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On my fifth birthday, I received the gift of my lifetime: a gorgeous black kitten who I named Twinkle. Twinkle went missing when she was just a few years old and it shattered all of us. After weeks of searching and making missing posters, my parents rescued two of the most precious black and white kittens: a brother and sister who my mother named Tom and Tia. Three days after their arrival our Twinkle came home and, to this date, it remains the happiest day of my life! My three babies - siblings - have now gone and I miss them every single day. The trauma was, and still is, so great that I didn't feel I could have another feline companion, but a friend of my mother needed someone to take her 18-month-old cat (Loki) as, due to Brexit, her and her family were moving back to France. Around a year later, a kitten who looked just like Loki (all black with a tiny white patch on her chest) cropped up and I knew she belonged with us. So, as my mum once did for me, I rescued her for her! We named her Lokita - 'little Loki' in Spanish, and also 'little crazy girl' which she certainly is! We have now added two street cat rescues to our fluffy family! One is Kiki: a 10-year-old black cat who was out in all weathers near my partner's house in Croydon. I couldn't bear the thought of her wandering that main road anymore, so she now lives with me. And loves dribbling all over me of a nighttime! Fast forward a year to 2025 and a gorgeous, young, black cat appeared in my garden. After taking him to the vet, we discovered he wasn't microchipped... which wasn't surprising considering he was unneutered and riddled with fleas. After weeks of no owner coming forward, he became the fully domesticated, fourth member of our black cat feline family: Leiko! Such a docile sweetheart. I would be absolutely delighted to care for your cat(s) in absolutely any way you need. I know how much they mean to us as humans, so any time I spend with your cat really would be the utmost honour. I stay longer than most sitters as I understand cats more than most, and how they miss us when we're away: their happiness takes priority, and visits will not be rushed. You will receive so many updates that you will feel as though your fluff(s) are right there on holiday with you.