Meet Franco

[EventingMum]

We sadly lost one one of our yard cats this week. The remaining cat is obviously missing him so yesterday this little fluff ball join us. He is very talkative and purrs as soon as he sees anyone. Hopefully, he will grow into an epic yard cat just like his predecessor. My husband named him after the coach of the rugby team we support.

 

[Kunoichi73]

We sadly lost one one of our yard cats this week. The remaining cat is obviously missing him so yesterday this little fluff ball join us. He is very talkative and purrs as soon as he sees anyone. Hopefully, he will grow into an epic yard cat just like his predecessor. My husband named him after the coach of the rugby team we support.

So adorable!

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Welcome to the forum Franco. He looks quite fluffy and of course very beautiful

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

Oooh he is going to be a fluff cat. He is lovely.

 

[PurBee]

He’s gorgeous! They grow so quickly he’ll soon be owning the yard

 

[Shady]

Gorgeous He looks just like a kitten mum found when I was a child. Unimaginatively called Patches .
He grew up to be a big handsome cat, and your adorable little Franco will be just the same. xx

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Handsome boy

 

[EventingMum]

Franco doesn't even stop talking when he's eating!

https://imgur.com/a/zGlRaPO

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

This is too much!! Another cute kitten is giving me kitten envy.

You do realise that you have to post daily updates now @EventingMum?

 

[FinnishLapphund]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope your remaining yard cat accepts the talkative, and purring Franco , either way, it sounds like Franco will at least be a very charming company for the humans at your yard.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

He's absolutely gorgeous!

 

[EventingMum]

This is too much!! Another cute kitten is giving me kitten envy.

You do realise that you have to post daily updates now @EventingMum?

I think Lady G's Figgy is the main HHO kitten but I will try to update!

 

[Unicorn]

He's gorgeous

 

[ihatework]

Oh he looks the spit of one of mine, and of yours turns out even half as good you will have one awesome cat

Ron Weasley as a kitten!

 

[EventingMum]

@ihatework he's gorgeous!

 

[EventingMum]

The girls on the yard persuaded me that Franco required a friend to play with as the other cat thinks he's not worthy of her attention so this chap arrived today! His name is still to be decided, the girls like human names so I may let them choose. Don't worry they aren't in the crate all the time, just overnight so they can't get into trouble.

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

How delightful a playmate for Franco

Do they not manage to squeeze through the bars?

 

[ycbm]

Are you sure that new arrival didn't come from Gloucestershire?! He's the spit of @LadyGascoyne 's feral mother and kitten.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

The girls on the yard persuaded me that Franco required a friend to play with as the other cat thinks he's not worthy of her attention so this chap arrived today! His name is still to be decided, the girls like human names so I may let them choose. Don't worry they aren't in the crate all the time, just overnight so they can't get into trouble.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Are you sure that new arrival didn't come from Gloucestershire?! He's the spit of @LadyGascoyne 's feral mother and kitten.

Isn't he she just!!!

 

[Equi]

Nothing beats a ginger and white kitty

 

[EventingMum]

Are you sure that new arrival didn't come from Gloucestershire?! He's the spit of @LadyGascoyne 's feral mother and kitten.

No, definitely somewhere far less salubrious!

 

[EventingMum]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!




Isn't he she just!!!

He could be Figgy's long distant boyfriend!

 

[Kunoichi73]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!




Isn't he she just!!!

You really have become a crazy cat lady, haven't you!

 

[EventingMum]

How delightful a playmate for Franco

Do they not manage to squeeze through the bars?

Not so far!

 

[EventingMum]

A little update update on Franco and his new pal who the yard staff named Freddie. The morning after Freddie arrived it became clear he really wasn't very well and had awful diarrhoea so off to the vets we went. At this point I was warned not to get too attached to him as his condition was not good at all. He was given electrolytes, wormer and a course of antibiotics and I was asked to bring him back the following day, obviously we seperated the pair of them and just hoped for the best. On our return to the vets the next day he had put on 200g which was a fifth of his bodyweight! The next couple of weeks were a real roller coaster, he continued to put on weight and his energy levels increased but the diarrhoea continued despite of more antibiotics and pre and probiotics. The next course of action was trying some steroids and I also put him on gastrointestinal kitten food at great expense. The good news is we are now two weeks clear of diarrhoea and he and Franco are back together. Hopefully, this improvement will be sustained, I suspect he may always have a sensitive stomach but seeing the two of them playing together is wonderful!

 

[Nocturnal]

So glad he pulled through Sounds like a diet of yard rats may not be in the offing, but you never know!