Remember Eddie, the charming black cat who waited 8 months for a home at an RSPCA shelter?
Well, this is him now – living gladly with caring brand-new owners who took a trip over 500 miles to adopt him from the charity’s Yarm Lane, Great Ayton branch.
Sweet Eddie, who’s 2 years of ages, was explained by the charity as ‘loving and easygoing’, however he still unfortunately just had one not successful rehoming application in all that time.
Staff at the shelter presumed his dark fur colour was to blame, with cattery manager Beverley Dunn stating at the time: ‘Unfortunately black, and black and white cats are not as popular as tabby and ginger cats – and it always takes us considerably longer to find them loving new homes.’
Eddie had actually been required to the shelter back in September after being gotten by a worried member of the general public from a shed where he’d been consisted of.
Both of the poor cat’s ears were ulcerated, which triggered him to experience aching, bald spots that indicated he required to go through months of treatment.
But luckily, a gladly ever after remained in the cards for little Eddie.
Debbie Hughes, her spouse Steve and their teenage child Lydia made the round-trip of almost 530 miles from Oxshott to Great Ayton to adopt Eddie.
She and her family had actually checked out Eddie’s story and chose to open their hearts to him after their previous cat, Sylvester, died in 2015.
Until they saw Eddie’s appeal for brand-new owners, they hadn’t yet felt all set to offer another cat a home.
‘We read about Eddie and his story really pulled on our heartstrings,’ said Debbie.
‘I really wanted to give him a happy life and a nice home. We thought we met the criteria, so we put in an application, and it all went from there.
‘We didn’t truly consider the range we’d need to take a trip to adopt him, we felt in one’s bones we desired him!’
Eddie’s invested the last 8 weeks getting settled into his brand-new home after making the long journey back with the Hughes family.
‘We said we had come for Eddie and I think the staff still couldn’t rather think it,’ said Debbie.
‘We spent about 20 minutes playing with him and getting to know him, but straight away we were smitten.
‘He meowed a little bit to start with as we set off, but my daughter was sitting in the back with him, and she’s dazzling with cats, and he quickly unwinded and went to sleep for the majority of the journey.’
‘It was a great day bringing him home. He’s fulfilled our 2 older children and great deals of other relative, and he’s settled in truly well.
‘He’s an extremely caring cat who enjoys to play and be close to individuals, and we’re so happy we discovered him.’
Beverely said: ‘We’re over the moon that Debbie and her family, who lived up until now away, were devoted enough to come and satisfy Eddie and provide him his permanently home after he’d been with us for such a long period of time.
‘We were overwhelmed by the interest we had in him after we put out the appeal, and it just goes to show that the right home is always out there – even if it’s not constantly on your doorstep.’
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