Can you remember these two?
Bomber and Bruiser who came into our care at just a few hours old. We nursed them through the early hours and turned them into the type of soft cats that only hand rears can become.
Now usually such kittens fly out of our hands but not so this year. There has been a glut of unwanted kittens and sadly not equal numbers of new homes coming forward. And when new homes do come forward it is the ‘pretty’ cats that get picked first and the black kittens are overlooked.
Indeed we even had one prospective adopter listen intently to how marvellous these kittens are in nature but said point blank she wouldn’t bother even viewing them as they were ‘common’ black. Kittens and race relations – the next social barrier to hurdle!
Strangely I have read that animal shelters in the New Orleans area, who continue to do such sterling work in the aftermath of last year’s storm, have a similar problem homing black kittens, but also Tabbys which are hugely sought after here in the UK.
More fool the people who don’t come to see my beautiful boys and it is too late now. Today they went in to be castrated. They no longer have their baubles, their doodle-dahs are gone, they are knackerless. And as they went in for their little op we realised the bond between us is now too strong. When we collected them tonight they went mad with love when they saw us and us for them.
What’s another two? We probably can’t afford it but oh well, I could do with buying less food for myself!
Pass me the Yellow Pages someone – I need to phone Cats Anonymous – the rest fof you gather round and welcome Bomber and Bruiser Hobbs.
There are six new reasons why plans may go astray at our house in the coming weeks.
Last week we got a call from the PDSA who opened up to find a cardboard box on their doorstep with the words ‘please help’ written on it. Inside were six kittens. Of course when asked if we could help and take them in for handrearing the decision took all of a millisecond. And a quick moment to applause the PDSA who do a great job.
The kittens, four black and two grey, are about two and a half weeks old and in very good condition. I know some people will want to rush to chastise whoever left the kittens but not me, at least it was in a sensible place and not the canal and showed some concern. I just hope the mother cat is being well looked after and gets spayed.
So here are some photos to seriously up the cute factor of my blog and reduce all of you to cooing. 
kitten, kittens, cat, cats, animal+welfare, PDSA, handrearing
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