Our cat(s)

Following Bilbo's passing last March and as a companion for Emillie, Balin the Birman took up residence and I thought it was about time I included him here.
We still have our K9 boy Ben, who has his own page.

At first Balin didn't appreciate being woken up by the camera.....

Following the yawn, Balin seemed quite happy posing for the camera....

And as you can see, Balin & Ben have already become good friends just as long as Ben can get closest to the fire .....

The above photo is of Traceylooe Emillie Jane, Emillie for short. Emillie is a chocolate tortie persian born on 5th July 2004. She has been spayed and is purely a pet that we love dearly.

At one time we did have 12 cats of our own - five indoor and 7 outdoor. When fostering sadly there are always little fur people that for various reasons cannot be homed on but we loved them all. Young, old, well and not so well, loved or ill-treated before coming to us they all had so much love to give in return for being shown love and kindness.

We acquired our first cat back in 1980, a large ginger & white boy called 'Binky'. We got Binky from the Barnjet Cat Protection Shelter near Crawley in Sussex. He was a large adult male who was a great teacher, we learnt so much from him and it was a pleasure to have been able to share part of his life. He came to Cornwall with us in 1988 but sadly died in 1992 just a few months before we moved to Treetops.

Yes, we are just big softies really who love all cats, indeed all animals dearly no matter what.