Chester has a few pages scattered around here on PoC but I thought it would be nice to have a new page with some of the old photos of him and also new ones as Marion takes them of his progress (videos).
Just look at the difference in him already, from that tiny oil covered terrified hopeless little soul to the happy kitten he is now.
It’s partly thanks to the vet for shaving him and prescribing the medication he needed to prevent him developing problems from swallowing some oil, but most of all it’s thanks to Marion for her tender loving care and the good food she gives him.
Chester has touched many hearts and every day people are asking Marion how he is, he has many offers of a home for when he’s well and socialised enough to cope with the change and some people have been very generous with donations towards his vets bills, including Michael here on PoC of course.
He has made feline friends at Marion’s house and the gorgeous George has taken him under his wing too and keeps him in line with a bat of a paw if he pushes his luck with naughtiness lol.
Marion was a bit worried last night but today she says:
‘I was worried about Chester last night he didn’t eat his tea or supper and just curled up in his bed. Antibiotics finished the other day so had in my head he was going downhill. However this morning though not eaten much he is flying around like a lunatic again’
I think we all hope and pray he continues to recover and goes on to have a very happy long life. It seems a shame he was born feral and he had to live through the traumas he suffered in order to be a much loved pet one day.
Thankfully he is young enough to tame and hopefully in the future start to trust the people who only want to love and care for him, not to hurt him.
Updating video:
Just had an idea Michael, what would be even better than me asking Marion 5 questions, let’s get our PoC family to think up what questions to ask her. I’m sure they would love to join in.
Ruth MM, Marc, Rose, Jane, Rudolph, Dee, Valley Girl, Elisa, to name just a few and you yourself of course.
What do you think?
Yes and his mother would just say he didn’t mean to hurt the cat, he was only playing.
The single mothers further into this estate are feral, never mind the kids!
We are lucky to be right on the edge, it’s like a different place.
I think Marion is hopeful that Chester will recover both mentally and physically, if anyone can help him, she can, she’s a miracle worker with cats.
I know she’s absolutely snowed under right now with phone calls about taking kittens in, on top of all she has to do looking after cats and kittens and all the paperwork. Her foster carers are full up and overflowing too. Babz and I would love to do that but we don’t have the room and we have Walter who hates other cats apart from Jozef.
I don’t think I could do a video interview, I’d freeze up lol or get the giggles and I’m conscious of my North country voice, I know people think we talk as if we are singing but to ourselves it sounds dog rough lol
We’ll maybe think up the questions and answers, do you mean for a new article?
Chester latest video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPinXpGy6Bk&feature=share&list=UUO0T_WpPBPaAKAG3nmvvaMw
Chester continues to do well, alas we are inundated with calls from people who have a cat and kittens in their garden and we are doing our utmost to help the most vulnerable and neutering everything we hear of, being so busy not sure when I will get video put together but will certainly try.
Its so sad we try to help the same people and areas yet they still don’t help themselves 🙁 we took cat and kittens from one man last year and gave loads of neuter support yet still he rings this week to say yet more kittens and one 8yr old cat need neuter why the heck didn’t he tell us about this 8yr old sooner 🙁
The local army garrison is proving a real problem too with colonies of feral from cats left behind by soldier moving on and this is something we have tried for years to get the army to act on but without success, we are hopeful though that now something will be done.
its only thanks to people like yourselves that we are able to help at all so once again Thank You.
I’m so happy that Chester’s journey is being shared here. Marion is an angel.
I know this little still guy has a ways to go, but just look at him now!
Look at those ears and those eyes! I’m hooked!