Samir's Story

Since a while, when I get asked how many cats we have, my answer is 'three and a half'.

Why? Well, because there is Samir.

Since last year we have had a visitor, an aguti tom who came to court our Shaya (she is neutered, but shows traces of hormonal changes in season and evidently nearby males feel it too).
Last year he was definitely well fed and looked cared after, we thought it was a neighbour's cat. This year, when he showed up, he was thinner, and his fur was duller and knotty, in some places it looked like he had torn the knots away with teeth or nails.

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