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11 August 2006
They say the bond between mother and son is a special one and so it is with Sam and Sally. Sally a very pretty, but very timid tortishell came to Kats&Kits about six years ago, she was stray and had had two litters of kittens in quick succession . She was housed with her youngest kittens and was so frightened, she would climb the wire every time we went into the pen. Eventually we tied a box for her and the kittens high up on a shelf and she seemed happier looking down on us from above. As they got older the kittens soon learnt to use a ladder to get up and down. They were easier to handle than their mum, but it still took a lot of work before they were tame enough to home. Sally however was hardly ever seen out of her box and to this day is still timid, Lorraine being the only one occasionally allowed to stroke her. The older kittens were caught except for one who disappeared completely.
 About two months later we got a call to say the remaining one had been found and would we take him. We said yes, but being very short of room, decided we would have to put him with his mum and younger brothers and sisters. It was with some anxiety that we carried the basket into the pen, we couldn’t be sure what his reaction would be, though still only a kitten he had never been handled and was very frightened. In less than a minute he had found his way up the ladder and was sitting in the box with his mother and the kittens. They all took to each other immediately and when the kittens were homed we kept Sam with Sally. You will have gathered we had called the kitten Sam by now.Mum and son are still very close, Sam goes out hunting and Sally fusses until he comes back, they sleep together and call to each other when they are apart. Sam is more confident than his mum, friendly with the other cats even talking to us as he walks by, but still will not let anyone touch him. So it is because they are both timid that we decided to give them a permanent home at Kats&Kits, where they are familiar with their surroundings and we all understand them. I have heard it on the grape vine that Sam has been seen in the company of Willow and Tibbles, I bet he hasn’t told his mum.
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About Kats & Kits:Kats & Kits is a long established cat sanctuary based in the depth of the UK's mystical Wiltshire countryside, on the edge of Salisbury Plain, near the white horses of Alton Barnes and Westbury. Run by a small dedicated team we aim to provide a home to rescued cats where re-homing is not a viable option. This blog documents the daily challenges the group has overcome since 1994 to provide care and shelter for abandonded, stray and unwanted cats.
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