Welcome Flanelleke
After Betsy passed away we knew that eventually we had a empty bed to fill in our little home. Of course there still is some grief left but we thought the time was there to go and visit some adoptable cats. We thought we'd just go and take a look at what's out there.
This saturday we went to a organisation called Wetland Cats in Gouderak near Gouda. This organisation houses around 260 cats that where abandoned, impopular at the shelter, almost put to sleep for no reason by their previous owners or just regular stray cats. Some of these cats are semi-wild or even agressive to humans and therefore not up for adoption.
Another thing that they do at this wonderful place is offering another organisation temporary housing for stray cats from Romania. These cats get rescued from certain death on the streets of Romania and then nutured, chipped and vaccinated before they travel to Wetland Cats. There they are put up for adoption.
Once we where in the shelter for the Romanian cats our attention was drawn by a little black cat. She was really petit and purring as loud as she could. once my girlfriend picked her up she started te pur even louder and climbed on her shoulders to give little licks and other signs of affection. Needless to say my girlfriend was sold. With Betsy really being my girls cat is was more important that the cat liked her then me. But she is also very, very friendly to me too.
She is just one year old (Born 03-03-2017, estimated) and really petit. Because of her gentle and soft character we decided to go with Flanelleke as her name. This because the fabric flanel also is very soft and warming. Her official name however is Komo Flanel, a hint to Coco Chanel as well as to her previous life on the streets with Komo being a well known brand of black plastic trash bags.
Whe we came home she immediatly came out of the travel basket, leaving Chupa and Tickel a bit puzzled over who this little gal was. But she has great cat manners and even after just 46 hours I think it is safe to say thet she fits right in. They even played together yesterday evening!
Welcome Flanelleke
After Betsy passed away we knew that eventually we had a empty bed to fill in our little home. Of course there still is some grief left but we thought the time was there to go and visit some adoptable cats. We thought we'd just go and take a look at what's out there.
This saturday we went to a organisation called Wetland Cats in Gouderak near Gouda. This organisation houses around 260 cats that where abandoned, impopular at the shelter, almost put to sleep for no reason by their previous owners or just regular stray cats. Some of these cats are semi-wild or even agressive to humans and therefore not up for adoption.
Another thing that they do at this wonderful place is offering another organisation temporary housing for stray cats from Romania. These cats get rescued from certain death on the streets of Romania and then nutured, chipped and vaccinated before they travel to Wetland Cats. There they are put up for adoption.
Once we where in the shelter for the Romanian cats our attention was drawn by a little black cat. She was really petit and purring as loud as she could. once my girlfriend picked her up she started te pur even louder and climbed on her shoulders to give little licks and other signs of affection. Needless to say my girlfriend was sold. With Betsy really being my girls cat is was more important that the cat liked her then me. But she is also very, very friendly to me too.
She is just one year old (Born 03-03-2017, estimated) and really petit. Because of her gentle and soft character we decided to go with Flanelleke as her name. This because the fabric flanel also is very soft and warming. Her official name however is Komo Flanel, a hint to Coco Chanel as well as to her previous life on the streets with Komo being a well known brand of black plastic trash bags.
Whe we came home she immediatly came out of the travel basket, leaving Chupa and Tickel a bit puzzled over who this little gal was. But she has great cat manners and even after just 46 hours I think it is safe to say thet she fits right in. They even played together yesterday evening!