Im everso chuffed and so pleased to share that my 6 yr old ginger tom who had been a stray for most of his life, just won an RSPCA competition to be painted for their Christmas card this year. I rescued him last year from them. He is a stunner and a very happy well fed cat now. Nothing to do with our lungs, but just some lovely news xx Sally
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Benji is a winner
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A gorgeous cat Sally and thank you for sharing your lovely news with us. Benji looks very happy indeed. Xxx👍❤️😽
Thankyou sassy59, he is a very happy cat x
He's lovely! You can see his character coming through in that picture, he looks truly contented. How wonderful you found each other 😽😊😽😊😽 xx
Thankyou Leo, we had a ginger when we were children, so gingers tend to rule in my family ever since 😽😺
I agree! I had a creamy ginger chap called Porridge 💕 xx
What a lovely affectionate name Porridge, love it 😁
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He’s gorgeous. He landed on his feet (or his back) finding you!
Yes those markings are gorgeous aren't they?
They are
Hehe yes very happy on his back showing off his tum 😁
Congratulations Benji!
Thankyou Don, he is a much loved boy😁
He's a handsome gentleman!
Thankyou Turnipgirl, his head will be spinning with compliments 😁
no wonder he’s been chosen - he’s beautiful 😍
Awww thanks, it was a voting system on FB and he got 72 votes, with a lot of pestering by me for friends and family to vote!!
congratulations! That’s amazing. What a beautiful cat 🐈 Thank you for sharing such happy news.
Thankyou Hungry HP, he is a ray of sunshine 😺
Lovely news and beautiful cat!
Thankyou, we are dead chuffed and cant wait to see the artist impression of him for the Christmas card. Couple of months yet i should think 😊
Please share on here, I think we would all like to see it! Xx
He looks wonderful. Amazing coat and his face saying it all. "I am very relaxed, happy and content." Wonderful when a stray is given a safe loving home. Well done. Hope he lives a long and comfortable life. xx
Thankyou, he settled in so well. He still shows occasional stray behaviour like guzzling his food very fast as if he was stealing it, well he does pinch my other cats food, but in the year he has relaxed a lot more and comes smooching around my legs wanting a cuddle 😁
Oh bless him. I think once they have had to look for food they always have that in built guzzling. But to want a cuddle is amazing progress. x
Not all cats are as lucky as Baby our 20 year old red tabby and her mate Percy who is 20 with being pampered since they were kittens!
A grand long life they have both had to get to 20 and being pampered so well by you. I think we become their servants 😁
That's so good to hear. What a beautiful cat and how luckt to have come to live with you. I will look out for the Christmas card.
Thank you Swizzy, there will also be a dog winner and a bunny Christmas card, they will be from the Leeds RSPCA. But i will post here when they are ready 😁
He's a beaut for sure (and I'm a dog person)! Well done you and Benji 👏 👏 👏
Thanks Peege, there was a dog winner too and a bunny 😁
he’s gorgeous. I love ginger cats. They are so full of character and he is ooozing character. Send a link to purchasing the Christmas cards when it’s all sorted. You must be so proud, so deserving. Take care 🦊x
I will post here when the cards are ready Bingofox. He is a lovely boy and funny and naughty too 😽
We always had ginger toms,, now we have Black and Black and white. All are very good and yours has given a good post for camera. Contrats you both won the RSPCA comp.
Stunning black and white cats Ern and black cats too. Benji took the vacancy in this household from the lovely black and white cat in my little picture. Holly, a lovely 15 yr old lady when she passed on to her next life.
I amsure she will be a qeen wherever she has gone - The ginger is stunning, out black cat streches tall,, Cats are not small animals.
One friend of mine has 2 cats and one is black and the other is black and white!
When I was growing up we had a black and white farm cat and my father said how the cats life was a nuisance when it was a kitten and had claimed that was a laugh and a joke and no it wasn't!
One of my friends had said how my fathers life had caused a nuisance!
Sounds like your dad didnt think much of cats Turnipgirl. Its a good thing so many people appreciate them!
Ah lovely. Good news is always welcome here. I hope I can buy some Benji cards next Christmas. xxx
Yes thankyou Alberta56 i will post here about them when they are ready, i think.it will be a while yet 😽
Thank you. 😸😸😸
he’s a handsome moggy 🐞
thankyou - he is and he knows it 😀
Congratulations Benji! What a gorgeous ginger Tom he is too x
thankyou - he is having his early morning sleep at the mo to let his breakfast go down, and then he will be off out to patrol his territory 😀
Oh wow Sally how wonderful. I shall be sure to tell my family in the U.K. so they buy the card. I hope you will post a picture of the Christmas card, I would really like to see it!! Well done Benji. So pleased for you although Chom wants to know why he wasn't chosen. xx 😅
Hi Cas and Chom, it will be from the Leeds branch of the RSPCA, where i found him just over a year ago. He has grown into a handsome hunk since he has been getting regular meals and a loving home. I will post here when the cards are ready - maybe October time. I hope they make a good job of my handsome Yorkshire lad 😸😸😻x
What a beautiful cat! Congratulations, to you both.
thankyou rosco59, he is a stunner 😀😸
Congratulations thanks for sharing Great to hear happy news
Can't wait to see the finished product at Christmas time. Bet you are very proud and so you should be.. have a lovely day with your beautiful cat..xx.Sheila 🐯🐯❤️❤️
What a beautiful cat you have there! Our Socks is a ginger female. We took her in last October as her owner went into a care home. She's returned our love in spades - although the 'love bite' she gave me yesterday was a bit too hard!How great to know that Benji will be gracing many mantelpieces this Christmas!
Lovely boy! Lovely news to start the day with . Xx Moy
Thankyou MoyB - quite unusual to have a ginger girl - it is lovely that you were able to provide a home for her, her previous owner must have been relieved to know she was safe, if she got to know. Less enthusiasm at love bites Socks! xx
Her owner was told she has a good home. His son arranged the move with us so came to ours with his wife and had coffee and biscuits with us while Socks showed off her new bed and paraded as though she already owned the place. They were pleased to see her but she totally ignored them! Little wotsit!Sent them photos and videos to show her ex-Dad but think he had gone a bit too far down the dementia road to know it was Socks. Sad, isn't it. Xx
Aww, that has worked out very well for Socks and previous family know she is fine. I think that is something many of us are concerned about if we peg out suddenly. I have my two registered with cat guardian service, but even that doesnt sound totally dependable as all rescue places sound chockablock. Just got to keep fit to keep them in the life they are accustomed to😁xx
How are you and Socks the cat getting on?
Baby sends her regards!
Socks is doing ok. She's had no further seizures although she does have some absences and petit mal type twitches etc. The vet said these won't hurt her and it's a case of watch and wait to see if she has any more of the grand mal seizures.
Meanwhile, her personality has changed - for the better! She didn't like being picked up but I can now or a cuddle her in my arms for few minutes without being shredded! I think she knows we'll look after her.
Regards to Baby! Hope she's ok.
It's nice to hear you sounding so positive about things these days. The move was stressful at the time but it seems to have been the right thing for you in the end.
xx Moy
The lesson learnt with the move is that change isn't some nasty nasty thing that means that the world has ended and can bring lots of good things as well for example where I am now I am more than welcomed into the community as a breath of fresh air to them all and have made some nice friends there!
Yesterday I had a morning out at the Cardiff Bay funfair which I enjoyed and the weather was really nice there as well and got on the bus to head north up to swimming for 3pm and the Corporation road in Grangetown was busy and it was 1pm and I was thanking my lucky stars that I never got the places I applied for down there last year as I would have hated it there!
Up where I am now no one hounds me about career plans or losing weight like they did previously which is rude and none of their business!
I don't mind it when my friends ask me about plans and things as they aren't asking to find something to pick at to be malicious!
My sister in law said about the attitudes of those who had a go at me there by the grace of God go I and that they do it out of malice to feel good about themselves and they're the insecure ones not me!
Baby says hello to Socks!
👍🥰 xx Moy
He looks a lovely cat and think you must be bursting with pride to have him on a christmas card x
Yes looking forward to seeing them when they have been painted and printed. 😁
Benji and a favourite pastime 🥰
Ginger cat Benji sitting on half done jigsaw
He is gorgeous and looks so contented in the first photo. As to this one, typical cat behaviour😸😸😸!
Yes he loves to help with jigsaws haha, like so many of them do 😁
Benji really is a very handsome cat. He's probably looking at the jigsaw wondering whether his photo might be made into a jigsaw - well, he is becoming famous! What next, t-shirts, mugs and of course, the ultimate, a mouse mat!! 🐈🐹 😂😂Well done Benji, the camera loves you ❤️
He looks fantastic
Weighing in at 6.6 kilos thismorning 😁
Awww, a lovely cat , im sure he gives you and your family a lot of pleasure. He deserves to be on a Christmas card.
Thankyou Oreopepper, he is a lovely boy 😊
What a beautiful cat! He's twice a winner - winning the competition and finding a loving home with you ❤️.
What a great looking cat.
Thankyou winabago , he is a handsome Yorkshire lad 😁
That's wonderful. He looks very handsome x
Thakyou watergazer, he is a great cat 😁
my cat is just like him. My cat is fifteen now and has CKD or Kidney disease. I love him to bits and dread the day he won’t be around.
Keep on loving the dear old fellow Mavery, he is a lucky boy to have such a wonderful mum.😻x
Thank you I will do. X
Who doesn't love a ginger cat 😍 I follow " George " the station cat on twitter or X as its called now, wonderful picture 😀 thanks for sharing 👍
thankyou Cb1963, will have to take a look at George!
He's a beauty! Such pretty colors and a sweet kitty face! Lucky him to have you!
thankyou dunnellon, he is quite a hunk 😸
Gorgeous cat.
Thankyou Tilly, he is a lovely Yorkshire lad 😁
So Content, he definitely fell on his feet when he put his eye of you. Lucky cat.😻BERNARDINE
A Celebrity, no less. 🥰
Thankyou Bernadine, he is very lucky and meant to be. I dont know how people can leave their cats behind when they move away. Im very glad to have found him at the RSPCA. and he is more relaxed and at home after a year here. 🐈
Not surprised he was chosen - beautiful and looks so well cared for and relaxed 😊xxx
thankyou Nula2 he has me very well trained especially in the feeding department 😆😸
🤣🤣xxx
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