Often people come to us looking for kittens. And this is well and good. Who can resist their frolicksome games and untroubled hearts?
But spare a thought for the mature ones too. Each creature has a story to tell and each of the cats below deserve love and a permanent home as much as the next. Some of these have been with us for almost three years and that is a long time to wait…
When I settled into the new place, I asked if we could take in a cat and the husband said yes very easily. Before he could change his mind, I asked Olivia to help me. ‘Who has been here longest?’, ‘Who is least likely to be adopted?’ She asnwered easily, ‘Pasha.’
I had a vague recollection of a serene and unassuming brown ticked tabby. I cannot remember how she came to us, only that she had indeed been with us for a long time. And she has a very sparse coat. People usually ignore her because she is not the prettiest cat in the block. Each time the potential adopter discerns her somewhat bald bottom, she instantly loses favour.
Well, my kids don’t seem to notice how ‘pretty’ an animal is. (Bear in mind, our home is ruled by Emily Elizabeth TiaraBella Tinkerbell, once a almost drowned and emaciated black kitten that Katelin decided she would keep for herself. She never came to be put up for adoption as we already had a surplus of black cats.) So Pasha got lucky and got to come home with me.
From the start, she oozed gratitude. She stayed mainly in the room where most of the unpacked boxes were kept and only left to eat and use the toilet. When she realised she was allowed in the garden, the rapture of being allowed to breathe fresh air and walk on grass made me remember not to take my human freedom for granted.
As she realised she was no longer confined in a glass room (the boarding rooms at the shop) and was free to come and go, her lovely personality became even more evident. It has been a little over two months and she seems terribly grateful and observes me very avidly. It is as if she wants to tell me she’d like to return the favour.
Imagine my surprise to find her keeping vigil in the storeroom after she heard me muttering and plotting about rats in the kitchen 
Anyway, below are some of the others who have been with us a long time and would love love love a home of their own.
