On the move again....

Some time last year I wrote about Adolfo, Kenzo and Zara - three very well travelled cats that live with Robert and Andrew. In case you didn't get to read it, they were rehomed from a rescue centre in Spain by Robert and Andrew while they were living there.

A couple of years later they returned to the UK, with cats in tow, and a couple of years after that, they were all off to South Africa. I went and stayed with them for a couple of weeks while Robert and Andrew had a holiday in one of the homes they retained in Spain, and got to know them all really well. That's probably the best cat sitting job I've ever had!!

Last time I wrote about them I said that they'd be on the move again, and Andrew added a comment to say that they'd have to all go and live in Spain for 6 months on the way back! South Africa isn't part of the pet passport scheme, so they would have to be in quarantine for 6 months, which isn't nice. There's no problem going direct from South Africa to Spain, and of course Spain is a member of the pet passport scheme, so after 6 months there, they can all come back to the UK. Keeping up???????

Well, Robert and Andrew are finally leaving South Africa at the beginning of April after their 4 years there - but the cats have got a head start on them, and are already on the way. I say on the way, because it's not a straightforward journey, and as I write I hear that they're only now approaching Barcelona.

They set off last week, 11th February, on a flight from Cape Town to Heathrow. The plan then was to be picked up by a wonderful company called Animal Couriers and taken by road to Southern Spain. Problems though with snow in Kent meant that they're return was delayed. But it was reported that they were doing well eating and sleeping in the quarantine centre.

Adolfo, Zara and Kenzo should be back in Andalucia later on tonight, or perhaps tomorrow, and will remain in a cattery there until Robert and Andrew finally arrive - at the moment, they're busy shutting up 4 years of life in South Africa, and it's much easier and less fraught for the cats to do that while they're not around. They're missing their "kids" very much, getting up in the mornings and not having them trotting in to see them..... But they'll all be together again very soon.

They are well travelled cats, although not as young as they were last time - I'm sure that, despite all the love and care that's gone into helping them to have a comfortable journey, this will still be a little stressful for them. So, I've been sending them Reiki every day since their journey started, to help them to be more relaxed and happy, and also for them to know that they've not been abandoned - they will be reunited again with their lovely dads very soon now.

No doubt I'll be writing again when they return to the UK in August; and perhaps when Robert and Andrew decide to move on again.............??

By the way, apologies for using the same photo as last time, but it's the only one I have of the three of them. If Robert or Andrew send me a new photo, I'll post it here. Oh, and I thought you'd also like to see this lovely penguin I captured (photographically speaking!) while I was in South Africa. Isn't he beautiful?

Stop Press!!! Just had a message from Robert they've all arrived safe and well. Click below on "Comments" to see what he has to say. Good news.