During my first year of cat ownership, Charlie taught me that cat owners really should keep an eye on their cat’s weight. Learn what happened to Charlie when he gained a few too many pounds without me realising and find out how I helped turn him back into a fighting fit feline! Before I adopted … Continue reading Fat cat to fit feline: How I helped my cat to lose weight
As promised, here is Socks and her cat tree. Santa was very generous this year. It’s so big!!! 😄 Charlie is still a little unsure! He prefers to have all his paws firmly on the ground. The most interesting thing that has happened since we built the cat tree is that Socks has become a … Continue reading Socks and the giant cat tree
Just want to say, thank you so much for following Charlie’s blog. I hope you have had a few laughs (sometimes at my expense!), learnt a few things about cats and maybe even passed on a nugget of information that could end up preventing someone from returning their cat to a cat shelter! You may … Continue reading A note to all Charlie’s followers
Read about Charlie’s dice with death when he managed to steal food that contained onions. One trip to the emergency vet, an overnight stay and several blood tests led to a bill of over £400! On an unsuspecting July evening, we made meatballs for dinner. We served up our food, left the rest of the … Continue reading Our crazy trip to the vet after my cat ate onion
Have you ever gone overboard with giving somebody instructions on how to look after your pets? Last year, I became that person who gives more instructions for looking after their cats than others would for looking after their child. Reading them back now though, I do feel that Charlie and Socks wouldn’t expect anything less. … Continue reading Instructions for looking after my cats
It can be taken for granted that there are plenty of threadbare sofas and carpets across the planet! We all know that cats need to scratch, but why does the little hell raiser insist on scratching the human furniture rather than their scratching post? Once I let Charlie and Socks through the door, I unleashed … Continue reading 6 Top Tips to Stop Your Cat Scratching the Furniture
After about four months of owning the cats (coming up to Christmas), I was just about getting used to our new lifestyle. Particularly with Charlie, who seemed quite content with the time share agreement with Tabby. I even remember taking a deep sigh and thinking, ‘let the trouble-free cat parenting begin’! Then one evening I … Continue reading Feline Ringworm or just my imagination?
Three months after we got the cats, we went away on holiday for a week. Being totally honest, I really didn’t want to leave them. The problem was that one of the conditions of me getting cats was that we would still go on holiday. My boyfriend imposed this rule after noticing a trend in … Continue reading This is what happens when you take your cats to the cattery for the first time
It has been about nine months since the timeshare between Charlie and the Tabby started. Our routine for the day probably could raise a few eyebrows. Early morning: We wake up and my boyfriend feeds the cats their breakfast of biscuits. I used to feed them at every meal but then they started treating my … Continue reading A Day in the Life of Charlie the Rescue Cat
Charlie stayed indoors for a few weeks while we decided what to do. We had never suspected that our cat would have issues with a neighbour cat and it was difficult to imagine how Charlie could continue to live on the same street as the Tabby. The best thing we could do was to keep … Continue reading This is why we considered returning our cat to the rescue centre
