Post by raggiedoll on Mar 14, 2012 0:00:53 GMT
Annabelle - the forgotten one!
The first time I saw Annabelle she was with her feral mummy, stray daddy, her siblings and older half-siblings, living in a builders yard with sand water and black oil. The cats and kittens were all filthy and thin and on New Years Day eight years ago my friend and I trapped the lot and got them to safety. Daddy had his mangled leg amputated and ended up living in a lovely stables in Burnham on Crouch, the Mummy (Martha) went to live in a local Girl Guide centre, the three younger siblings went to a kind lady to care for and four-to-five month old "Peter" and "Annabelle " came to me as there was no room for them to be placed anywhere else. I spent many hours trying to tame them up for rehoming but, as I am at work six days a week, I could only get so far with them. Tragically Peter died when he was four and left Annabelle alone. Luckily she is good at forming relationships with other cats and soon became friendly with the other ferals cats in foster. But this is no life for her. She needs a proper home with lots of stimulus and human contact. She can be very loving and is gentle and I believe she could blossom with the right home and purrents.
I believe, if she was in her own home with humans who had lots of time for her, Annabelle could become a very loving and loved pet. As it is, she comes to see me in the unusual event that I am actually sitting down or if I am grooming another cat. Then she will give me a head boomp and let me stroke her or brush her. She only likes me a little but seems to like a few of my friends a lot. She does, as I said, love to be groomed too but still has that worry that shy cats have when people move quickly. She is a pretty girl. Please can anyone offer the lovely Annabelle a home in a multicat household? Its so rewarding when you clock up little milestones on the way to rehabilitating a shy cat. She would be perfect as company for another cat but I think she would prefer to be in a house with several cat-friendly cats.
Her health seems okay, she does get a lot of "sleep" in the corners of her eyes but her eyes seem fine when you wipe it away and she has no rhinitis or infection so I think it may be laziness. She has shown no signs of any other health problems. Her vaccinations are not up to date but she has a good immune system. I can arrange first vaccination if that is the only barrier to getting her a new home. I will travel whereever the purrfect home is and will want to homecheck as is always my policy.
She has been up for rehoming for most of her life but it seems noone wants a quiet, shy tabby and white cat. I envisage the new owner will keep her in for at least six weeks and, even better, have a cat proofed garden. I don't think she would be happy without other cats around and she may make a good companion for a lonely older cat. I think Annabelle is about 8 - 9 years of age but I don't recall what year she came to me.
If you can offer this "Nobody's Child" a safe and loving home please call for a chat on 07956 301 378 (Lauren)
or email goldiesoldiesadopt@live.co.uk.
The first time I saw Annabelle she was with her feral mummy, stray daddy, her siblings and older half-siblings, living in a builders yard with sand water and black oil. The cats and kittens were all filthy and thin and on New Years Day eight years ago my friend and I trapped the lot and got them to safety. Daddy had his mangled leg amputated and ended up living in a lovely stables in Burnham on Crouch, the Mummy (Martha) went to live in a local Girl Guide centre, the three younger siblings went to a kind lady to care for and four-to-five month old "Peter" and "Annabelle " came to me as there was no room for them to be placed anywhere else. I spent many hours trying to tame them up for rehoming but, as I am at work six days a week, I could only get so far with them. Tragically Peter died when he was four and left Annabelle alone. Luckily she is good at forming relationships with other cats and soon became friendly with the other ferals cats in foster. But this is no life for her. She needs a proper home with lots of stimulus and human contact. She can be very loving and is gentle and I believe she could blossom with the right home and purrents.
I believe, if she was in her own home with humans who had lots of time for her, Annabelle could become a very loving and loved pet. As it is, she comes to see me in the unusual event that I am actually sitting down or if I am grooming another cat. Then she will give me a head boomp and let me stroke her or brush her. She only likes me a little but seems to like a few of my friends a lot. She does, as I said, love to be groomed too but still has that worry that shy cats have when people move quickly. She is a pretty girl. Please can anyone offer the lovely Annabelle a home in a multicat household? Its so rewarding when you clock up little milestones on the way to rehabilitating a shy cat. She would be perfect as company for another cat but I think she would prefer to be in a house with several cat-friendly cats.
Her health seems okay, she does get a lot of "sleep" in the corners of her eyes but her eyes seem fine when you wipe it away and she has no rhinitis or infection so I think it may be laziness. She has shown no signs of any other health problems. Her vaccinations are not up to date but she has a good immune system. I can arrange first vaccination if that is the only barrier to getting her a new home. I will travel whereever the purrfect home is and will want to homecheck as is always my policy.
She has been up for rehoming for most of her life but it seems noone wants a quiet, shy tabby and white cat. I envisage the new owner will keep her in for at least six weeks and, even better, have a cat proofed garden. I don't think she would be happy without other cats around and she may make a good companion for a lonely older cat. I think Annabelle is about 8 - 9 years of age but I don't recall what year she came to me.
If you can offer this "Nobody's Child" a safe and loving home please call for a chat on 07956 301 378 (Lauren)
or email goldiesoldiesadopt@live.co.uk.
