Boodle's playtime

[James]

Boodle's Playtime

Here is a new set of pics of Boodle. She has now been with us for three weeks and is already taking over the house (and our lives :) ) Her favourite playground is the staircase and the hall and favourite toys are table tennis balls and some rather chewed mice. As i have said many times, if you live with a cat, who needs television? :D


1. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime8.jpg

Dribbling is my speciality.

2. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime7.jpg

I can't bear the suspense

3. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime1.jpg

Now if I just wait .....

4. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime3.jpg

Precision dribbling.

5. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime6.jpg

Get ready!

6. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime5.jpg

Note the footwork.

7. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime4.jpg

Where's it gone .... is it in these shoes?

8. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/cambeuluk/Boodle/Playtime2.jpg

I'm tired now .....

[dandysmom]

Lovely pics! What a pretty girl Boodle is, she has striking markings, and looks so happy in her forever home. They do love ping pong balls; even my dear Leia who is rather a couch potato loves to play the ping pong ball on the stairs game.

[James]

Thanks for the feedback :) She really is a is a delightful little soul, very gentle (other than with catnip mice and table tennis balls!) and loves being hugged. We are very lucky :D

[Aquatic]

Boodle's adorable.
I love her name :-D
I like it when Felix is asleep because he talks in his sleeps and his legs move as if he's walking same with my dog as well :-D
I haven't got a ping pong ball for Felix I'll have to buy one. :-D :D

[Mags]

Great pics of Boodle, James ....she really is adorable!:D

[pookyandjo]

She is beautiful!... such an expressive face!
Harry loves playing with ping pong balls... George just looks at me as if to say.... Yeah right! ... In your dreams!

[yola]

What a beautiful little face Boodle has, she looks like a mini tiger in those pouncing pics :D . . . you're lucky to have her and she's very lucky to have found you!

[Kazz]

Lovely pictures and what a good name for a cat.

[angieh]

Great photos James - Boodle is precious and very pretty. She looks completely happy and settled in your home and your house is now a home again, with a resident cat. Lucky you and lucky cat. She has a nice sheen on her coat too.

[jacks]

What a pretty little girl Boodle is.

Minnie enjoys playing with a pingpong ball too.Usually its
3am and we can hear the ball bouncing on the kitchen floor and hitting the skirting boards.:lol:
She has had it confiscated once or twice.

[Moli]

Lovley pictures, she is a beauty, and looks to be right at home with you...so nice she has settled so soon....

[Tink]

She's so pretty, I really love her markings. And she looks very huggable too! :D

[calismum]

What a gorgeous girlie she is. Cats love ping pong balls.

[Shelley123]

Boodles is a very pretty girl, i see she has the Tabby M on her head and i love her striped tail.

[EmmaG]

Oh my!!! she is very pretty, just love a tabby cat!!! :-)

[James]

Thanks for your comments folks. Yes, we are very fortunate that Boodle has has settled in so well. The first week she would not venture upstairs at all (as everyone knows, the top landing is where the monsters live :shock: ).

We don't think she had ever lived in a home with a staircase. Now however, she races upstairs if she hears my voice and of course the stairs are ideal for games :)

The first week she would not even go near the climbing tree we bought for her. Now she climbs to the top and washes herself whilst keeping an eye on us!. All this may be very familiar to most of you as will the fact that the first two weeks she was constantly crying for food and would clear her dish in one feed. Now she eats some and leaves some for later as she knows that it will be not taken away and she will be fed at regular intervals.

I wish i had some pics of how she looked when first rescued to illustrate how far she has come (thanks are not just due to us, but also to the shelter). She was painfully thin and had lost all the fur on her back along the line of her spine and on part of her tail (if you look closely at some of the pics e.g. the one where she is looking in the shoes) you may just be able to detect small patches of hair loss on her back. Under her fur she was covered in scabs from flea bites and initially we were still clearing ear mites from both ears (we now use Stronghold).

One of her most delightful traits is her constant vocalisation. She always answers us, even when dozing and trots alongside us talking constantly. Her new, favourite chair is my wheelchair - makes life a little difficult for me, but she looks very cosy curled up on the seat (see pics posted earlier) :(