Cat's Page

(Only go to the Merry and Pippin's or Willow and Flora's pages if you really like cats, as there are lots of pictures which may take a while to load)

Please do not look at this page if you feel that pets are of little significance. This page is here to make use of the Internet's vastness and indulgence to share fond memories, in our case of our cats.
We notice that there are others with similar thoughts and who have similar pages of their own. Perhaps they will understand our motivations the most.

Willow and Flora are two rescue cats who are becoming more adorable every day. They have been timid and have needed a lot of patience but this has been well worthwhile.

Willow is a pure white cat with gentle blue eyes. He is very inquisitive and has to investigate everything. He likes a lot of fuss and purrs sweetly.

Flora is still fairly timid. She likes to be fussed. She likes to search shelves for forgotten bits and bobs which she delights in knocking onto the floor.

For fifteen years we had the great pleasure of sharing our house with two wonderful cats, Merry and Pippin. Sadly, on 21.12.2000 Pippin succumbed to a serious illness. We miss him enormously. On 30.01.2001 Merry passed away after her battle against cancer.

Pippin Pippin liked to sit on the doormat and look out at the garden. He thought of the garden as his own, patrolled it regularly and liked to sleep out there in the summer.
In October 2000 Pippin was diagnosed as being diabetic. Unfortunately there was the complication of kidney failure which meant that despite his and our efforts he grew very weak. We were lucky to have the total support of a professional and caring veterinary surgeon. This meant Pippin was given every chance possible. We found the following Web Sites very useful;
http://felinediabetes.com/index.html
http://www.best.com/~lynxpt/

Merry Merry's lovely tortoiseshell colouring shows well in this photograph. She was a small cat who knew her own mind. She loved to look out of the window and watch the world go by. She once rescued an injured racing pigeon, gently bringing it in alive. It was later returned to its grateful owner. In October 2000 Merry visited the vet, and we discovered how seriously ill she was. Until the last week she tried hard to do all the things she was used to doing. She was very determined.