It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)
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Thank you ALL for your kind words.
Spider (named because my middle son’s first word!) had a good life and we have so many great memories. I didn’t want to bring her home to bury her as she’s here in spirit and I think it would have been too hard for me to do on my own.
Spider (named because my middle son’s first word!) had a good life and we have so many great memories. I didn’t want to bring her home to bury her as she’s here in spirit and I think it would have been too hard for me to do on my own.
motco said:
Sorry to hear that Gretchen. The vet told us this week that our 13 y.o. Boris may not have long left as he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart and congestive heart disease). He's on diuretics and blood thinners to manage the condition, but we're told his heart is "on a knife edge" and he could go suddenly at any time. It's up to us to make him as happy as we can for what time he has. He's oblivious of the facts, of course, and he's just pleased that his breathing is better now he's excreted much of the fluid that had accumulated in his abdomen.
It hurts that her heart was still so strong. She basically had lung cancer, and fluid build up. Her breathing was becoming laboured and she’d lost her strength. She only hissed once in the basket so I knew it was her final trip. Makes me smile in a way because I was in my Dad’s car which any other time she would have escaped and shredded! garythesign said:
Sorry to hear this, especially with your Dad being poorly
Lovely photo montage.
All the best
Thank you. They’re photos from my phone. I will be hunting out old prints to have framed when I can. When I brought him home from hospital yesterday he sobbed when his dog pushed his head on to him and the lay at his feet. Animals know. My dogs lay with me last night and the cats slept on my bed. They’re holding me together right now. Lovely photo montage.
All the best
Patch1875 said:
RIP Spider :-(
Posted on a separate thread that one of ours got pts this week he was only 3.
That’s heartbreaking. I’m so sorry for your loss xPosted on a separate thread that one of ours got pts this week he was only 3.
On a more positive note and to keep me busy I built a cattery last weekend. Have been working on it this afternoon and the boys have been out loving it
There’s Dreamies in the plant pot but Walter’s more interested in the birds in the Wisteria
Lebowski calling the girls to come out but their still a little unsure
Alfresco Dining. They even sat at the table.
ETA The white powder is food grade Diatomaceous Earth. The grass has been killed through the hot weather, I intend to put artificial grass down soon, but just to ensure there’s no fleas present I put some powder down.
There’s Dreamies in the plant pot but Walter’s more interested in the birds in the Wisteria
Lebowski calling the girls to come out but their still a little unsure
Alfresco Dining. They even sat at the table.
ETA The white powder is food grade Diatomaceous Earth. The grass has been killed through the hot weather, I intend to put artificial grass down soon, but just to ensure there’s no fleas present I put some powder down.
Edited by Gretchen on Friday 20th July 19:40
This is Shadow and Oreo (brothers).
They're not exactly rescue kittens, but would've been if my wife and I hadn't agreed to take them in.
Shadow's current owner is my wife's neice, but it turned out her boyfriend is very allergic to cats. Oreo couldn't find a home, so his future was uncertain. She picked up Oreo when we said we'd take them both (so her boyfriend is doubly affected for the time being!)
The slight problem is they're in Portugal, so we're getting them vaccinated, and then flown over to the UK in a month or so (using a specialist company who makes sure everything is fine). My wife has met them, and they're lovely kittens.
They're not exactly rescue kittens, but would've been if my wife and I hadn't agreed to take them in.
Shadow's current owner is my wife's neice, but it turned out her boyfriend is very allergic to cats. Oreo couldn't find a home, so his future was uncertain. She picked up Oreo when we said we'd take them both (so her boyfriend is doubly affected for the time being!)
The slight problem is they're in Portugal, so we're getting them vaccinated, and then flown over to the UK in a month or so (using a specialist company who makes sure everything is fine). My wife has met them, and they're lovely kittens.
I posted some pictures of my Buddy a few weeks back. It was time for his annual check up and booster this week. The vet was quite complimentary about how well he looked for a 15 year old, which made me happy as I have been working hard to get him used to a brush recently.
Then he pulled his mouth open and had a look inside, and yet another canine tooth had gone! He doesn't have any left at all now. Fortunately all snapped off without exposing any nerve. I said I was mystified as he doesn't seem to be fighting at all now, so how could it happen.
The vet said it was not unusual, and the most common cause is when elderly cats jump off a wall, find out that their front legs are not as strong as they used to be, and face plant on to the ground.
I honestly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Edited to add a photograph
Then he pulled his mouth open and had a look inside, and yet another canine tooth had gone! He doesn't have any left at all now. Fortunately all snapped off without exposing any nerve. I said I was mystified as he doesn't seem to be fighting at all now, so how could it happen.
The vet said it was not unusual, and the most common cause is when elderly cats jump off a wall, find out that their front legs are not as strong as they used to be, and face plant on to the ground.
I honestly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Edited to add a photograph
Edited by Roofless Toothless on Monday 23 July 08:42
Pepa had not been seen since Friday morning. Saturday night was one of some concern.
Sunday morning, we awoke to the sound of meowing outside the Window. There appears to have been a disagreement on the quality of the dry food, and water in the fountain, thus the OH was required to supply better wet food. Once fed and fussed, she then decided to steal the OHs place in bed (which she never usually go's on), before falling soundly asleep next to me (which she's not done in the 2 years I've known her).
Hopefully she's now terrified of whatever shed/garage she got herself locked in...that's my working assumption.
Sunday morning, we awoke to the sound of meowing outside the Window. There appears to have been a disagreement on the quality of the dry food, and water in the fountain, thus the OH was required to supply better wet food. Once fed and fussed, she then decided to steal the OHs place in bed (which she never usually go's on), before falling soundly asleep next to me (which she's not done in the 2 years I've known her).
Hopefully she's now terrified of whatever shed/garage she got herself locked in...that's my working assumption.
Sadly, Thursday evening, my Milly got hit by a car outside our house and passed away. The driver put her in the boot & the neighbour said where she lived so the driver knocked on the door to say what happened. She didn't suffer as she had already gone.
RIP Milly. You helped me through some bad times and were what I looked forward to the most during the working day, going home to have a cuddle.
Gretchen said:
I’m so sorry for your loss. Milly looks like my Spider who went to sleep Thursday afternoon 
Hopefully they’re happily chasing mice somewhere together.
The void is horrible. I can’t begin to imagine how you feel even though I’m feeling it too.
Thanks. Its horrible now, it always is for anyone. The house is very quiet. She's somewhere catching all the mice she wants. Hopefully they’re happily chasing mice somewhere together. The void is horrible. I can’t begin to imagine how you feel even though I’m feeling it too.
Fellow cat owners - what hoover have you got and how well does it work - our Vax is absolutely pants at getting hair out of carpets, doesn't even budge - since the prolonged dry weather, the cats have come in really dusty too and the house is getting 'urrgghh', so need something decent now.
Tried hosing the cats down as they get close to the cat flap, don't like it... (didn't realy).
Tried hosing the cats down as they get close to the cat flap, don't like it... (didn't realy).
Mothersruin said:
Fellow cat owners - what hoover have you got and how well does it work - our Vax is absolutely pants at getting hair out of carpets, doesn't even budge - since the prolonged dry weather, the cats have come in really dusty too and the house is getting 'urrgghh', so need something decent now.
Tried hosing the cats down as they get close to the cat flap, don't like it... (didn't realy).
I’ve got a Dyson Anima but it needs replacing really. Looking at a Shark. Mainly because it has DRLs. But also friend has one and says it’s fab...Tried hosing the cats down as they get close to the cat flap, don't like it... (didn't realy).
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