I just had returned from the coast and a successful adoption of Penny and Darby and my phone rings. Seems there is a stray cat showing up on the outskirts of Lebanon, skinny as a rail- hair falling out- can I take it? The couple had tried hard to find a home for this cat, but no one wanted a cat with very little hair on it’s back, tail and legs.

So who takes those cats? We do- I went and fetched this very young Tortie who either had been shampooed with flea shampoo off the shelf, or she has demodex mange (which is pretty rare here). I have put her in the bedroom and will take her on Monday to get her looked at. She is a pretty girl despite my horrible photo of her. She reminds me of Aurora who was adopted out last week to a really nice family with a 12 year old girl who loves torties!

You can see her almost hairless tail and back and legs. But her face is striking.