Meet Checkers!

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I’ve been following all your lovely blogs about your various animals and thought you might like to met “Checkers”.

Her favourite toy!

This is how she sleeps – up by my neck against my heart – I guess I’m Mum now…

Yes she eats plants too!!!

She was born in a little plastic greenhouse beside my shed (does that count as a gardening blog I wonder as she was born in the garden….!!) and my neighbour came round and said her cat had come home looking very skinny!!! could I check my garden… out I went in my nighty and dressing gown and there were three little tiny kittens – so I carefully picked them up two in my pockets and one carried very carefully over my veggie patch, round the back of the garden (with the mum following me) back to my neighbours. It was a good job we did as that evening we had our first frost. Anyway the short story was that the mum cat was only a little un herself and couldnt take care of the kittens so we ended up handrearing the kittens. When she was first born Checkers was white with four black squares on her back (which have now extended further!!) hence Checkers!!.

She has just taken over our family – I have two 6ft 3ins boys and they are like putty when it comes to her!! She has completed our family – after I lost my old cat “Cadbury” after 18 years I was really devestated he was one of the family and swore blind I wouldnt have another.. but guess what I wouldnt swap little Checkers for the world she is such a pleasure to come home to!! She is staying in until shes had her injections and been “done!!” but then its the outside world (worse than having kids at least you can tell them!!)

14 Dec, 2009
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Louise1

Awwwwww, what a beautiful little kitten
:-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

You didn't say what became of the other 3 kittens though .... did the neighbour and yourself rear them in her house ???
What happened to the little mother cat ? ?
Is she safe and well ??

14 Dec, 2009

Labdancer51

Well I would definitely say it was a gardening blog, Checkers DID come from your greenhouse didn`t she?! What a pretty little kitten, I`ll bet she finds lots of things to entertain her. :o)

Sandra x

14 Dec, 2009

Terratoonie

Lovely to meet little Checkers and thanks for telling her story so well.
She has pretty markings.

14 Dec, 2009

Genuisscuffy

Unfortunately the other two died soon after, but the mum cat is doing well, she was just too young herself to look after them (such a shame but makes me even more determined to get Checkers "done" - there are plenty of little kittens out there that need good homes without adding to them!!)

14 Dec, 2009

Stripes

What a lovely story, beautiful kitten & love the name :0))))

14 Dec, 2009

Catfinch

What a little Dear Heart so glad she came to you, it was meant to be ... I bet her purring on your chest is so sweet.

14 Dec, 2009

Amblealice

Ahhhh....isn't she gorgeous....a "real" garden cat.......I'm often tempted to have another...but it wouldn't be fair....we are "getting on a bit"...so I enjoy drooling over GoY cats....:)))))

14 Dec, 2009

Amblealice

Ah...just read the others faded away.....what a shame....makes Checkers even more special......

14 Dec, 2009

Bloomer

That is a lovely,and also sad story.Checkers is lovely,and her mum must have known you would care for her,to give birth in your greenhouse.what a happy ending...sob,sob.

14 Dec, 2009

Hywel

Ah she is beautiful :o)))) and a lovely story about how you had her.

14 Dec, 2009

Uma

Hello, Checkers...You are a beautiful kitty...:)

14 Dec, 2009

Mavisc52

She is just gorgeous so lucky you took her in but what a shame about the others.

14 Dec, 2009

Simbad

Oh what a gorgeous kitten,getting broody again now :-))))))))

14 Dec, 2009

Genuisscuffy

Thank you all for your kind comments she is such a character!! She sits on my sons shoulder when he is playing on his playstation and then jumps on to the t.v to try to catch the cars!! problem is that he ends up crashing on the game because hes laughing so much at what shes doing so his score isnt quite as good as normal!!!

15 Dec, 2009

Clarice

Hi Checkers welcome to GOY, you are a little darling, could take to you myself.

15 Dec, 2009

Ginellie

A lovely story and what an adorable little cat. I'm so glad you found each other.

15 Dec, 2009

N2organics

Little Checkers is absolutely adorable!
What a little cutie! :-)

19 Dec, 2009

Gurthbruins

She's terribly sweet.
And asleep even more precious. What bliss!
Terribly cute.
The story of her birth - a beautifully moving story.
Your boys - but such a creature repays all your adoration a thousand times.
Yes, when you lose a cat you need time to get over it before you can get another.
I can just see her going for those cars!

15 Mar, 2010

N2organics

Gurthbruins, We lost our precious cat to feline diabetes last year and one thing that helped me greatly in the "grieving process" was to compile all of her photos and videos into a "Youtube Video" and upload a "memorial" about her life that could be viewed forever. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/v/3TYRz0UhnKc
Hope this works.. I put a lot into that video of our baby..
We have since adopted two little "brothers" from a "mama cat" that we found at an animal shelter and they have been the best thing since "sliced bread"!
~N2O~

16 Mar, 2010

Gurthbruins

N2organics, thank you for commenting - I've just looked at your video and enjoyed it very much, it ran with pauses the first time but a replay was perfect - I thought the music was VERY suitable and the commentary very well done... Long live Midnight !

16 Mar, 2010

Genuisscuffy

Thank you all for your comments - shes growing a quite a pace now - long and slim but I think she will need a large bell on her collar as she thinks she can get the seagulls from inside (high hopes!!) shes due to be done in April and then can go out!!

16 Mar, 2010

N2organics

Gurthbruins, I have a little "tip" on watching video on the net:
When any video starts playing, hit the "pause button" and wait a minute or more.

Video often exceeds the bandwidth that most internet providers can muster and "pausing" it for a while allows the video to "build up" in your computer's "Buffer memory". After a minute, click "play" and there will no longer be any pauses on any videos! :-)

~N2O~

17 Mar, 2010

Gurthbruins

N2o, that is really useful help! Thank you so much!

17 Mar, 2010

N2organics

Have fun with your video watching!
Glad to be of help!
~N2O~

18 Mar, 2010