Rescue Cat
 

OK so I know we are not all cat fans, but a rescue cat that is not digging up your garden must be a plus ;)

The story is this.

Last weekend Mark and I did a charity motorbike pet food run for our local Veterinary Practice. We took lots of pet food along for several charity's and while we were there we noticed that the had 4 cats to re-home. So us being us we went and had a look, there was a rather pretty longhair Tabby and White which we both took a shine to.
Her name was Star, we found out that her second set of human in approximately 2 years had just split up and given her back to the Vets to re-home.
She was not in the best of moods after being dumped twice and stuck in a small pen for the last 6 weeks, and scratch Marks hands to shreds.
We said we would think about it and let them know on Monday.

Well on the previous Thursday we had been to the S.O.F.A Exhibition (Society of Feline Artists) and we had bought a painting of a Tabby and White cat looking at us from up-side-down, the image was close enough to cause us some 'what if' issues and some 'I wonder' problems.
So come the Monday we agreed to take Star on.

We were driving up to a friends in Newcastle and decided that a name change was in order, so we started to write down what we liked, we thought of Andromeda or Rommi for short, and Chiana, Chi for short (pronounced Che) as it was a nice soft sound for a cat to associate with. (we are also S/ fans) We thought of a few more and discarded them as not being the right sound or worthy of a cats ears.

We picked up Chiana today at lunch time, she has growled at the dog Pasha, had a fight with Felia (deaf cat) and Shonie hasn't realised she is around yet (old cat) is living on the top set of steps at the top of the house at the moment. We haven't tried to pick her up but she comes running for fuss and follows us around the first floor at the moment asking for strokes and giving head rubs

If she eats my orchids she is slippers :lol:

Very nice story with a happy ending!
It will take some time but everyone will get along eventually.
Thank you for saving Chiana.

She's gorgeous. The poor baby has been through a lot in the last several weeks, but she sure looks at ease displayed on your red carpet steps. Look's like she's found her spot and staked claim. ;)

Rescue cat
 

She's gorgeous. Lovely eyes and what a beautiful tail. Is she, by chance part Main Coon? One of their characteristics is that they love to play in the water. They get quite big, too. Mine (a male) got to weigh 17 lbs.
Beverly A.

We think she is half Norwegian Forest Cat, as we have more of them in our area than Maine Coon. We don't know about the water bit at the moment as she has only been here for 36 hours :D


There is still a bit of discussion going on between her and my other cats, but all is well at the moment ;)

What a beautiful cat! No doubt she'll settle in. Nice story, thanks for sharing!

Well done for giving her a new home! She definitely looks at home there on the stairs.. 36 hrs is not long...I'm sure they will all adapt to each other in time!

Strange you should say that nenella, 2 of my cats have been living in the same house for 11 years and they still treat each other as if it is the first time they have ever met :roll:

All that is worrying me at the moment is that we have put down 3 litter trays, 1 that has her litter smell in it, 1 that has the other cats smell in it and 1 that is totally neutral .... Where the heck is she peeing as it sure isn't in any one of those :rofl:

oops........... maybe she hasn't peed yet? :crossfing

Chiana is so goreous and quite regal looking. Such a sweet face and spectacular tail. She sure doesn't deserve the hand she's been dealth thus far in her life.

But I have the feeling her luck has changed and she's found her forever home.

It may take a little while but hopefully she'll get her bathroom habits straightened out. Love and patience goes a long way towards healing her fears.

She doesn't know that she won't lose her people all over again. She'll need time to learn to trust again.

Thank you so much for sharing her story and thank you for adopting this lovely lady!! I know your rewards will be great.

Keep us posted on how it's going.