Ginette is beautiful. Like her, my three had been abandoned at around 2 weeks old so with the advice from the vet on how to look after them (we have not had cats before) we hand fed them every 4 hours for the first week then put them on a kitten feeding regime. As you can see, they are bright and alert and (unfortunately) in to everything !! But they are absolutely adorable and we love them to bits. They are also indoor cats - we’d be worrying too much about other feral cats, foxes, wild boars etc. etc. but Stuart has started to make them their own catio so they can live in one of the outhouses in the summer and live indoors in the winter. Thank you for sending the photos.
@ Stella - Poor you! But it sounds as though it’s worth the suffering! 
That’s the thought behind not taking my disaster any further. I don’t think I could get it back to the original size - I’d be pulling it for weeks and weeks, so it’s a present for the cats!
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Enjoy your adorable cats, my sister says I am cruel to keep Ginette indoors, but i told her to look at the statistics, Indoor cats live at least 5 years plus more than outdoor cats. My next door neighbour has just let her two kittens outdoors after the vet said they were old enough. Unfortunately last week one of them was hit by a car outside their home and died 
. She is devastated and so am I, because I looked after them as babies whilst they went on holiday. Lovely chatting with you. X
You too! 
I would love to know if the Nancy video worked for you. I have shrunk so many things!!! :0)
All our cats have been outdoor cats, many of them rescue cats. Most have lived a long life, the longest being a cat that was paralysed from the waist down at one year of age, learned to walk again, had three litters and lived to the age of 21. She also went missing at age 16 and came back a year later healthy but very skinny and flea ridden. I don’t believe in keeping cats indoors myself but a lot are and I would never say it’s the wrong thing to do.
They are adorable. My Ginette is 9 year’s old, i love her so much. She is an indoor cat and gives me lots of cuddles. I adopted her when she was 5. She was abandoned.
Its obviously personal choice, but stastics say that indoor cats live longer and I suppose it just depends where you live. Like you my opinion is i am not in favour of outdoor cats. Why have a cat or cats if you are going to let them mainly live outside!
What do you mean exactly, by ‘indoor cat’? My cats like being with us and tend to spend a lot of time indoors in inclement weather, generally loafing on someone’s bed or conning extra meals out of gullible children. In good weather, however, they are out most of the time, in any fase they come and go as they please all year round.
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I mean totally indoors all the year round. I have a special verandah for her in good weather, so she gets fresh air.
I know she is safe 24/7. But as I said that is just my opinion.
I said exactly the opposite of that. All my cats have been outdoor cats, and I would never restrict any of my cats like that.
Because that is their nature. They are the domesticated offspring of wild animals. It is a lot more unnatural to confine them indoors. I prefer to let them roam free when and whence they like. They always come back to me (eventually some times).
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My cat would be very unhappy if he couldn’t go out after voles and rabbits, climb trees and gallop through the vines.
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I do not think I restrict my much loved cat whatsover, she has her own outside verandah and is very happy. In fact I keep her safe from predators. And when I said about opinions, I may not have worded it correctly, what I meant to say was, like you, I have my opinion and you have yours. So just let us beg to differ and get on with our lives. Have a good day.