Awww lovely news Helen
do pass some fusses on to Twinks for me. She has a lovely face – I do love a B&W cat!
I don't know whether you were on Catchat back when I had Clay, but he had a flea allergy (actually, he was allergic to all sorts, poor boy could hardly eat anything without coming out scratching) and our vet at the time suggested 6-monthly Program injections to keep the fleas at bay. It might be worth asking your vet about that in case it's an option for Twinks, although Clay was an only cat so I am sure that helped. Poor boy had been infested with fleas before he was taken in by the charity I got him from, and when he arrived his whole body was covered in scabs – when you stroked him your hand went 'bump-bump-bump' over them
But he never had any problems with fleas thereafter.
We also have some nice news, we have a new little lady in our home too. Hops was very obviously missing Pip, which didn't come as a surprise to me as he's always been a cat that likes company, both human and feline – so last month we visited Celia Hammond's Canning Town branch to find him a new friend. My other half asked if we could 'get a normal cat this time' (!) so we asked to meet a healthy, young cat that had nonetheless been overlooked. Why she was with them nearly 6 months is a mystery to me, as she's a very pretty tabby, and although shy is very affectionate when you get close enough to fuss her. She wanted out of her safe room after 24 hours when she heard Hops meowing for his tea, so we let them meet. They spent a couple of hours eyeing one another rather warily (with Hops looking as if he couldn't quite decide whether to exert his dominance or sniff her bum!) and then disappeared off upstairs together. The next morning I found them sleeping just inches apart on the spare bed <3 She has been just what he needed, and it's been lovely to see them doing so many things together, particularly because when I look back through my photos I realise how much time Hops and Pip used to spend together, before she got too old to tolerate being jumped on and started to distance herself. I'll see whether I can remember how to upload a photo...
