Sunday, August 24, 2008

Portugal Part 3 - the Holiday Cat




As many of you have experienced, often there is a 'holiday cat' when you travel to warm and sunny locations.

This is Chicken, the holiday cat at the Falesia Hotel. Chicken was ill when we arrived, and some of the staff who were looking after Chicken wanted to take him to the vet, so they took up a collection and raised enough cash to get the cat some medical attention. Chicken had been unable to eat and was looking pretty poorly, but the vet was able to help him and within a couple of days he was looking healthy.


Chicken seemed a nice enough cat - but I'm still leary of the orphan cats at these places as I'm a bit paranoid about what disease they might carry, so I didn't ever pet him (who, by the way, would wander up to tables by the pool hoping to get some scraps - and chased away by one of the entertainment staff, Rachel, who thought they should have just put the old, mangy cat down.)

Anyway, this is Chicken.

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