12:30pm: Toska delivered on time to his new home!
30.05.12: Something different for a Wednesday morning. I don’t normally post about the dog transports, but Toska is a little special because I have met him personally. He is a loveable giant of a dog, currently on his way (in our Mori waggon), from a rescue centre up near Murcia to his new home on a farm …
28/05/12: Wonderful news from Bracken’s (Gismo) family is that he has been enjoying the garden, and from the new photos it looks just FANTASTIC! The other very sweet news is that Bracken has become a litre bit of a therapy cat: “Ohhh another thing I want to tell you: Bracken is accomplishing wonders at my parents home. My grandmother is living with my parents and she is very old and ill. She is a nursing case as she has Dementia. Before Bracken arrived, my grandmother was only lying in her bed, staring up to the ceiling. She did not notice when somebody was talking to her. But since one week, she is talking to my mom again, telling here that a cat is coming to visit her 
Bracken is also sleeping in my grandmother s room in his own armchair. The first time my mother was nearly crying. Yes Bracken is a little magician.” Wonderful! Now all Bracken needs is his brother Comfrey. Soon now I hope they will be re-united. Read the full story »
Lisa hasn’t had the best couple of months. She is 6 years old and until recently had I assume a contented apartment life as the only cat of an English man. Unfortunately her owner seems to have got into financial difficulties and disappeared leaving Lisa alone in the apartment for we think about 2 weeks, just with some food and water. She was found when …
21/05/12: Susanne has sent 2 beautiful new photos of Franz, one with his buddies Tim and Tom. They look gorgeous all together. Franz had a little injury to his tail last week, maybe from playing in the garden, but Susanne is happy to report all seems fine now, and he is moving it normally again! Life is sweet!!!
21/05/12: All is now perfect in Siro’s world. Sheela has become his best friend, and although they quarrel at times, mostly they play together and cuddle and spend hours licking each other. Enjoy the lovely new photos of one happy boy and his cute girlfriend!
20.05.12: Mila has a huge personality for such a tiny cat, and seems to be managing to charm us all, despite some quite bad behaviour! When I met her at Montse’s for a photo shoot she charmed me completely and I reported to Germany that here was a VERY tame friendly little girl. She IS tiny but also quite round, like a very big kitten …
19/05/12: Eddi and Hatti’s mother Marli is also not doing so well at Montse’s as she also does not like all the other cats. Her response is more aggressive, and she is doing a lot of hissing and hitting, so I am hoping to move her quickly to Germany as well. For now however I am happy that I know she is also being very …
Traveling with a pet is one of those luxuries in life that most people do not ever get to experience because it is so difficult to find the right accommodations for the pet. On top of that, some pets get overly nervous and fidgety during travel, as they are creatures of habit and prefer to stay in their comfort zone. Because of this, many travel …
17/05/12: Lovely new photos have now come from Germany of Tila is her foster home. She looks very relaxed. Things are quiet in Germany at the moment. I think everybody is thinking of summer and not adopting cats. Even so, I am expecting Tila to find a family soon. She is SO beautiful.
29/04/12: Tila didn’t spend long at Montse’s cat rescue. She came in with …
16/05/12: Tigger’s story is a great example of a lovely and very patient adoptant in Germany. At first Tigger was completely lovely, but then he started to bite a little when he was stroked and Tanja’s son became a little afraid of him, so she thought about not keeping him, and Anke has been looking for a new home. Interested people did visit but …
14/05/12: Latest photos show that all is just fine. Jazzy has been sleeping on his Mum’s legs, and exploring the balcony, and is now good cat friends with Amy. He is still a little nervous when his Mum walks towards him, but he is growing in confidence daily.
03/05/12: Jazzy is settling in well as you can see from the new photos. He still …
Olivia is now about 5 years old and was rescued by Matt with her brother Tiggy as kittens. They have lived since then as outside cats on his terrace, and exploring the surrounding land of the village near Sorbas where he lives. They are some of the last of Matt’s outside cats that I have re-homed in the last 18 months and I think it …
10/05/12: Gino is another beautiful cat rescued by Montse from the streets of Almeria. I met him to take photos and thought he was completely gorgeous. He is siam-mix in colour, but in shape he is more like an English cat. Gino is a big boy, and at Montse’s was very into his food. He is almost 4 years old but now has a younger …
06/05/12: Great news came last night that little Katrina is well on the mend. Her virus and fever did come back quite badly following the transport, but with the right treatment from MaPu’s German vet, within a week her fever is gone, she is eating really well, and only sneezing occasionally. life is now looking really good for her.
05/05/12: News and photos have now …
D’Artagnan is another beautiful boy from Montse’s cat rescue in Almeria. He actually travelled to Germany on the 24.02 transport straight to an adoptant, so it really is time I introduced him to this blog. He is an Angora mix with lovely longer fur, and quite understandably found a home very quickly. In fact several families wanted to adopt this gorgeous boy. He is now …
06/05/12: Felix has become too macho for MaPu’s older boy Simba, so has switched foster homes! This has really made me smile, as it seems my sad, gentle boy has been engaging in some very hard play fights, which means he is feeling GOOD! This will I’m sure be down to the love and care and brilliant food MaPu has been giving him. In …
05/05/12: More new photos arrived the other day and this message from Alina’s new Mum: “Alina had a good arrival at my place on Saturday. She´s doing fine and we hug and kiss and play with her all the time. She´s so cute! I thank you for caring and “babysitting.” She also asked what food Alina liked and if she was used to living with …
04/05/12: New photos arrived this week of Blanca thoroughly enjoying life. It seems she is no longer much of a cuddle cat, being far too busy rushing about in the garden. She is now a lean machine, and loves climbing trees and generally expending energy. When she finally settles down to rest, her favourite place is her snuggly polar bear. Her Mum says that …
04/05/12: Now I have lovely photos of these 2 who are already friends, and a very funny update from their new Mum, as if written by Laura who seems to think she is a little grand for her new toyboy, but quite fancies him! I have translated a little of her message: “Archi was so sad because I did not want to know him, he …
Time to meet 4 more gorgeous, friendly young cats from Matz Catz near Sorbas. They were all friends of Taj and Mica, already on this blog, and until recently were all living mainly outside on Matt’s terrace. He rescued them all in 2011 as ‘at risk’ kittens, but due to prolonged viral infections, we had to delay re-homing this little colony until recent months. These …
12:00: The first photo os Mowgli in his new home in Germany has arrived. He is looking VERy relaxed!!!
01/05/12: Mowgli has arrived on the 27.04 transport, and the first reports are that all is fine! Debra is a very friendly little girl so I am sure she will be making him welcome, particularly as Mowgli is such a sweet little boy, and, at 11 …
01/05/12: On the 27.04 transport, Dana finally travelled to Germany. I am really happy that she now has her chance of her own family. Dana is almost the last of Montse’s 2010 kittens, that all grew to be adult in her house, because at this time nobody was helping her to re-home them. Dana has become a lot more sociable at Montse’s in recent weeks, …
30/04/12: Latest news of Nena is that she is still at Pam’s, where she has made a firm friend of her husband John, sitting on his lap for cuddles and even popping in to say good morning! She is also loving lying in the sun and running up and down Pam’s long balcony. We are finding it hard to believe that this cat is actually …
29/04/12: Albert is another Almeria cat. Montse found him hungry and afraid by the rubbish bins close to the surgery of our vet Miguel. He was full of parasites and very sad. I haven’t been able to get any good photos of him in the last few weeks as Albert has sent most of his time hiding from the camera and the other cats at …
29/04/12: Since my last posting on these 2, I did manage to line up a foster home for them, but then we had the fantastic news that they had an adoptant who didn’t mind if Roger was a little nervous. They traveled on the 27.04 transport to Germany and the news is that both have eaten well in the new home since arriving there …
28/04/12: Bonnie actually has an adoptant and should be arriving as I write. She will have a lovely quiet home with an older cat and lots of love and attention.
15/04/12: Bonnie now has a foster home fixed and will be off to Germany on the 27.04 transport. Her cattery life will soon be over!
31/03/12: Bonnie is another lovely cat currently at the PAWs cattery …
13:00: Now the transport Is finished. All the cats are on their way to adoptants and foster homes. Well done and a big thank you to our 2 drivers.
28/04712: Latest news is that all the data have been dropped off at the first meet point in Bruchsal. Slight delays getting to Wallau but all the cats are fine.
12:15pm: Latest news is that all …
23/04/12: Yesterday more beautiful photos arrived of Sofia now leading a life of luxury. This looks like one happy cat.
02/03/12: A few days ago Kerstin sent me another photo of a VERY relaxed Sofia in her new home with boyfriend Frido. Life is certainly looking good, and the latest news is that our little princess IS now eating some dry food as long …
Bella until recently has been a bit of a ‘forgotten’ cat, having spent almost a year at the PAWs cattery. This is largely the fault of the English lady who first asked PAWs to rescue her, agreed to sponsor her, and was very clear that, although she was going back to live in the UK, she would be back to collect Bella once things were …
22/04/12: Today Kerstin sent me new photos and news of Vanilla! “Vanilla is almost 1 year in her new home… she does not destroy things so much as in the beginning but every evening they have a ritual. At 9 pm she is sitting on the furniture and is crying that they have to play with her. She is crying sooo long until the …
20/04/12: Indiana has now actually been in his forever home for some months, and yesterday I finally received some new photos of him. He looks happy and well, and I know that his original rescuer, Vivianna, will be very pleased to see her boy looking so settled and contented.
Molly has actually already been rescued, by a lovely English couple, but now she needs re-homing quite urgently. It is not because her family don’t love her. They do, and have looked after her extremely well. It is because their 3 dogs have a habit of chasing Molly which is making life very stressful for her and her owners. I am happy to be able …
16/04/12: Dusky our lovely little boy is all grown up. Today is his official first birthday. He didn’t actually become a very big cat, but is a sturdy, very handsome male, and his cute rounded face and slightly longer hair does show signs of some Persian genes. He remains a very friendly cat with humans and cats alike, has his favourite places to sleep, including …
I have just received some lovely photos of Trina and her boyfriend Francis B in their forever home in Germany. They are 2 more lovely cats from Montse’s cat rescue in Almeria, and it really is time that I introduced them to you! They travelled to Germany on the 24.02 transport, direct to their adoptant. Not surprisingly these beautiful cats found a home just a …
11/04/12: Last week Christina sent me an update on our trio of boys, AND some fantastic new photos: “An update on Pepe, Diego and Dino is really overdue. Attached , I am sending you some pictures of our three darlings enjoying life. Now all of them completely love each other. They are doing everything together. Even Pepe and Dino are not hissing or fighting …
10/04/12: I am slowly catching up on photos after my trip to the UK. Here are some beautiful ones of Milo with his new best friend. Anke wrote this to me: “And wonderful photos of daughter Denise and Milo are attached and for your homepage from Mum Ulrike. She wrote me. Denise and Milo are bosom buddies or like we say in German “one …
Carrie Ann is a beautiful, tame lady, abandoned with friends and son Milo, when her owners went back to the UK to live. She had been in a pen at the PAWs cattery for some months when her chance came. A family in Germany were looking to foster a ‘cuddle’ cat with a view to keeping her, and had fallen for Carrie Ann’s initial photos. …
These beautiful cats all belonged to a lovely English lady who had rescued them all over a period of time. She contacted me desperate to find them homes before she had to go back to the UK to look for work. She had had a terrible year, losing her job, having her power cut off, and having to move in with a friend. Her cats …
Mori, the start of my love affair with cats is 6 today! He is a VERY special cat with a lot of attitude. Some may say too much attitude! but to Chris and I and our 4 other cats, Saidi, Oscar, Fleur and Dusky, he is just magnificent. He is brave, fearless and macho, but also caring to the youngsters and loving. He is definitely …
28/03/12: The weather seems to be improving all over Europe, and spring has reached Germany. Last week Anke sent me the first photos of 2012 of her 5 cats enjoying the sunshine on the balcony. Big Hanni wasn’t among them. He seemed to be enjoying a peaceful lie-in in Anke’s bed, while little minx Olli was out of the house! Enjoy!!!
We’ve been contacted by Kerry who has a dilemma, can anyone help? In Kerry’s own words:
“About 5 months ago or more, a stray cat came in my window in the night and had kittens. I couldn’t bring myself to put them out and have tried everywhere to get help. The big problem is that my neighbour poisons or stamps on the cats. He has just …
Moving can be a highly stressful experience for your cat, but it can also be an awful experience for their owners too if careful thought and planning hasn’t gone into the process. Hyperactivity and motion sickness can be real problems that can ruin the interior of your car as well as your relationship with your kitty. Whether you’re travelling in a second hand Audi …
14/04/12: I was thinking about Charlie the other day and wondering if he was out in his garden yet enjoying the Spring sunshine. The news via Anke is that progress has slowed a little but all is fine. Charlie still needs to ‘brave’ the dogs to get outside, and our funny boy is taking his time with this hurdle! Once this is achieved I …
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