12/10/2019
Hi everybody, I wanted to say thanks to all of you for your support of this page. I have not updated much since April but there have been some changes for Hattie and myself.
I may have mentioned before Hattie's history of wandering around in our community so just to explain, it really started as a 'thing' when we took in a new cat, in fact we ended up with 3 more cats! Hattie started to go out and stay out more and more. I kept bringing her back and did a lot of work to integrate them all together, but Hattie had other ideas.
In the past it had been Hattie and my other cat called Smudge, they were not the best of friends but they tolerated each other. However, with the other cats coming in, Smudge managed to make it work, however Hattie did not despite my continued efforts.
I struggled through the summer continuing to bring her in and trying to make it work, but Hattie was headstrong and decided to make herself at home at another house. She seemed to stay there more and more and with winter not too far away I had some soul searching thinking to do about Hattie. However much I wanted to keep her with me, she was not willing. What was going to be best for her kept me awake and worried me a lot.
During this time I made a connection with the kind and caring family looking after her in the house she had chosen for herself. I found out they loved her as much as I did.
It took many months of thinking before I approached the family to enquire if they may wish to take her on as their own. Anybody who has had animals and finds themselves in a position like this, it is tough, very tough, but with the best outcome for Hattie on my mind, it happened and Hattie has now found herself in a lovely home, with no other cats and a family all to herself. I hear she is very happy there and still patrolling the community but not as much as she used to when she was just trying to escape her home.
I do miss her very much but i know she is not far away and I can visit/see her when I need to just check on her. And ultimately she is a much happier cat which is exactly what I want for her and not to wander around in the cold anymore.
Thanks to this lovely family, you know who you are for everything!
Apologies for the long post but I felt you all needed an update as you have been here for support since I started this page.
Going forward, there may not be much need for the page anymore, but I will keep it going for a bit, I guess not ready to let that go yet! :)
Thanks for listening.
