Franky is not well

Frank has been in hospital since yesterday morning. He has FLUTD and couldn't wee as his urethra was completely blocked. He had a major operation yesterday but is doing well, I cannot wait for him to come home, all going well he should be released tomorrow afternoon. Poor boy was in so much pain.

I cannot do anything without him, my motivation just evaporates.

PS: Since I wrote this Frank has been extremely well with no relapse.  He continues to jump in bed most mornings for a cuddle and to demand his breakfast by biting me. I love him so much.

New pictures

I've been a bit occupied since starting my gardening business, not really felt I could concentrate on a drawing. However January slowed down quite significantly, I'm too poor to do anything else at the moment. Frank got jealous of the cat in the picture.

Frank on his magic rug

Trying to keep this blog fairly simple these days and my reproduction of these drawings in not that great. I'm only using Painter to crop and resize.  

Echinacea, inspired from photo in Gardening Australia.

Drawing Frank

I have to be quick, about 3 minutes and he kept biting me. Such a naughty boy.

Frank caught a rat

Frank left the present on the kitchen floor for me to find yesterday evening when I got home from work. He had biten its head off and left it next to the body for me. We are so proud of him.

Frank - discovering my garden and the whole street

Frank tends to venture a bit further than Amy putting his head down, running and get very excited. Last Sunday we thought Frank had gone forever and were about the launch a search party. He appeared over someone's fence. So that was enough stress for one day, so we dragged him back inside. Short visits for now.

Food for cats

My new pussy cat, Franc arrived on 5 December. Unfortunately, Amy is no longer with us, after 13 year she passed away on 23 November. My very loved little girl.

I want Franc to be fit and healthy, I suspect diet was behind Amy's liver problems. Cats are particularly vulnerable if not fed a good diet, not too much fat and carbs, good quality protein and the correct calories every day.

Whiskers is the main canned cat food in Australia, 80% of cats get fed this brand. It contains artificial colours and flavours and wonder if there is something better.

I found that the premium supermarket brands are worse, containing ingredients cats simply don’t need. Cats are meat eaters, their bodies are not designed to eat grains or vegetables. The veges are there to make me feel that I'm giving him/her a healthy dinner.

Franc is a big boy, just over 6kg of confirmed muscle. His body feels firm, I can feel his ribs slightly and has strong back legs.

He’s currently eating Science Diet kibble, Whiskers chicken gravy and my home steamed chicken. He’s a bit lazy and doesn’t like chewing, he's probably swallowing it whole. I will conquer his kibble addiction, he will eat more cooked chicken and a good canned food. I don't feel bad about canned Whiskers, its a matter of reading labels.

Also kibble/dried cat foods can contain lots of carbs and fat as well as fillers, corn derivatives and not enough good quality meat based protein.

I want to keep him fit and healthy as possible and also like doing things for him.

Welcome Frank

His full name is Francois and he is a completely beautiful cuddly boy. He's my new garden companion. I miss Amy desperately, I love her so much and think of her everyday. I feel that I now have three cats, Holly, Amy and Frank. But every garden must have a cat and we now have Franc. He's got a bit of a fetish for paper.


There will be lots of photos here soon as Frank discovers his new home and garden.