We brought these kitten home one Christmas from the rescue centre, the little female, Susie had suffered a broken leg by her cruel owner, Sam was two weeks older and had looked after her like her was her brother so they had to be homed together. It wasn't like having normal kittens because they spent all of their time under an old sideboard in the dining room because they were so frightened. With three kids and a baby in the house I suppose it wasn't surprising, but after the children were in bed the kittens would come out to play and Sam would allow me to stroke him but Susie was still very nervous. This is the night that we brought them home in a cardboard box.
Then this is them a few weeks on when they had a little more confidence to come out into the room.
Susie is the one in the front.
At the end of their lives I watched them both die very painful deaths, I took Sam to the vets and he was put to sleep, it was such a relief to see him out of his pain. Later susie became ill then I came downstairs one morning to find she had died. I think after their bad start they had a happy life with us but they were always very nervous and afraid of men.
