Sadly, our eldest cat Niemi is no longer with us. She was t'ignorait with F.I.V two years ago, a disease that attacks the immune system, which left her with a sore mouth and throat. As long as her food was minced up, she was fine.
However, this year she developed mouth cancer, which is very aggressive in cats, and eventually, we had to take the difficult decision to have her put down, as her quality of life was just not there anymore.
Henri was a bit freaked out by it all, and was obviously missing her, so we asked some friends to let us know if anyone had any kittens that they wanted a new home for. We expected it to take months, but within days, Peter and Wendy told us that friends of theirs had found a kitten that was trying to live in their barn, but needed a new home, as they had three dogs.
So the next day we collected the kitten and got her checked over by the vet, to make sure that she didn't belong to anyone.
She is called Daisey, and after a bit of hissing, she gets on very well with Henri, apart from when she attacks him when he is trying to sleep. She is very possessive of the cat baskets, no matter how much Henri whacks her, and has even moved onto the log basket.
No kittens were burnt in the taking if this photo.
