Cats

Scargill’s kittens – update 27/06/2010

As you’ll see below, one of our past cats, Rosie – had 4 kittens some time ago– they are shown here at 3 weeks old, they could see and the black one had JUST ABOUT mastered the box as you’ll see in the photos below. Enjoy… hover over the pics for explanations… the dark ginger one we kept and he’s called Ollie.

We have two adult cats right now and one youngster! The picture on the right shows Rosie who died recently, she was a Maine Coon. She was extremely cute and friendly and had an UTTER fascination with water, spending hours in the kitchen trying to stop drips coming out of the tap, or checking out the bath for signs of water coming back through the plug-hole etc. Our friend Kath will tell you she looked like a re-incarnated "Jimmy" – one of our first cats and one who used to spend much of his time in the office when I worked at home with staff and he was universally liked. Rosie was Maureen’s favourite.

Here you’ll see Pamela aka Pammy-Wan-Kenobi– she came from a Persian cat centre and it’s fairly obvious she’s a character. She’s a bit weird and is very easily frightened and spent the first month of her time at our home hiding behind the sofa. When she does lighten up she’s very friendly for a while and is partial to tucking her head under your chin.

Finally, Lillie – our second and now oldest Persian, she’s about 15 now. A wonderful personality, I’m her best friend – but she does not look after herself and constantly needs de-knotting. This is one of many photos I’ve taken of her over the years and she is the most photogenic cat we’ve had by far. Sadly she’s now at the tail-end of her life.

Before she died, Rosie had developed an interest in water and frequently came into the house soaking wet from wandering around in the stream outside – as does her son Ollie today. As you can see she was quite keen on the bath – and the loo… and one of her favourite pastimes was sitting next to the tap in the kitchen with her head in running water or wrapping herself around anyone or anything handy.

Here, finally are some photos of earlier cats…