I had to have Rusty put to sleep yesterday at 10.15am :(

He was 7 years, 1 week and 2 days old - I wanted him to live at least twice that long. He had been seen last Tuesday at the Queen's Veterinary Hospital (Cambridge University) where they diagnosed some sort of spinal tumour; we could not afford the MRI scan (approx. £1600) to determine the exact cause of him losing the use of his legs and in any case any surgery would have been extremely risky (not to mention expensive). Many thanks to Gordon my vet and Wendy the nurse for their kindness yesterday morning.

Rusty was my example to potential kitten owners of the joys of Burmese neuter boys. I have no reds or creams left, for the first time since 1988. Not a good situation.

In fact I now have "only" 13 cats (including Sophie the Asian kitten who I didn't really intend keeping) - I don't think I want to be left with that number for too long........

Teemu went to his new home last Friday, Theo went in May, Kimba earlier in July. Just one (Burmese) stud boy left now, for the moment (although Dexter is more than likely capable, but the only potential queen for him has never called - at the age of 14 months!)

HOT, HOT, HOT

It is HOT!!!

and we have a Wimbledon semi-finalist - c'mon Andy!! (he shares my birthday)


first time since Tim Henman in 2002. Can he reach the final??

End of an era

Definitely past time for an update!

Douglas finished his last A level this morning (chemistry) so this means that I will never have to do another "school run", after 12 years :)

Well unless you count the drive to school in August to collect the results........

Cherry's kittens are all spoken for except for Sophie, who has now turned out to be silver, and may well end up as a Burmilla rather than a ticked tabby - if she does not find a home I might not be too bothered as she would be quite a good outcross for Dexter.

They will be going to their new homes over the next couple of weeks, I've got loads of toys etc on order from Ebay to go in their "kitten packs".

Eagerly anticipating next Monday, the start of Wimbledon 2009 and a real chance of a British winner for the first time since 1936!!

http://www.wimbledon.org

http://twitter.com/Wimbledon

very happy.......

......because Greg has mated his first girl since his arrival........ pity she's not one of mine, but at least he's shown what he can do (I am impressed - he is almost as quick as Elmo!)

Hoping that Nina will call again soon as I have high hopes for potential kittens from the two of them.

Back, finally....

I wish I could be bothered to keep this more up to date!

Quite a lot has happened since my last post - had a great weekend in Scotland over Easter for the show, weather was fantastic and hotel was lovely. Cats not bad either! Only downside was the horrendous journey up on Good Friday, taking 8 hours instead of the usual 6. With 2 cats in the car that wasn't much fun, although they were both very quiet - the stress was too much for me though!

Greg my new Burmese boy arrived at the end of March and is wonderful - couldn't wish for a better temperament in a stud. He does spray a lot though - despite his previous owner saying he didn't! He is certainly the worst sprayer of any boy I've owned.

Cherry's kittens are lovely - I'm really pleased with the type, just disappointed there are no silvers :( Hopefully the blue ticked tabby boy will be shown as a neuter, I think he is the pick of the litter. (bottom left in the pic above)