Claude-Aspen

Just an update on the new cat.
His name as given by the Holiday Park he came from was "Aspen" after the company that owns the park (Aspen Parks)..... Nice enough I suppose, but we wanted to give him a more appropriate cats name. So as I always wanted to give the name Claude (clawed) to a cat we settled on that. (Also considered Patrick, as in 'Pat the cat').
Now because he was (sort of) used to the name Aspen we decided to give him the official title of Claude-Aspen, which sounds a bit wanky but it kind of suits him as he is a Russian Blue and he looks a bit regal.
There is also an added slant on the name, as we can call him Claude van Damn Cat! when he plays up!.....(after b grade 'actor' Jean Claude van Damme)

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We're Back! (+1)

Got home last night from an absolutely fantastic holiday up in the Whitsundays! and the news is we are expecting a new addition to the Pitts family......

well not brand new... you see, we have adopted a cat from the caravan park we stayed at! A lovely looking, rather overfed, grey cat that was destined for the pound. The park policy is strictly NO PETS and the stray had been hanging around for a month or so and they could not locate an owner. Miss Elle merely asked the staff the cats name, when she was told that it was destined for destruction as no-one had claimed it and the company boss was visiting the park in 2 weeks and it had to be gone by then!
We discussed the situation and decided to offer to adopt the cat on the proviso it was not microchipped/linked to an owner. We took the cat to a Vet at Cannonvale (near Airlie Beach) to see if had a microchip (which it didn't) and then had to purchase a cage suitable for the air flight....Several (read LOTS!) phone calls later Miss Elle had organised a ticket on Virgin to Brisbane where a company named "Dog Tainers" collected it and looked after it overnight before putting it on a Virgin flight to Newcastle today. Hopefully by this evening we will have it home!.....