Charlotte

Yesterday we added a new furry face to our little family in the shape of Charlotte, a rescue via a friend of a daughter of one of Robyn’s co-workers… We were told she was about 2 months old but when we took her to the vet for an examination, shots etc it was revealed she was closer to 5 or 6 months old, and she had a few little problems, nothing that daily medication for a week or so wouldnt fix.

Of course, we were worried about how Felix and Sally would take to her since they run the place. There was a little sniffing around her crate when she first arrived, but not too much hissing. We finally let her out the crate when we got a little kitten friendly area set up, a fenced off part of the living room thet had a little bed, kitty litter, food and water. She decided to tuck herself into a corner for most of the night.

When I was watching Lost, she came out, sniffing around, eat some food, have a drink and use the litter before expanding her borders in more ways that one… The fence we errected was about 2′ tall, seeing as she’s a small kitten we assumed that would be enough, nope… In one leap she jumped over the fence and landed clean on an upper level of the neighbouring cat tower, some 5′ off the ground, so she prolly jumped around 8′.

Well, now she’s been out and about, we left a gap in the fence for her to get back to the litter and food and she’s managed to get there a couple of times today, but she’s mostly been hiding…

Sally and Felix don’t seem to mind too much, I think they are as scared of her as she is of them.

Charlotte

Originally uploaded by FLC.