Published:
8:04 AM May 14, 2021
Updated:
8:31 AM May 14, 2021
Colin has now been put on a personal training plan of healthy eating and exercise after tipping the scales at a weighty 8.8kg.
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A podgy puss has been put on a diet after piling on the pounds during lockdown.
Colin has now been put on a personal training plan of healthy eating and exercise after tipping the scales at a weighty 8.8kg when he was taken into the care of Cats Protection’s Downham Market Adoption Centre.
Colin has now been put on a personal training plan of healthy eating and exercise after tipping the scales at a weighty 8.8kg
The owner said it took her many months to come to terms with probably never seeing Dave again.
But that turned out not to be the case thanks to her updating Dave s contact details on the microchip database and flagging him as lost.
Cats Protection said this enabled its Downham Market adoption centre to reunite Dave with his owner and brother Chas 16 months later.
Dave and Chas. Dave was reunited with his owner after he went missing from his Watlington home 16 months ago.
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The data officer said: It only takes a few minutes to do. If I hadn’t updated my address, Dave and Chas wouldn t be together at home today. I urge anyone with a microchipped cat to ensure their details are up to date.
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Chas and Dave are once again enjoying life at home in Watlington thanks, according to their owner, to the power of the microchip and current contact details.
Helen Kybert says she was resigned to not seeing Dave again after he went missing two weeks after she moved to the village in October 2019.
Helen Kybert with Chas and Dave (44797101)
Both he and Chas were microchipped while under the care of the Cats Protection charity s Dereham branch.