20 Your Cat November 2017Healing hearts
In the last nine months, I have unfortunately lost two
fur-babies, but sent to help heal my heart are my two new
rescue cats.
Poppy is two,
and my perfect,
precious calico,
and the other
is beautiful
Buddy, who
is five months
old. After just
two days, they
have become
inseparable
— it’s true love!
After all the
upset, seeing
my gorgeous
fur-babies in your
magazine would
be amazing.
Natasha Bourne,
London.Coping with
grief and loss
Like yourselves, I was very
concerned by the letter from
Sara Ptacek about the loss
of her dear cat Tommy (Cat
Care, August issue).
When I lost my first
cat, I also had suicidal
thoughts. The grief seemed
overwhelming. My cat was
a stray who picked me to
look after him, so he seemed
all the more precious.
My GP put me on
antidepressants. I had been
low for a long time but the
death of my soulmate was
such a blow; it staggered
me. Fifteen years and five
cats later, the love of my life
is not forgotten, but I have
slowly pulled myself back up.
I still have love to give.
I hope Sara will talk to
people about her sad loss.
Hearts can break and will
always be cracked but we
should try to carry on.
Angela Twiselton, via email.An update
on Othello
I was delighted to see
that you published
Othello’s story, ‘Stray
Cat to Show Winner’,
in your August issue.
I thought you might like
to hear how Othello’s
show career continued.
We followed up his
first show with two more,
and he won his class at
both, which meant he
was awarded the title of
Master Cat. At the next
show, he was up against all the other Master
Cats in the Grand Master class, so we didn’t
expect him to get anywhere — but to our
amazement, he won again! He followed that
up with two more wins, becoming a Grand
Master Cat.
Just for fun, we tried him in the Imperial
Grand Master class, and he won... and kept on
winning. Eventually, he had five wins, making
him an Imperial Grand Master Cat. As the icing
on the cake, his last Imperial certificate was
gained at the Supreme Cat Show last year.
We thought of retiring Othello at thispoint, but he seems to like going to shows,
so we continue to take him. He is now in the
Olympian class, which means he is up
against the pedigree pet cats as well as the
non-pedigrees, and, not surprisingly, he has
no wins in this class as yet. But he’s surprised
us many times before, and there seems to be
no stopping him, so who knows?
Most importantly, he’s still a very much-loved
member of our feline family, and we’re so glad
we rescued him when he was a starving stray,
just a couple of years ago.
Helen Krasner, Belper, Derbyshire.Button.Poppy and Buddy.This is a picture of my beautiful
cat, Button, celebrating her 10th
birthday! I made the cake from
the recipe in your August issue
and she absolutely loved it.
I adopted her when she was
six from my local rescue. She
was in a very bad state and had
to have all her teeth removed,
although it hasn’t stopped her
enjoying the finer foods in life.
I’d be lost without her.
Emma Craggs, Ferryhill,
County Durham.Happy
birthday!
From our
August issue.Helen and Othello.18-21 YC Cat Chat CS EWCC.indd 20 29/09/2017 11: