McVitie and Jaffa asleep on the sofa…

Dear Readers, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t give you a quick update on McVitie and Jaffa, my RSPCA foster kittens. They now have the run of most of the house, and are causing the usual kitten-related havoc – my poor houseplants are being pruned as all the dead leaves that I should have cut off already come flying off every time the kittens run through the ‘jungle’.Fortunately they’re only interested in the dead leaves.

And also in. the knitting….

…and the furniture…

….and the laptop. It’s a miracle that I ever get the blog done at all.

The kits are now on 50 percent ‘normal’ kitten food and 50 percent sensitive tummy food, and so far no explosions. The kitten with the white chin is a real cuddle bunny, while the other one is rather more circumspect, but they both go to sleep on the sofa beside me now, which is rather lovely.

As anyone who has ever lived with kittens will know, they only really have two speeds – manic and unconscious. Apart from one of them having a slightly dodgy tummy, they will be perfect for a lively household – even when strangers come to visit, they will hide for about two minutes before being overcome with curiosity. Fingers crossed someone else will fall in love with them! I will miss them, but they really need a permanent home. And then it will be onto the next cats! If you’ve ever thought about fostering, I would really recommend it – it’s such an introduction to the sheer variety of personality in cats. These two are probably my eightieth and eighty-first foster cats over the past twenty years, and I promise that no two cats are the same, once you get to know them.