Smudge & Biscuit.
She is my baby.
I have had cats all my life, and when i found out i was pregnant, everyone nagged at me and kev to get rid of our two cats, Toby and Baby. So we did, much to my extreme upset.
Then we lost our home and we had to move in with my mom. I had Mia, and suffered with severe post natal depression, and was so unhappy all the time. So Kev suggested we go and get a kitten.
We didnt have a car at the time, and so we had to get a bus, train, taxi, train and bus home! Smudge cost me £40 and travel cost around the same!
The lady we got her off said she was a stunning little mouser-to-be and will be very good! and my gosh she was right! Smudge ALWAYS brings back "presents" that she is very reluctant to give up!
the RSPCA hate me in the summer as i'm always ringing as she has brought back ANOTHER baby bird!
but she is my saviour. She made me feel so happy, if i felt sad, i would fuss her, and she would purr, and i would twist her ears between my fingers like i was curling hair. when she was little, she used to suckle her paw as if she was suckilng her mom! it drives kev nuts as he hates the sound!
She has been with us for 3 years, and she did have a "brother" that we got for her, called Biscuit as he was a ginger nut! Biscuit used to attack my hands when they hung over the bed, and he then would sleep at our feet.
Biscuit was very close to Mia. He used to climb in her pushchair with her!
Sadly, in our last house, he was ran over, and hadn't long been hit by the car. Kev and I had got home from looking at adopting a third cat, and Biscuit wasn't in the house, which was very unusual (theyre usually in through the catflap)so i went out calling, but i had a very nasty feeling. i looked by our back wall, and he was lying there, still warm, by the gap he went home through. i was devestated, and i sobbed my heart out as we took him to the vets.
we had Biscuit cremated, and still have his ashes pride of place on our mantle.
Smudge however, pined for him. took ages for her to be happy again. they used to sleep together in the washing basket, bath, anywhere.
Since Biscuit, Smudge has never been a sociable cat with other feline friends. But, she is still my saviour.
if you poke her when she sleeps, she will furble, and look at you purring. i still love to twist her ears, and play with her trousers!
Even though Smudge is only 3, she has arthritis in her back legs as she was a jumper! She used to jump out of top windows, and my mom's balcony! due to this, she has constant stiffness, and suffers alot with water infections too. For some reason her fur goes tatty if she doesnt get kitten biscuits, and loses weight, but the vet says she may just need a high protein diet, which is fine from kitten biscuits.
to this day, i HATE letting my cats out, especially Smudge. I now live on a main road, so only let them out at night when the roads are quieter. But Smudge plays chicken with cars. She literally stands in the middle of the road, amking cars stop or go round her! i stand there panicking, pacing and cursing!
anyway, my little lady herself, Smudge
i dont have any pics of biscuit, as theyre all printed in a photoalbum. if i can find them, i'll scan them in
i do have others; but will give people a chance to show theirs!