cats...
  Hooli
Dave went to the mechanics one day and there was a stray kitten lying by the kerb in the sun in the middle of the heatwave when there was no water for her to drink, no food and no cool places to shelter.  She was a tiny bag of bones and no-one wanted her.  He couldn't leave her and the mechanic, Ravi, who charges 20 rupees (26p) to come round to our house and fix our punctures picked her up by the ear and threw her in Dave's rucksack.  A bit of chicken tikka, some warm milk and affection later she made an astounding recovery and now lives with us.   

Now:

 

VIDEO 1: Hooli on the back porch.

VIDEO 2: Hooli with Dave.

 

VIDEO 3: Hooli and Bandra.


First few days...

She's called Duddha Mukkha Hooli, which means Big Face Tiger in Kannada, one of the local languages.  But we just call her Hooli (Tiger) for short.
 

       


 

 

Hooli traps tail in door and becomes male
 
14 June 2003
Yes, the wind got up and the front door slammed, trapping Hooli's tail and he suddenly had bollocks.  He had a small lump in his tail for a couple of weeks but that has completely gone now, though he is still definitely male and still hangs around the door jamb on windy days.
 
  • Hooli falls in pot of paint
  2 August 2003
He wandered into a store room in the house and the painters had left the top off a big pot of white paint. Emulsion but it was really matted on and we had to cut some of his fur off.

 

 


 

  • Bandra. Adoption of Second Cat

One day Hooli bought a friend round, he was another male cat but obviously very good friends with Hooli.  He was very skinny and dirty so we decided to adopt him and feed him up. Even though he gets regular meals he still thinks every meal might be his last and will eat and eat and eat until he has to lie down like a beached whale if you don't watch him.  He has one blue eye and one yellow eye as you can see.
 

  November 2003


Bandra loved his
Christmas Present

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Trouble is, he remained a bit of a wildcat so we decided to castrate him on the kitchen table.  He was done 'Indian Style' which means they leave the ball sacks but just take out the balls so he still looks quite manly from the outside (apart from the rusty wire holding his rear end together).  When under the anesthetic he had a sort of acid trip.

  December 2003


Going under

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Balls coming off