A Rescue Story
In 2001, we rescued a 5 year old tabby Persian cat who was almost at death's door. He was one solid mat of fleas and fur, his jaw had been broken and allowed to set crooked, his teeth were shattered, his throat was choked with fur, his ribs stuck out as he wasn't fed properly. He was at death's door and being terrorized by a big dog which his owner had brought into his house. He was desperate to be loved, he would walk up and down the street meowing at strangers desperate for them to pick him up and cuddle him, so that he could close his eyes and feel safe and loved, albeit if only for a fleeting moment, but he was in such a wretched condition no-one would touch him. He would creep through other cats catflaps in search of food, only to be shoed off.
We did not want another cat, we had two, but broke our heart so badly to see him so we 'bought' him for a bottle of cheap champagne (all we had in the house at the time!). It turned out he had come from a rescue centre where he had to have his fur shaved off as he'd been very neglected for the first years of his life, unfortunately his new owner didn't groom him either, she had no idea just how 'high maintenance' Persians can be! And soon lost interest in him.
After being shaved of all his fur yet again, and having to wear a romper suit as it was so cold, when he arrived here at Tom Cat Towers to live with us, he was so depressed he wouldn't even look at us for 3 months, then as if a light was switched on one day he came across and gave me a kiss, a huge mog-snog on the nose and made the career decision he wasn't an unwanted cat anymore he had humans, who adored him utterly, to supervise!!
He goes out for walks on a harness and all the neighbours come talk to him, the local Rottweiler is in awe of him! He drinks milk from a bottle and the whole house is run around his whims and fancies! We are the love affair of the century.
Tushtots, as he was renamed, was the key to writing a series of humorous and unusual books primarily for adults the first of which is currently sweeping America by storm and has become a 'cult' book. He has been interviewed on radio in America where 2 million listeners are falling in love with both him and his feline friends; Stinker of the Yard, Britney Kitney, Mewkus Willi Whizkas and others.
'Willi Whizkas, Tall Tales and Lost Lives' by Paws and Claws Claws is available on Amazon.com and cand be ordered by clicking the link above. 'Willi Whizkas, Tall Tales and Lost Lives' was the featured book for April and May 2006 on CFA.ORG the global website for all things cat.
The cats are also featured on the daily mews web site where they have kindly placed some photos of the characters along with some info about Tushots rescue:-
Copyright © January 2007 Carol, John & Tushtots Turner
Tushtots was adopted by Carol and her "family" on April 16 2001, Easter Monday
used with permission
The next book, (we are currently writing book 6), Willi Whizkas The Tiddleswick Tail Lifters has great characters, again who exist, such as Ginger Podgers and Fred Who Stares, people are begging us to write their rescue cats in and make them world famous too!
If you'd like to feature his story as a light-hearted article as an inspiration to others to adopt an older cat who nobody wants, but who turns out to be such a love-chunks we can't imagine life without him, please do, so that everyone can enjoy the fun and perhaps consider rescuing a poor cat who turns out to be loved beyond diamonds!! We have E-mailable pictures of him when he had been shaved, and today as a real 'glamour-puss'!!
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