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freddus

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So I immediately joined. :)

I'm living in Australia with a beautiful silver tabby that I got from a cat rescue, by the name of Minstrel Perry. (The rescue named him Perry and I didn't want him to lose that completely, but Minstrel suits him so much better!) He's somewhere in the region of 10 months old, which is a bit of a guess because he was in the pound for awhile first.

This is Minstrel with his older sister, Blossom.


We also have a foster cat called Tansy Patch and three kittens that we've named Foxglove, Patchouli and Nightshade. Tansy was a stray cat that someone had been feeding for nearly a year; when she got pregnant the girl who had been feeding her decided to refuse take any responsibility for her which bugged my partner and I enough that we decided to take her on. Neither of us had dealt with a pregnant cat or small kittens before so it's been a bit of a learning curve! About two weeks after she came to us she had four kittens, one of which didn't survive, and one of which needed our help to be born and to start breathing. We've decided to keep both the kitten we helped (Nightshade) and Tansy Patch.

Tansy Patch with, from left to right, Patchouli, Nightshade and Foxglove. This was when they were about five hours old, but they're now over three weeks. I need to find more recent photos!

 

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Welcome aboard/abroad--what a handsome/pretty family you have.

I admire people who take on the care of kittens, don't know that I have the time or patience!  Well, maybe in my next life--when I retire :)
 
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Thank you all! I'm rather proud of my little lot, but I might be just a tiny bit biased! :)

@ Ritz - I'd never even considered having kittens. I got Minstrel as a teenager and even that was younger than what I'd been intending! But Tansy needed someone to help her and we could do it, so it would have seemed wrong to me if I hadn't offered. And even though the whole birthing process was an absolute shambles, not to mention the scariest thing I've ever been a part of, I'm so glad we've done it! It's such a new and amazing experience and every time I look at them I remember that, if it wasn't for us, they would have been born on the streets.

@Angel mommy - Blossom can't jump for nuts, but she's such a climber! It's actually really hard to find somewhere to feed Minstrel that is out of the dog's reach!
 

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:love: what a nice pictures of your cats!...:love:



[COLOR=#"Blue"]Hola y bienvenido a TCS, ...Catulina :silver: & Milky :whitecat: te saludan!!!........:wavey:[/COLOR]
(Translate: Hi and Welcome to TCS, Catulina & Milky say hello to you!!!...;))

Please feel as you home here, we can learn so much and deep about out kittys in this marvelous site, I just only please ask you read the rules and other stuffs that can help you to feel as you Real home!..:) here you have the link my friend.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82565

Please ask whatever you need to know, there are plenty of good members and of course our tireless Mod´s to help us here!....:hyper:

See you on the forums!, Glad you join us!:hyper:

 
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