Look Who's Come To Live With Us

[J.T.]

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Last Tuesday we had to have our old ginger cat Baggins PTS as he had cancer in his jaw. On the Thursday I went into the animal hospital & in the stray ward there was his double looking back at me. A little old ginger cat very thin & scraggy.

I had a quick cuddle (fatal error) & went away. Well, I kept thinking about him all day & of course eventually phoned them & said I'd foster him if the owner didn't turn up.

So, Monday comes around, his 7 days were up, no owner, Muggins here goes & gets him :- "

Except "he" turned out to be "she" & is now settled in my kitchen & named Frankie.

She is very thin, of unknown age, weighs 2.2kg & is full of flea dirt. I've combed her through twice now & still more is coming out, poor girl must have been so itchy. She's having about 5-6 small meals a day & has a good appetite so hopefully we'll fatten her up a bit.

I think she's getting on a bit as she seems a bit wobbly on her back legs & her teeth are not good. When she's in a bit better bodily condition we'll get a dental done so she feels better.

Then we find her a home :- " yeah, right, not staying here, ummm :- "

She is very affectionate & loves a cuddle, she even likes being brushed. Someone has loved her once, maybe her owner died or something but she is quite happy here now.

 

[wild whippies]

Think it's fate Julie and you can't fight that! (w00t)

Welcome to K9 Frankie!! :lol:

 

[kris]

awww,what a cutie.shes lovely Julie :wub: .good on you for 'fostering' her. :- " our first cat was a large ginger tom.all my dobermanns were terrified on him.he used to sit on the arm of a chair and as they walked past his paw would flash out and hed send them scattering!usually with the scars of their last encounter to prove it! :lol:

 

[jinnyfizz]

Awwww, a ginger girl :wub: :wub: How unusual too

So lovely that she has a nice warm and caring place to be - bet she'll surprise you and come on in leaps and bounds now she's being looked after )

Good on ya, Julie :huggles:

 

[J.T.]

Even tho she looks about 10 she's probably only about 2 & we'll have her forever, so much for letting her live out her last few years with us.... I mean with whoever finally adopts her :- "

It is quite spooky really, that she should be there just after we'd lost Baggins. Also, our lovely next door neighbour Frank, died last March, he wasn't really a cat person, he liked his garden & all the neighbouring cats tended to use his garden as a loo :rant:

He did like our Baggins tho & called him "Mr Baggins" & would give him the leftovers from his Sunday roast every week :b

This is why Frankie is named Frankie. As a final weird twist, Tuesday would have been Franks birthday & that's when Frankie came home. Like you say Jac, Fate )

 

[Janimal]

Aww bless you...shes lovely...and Im sure you will give her a good life. :huggles:

I have a ginger cat too.. :wub: so I can see what you see in them... :huggles:

Meeko...

 

[Juley]

awwww how lovely of you to "foster" her, :lol: naturally, you will trying hard to find her a permanent home. (w00t) :thumbsup: :wub:

 

[Trish]

aww thats a lovely story julie ,youve got a heart of gold :thumbsup: :huggles: and frankies a lucky girl :huggles:

 

[Lal]

You were obviously meant to find each other :huggles:

 

[pepa]

well done to you frankie will be very happy with you

sue

 

[haycroft]

Good on you for taking her in :thumbsup: Shes lovely AND a ginger female they're ususally males

She looks so contented :wub:

 

[louiejoe]

Frankie is :wub: beautiful and fate has obviously brought you together.

YOU KNOW :- " there's NO WAY you'll part with her now....Her FOSTER HOME....has become HER PERMANENT HOME!! Good on ya!! (w00t)

 

[J.T.]

Frankie sems to be settling in ok. She doesn't seem too bothered about the dogs, I saw her rubbing her head on Scrumpys face earlier so I think she must have lived with dogs before. Even Rafferty has stopped stalking her as she isn't any fun at all & won't run away :- "

She hisses as the other cats but it's a bit half hearted really.

I'm still combing all the flea dirt out of her fur, it's absolutely caked in :x she's getting a bit fed up with me combing her now & has started to object.

When she goes for her dental in a couple of weeks I'll have to see if I can be there & give her a really good grooming whilst she's knocked out. Ugh!!! makes me itch just thinking of all that flea s**t :x