Animals

Our cats are both rescues. Tildi, on the left, was a street cat but was obviously used to being around humans and houses, so not feral.

Tuppence, on the right, we found by the roadside as a four week old kitten.

16.06.2008

Sadly, Tuppence died a few days ago.

18.08.2008

Tildi has also gone. She went out hunting one night at our summer home in Finland and never came back. We searched with the dogs for several days, but found no trace of her. We believe a lynx must have got her. This was Tildi's 11th summer in Finland.

So for the first time in 18 years we have no cats. It really does feel very strange.

29.10.2008

Believe it or not, Tildi is back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We went to Finland the week before last to see my wife's mother, and the family told us they had been feeding a black cat for about six weeks, but couldn't get close enough to see whether it was Tildi or not. We went to the main house, and sure enough there was a black cat there, about 100 yards off. It took my wife ten minutes or so to get close enough to pick the cat up, and sure enough, it was Tildi. She had been living in the forest for over two months.

So we got a friend to retrieve her Pet Passport, which luckily we had kept, and I delayed my return until it arrived and Tildi and I could get a Finnair flight back through Brussels.

Our vet says she seems to be in good condition, though she has lost some weight. We are completely baffled about what happened, but can only assume she must have been chased so far away that it took her a month to find her way back. What a tale she would have to tell if only she could speak !!!!!!!!