To the Vet'.

Thursday (20.10.2016) was a bad day for Tipsy. She had had a fight with a local invader a couple of weeks ago and been out of sorts for a while but by Thursday she had lost a lot of weight and was favouring her left rear paw and was very poorly. A trip to the local vet revealed that she had broken her left rear paw and that it had become infected. The vet’s solution was an operation on the infected digit removing the broken and infected part. He was however worried about the anaesthetic as Tipsy is over nineteen years old!

We left Tipsy with him for the day and she was operated on that afternoon. We collected her at five o’clock that evening. She was, needless to say, very vocal and not at all happy

about her condition. She was still much sedated and could not get to her feet. Her left rear paw was bandaged up. At home all she wanted was to get out of her basket and make sure she was really home. She drank water copiously and eventually woke up enough to eat.

Her appetite had returned with a vengeance and she quickly devoured a couple of sachets of “Whiskers”. She was very unsteady on her feet and the bandage on her rear leg was slippery on the tiled floor making locomotion difficult.



After a disturbed night during which she had slept on the bed upstairs then downstairs and eventually in the garden she had somewhat returned to her wilful self. She can now jump up on the lounge sofa and the bed by herself.

She has to keep the bandage on her leg on until th end of the month but hopefully all will be well when it is removed.

Willie

Sadly today, 26th February 2016, Willie died. He was just over ten months old but had been an important part of the family from when he first arrived as a very small bundle of fur

until he grew into a handsome young cat.

He will always be remembered for his skill in hunting. His first excursion into hunting was encouraged by Fif’ who brought him his first mouse. After that there were few that could outsmart him in the garden. He was an important part of the household and was accepted by both Tipsy and Fifi although they both put him in his place on occasions. He is sadly missed and will always be remembered.

August

Growing but still fits in the fruit bowl

July 2015 news

Update.

May was pretty uneventful overall.  Dull days and a few sunny days but lots of damp days as well.  A few birds got caught but we let them fly off again to tell their relatives not to be so silly as to get caught!  Mice were few and far between but there was the odd shrew.

June produced a novelty!  A very small and skinny addition to the family named Willie.

He was born on 16.4.2015, On arrival he was very much a weakling but within twenty four hours had almost doubled in weight and found his muscles.  Tipsy put him in him place very firmly, at the bottom of the pile!  However, he accepted his role but did not let it hinder his appetite or playfulness.  He continued to grow, especially his tummy,

and he found his feet and became more brazen with each day.  He adopted Tipsy as a “role model” but she kept him firmly in his place with numerous ‘cuffs’ around his ears!

At nearly three months old he has almost completely been accepted in the family although Fif’ treats him as some sort of interloper!

End of April notes

The end of April has not been fantastic weather at all. 

What's my cover doing here?

It has rained a lot and we have been stuck inside rather than get soaked!

I'm sure there's something in here

However, yesterday achieved one black redstart and another mouse

caught but eventually released to live another day.  Today is better

and the outlook is improving.  We all hope May will be fine and sunny as we have guests!

14th April. 2015

Mid April and the temperature has risen to over 30 degrees,  The sun is up and the days are lengthening.   The birds are twittering, but not on the internet yet, and the blackcaps are back from Africa along with the black redstarts!  Evening recreation is confined to the numerous types of mice.  Three in the last three days and here is the last

before he returned to the wild!  It is certainly a bit too hot for extraneous exercise during the day but the plants have to get watered and the grass mown – ho hum it’s all go here,

5th April 2015

Back to wet wet wet again.  However, we have had a visitor

who has left us evidence of his visit!

I will keep a lookout for him.