A Happy Ending

9 months ago we accepted 2 cats into our care. It was heart wrenching for the family to give them up but with a newborn baby who was very unwell, cats not adjusting to the new family member and finacial difficulties the cats were not getting the attention they needed.

We happily took them on but their first foster carer decided that after a week of having them she just didnt have time for them afterall. So they came to stay with me :)

Lots of advertising still didnt result in a home for them as people generally dont want to take on 9 year old cats when fluffy kittens are available. A few months ago one of the cats starting becoming ill and blood tests revealed Hyperthyroidism (an over active thyroid). This required medication twice daily and made it impossible to rehome this gorgeous girl so I decided to keep her as one of my own. Her sister in the meantime was happy and healthy and still with us. We kept their previous family updated as much as we could and they were working on becoming more financial so they could possible have their family members back.

Sadly a week ago we had to put our adopted little one with Hyperthyroidism to sleep as she had congestive heart failure and her quality of life was no more. We loved every minute that we had her in our care.

Her sister was still with us and we had grown very attached to her. Upon informing the previous family of their little girls passing they told us that their baby was well now, they both had reliable incomes and were in a far better place. Could they possibly have their other former family member back if we were not too attached to her.

Of course we were attached and would miss her very much but being able to return her to her previous family of 9 years would be one of the greatest pleasures we could have in cat rescue. So this weekend just gone we took her home and couldnt have been happier by how delighted her family were to see her. She settled in as if she had never left and seeing the joy it brought her family to have her back is what makes what we do worth while.

The family gave us blankets, towels and bowls for the cats in our care to say thankyou for all we had done for their girls. We do miss her very much but she has been so happy being back home that we couldnt be happier about how this story ends :)

Nat