Foster in Bristol

Hola!

Handsome tuxedo gent Manuel was born in a bush 3 years ago and he and his siblings came into the world tangled up in their umbilical cords, but our trusty vet managed to save his life, though poor Manuel had to have a hind leg removed. The vet's name? Manuel – so you can guess where our boy got his name from!

Unfortunately, in his 3 years with his initial home, he had developed a habit of biting to get his own way. His family simply tolerated this, until a (human) baby came along and he ended up back with us.

However, thanks to consistent behaviour management from the outset in his foster home, he hasn't bitten once, so it has to have been some kind of issue in his environment previously. After a couple of days of uttering some fairly choice words whenever his foster mum went in to see him, he soon worked out it was going to have zero effect other than him being ignored! By day 3, he'd started approaching to ask politely for attention, and now, only 3 weeks in, he's the friendliest, purriest love-bug you could imagine. His first visit to the vet saw him seduce everyone there, lapping up all the fuss everyone offered.

Given his situation and his history, we'd like his new home to be able to offer him a few things:

– Because he's not very mobile with only one hind leg, he'll need to live either indoors, or ideally with a catio or cat-proof garden where he can't escape and get stuck somewhere.

– Although he's shown no signs of aggression with us, we'd like to rehome him where there are no children, or older children only.

– His new humans will need to continue with the consistent reinforcement that good behaviour = attention and treats; rudeness = getting ignored!

– If you have valuable or breakable ornaments, you may want to pop the somewhere safe; he's not the most graceful, bless him…

– He's really enjoyed having a playmate in his foster mum's 9 month old kitten so would probably like another gentle cat for company. He doesn't seem worried by his foster mum's ancient spaniel either, so a very calm dog would also be OK.

Neutered, chipped, vaccinated with 5 weeks free insurance, he's all dressed up with nowhere to go so ping us an email with your address and a contact number :)

And boy does the Cat Distribution System seem to be sending us all the black cats!

Sadly Lucky and Magic have had to come back to us as their owner's shift pattern has changed and he's now away from home too much. They've had so much upheaval in their short lives -  their first owner passed them to a relative who then surrendered them to us so this is their 5th home already and they're only 18 months :(

These sisters are wonderful; they love a fuss, love to play, love their hoomans and love each other, they have just the nicest natures despite everything.

Can we make their next home, their furever home?

No pressure but we're relying on you 🤣

They'll need a garden away from busy roads/catio to keep them safe, older children would be fine and they'd like go be the only pets.

Neutered,  chipped, vaccinated with 5 weeks free insurance.