RIP Charlie
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Very sorry to hear your news DD. We have had three gorgeous cats, sadly we lost one at only 18 months, so only a kitten. We had a lovely Tabby called Platini ( it was a World Cup year!)' he was 13 when we lost him to cancer, but Cheddar, our gorgeous Ginger
cat was 21 when he died. He had the temper to go with the fur as well! All much loved, and missed by the dogs as much as by us! Treasure the memories, they are as lovely as dogs!0 -
Very sorry to hear your sad news.
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Sorry to hear that DD. They are sadly missed aren't they!
We're cat lovers too - and when our elderly cat's time was up we made an appointment at the Vet for the Monday morning. On Thursday of that week a tiny kitten, too young to be away from it's mum, was spotted in the garden. When I went out it ran away,
but I put some milk in a saucer in the garden and it came out and lapped it up almost immediately. It looked very thin and bedraggled. A friend of mine who works for the Cat's Protection League came along with some advice and a trap, and within twenty minutes
we'd caught the poor little thing. My friend reckoned it was no more than five weeks old and hadn't eaten properly for a few days and was a bit dehydrated. A few saucers of milk and some mashed sardine soon sorted that out, and it went happily to sleep in
the trap box. It was feisty, and spat at us when we tried to hold it, but soon calmed down.It was absolutely identical to our previous cat - except we thought it was a boy! It was a little tramp - so we called it Chaplin, and it became 'our new employer'. SHE is now a lovely cat who travels with us to France, and loves us working for her there!
Another similar tiny kitten turned up in the next road, a day or two later, and we reckon someone had dumped a litter of kittens in the lane outside our house. Fortunately two of them got good homes out of it.
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Basically all you need is the cat chipping, and vaccinations for Rabies and the other 'normal' vaccinations/and or boosters and the cat will be issued with a passport.
There is no requirement to take the cat to the Vet in France before returning. The cat is simply scanned at the port and checked against the chip number in the passport.
It's still wise to take the normal anti-tick and anti-flea treatments with you if you're staying any length of time.
Our cat loves both the caravan, where she sits on the front cushions looking out through the window (and exploring just the immediate area around the caravan) and also our holiday home where she has made friends with 'the village cats' (who are feral but friendly). They all lie outside in the sun on the warm footpaths! She hasn't yet joined them in the melee at the visiting butcher's van. He puts small morsels of trimmings out for them near where he parks and they all know when he's coming!.
We took our cat 'travelling' last year for the first time - and were surprised just how quickly she took to it. We have a large cat box with bedding, and a litter area - and she is fed when we have comfort stops. Actually she rarely eats when we're travelling, though she does drink.
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