{"id":1883,"date":"2025-12-20T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2025-12-20T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:09:09","slug":"merry-grinchmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=1883","title":{"rendered":"Merry Grinchmas\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve been looking for feelgood stories about errant cats returning home just in time for the festive season. While I\u2019ve been scrolling headlines, I found this article. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/eyeonsouthport.co.uk\/after-181-days-shadow-the-grinch-of-woodlands-animal-sanctuary-still-seeks-a-home-for-christmas\">https:\/\/eyeonsouthport.co.uk\/after-181-days-shadow-the-grinch-of-woodlands-animal-sanctuary-still-seeks-a-home-for-christmas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fairness, it\u2019s not the \u201cgives warm fuzzies\u201d vibe I was hoping for. But it\u2019s important, so I\u2019m writing about it. Shadow and Willow are being dubbed grinches to fit the festivities, but it\u2019s obvious from the article that these two cats are simply a product of their environment prior to their time in rescue. Studies show that on average, cats remember things for up to seven years. According to the article, Shadow was a stray, so they\u2019ll be a lot of caution and trust that needs to be built up before the behaviour illustrates anything other than survival mode. <br><br>I hope someone recognises that cats don\u2019t always act a certain way when building a bond with you, and that Shadow and Willow find the loving home they deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0019-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0019-2-1024x518.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0019-2-1024x518.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0019-2-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0019-2-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0019-2.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Shadow &amp; Willow getting festive\u2026<\/em><br>(Image Source: Eye On Southport.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been looking for feelgood stories about errant cats returning home just in time for the festive season. While I\u2019ve been scrolling headlines, I found this article. https:\/\/eyeonsouthport.co.uk\/after-181-days-shadow-the-grinch-of-woodlands-animal-sanctuary-still-seeks-a-home-for-christmas In fairness, it\u2019s not the \u201cgives warm fuzzies\u201d vibe I was hoping&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1886,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/1886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}