Henry is our lovely ginger boy cat.
Many years ago he adopted my family, which then consisted of me, my ex, and DD3, the others having grown up. We also had two female cats.
He lived over the road, belonging to a man who had a drink problem. We presume a girlfriend wanted a kitten, then they split up (then she left the cat) He was fed outside and was often out in the rain looking in.
Eventually he realised that over the road life was cushy. Two cats who were loved and pampered. To cut a long story short he eventually moved in his owner disappeared, he became ours.
When my present OH and I moved from town to this village we of course brought Henry along, with my 2 girl cats and OH's one. Fun and games for a while, and very expensive owning 4 cats!
OH's cat died 5 years ago aged 14 , and my 2 lady cats both died last year, in May and December, aged 19.
Now we only have Henry.
We think he is probably about 16 but are not sure. At last he is top cat! My lovely little tortoiseshell cat was definitely top of the pecking order, until she died in May. Then there was no top cat really, but Henry was down on the list for attention as the remaining cat needed a lot of care and attention in her final months.
Now he has become kitten like, playing a lot, he meows, which he never did, and was very much a presence on New Years Eve, which all our friends noticed. Taking his sisters place maybe as she loved all our social gatherings!
he doesn't seem to miss the others, and is a very happy boy
Many years ago he adopted my family, which then consisted of me, my ex, and DD3, the others having grown up. We also had two female cats.
He lived over the road, belonging to a man who had a drink problem. We presume a girlfriend wanted a kitten, then they split up (then she left the cat) He was fed outside and was often out in the rain looking in.
Eventually he realised that over the road life was cushy. Two cats who were loved and pampered. To cut a long story short he eventually moved in his owner disappeared, he became ours.
When my present OH and I moved from town to this village we of course brought Henry along, with my 2 girl cats and OH's one. Fun and games for a while, and very expensive owning 4 cats!
OH's cat died 5 years ago aged 14 , and my 2 lady cats both died last year, in May and December, aged 19.
Now we only have Henry.
We think he is probably about 16 but are not sure. At last he is top cat! My lovely little tortoiseshell cat was definitely top of the pecking order, until she died in May. Then there was no top cat really, but Henry was down on the list for attention as the remaining cat needed a lot of care and attention in her final months.
Now he has become kitten like, playing a lot, he meows, which he never did, and was very much a presence on New Years Eve, which all our friends noticed. Taking his sisters place maybe as she loved all our social gatherings!
he doesn't seem to miss the others, and is a very happy boy
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