Cats
We obtained our first
two cats, via our friend Peter, during the Spring of 2002. They
were both male, brothers and approximately
three months old. Tiger was the largest cat,
but very laid back, while Patch was smaller
but full of spirit and would tackle much larger
Toms who dared to venture across our land.
Tiger disappeared in the Spring of 2003, while Patch was killed
on the road in October 2003.
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In Spring we got two more kittens,
Lofty and Jessie. Lofty got his name
because he disappeared in our loft for a week,
the first day we got him and it took a bowl of food
and a few tricks before we could persuade him to come down. He
eventually became our friendliest cat and would accompany me around the
farm in the evenings with Jasmine (dog). He
was very laid back and loved to be handled by anyone. Sadly Lofty died of a tumour in April 2005. Jessie was Lofty's sister. She gets nervous
with strangers and avoids them like the plague. She also likes to
accompany me and Jasmine around the farm, in the evenings. She particularly
gets on well with Jasmine and every day we
observe observed them playing, or going for walks together.
Jessie is probably our best mouser and
she probably catches around three or four a week.
In the Summer
of 2005 we discovered a mouse in our lounge, so we bought Jessie in (all our cats are farm cats and live in
the sheds - not the house) and within five minutes, she had caught it. I was impressed. During the Summer of 2003 we were given a kitten
named Speedy because she was always rushing
around and a strange looking kitten (large
head and short stubby legs), whom we named Mitsie,
appeared at our farm and decided to stay. Mitsie
died of Cat Flu in October 2003 and a week later Speedy disappeared. In November 2005 we were
given another kitten, named squealer, who squeals
when she wants attention, plays games and even when
she eats.
