Adopting a Greek cat

[HOGEPH]

Feliway, and give them time to adjust to the upheaval.

[anonymous-user]

Give her space and somewhere to be quiet will take time to adjust.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

Thanks both, and we already have some Feliway and are using. She is creeping out from under the sofa a little more frequently, so guess time is all that shall be required.

[Sportidge]

With it being a Greek cat, you also need to be aware of the language barrier....

[ali_kat]

Time, as the others have suggested Fekiway (although kind react better & quicker to Pet Remedy), patience, soft voices, gentle encouragements.

Toys

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

So we've taken Callia (one eye) to the vets, and to spay her and operate on what is left of her eye is going to be around £700. The cost for these two - vets in Greece, passports, flights, vets at this end - is currently sitting at about £2000 for the pair. Has anybody ever spent more on a pair of scruffy mogs?!

[PositronicRay]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

So we've taken Callia (one eye) to the vets, and to spay her and operate on what is left of her eye is going to be around £700. The cost for these two - vets in Greece, passports, flights, vets at this end - is currently sitting at about £2000 for the pair. Has anybody ever spent more on a pair of scruffy mogs?!

Time to put paid to such expensive holidays

[DKL]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

So we've taken Callia (one eye) to the vets, and to spay her and operate on what is left of her eye is going to be around £700. The cost for these two - vets in Greece, passports, flights, vets at this end - is currently sitting at about £2000 for the pair. Has anybody ever spent more on a pair of scruffy mogs?!

I'm sure you will but get them insured otherwise, if you're all very unlucky, £2k could seem like small change. Been there done that.
Great job but where are the pics?

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

DKL said:

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

So we've taken Callia (one eye) to the vets, and to spay her and operate on what is left of her eye is going to be around £700. The cost for these two - vets in Greece, passports, flights, vets at this end - is currently sitting at about £2000 for the pair. Has anybody ever spent more on a pair of scruffy mogs?!

I'm sure you will but get them insured otherwise, if you're all very unlucky, £2k could seem like small change. Been there done that.
Great job but where are the pics?

I'll get some up in a bit

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

A few pics of 'little one', Mellina, she's a baby, guess 4-5 months.

She is so affectionate, but a little bugger for going for your toes at 4am in bed!

I'll try to get some pics taken of the other girl soon.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

Safe to say two cats well on the way to settling in.

[HOGEPH]

I owe you a pint should we ever meet for your kind act towards these two cats!

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

HOGEPH said:

I owe you a pint should we ever meet for your kind act towards these two cats!

Kind words, thank you. The vet, Nikos, in Thassos, summed it up brilliantly. We were putting the world to rights, and I said 'you can never solve all the problems in the world' to which he replied, 'no, but too many use that as an excuse to not do their little bit'.

We needed to give these two little girls a life they deserve. Callia, the elder one eyed girl, has spent six years getting pregnant, presumably struggling for food and warmth in winter, and not getting her missing eye dealt with. Yet all the time all she wanted was human affection. These two little sods have cost us a fortune. Worth every bloody penny.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

BTW, in the second pic, this is Callia. The right eye in the pic (her left) is the one missing. You'll note there is no close line, as per her other eye. Not posted one eyed open as it looks gross, pretty fleshy and red. Next Friday the vets are going to sow it shut.

[RepeatOffender]

DKL said:

There is a huge thread about adopting a dog from Greece on here somewhere - Sue's story (Sally maybe?) - I can't just see it currently.

Zoe's story.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=11...

Sadly ruined by the tts at photobucket.

[bexVN]

I don't know how I missed this thread but so glad I have found it now! These two cats are finally going to get the chance of a great life thanks to your commitment and generosity.

Here's hoping they have a long and happy life with to you guys now

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

bexVN said:

I don't know how I missed this thread but so glad I have found it now! These two cats are finally going to get the chance of a great life thanks to your commitment and generosity.

Here's hoping they have a long and happy life with to you guys now

That's the plan

They're getting there. Callia is now showing her face a little more, taking them outside on leads twice a day (you don't half feel a prat walking a cat on a lead!) and we've introduced little one to the smallest dog, and let them see them in the porch whilst outside.

It shall take time with Callia, she's had six years of being used to being an outside stray.

[vournikas]

bexVN said:

I don't know how I missed this thread but so glad I have found it now! These two cats are finally going to get the chance of a great life thanks to your commitment and generosity.

Here's hoping they have a long and happy life with to you guys now

+1

Couldn't have put it better myself

It's a wonderful story, and one that very much resonates with my wife & I. See, we've holidayed in the Greek islands nine times since 2004 and there's been four occasions I can think of where a local stray sort of became part of the furniture during the two weeks. We would have loved to have brought back each of them, but thought it wouldn't be possible.

So, if anything, you've not only given these two lovely cats a comforting and loving new home but also given new resolve to people like my wife & I to do exactly the same thing when we next go all soft over a cat on a Greek island.

Great work, guys!

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

vournikas said:

bexVN said:

I don't know how I missed this thread but so glad I have found it now! These two cats are finally going to get the chance of a great life thanks to your commitment and generosity.

Here's hoping they have a long and happy life with to you guys now

+1

Couldn't have put it better myself

It's a wonderful story, and one that very much resonates with my wife & I. See, we've holidayed in the Greek islands nine times since 2004 and there's been four occasions I can think of where a local stray sort of became part of the furniture during the two weeks. We would have loved to have brought back each of them, but thought it wouldn't be possible.

So, if anything, you've not only given these two lovely cats a comforting and loving new home but also given new resolve to people like my wife & I to do exactly the same thing when we next go all soft over a cat on a Greek island.

Great work, guys!

It is possible, it just takes planning.

[Yipper]

A cool story.