We have been away for a few days, leaving the boyz for the first time and they did very well - but we returned home to worrying news about the sudden rise of cases of feline pancytopenia, an illness that can often be fatal in cats. The Royal College of Veterinarians have found worrying links to some brands of cat food including AVA dry food which our boys have had for the past 5 months. The disease is usually fatal once symptoms appear and so we are taking the boys to have blood tests today to see what their blood count is like right now. It is terribly terribly worrying and I am terrified we will lose them both. They are not symptomatic at the moment but that doesn't mean anything apparently. I will update here when I know more.
It has taken the shine off everything really, but I will post photos because I have to do something other than sit and stare at the cats which is all I have been doing since I came home.
These were the horseshoe falls - a little different than the horseshoe falls of our last road trip which included Niagra - but they were very pretty
We went back to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct which we had been to before because - well it was right there. It's incredibly high and the walk along the canal is quite frankly pretty terrifying
We then detoured round and through Horseshoe Pass which was a place I haven't been since I was a very little girl. We used to go through on our way to our caravan in Tywyn and it was a beautiful drive
My tour driver and our 'tour bus'
Our tour bus aka Nigel's new car, was awesome but the built in sat nav clearly has a very different understanding of what constitutes a road than we do. It thought THIS was a suitable way to go - for two very very long miles!
what a long ten minutes that was!
The slate hills were beautiful around the Snowdonia area as they were covered with rhododendrons so the hillsides were pink
and we had a bride detour round Betws-y-coed
We ended up at Caernarfon for the night which was lovely
This was the marina right outside the hotel
and of course the castle
The hotel is the building at the back of the picture
and the white building is the pib we stopped at for a chillax where we met a very characterful scouse gentleman at the next table who was a hoot
It was a lovely trip and I am sure, once I know my boyz are OK, I will be able to sit and enjoy
Keep us in your prayers over the next couple of days and join me in hoping our boyz don't have this dreadful disease x
Your photos are beautiful. They always are.
I will pray for the health of your kitties. Our fur friends are so special. And I will be praying that you and your husband will be comforted during this time of waiting.
Posted by: Kim | June 18, 2021 at 03:05 AM