This adorable footage shows the moment a cat decided to give her best friend - an expectant ewe - a MASSAGE.Scampi the cat grew up with Popcorn the sheep and often pops by for cuddles.The mischievous moggy follows her owner, shepherdess Rachel Challoner, when she checks on the sheep in the field.Rachel said: "Scampi and her sister Tortuga were still kittens when we got Popcorn and three other lambs as caddies, meaning they needed to be hand-reared. "They grew up alongside each other and if ever I was spending time with the caddies, the cats would come for cuddles too and they just learnt to be around each other. "Scampi loves to come with me and she will always go up to Popcorn and give her a nudge on the nose and rub round her legs."Rachel is in the middle of a busy lambing season on her croft on Fair Isle, Shetland.Popcorn, who is due to have her lamb within a few days, and the other expectant ewes had been let out to the backyard in the warm weather on Thursday (23rd).It was then that four-year-old Scampi decided to jump up onto her friend to join in the fun.Rachel said: "Scampi doesn't do the massaging very frequently, but if the sheep are standing still getting chin rubs and cuddles, she'll jump up - I think it's her way of joining in."For Scampi it was like having a captive audience - the sheep were getting cuddles so she wanted to be part of it too."
This adorable footage shows the moment a cat decided to give her best friend - an expectant ewe - a MASSAGE.Scampi the cat grew up with Popcorn the sheep and often pops by for cuddles.The mischievous moggy follows her owner, shepherdess Rachel Challoner, when she checks on the sheep in the field.Rachel said: "Scampi and her sister Tortuga were still kittens when we got Popcorn and three other lambs as caddies, meaning they needed to be hand-reared.
"They grew up alongside each other and if ever I was spending time with the caddies, the cats would come for cuddles too and they just learnt to be around each other.
"Scampi loves to come with me and she will always go up to Popcorn and give her a nudge on the nose and rub round her legs."Rachel is in the middle of a busy lambing season on her croft on Fair Isle, Shetland.Popcorn, who is due to have her lamb within a few days, and the other expectant ewes had been let out to the backyard in the warm weather on Thursday (23rd).It was then that four-year-old Scampi decided to jump up onto her friend to join in the fun.Rachel said: "Scampi doesn't do the massaging very frequently, but if the sheep are standing still getting chin rubs and cuddles, she'll jump up - I think it's her way of joining in."For Scampi it was like having a captive audience - the sheep were getting cuddles so she wanted to be part of it too."
