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Freya’s Background

We first noticed Freya on the RSPCA Ashford’s Website but didn’t really pay attention much, as she was 5 years old and we were looking for a younger cat, and they also suggested that she might only be suitable for experienced Bengal owners, and we only had experience of a very frisky feral cat. Anna fell in love with her straight away, but was discouraged by not being an experienced Bengal owner.

Speaking to Leslie at Ashford, (The best Cat rescue person you could hope to meet) we were excited to hear that Freya might be ok for us after all, and decided to go and visit to see if Freya liked us. Straight away we were bowled over by her colours and spots, as we hadn’t seen a Bengal before. She jumped out of her pen, and just seemed so curious and confident and made it quite clear that we’d be suitable for her!


It seemed she had an interesting past though. She had been rescued from a breeder along with over 20 other cats. 4 of the other cats have their own blogs too – there’s a link on the right hand side of this blog. We believe Freya was one of the breeding queens so there’s a chance that Samwise, Merry, Frodo and Gandalf are her kittens! Lets hope they remember when it comes to their mum’s birthday, eh?

I guess she likes pork!

I had a lovely pork chop today, and when I’d finished, being a responsible kittie-dad, I wrapped the bones and fat in foil, and then double-plastic bagged the remains and put them in the bin.

You know what’s coming, don’t you?

Within less than 2 minutes, I noticed the little sweetheart sitting under the coffee table with a shiny silver-foil package, rubbing her paws together, just dreaming about what she was about to do to her delicious prize.

Unfortunately mean old dad appeared at that point, and snatched it away.

She’ll forgive me one day…

In disgrace!

This morning, about 8:00 AM, I was woken by the sound of pottery smashing.

After rolling over and going back to sleep for another 30 mins, I went downstairs to find that she’d knocked the peace lily off the table and smashed its pottery cover. For the past 3 days, I’d noticed the tips of the leaves have been a bit jagged and squared off. I guess I’ll have to buy a new pot cover now. It can come out of her biscuit money!

freya not on kitchen cupboards anymore

We suddenly noticed today, that Freya hasn’t been hiding on top of the kitchen cupoards anymore. Before today, she’d have her breakfast, and then throughout the day, if ever you wondered where she was, you could be sure to find her on top of the dusty cupboards in the kitchen!

Still, I’m sure she dusted while she was up there…

Now she spends most of the day hanging out with us in the lounge.

Becoming a lapcat

Freya has really started being a lap cat! The transformation is amazing after all the time we spent, where she would run away from us whenever we approached her.

It was interesting actually, how I’d come downstairs in the morning, and she’d hide under the table when I approached her, so I’d walk into the kitchen to get her breakfast and she’d happily follow me – I could then seize the opportunity to grab and pick her up for a cuddle – she absolutely loved it, purring loudly and snuggling – but the picking up was always a trick.

By the evening, she’d warm to us, and we could pick her up, and play with her, and we were great friends. But then by the next morning, I’d have to start all over again tricking her into a cuddle!

The evenings are great; We sit on the sofa, and Freya takes up her position next to Anna, and gets all the cuddles and strokes she can handle. Not a sign of the frightened cat we’ve known for the past week or two.