It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)

It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)

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Gas1883

357 posts

50 months

Wednesday 22nd May
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Our woody enjoying a few zzzzzz on his new tower

wibble cb

3,644 posts

209 months

Wednesday 22nd May
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It’s a tough life isn’t it….


BenS94

2,042 posts

26 months

Wednesday 22nd May
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Gas1883 said:
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Our woody enjoying a few zzzzzz on his new tower
We have one identical - expect the padded edge to last about 5 minutes before tucking under itself, much to the annoyance of the cat.

Gas1883

357 posts

50 months

Thursday 23rd May
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[quote=BenS94]
We have one identical - expect the padded edge to last about 5 minutes before tucking under itself, much to the annoyance of the cat. [/quote
I’m going to make the top platform bigger as he’s already fallen out of it once ( fairly simple job ) , but he seems to spend 99% of his day up there at the moment so will have to bide my time

ChevronB19

5,867 posts

165 months

Thursday 23rd May
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Majestic wrinkly bat eared psychopath


goldieandblackie

235 posts

96 months

Friday 24th May
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Catweazle

1,264 posts

144 months

Friday 24th May
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goldieandblackie said:
That's a strange name for a cat.

Michael_B

526 posts

102 months

Friday 24th May
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I will lie here on the kitchen floor until you give me my breakfast!



goldieandblackie

235 posts

96 months

Sunday 26th May
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Catweazle said:
That's a strange name for a cat.
Her name is Daisy and loves lay down once the combi oven has cooled a little.

curlyks2

1,036 posts

148 months

Sunday 26th May
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Sunday vibes


mattstr675

103 posts

42 months

Monday 27th May
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Had to say goodbye to one of ours last Friday. Didn't even make 3 years old!

What makes it hard is not knowing exactly what happened and also blaming myself!

Very briefly got home from work late last Thursday night. Usually he is sleeping on the sofa, or in his bed. But this time he was tapping at the back door howling to go out. Now it was late (1130 ish). Usually I don't allow them out at this time and they don't generally stay out overnight although there has been the odd occasion. But he was so loud and tapping the door i let him out, expecting a brief lap of the garden, toilet and in. Gave him half an hour, shouted but nothing, another half hour and still nothing. They have a kennel in the garden and they know it's their safe space so I went to bed (1am).

Woke early (6am) Friday morning and still no sign. Took a wonder up our road and saw, under a van what I thought was a carrier bag. As I approached it was no carrier bag, it was our cat Bentley curled up. I really hoped he was sleeping, but he wasn't. Scooped him up and took him "home". Without going on to too much detail, he was pretty stiff so had been passed a while. No visible injuries although my partner says he had light blood staining around his mouth and nose.

She thinks a car hit is most likely, not the van he was found under as that hadnt moved, I'm not so sure as it was late and we live in a quiet cul de sac. He's always been a strange cat, very small head, short front legs, and very soft in the head and no common sense or road sense at all!. I'm wondering if there was something wrong internally and he wondered off to die.

I don't know why I'm even discussing it, it doesn't matter and he is not here. I still blame myself for letting him out and I'm in pieces still.

Rip Bentley, miss you buddy, you were the best.

This is the 2nd cat we have lost in 2 years. Our other one died of kidney failure at 13 last year. As much as I'd like another cat as company for our remining 4 year old, I'm not sure I could deal with the pain of losing another.

Edited by mattstr675 on Monday 27th May 20:33

Chris Stott

13,580 posts

199 months

Monday 27th May
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RIP Bentley… sleep tight little one frown

Bear-n

1,630 posts

84 months

Monday 27th May
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Well that’s a st story. Sorry to hear about Bentley.

Semmelweiss

1,652 posts

198 months

Monday 27th May
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RIP Bentley. Truly sorry got your loss.

garythesign

2,149 posts

90 months

Tuesday 28th May
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It seems we are built to always blame ourselves for things out of our control

Please take it easy on yourself. You must be in enough pain without beating yourself up.

RIP Bentley

mattstr675

103 posts

42 months

Friday 31st May
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garythesign said:
It seems we are built to always blame ourselves for things out of our control

Please take it easy on yourself. You must be in enough pain without beating yourself up.

RIP Bentley
That seems so very true, sorry for your loss.

7 days on now and I'm still prone to sudden tears / breakdowns. Keep seeing the image of his body before I scooped him up, and keep asking myself why I let him out. The whole thing about not knowing what happened. I've questioned all the neighbours but no one heard nothing.

Feel so sorry for my 9 year old daughter. She's lost 2 grand parents and 2 cats over the last 18 months

If I had the guts, I would've ended it by now.

Sorry for venting but I really don't know how I will get through this.

B'stard Child

28,558 posts

248 months

Friday 31st May
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mattstr675 said:
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If I had the guts, I would've ended it by now.

Sorry for venting but I really don't know how I will get through this.
59 years I’ve been on this earth and I’ve lost 5 cats

Flapjack
Donut
Truffle
Elsie
Stanley

They are small creatures but the leave a huge hole in your life when they leave and it hurts like fk

There is nothing anyone can say to help just know many of us have been through the same and it does get easier (just not very quickly)

SlimJim16v

5,780 posts

145 months

Friday 31st May
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RoddyMac17

7 posts

105 months

Friday 31st May
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Here's a few photos of Moira:







She's a bit bity at times, but actually really enjoys being in the car and out for walks on a lead.

Semmelweiss

1,652 posts

198 months

Saturday 1st June
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mattstr675 said:
That seems so very true, sorry for your loss.

7 days on now and I'm still prone to sudden tears / breakdowns. Keep seeing the image of his body before I scooped him up, and keep asking myself why I let him out. The whole thing about not knowing what happened. I've questioned all the neighbours but no one heard nothing.

Feel so sorry for my 9 year old daughter. She's lost 2 grand parents and 2 cats over the last 18 months

If I had the guts, I would've ended it by now.

Sorry for venting but I really don't know how I will get through this.
Feel free to PM me. We lost our young cat knocked over outside our house end January, and understand the devastating feelings.