Togetherness

This used to be one of their favourite spots in our old flat - sitting on the microwave, watching the movement of our street from the kitchen window. Although they like to be within sight, they don't usually like to be that near to each other. This was a rare moment and we were lucky enough to be around with a camera to register when it happened!

This is Scratchy

Scratchy is our lovely ginger (here sitting on one of her naughty places, our printer). She is a very sensitive little soul and suffers from a skin allergy since birth. When we first adopted her it was really bad, but now that she has the treatment and care she needs, it's manageable.

Sometimes she still gets very itchy and her tongue is really coarse, so, as she repeatedly licks the itchy spots, she removes the fur and the skin of them very quickly - hence the collar "lampshade style" she wears in this photo.

She's in and out of that collar very frequently, but against all odds (particularly when it comes to cats), she's extremely easy going about her hardship. She doesn't mind having to wear it (probably got used to it by now) and doesn't mind taking her medication when the allergy breaks.

This is Itchy

This is Itchy, my intelligent looking tortoise shell. She is actually quite a smart cat, and sometimes, when she has the black part of her eyes wide open like in this photo, we think she resembles an owl. Her nick name when she has this look is "Itch the professor".

First

This blog is a place to share some of the (endless) photos of our cats - two lovely young ladies named Itchy and Scratchy. They found their final and definitive home two years ago, when my husband and I went to a cat shelter looking for two kittens to join us in our new home. They were just about two years old back then, and as soon as our gaze met theirs, the kittens idea was immediately dropped - we had been chosen by them instead.

We adopted them after a sucession of unsuccessful re-homings (and all we could ask ourselves was "who wouldn't want to keep them???"). They are of no specific breed (although we guess they might have some persian blood, hence their thick fur coats), sisters from the same litter, and have never been apart - yet they have very distinctive personalities. You'll get to know them better as we go. And you most certainly will fall for them too.