Have had two threads in the last fortnight, first to talk about the loss of our cat who was run over and to ask advice about whether to get another cat. Lots of wonderful advice. The second was yesterday to talk about a potential rescue boy with a flea allergy. He is missing a lot of fur.
Well......rescue boy arrived here this morning and is currently asleep on top of my high kitchen cupboards after exhausting himself exploring our house and head butting us all enthusiastically in his desperate attempt to get some fuss and attention. He is glorious. His fur is looking so much better than when I saw his photos on the website. I’ve now got some salmon oil to add to his food to help condition his skin and coat. Hopefully that will help the itch as it must be uncomfortable. He frantically threw a bowl of biscuits down his neck within an hour of arriving and has had a nibble at a bowl of wet food. He is not in any way underweight and has obviously had plenty of food at the rescue. He was a stray apparently. His vet report states he didn’t have fleas on arrival so he must have been treated a wee while ago. He’s so friendly that I doubt he’s been mistreated but all the same, no body has come to claim him in the few weeks he was there. He was already neutered before he arrived but wasn’t chipped. I wonder why that was. He’s only estimated to be between 3 and 5 so I found it odd that someone has gone to the bother of having him neutered but not microchipped. He was microchipped this morning and is now registered to us. We are so very happy to have a cat in our house agin, the void our last one has left is enormous. I hope so much that everything works out with this big guy and that he likes living here. I’ll keep him inside as long as I can so he thinks of this as his house. Fingers crossed.
What wonderful work they do at our local rescue. Absolute stars.