Thanks pat,yes been a bit hard As was Ellie's on jan 20th,but I have awesome memories which make me smile,he was quite the cat.my daughter then about eight found him and begged me to keep him,at first I said No as I am allergic to cats,I caved in,he had an outdoor house at first,that did not last long,he was inside soon as it got cold and the rest his history,thanks to ash I found I could desensitize myself and four cats later my allergy is now minimal,I am so glad as I went for years without a kitty and might never have got one,so thanks ash,my furbabies mean everything to me,you know he would often scratch me or my hubby but never my daughter,it was like he knew she was a child or that she saved him.

At the time my son was working a holiday job as a cook at KFC, he often took some home which often ended up in the rubbish bags,we think ash survived on it as a stray,our bags often had rips in them,he loved KFC and any chicken,even in his last days.