An update to our report from one of our volunteer fosterers, Jill, based in the Cambridge area.

I would like to bring you up date since my last piece on the web-site back in September 2011.

You may remember I was writing a piece about Thorn, he was the male ginger who was very nervous at the beginning when he came to me last July and was totally a different, loving, and sociable cat after the first month of being with me. I am very happy to let you know, he was re-homed to a lovely lady in a village on the 17th November, 2011 and she invited me over to see him and I went in January of this year. Thorn had settled in very well and was so friendly when I saw him in his new home, the lady is delighted with him, I could not have wished for a better home for him, this is a real success story and I received some lovely pictures afterwards, especially of Thorn sitting in front of the fire, a very rewarding outcome for me to see.

Next came along Tigger, a two year old male tabby, again a lovely cat who always seemed happy when he was here. He came 26th November last year and went to a nice lady in Cambridge on the 4th February this year. I have had contact since to let me know he has a new name, has settled in well and has made new friends and have some lovely pictures of him sitting on books, on top of doors etc. and also, unfortunately, I heard, he has been after the baby birds, but we have to accept, cats will be cats! He is a lovely cat nevertheless who deserved a good home.

On the 21st February, 2012, Millie came to see me, a ten year old tortie, who looked so young. Again, such a friendly cat who needed a loving home, which I can tell you was reserved on the 9th March by a nice couple who were going on holiday and new exactly that Millie was the cat for them and came back to collect on the 20th March, which was just as well for me, it could not have worked out better, as Cats Protection were sorting out with different vets which we use, so therefore, Millie had not even been health checked or had a chance to get her photo on the web- site and had already been chosen from our Homing Officer's description, that's a first for me!. I telephoned Millie's new owners a week later, as we do with all our rehomed cats, and Millie was loving her new home, very well deserved for Millie and her new owners.

At the time of writing this article, my latest addition is a lovely four year old male black and white cat who came to me, through no fault of his own at the end of March. Again, he is a lovely sociable, friendly boy who just needs a loving caring home he can call his own. He loves to be with people, loves his meals and loves doors, he is always getting into the porch in the cats pen, he likes to see what is on the menu for breakfast and teatime, so whoever adopts him needs to keep their doors tightly closed for the first three weeks as he is very alert.

Please take a look on the adopt a cat pages: his name is Monty. While you are there, I hope you will look at all our other cats and kittens who are looking for new homes and please ring 01223 528312 to ask about homing as not all our cats and kittens may be on the web-site.

I am having a lovely time, meeting all the lovely cats and nice people and pleased to help out with other activities where I can. I will report on more success stories in the near future.

Jill, April 2012.

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December 2011: Could you be a fosterer? Cambridge branch are currently appealing for new indoor fosterers who do not already have a cat, to host a homeless cat in their home. See our appeal or contact Cambridge Cats Protection on 01223 234010 for further details.