Stock image used] Sadly not everyone feels so positively towards felines; this week, the news that a parish councillor is accused of trying to blow up his neighbour's cat with a firework after it kept climbing on to his bird box saw some commentators express sympathy – saying they too had been outraged by cats' 'anti-social' behaviours.
So yes, while at times it was my responsibility to look after Blanche that kept me going, she in turn has looked after me in ways I could never have imagined.
On her first visit to the vet, I was so anxious about taking such a small, helpless thing out the house that when I handed her over at reception, I burst into tears, hating that I didn't know when I'd get my kitten back, but also hating that a part of me wanted her to never return.
My Instagram account is a shrine to my little feline friend, a grey and white fluffball by the name Blanche DuBois (yes, really).
UK writer Olivia Petter reveals how her cat helped her after a break-up but cuddling up with her.
