Introducing Bronte... Our (Now) INSIDE Cat!

Bronte has always been one of those cats who is a really people cat, so he loves being inside and snuggling up to whoever is available, but he also loves an adventure outside... 

Not anymore!  Since moving into our new house in September, Bronte has been rescued from a stormwater drain not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES!!

The first time he was rescued by the RSPCA after a night in the drain, the second my hubby retrieved him after a couple of hours.  Both these times he was in the pit under the manhole - the pipes were too small for him to get through.  So although it wouldn't have been pleasant, he was reasonably safe. 

Not this time though.

This time he found a drain that had larger pipes... on a rainy night.  So Bronte spent a night in what can only be described as a grotty waterslide...

This is Bronte this morning... about to have a shower...

I think he looks a little sheepish.  :-)

If any of you have ever bathed an unwilling cat, you'll know it's not fun!  And since Bronte's needed THREE baths in the past couple of months, we thought we'd try him in the shower.  So much easier!  No scrambling to try and get out, just aim the water wherever he walks.  We tried the shower the second time he came out of the drain.  Today he needed a LONG shower!

Result...

Then we had to dry the baby...

Content (ish!) and curled up on hubby's lap. 

He'll be ultra-clingy for the next couple of days.

It's okay though, he smells like Pantene.  :-)