Thread: i tawt i taw a puddy tat

Originally Posted by Alekto

if there wasn't that worry about Neevie, Jackie, I would GLADLY go through all the vaccines and passports and transportation and .... everything.

We are talking pack animals here,yep you do get some loners & you can't get away from that but at the very worse you have to be prepared to have two cats who either tolerate each other or at very worse one has one side of the house & the second one the other......!!!!!! I had no trouble introducing the first three & it was only when my mate Merl arrived that we had trouble in the pack with hissing etc but it was a great day when they finally accepted him {it happened a while before it was shown openly sooooo many times we had come home & peeped through the window to see them all lying together but by the time we got in he would be on his own with the others telling us just how awful it was having him in the household}as to the larger ones flattening the little ones,they don't,Pansy P our little flat chested MC is treated with great respect by the larger ones who in their turn mother the babes anyway,they can get a bit over enthusiastic at playtime but a shriek from babe will soon pull them up,all of mine except Ruby plus my daughters MC's have led a very comfortable life alongside guinea pigs & indoor rabbits in the past & by that I mean laying & playing with them so I would have no fear of Neevie sitting on & squishing L,sometimes these little creatures are sent to us for a reason so head to the vets & find out where you stand age wise & start planning....please don't let OH read this as it isn't such a diplomatic reply this time was only trying to make you think logically before......xxxx

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

sometimes these little creatures are sent to us for a reason

I agree totally with this - and I am quite sure OH would too... I think I will go to the vet today... just in case...

Reading this thread with great interest ... please let us know how you get on today Alekto? x

Alekto my heart goes out to you honey, it really does, I do hope things work out the way they are meant to. I believe things happen for a reason to !

hi all - sorry I have been a bit silent, lately - my family has been keeping me busy!!! ;-)
so, progress: HO is now convinced...ish. He still insists that we should only take her if we do not find an acceptable home for her here - to which I wholeheartedly agree, however we do differ on the definition of acceptable.

Lilly can travel with the following:
Chip
Passport
Rabies vaccine done 3 weeks before she has to travel. Rabies can only be done officially when kitties are 3 months old.

We went to the vet, she seems to be 2 months old, so obviously can't get her rabies shot yet. HOOOOWEVER the vet was happy to declare her 2 AND A HALF months old so we wouldn't have to wait so long.

She didn't like getting chipped - granted the needle looked as big as her - and vaccinated against all those other nasties but she was good as gold.
She now is the proud owner of a passport.

NEXT STEPS:
Mum will make an honest(ly half-hearted - I hope) effort to find her a new home here in France - I will have a right to decline if it seems off to me -methink a lot of people will get declined.
in 2 weeks Lilly can get her rabies shot - Mum will cater to that.
in 4 weeks she can get her second baby-vaccination - Mum will cater to that
in 5 weeks I'll get a pet carrier to take her from Mum's (if Mum hasn't found a home here in France for her) and take her to us in the UK.

Where she will have to submit to the last test - the Neeviemetre. If she pass, she will not be eaten with a chicken sauce. If she doesn't... welllllllll..... we'll see.

If it doesn't work out, I'll be gutted - I have really grown attached to the little flee (she is like a flee, always jumping everywhere and fast like a flee, I think her name will be Lillypuss, puce meaning flee in french and pronounced puss - ain't it cute?...)

to be continued

I'll try to post a few more pics of the Puce tonight.

Perfect name and so clever!!! I hope all goes according to plan. You will be in my thoughts so keep us posted. XXX

thanks Kim - ok now.... I hit a bit of a snag
pet carriers take 800£ just to take small kitty from Normandy to London (not even newcastle, which is 6 hours away by car!!)
I am trying to see if I can work out something else
option 1) if I can manage a business trip to Paris in August .... perfectomundo.
option 2) if I can get a colleague to take her to London at least.... less perfectomundo but still acceptable...
800£ PLUS the trip from London to Newcastle is very very steep - HO would scream and jump up and down and get all red in the face if I even offered that....