Dylan (and Leo)

Thank you all. We knew Dylan for the 11 years since our son got him from the cat rescue centre, but we only got really know him after he moved in here. He definitely enriched our lives 

A post script to this thread......


Tomorrow we collect our new cat.
He's a 15 year old cream coloured pedigree British shorthair. We'll be his 4th owners. I don't know about the first; the second discovered her daughter was allergic to him; the third is a friend of my daughter-in-law.

The friend got him about 5 years ago shortly after she married. She wanted a dog but everyone said it was cruel to leave a dog alone all day while she was at work, so she adopted Leo. Then she got her dog, a springer spaniel from, of all place, Romania. The poor thing had to spend 6 months in quarantine and now has attachment issues. Then she had a baby who is now a few months old. The cat was being ignored in favour of the dog and baby so she decided it was unfair on him so he needed a new home. We went to see him today and he's lovely.

Our other son, Dylan's owner, is still apologising for us having to watch Dylan's downward spiral so hopefully our getting another cat will reassure him we haven't been put off cats.

To be honest, I'm not really into cats - I prefer my fish  But my husband misses Dylan, and he said shortly after Dylan came that once he'd gone (expecting him to move out with our son) that he'd want another cat. My husband had a cat when he was a child, she looked just like Dylan apparently. So Leo will really be his cat.

You know that we are going to ask for pics once Leo has settled in. 

I think it's fantastic that you are giving a settled home to a cat that has had several owners. I hope that you all enjoy being together and that Leo enjoys watching your fish as much as you do.

Porteous Wonderwall (!) aka Leo was picked up this afternoon. According to his family tree he is a lilac silver spotted British shorthair. We are currently ignoring him while he tentatively explores. He was confined to the ground floor of a small house until this afternoon, though owner #2 allowed him upstairs, and he is currently wandering round the bedrooms.
He's a bit overweight. Owner #3 managed to get his weight down quite a bit - when they collected him from owner #2 his food included packs of human porridge!!


Photos to follow when he's settled 

This is Leo. As you can see, he is somewhat overweight, but you should have seen him when we got him. We weighed him with our bathroom scales yesterday and he's 6.2 kg. He's lost a fair bit of weight in the last two weeks because we haven't fed him any treats and he's a lot more active than at his last home.
He has a tendency to roll over on his back to look 'cute'. Our sons have suggested he did this to get treats. He's doing it less and less since that doesn't work any more.

Both our sons have or had cats (Dylan, and Tilly & Tom) and we have been told countless times that the way to get seriously clawed is to touch a cat's tummy. So we don't touch him there just in case 

Leo is gorgeous. 

I went looking for photos of your pearls yesterday Sue... keep trying for us, they are such lovely fish! Leo is gorgeous too. I’ll admit I’m not really a cat person, but Leo’s colours and marking are very attractive indeed.

According to his pedigree chart, he's officially lilac silver spotted, which is a type of tabby