RE: rather sad at the moment.

[Guest guest]

Ron,

as a fellow cat lover I am so, so sorry. I don't care what anyone says, pets are

family members, dang it! The longer they are with us the more their

personalities shine through. I commend you on taking the brave step .. that's

so, so, hard, I know, but the right thing to do.

cyber hugs,

Helen

[Guest guest]

Hi Ron....

I am sorry to hear of your loss. Regardless if a human child or any other child

(including one's own pet), a loss can be very hard to take. However, the one

thing I encourage you to do is to always remember the good times you had with

your cat.

Best,

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> Just very sad at the moment, because I've had my number one cat put down.

> She went off her food just a couple of days ago, and the vet's examination

> suggested Renal failure. Was confirmed that her kidneys were shot, when

> they did the blood test. So once again had to watch a favourite cat

> undergoing the final treatment. But what a way to go. I still wish with

> all my heart that when I eventually have to 'go', that they could make it as

> sweet and peaceful as all that.

>

>

>

> Felecia (house name 'Kittles') was a Lilac Burmese, who had just turned 13.

> You can see her photo as a small kitten on the cover of my book. So as

> you will imagine, I'm going through periodical bouts of grief about it.

> Bruno, the next in line is now moved up to Number one status. (he is a Seal

> point coloured Tonkinese, and a very very nice cat.)

>

>

>

> So Kittles has moved on to the 'Rainbow Bridge' to join her old pussy

> friends Mandy, Tinkerbell and Missy.

>

>

>

> From a very sad Ron.

>

[Guest guest]

Ron Hedgcock wrote:

> Hello everyone,

>

> Just very sad at the moment, because I’ve had my number one cat put

> down. She went off her food just a couple of days ago, and the vet’s

> examination suggested Renal failure. Was confirmed that her kidneys were

> shot, when they did the blood test. So once again had to watch a

> favourite cat undergoing the final treatment. But what a way to go. I

> still wish with all my heart that when I eventually have to ‘go’, that

> they could make it as sweet and peaceful as all that.

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Ah, Ron - I'm so sorry you've lost your friend. Been there; it hurts!

- Bill ...AS

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

[Guest guest]

Ron,On a brighter note, we have a gingercat named Basil and believe it or not he is 19 years old this year andstill doddering about the place. So sorry for your loss of Kittles. I am in Singapore at present on an assignment. Have been quite busy and just stopping by to say hello to all thecommunity.Best wishes and condolences .Greg dx AS at 53To: <aspires-relationships >,Date: 13/04/2012 09:05 PMSubject: RE: rather sad at the moment.Sent by: aspires-relationships , Thanks to you and all the others who have been so kind with your comments.In answer to your final question, though I normally would, no at this stageI don't intend to get a replacement cat. I do have Bruno, as I explained.But as well, my ex-wife who lives here in the same city (country ,Australia) she fancied getting herself a cat, and after advertising forablack cat (regular Moggie, not an aristocrat or Oriental such as I've hadfor the last 40 odd years) a local lady offered her a one year old blackwith a minute white shirt front. She had to divest herself of it, becauseher little boy was allergic to it. But wait for it... the same littlekid is Aspergers, so we had quite a good little chat. Anyway after that long round-about lead up, she and I are going to sharethelittle puss. She had saddled it with the very imaginative name of PussPuss. Well, and I have renamed her . She's turned out themost lively affectionate little animal and has spent a number of days atboth her house and mine. Very easy to feed, which is helpful after thefussy Orientals I've had for many years. Just presently she's livingupstairs with me, behind a glass door. And through the same, Bruno looksoccasionally at her, and pronounces some diabolical curses in Tonkinese.(very much like the raucous swearing of a vocal Siamese, if you know whatthat is like!) Oh, she does come downstairs regularly and spends time withme, when I can supervise any interaction with Bruno. I'm rather expecting it will take a few weeks for the two to get on okaytogether and hopefully to be friends. Bruno has been with me for just overtwo years. (he's just a little over 7 or 8 years old.) I cant tell atthis stage if he is going to be lonely and miss Kittles particularly. He'sgenerally a very laid-back cat. again thanks . Notice that especially among Aspies and those who knowthem and their idiosyncrasies, one can get away with expressing one'sdevotion to one's cats.Cheers, Ron. Will take me a couple of weeks to get over the grief at theloss of Kittles.PS hope you can read the attached Flyer. Kris Schmidt, our local Autismcoordinator has arranged the session advertised for next Wednesday. Shetells me that the booked attendance is quite good. Should be fun. Shewants me to sell copies of my book there as well.R.-Subject: Re: rather sad at the moment.On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 at 15:21:43 +1000 Ron Hedgcock wrote:> Just very sad at the moment, because I've had my number one cat put> down.......> ..... But what a way to go. I still wish with all my heart that when> I eventually have to 'go', that they could make it as sweet and peaceful> as all that.Yes Ron, I know and really sympathise, because for me, losing our catsin the past has felt much worse even than losing a relative. I would gladly have exchanged my relatives if I could have got my cats back. Somehow, it seems that all the love and caring that should have gone into my human relationships but didn't, actually manifested itself between me and the cats we've had.I guess 13 was a good age for Kittles, and I'm sure her demise was a lot less traumatic than ours some of whom died from catching and eatingneighbours' poisoned rats. Sadly this has happened more tban once, andwe've had to watch them take their last footsteps struggling to returnhome crying for help, but too far gone for us to do anything to save them.Several times I've had to dig graves for my feline loved ones in the shade of one of their favourite trees, lay them to rest there and tearfully cover them up for ever. I still think of their bodies, absorbed into the earth over subsequent years, fertilising the trees' roots, and being reincarnated as green leaves and fruit on those trees.So yes Ron, it's so sad when you loved them.We've always ended up getting another cat or kitten to replace them. Will you?+ [attachment " CCI13042012_00000.jpg " deleted by Greg Greer/Australia/IBM]