Monday, May 29, 2006
Sylvester
Mad about moggies About us
Mad about moggies About us: "I am nobody special, just an ordinary cat-lover. I have had cats all my life and can't imagine life without them!
I haven't had any formal training - all I have learned, I have learned from experience and from other like-minded people. And I am still learning. I can't imagine saying 'I know it all'! That would be blown out of the window the next time I met a new cat. Every cat is an individual and every single cat has something new to teach us.
Right now I don't have any cats of my own. The cats in my house are all 'foster cats'. That is, they have come into our care because they are homeless, abandoned or ill-treated and they are waiting for a permanent home. I foster for a small organization called Keighley Cat Care. Keighley is a small town in West Yorkshire, England, close to where I live.
My oldest resident is Sylvester. We don't know how old Sylvester is, but he is obviously well into his teens.
It is known that he survived on the streets for at least 4 years. One day he just turned up of his own accord at one of the Keighley Cat Care homes - obviously he was tired of street life! He had a very bad mouth and needed a lot of vet attention to enable him to eat. Without this he would have starved to death - so he knew what he was doing. He is very placid and affectionate - undoubtedly he was someone's pet before ending up on the streets. How this came about we shall never know. Now he is safe and happy - but he may be with me for a long time as not many people want to adopt an older cat, even though older cats have SO much to offer!
We hope to rescue many more in the future - young and old!"
I haven't had any formal training - all I have learned, I have learned from experience and from other like-minded people. And I am still learning. I can't imagine saying 'I know it all'! That would be blown out of the window the next time I met a new cat. Every cat is an individual and every single cat has something new to teach us.
Right now I don't have any cats of my own. The cats in my house are all 'foster cats'. That is, they have come into our care because they are homeless, abandoned or ill-treated and they are waiting for a permanent home. I foster for a small organization called Keighley Cat Care. Keighley is a small town in West Yorkshire, England, close to where I live.
My oldest resident is Sylvester. We don't know how old Sylvester is, but he is obviously well into his teens.
It is known that he survived on the streets for at least 4 years. One day he just turned up of his own accord at one of the Keighley Cat Care homes - obviously he was tired of street life! He had a very bad mouth and needed a lot of vet attention to enable him to eat. Without this he would have starved to death - so he knew what he was doing. He is very placid and affectionate - undoubtedly he was someone's pet before ending up on the streets. How this came about we shall never know. Now he is safe and happy - but he may be with me for a long time as not many people want to adopt an older cat, even though older cats have SO much to offer!
We hope to rescue many more in the future - young and old!"
# posted by bizwrite @ 7:25 AM
