A sad goodbye......with a much needed hello.....

We said goodbye to our fur boy at the beginning of the holidays.....

Oscar had made it to the grand old age of 15 despite having blood pressure and kidney problems for the past 3 years (I may have previously mentioned that I was going to retrain as a vet in order to go on a cruise!).  He was certainly full  of character.  I am trying to think of a friend who came round who wasn't bitten by him if they ignored him. I always used to say...'don't engage and stroke him because he won't let you stop!' .  But it was time to say goodbye.....

and so we had a very large cat shaped hole in our family.....enter ...trouble.....

Stan

and

Hilda

Two 12 week old bundles of fluff.  They have certainly livened things up.  Hilda's neutering wound opened up the day after we got them and so we had to separate them because all she wanted to do was leap around and play fight Stanley.  The vet gave her a collar to stop her licking the wound but it was too big.  We put a t-shirt sleeve on her to cover it..and she fainted!! Stan had already passed out after his pre-med so we were slightly prepared but it was scary none the less.  Only we could have fainting kittens...every moment a dramatic opportunity in this house.  She's better now though and they can rough and tumble as much as they like. 

Exhibit A

And they have grown so much.....I'll keep you posted....