Percy Puss
At the beginning of the year we had a stray black tom on the terrace...he just appeared and looked a bit bedraggled, scars on his nose and he would just hiss at everyone....no meow at all. Having helped another stray puss with a neighbour a few years before, I was a bit dubious as the first cat eventually was diagnosed with Bovine TB and had to be put to sleep. So... after a few weeks Stray No 2 was still about and getting a bit braver so I put a collar on him to say "is this your cat" but nobody claimed him. He really needed a good home and he didn't seem to fight with any of the other cats or my female puss either. I called him Percy. He soon settled in... had a chair in the kitchen.. would eat for England! Had him checked over at the vets as he had a bit of a snuffle which we thought was cat flu and was on antibiotics - 2 lots in fact. Had him doctored and micro-chipped. Percy was very loveable and would follow us about and would just jump up and sit on our laps. Loved having his tummy tickled. I could even clip his claws for him, he just stretched his paws out! He would hear the window catch and he was at the window wanting to come in. The last few days he has had a terrible cold and we booked him in to the vets today. We certainly were not prepared for the outcome of a blood test which proved positive.. his immune system was breaking down and even if he was on antibiotics this was only going to be a short term help. He would have to be an indoor cat from now on. We stood there a bit shell-shocked but the vet was saying Percy was going to be seriously ill very soon and the most kindest thing we could do would be to have Percy put to sleep. My poor Percy really didn't deserve all this... we shall never know where he came from..but I thankfully took him in and loved and cared for him over the last few months... he had a loving home and somewhere he could come to for food and comfort. Thank you Percy Puss... Thank you for choosing us...
God Bless.. we are going to miss you xxx xxx xxx Georgie
At the beginning of the year we had a stray black tom on the terrace...he just appeared and looked a bit bedraggled, scars on his nose and he would just hiss at everyone....no meow at all. Having helped another stray puss with a neighbour a few years before, I was a bit dubious as the first cat eventually was diagnosed with Bovine TB and had to be put to sleep. So... after a few weeks Stray No 2 was still about and getting a bit braver so I put a collar on him to say "is this your cat" but nobody claimed him. He really needed a good home and he didn't seem to fight with any of the other cats or my female puss either. I called him Percy. He soon settled in... had a chair in the kitchen.. would eat for England! Had him checked over at the vets as he had a bit of a snuffle which we thought was cat flu and was on antibiotics - 2 lots in fact. Had him doctored and micro-chipped. Percy was very loveable and would follow us about and would just jump up and sit on our laps. Loved having his tummy tickled. I could even clip his claws for him, he just stretched his paws out! He would hear the window catch and he was at the window wanting to come in. The last few days he has had a terrible cold and we booked him in to the vets today. We certainly were not prepared for the outcome of a blood test which proved positive.. his immune system was breaking down and even if he was on antibiotics this was only going to be a short term help. He would have to be an indoor cat from now on. We stood there a bit shell-shocked but the vet was saying Percy was going to be seriously ill very soon and the most kindest thing we could do would be to have Percy put to sleep. My poor Percy really didn't deserve all this... we shall never know where he came from..but I thankfully took him in and loved and cared for him over the last few months... he had a loving home and somewhere he could come to for food and comfort. Thank you Percy Puss... Thank you for choosing us...
God Bless.. we are going to miss you xxx xxx xxx Georgie