Last time Corbon had had a terrible accident, leaving his front right leg with no feeling and unusable. Although, trying to give him as long as possible for the nerves to heal, it became obvious that his exploratory nature could get him into serious trouble. If his leg were to become trapped, he would panic with possible tragic consequences. The subsequent visit to the vet became inevitable.

This was a much shorter visit to the vet, although it was still for several days to ensure he was fully recovered from the operation. Our pets would continually tell us where he was. This was a sad waste of their efforts, as we already knew. Instead, they could have spent that valuable time telling us how beautiful we were!

So it was for several reasons that we were pleased to see him on his return. Needless to say it took us (and Corbon) some time to become used to his new method of getting around. However, he did find it much easier without that useless limb getting in the way. He was rapidly back to his usual self, playing around everywhere!

Waiting patiently for Corbon's return
(Isaac & Newt)

Newt - relaxing in the 'hammock'!

Sadly things weren't going to be quite that straight forward. As not long after his triumphant return we started getting intrusions from a neighbouring feline. The first our pets knew about it was when there was an unusually strong 'feline scent' all around the house. There was no time to investigate this as several visitors were due to arrive. Such embarrassment for us all, important family guests and a strong smell throughout the house. Of course we put on our very best "it wasn't us" looks and fortunately our pets were able to back us up. Although they were keen to find the location of the smell to neutralise it and to determine the perpetrator.