but someone stepped up and rescued them and delivered them to us.

This is my life now!

Two of them did, in fact, wee on the bed!

Got an emergency call from the shelter. Unfortunately Mum cat was found dead and after a lot of searching these three adorable crims were found. They are really healthy - probably 5-6 weeks old, so easy enough to take care of for a while. They are already off the bottle.

Well, mainly the one about us not keeping foster cats!

I held off posting this for a few days. We picked Oli up on Monday after a call from our shelter. He was one of a litter of four, born to a feral farm cat. All four were in a terrible state - extremely thin, with infected eyes, and were very sick with something causing vomiting and diarrhea. They were all in and out of the vets but sadly they all died one by one. When we picked Oli up he was not expected to survive but we thought we could make him comfortable.

We just got back from the vet with more antibiotics, eye drops and wipes but she was really pleased with his progress, and he is finally adding a few grams.

Sadly his eyesight is very poor due to scarring from the infection and he is tiny for his age. We are still bottle-feeding him but at least he is eating. He is absolutely, of course, totally adorable and full of beans now - I think he is a keeper.

Mods - I hope this is OK..

Not my cats but they are being fostered by a mate, along with their mum, as they were found on the street in Portugal.

She is going to her forever home tomorrow, so today is our last day with her. She was found in a ditch, unconscious, wet, and cold, - taken to a rescue centre and on to us. She has had some issues, as bottle-fed foundlings can do but she has more than tripled in weight over the last 5 weeks and has turned into a loving lunatic.

She is totally adorable, and we are sad to see her go, but full of joy that she has turned out so well

At least I didn't swallow it!

Tilly was found by a friend of a friend, lying motionless in a ditch - wet and cold on her own. They managed to get her warm and she survived the night. They later found the mother had died a few meters away. She was handed over to our local sanctuary and then kept at one of the volunteers' houses. We took her on at three weeks and she is the most adoring mess of a cat. She still has issues and we are going to the vet in an hour to sort them out. She is tiny but the most loving cat I have had - she climbs into your hand and cuddles right into you. She has a forever home to go to so we will have to give her up in a few weeks - that ain't going to be easy!

Well, obviously not, but I did grow them from a packet of Amaish Paste seeds. Every plant seems to be producing fruit that looks different. Any ideas what they might be - or just a random cross?

We are fostering Tilly until she can go to her forever home and they wanted her to grow up with another cat. So we picked up Yuki yesterday - he is a foundling too but a few weeks older. Looks like they are getting on ok!