Author Topic: The pet-specific bad news thread (Read 98256 times)

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #250 on:** 16 November, 2015, 08:45:36 pm »

So sorry to hear that Caerau, he looks like a lovely lad.

Feline · « **Reply #251 on:** 16 November, 2015, 10:34:13 pm »

Sorry for your loss Caerau

He must have had some kind of traumatic accident and just made it home

peliroja · « **Reply #252 on:** 16 November, 2015, 11:56:11 pm »

So sorry, Caerau. It must hurt an awful lot. He looks a gorgeous lad.

Jaded · « **Reply #253 on:** 17 November, 2015, 01:47:09 am »

All cats are brilliant, but orange ones are more brilliant, and missed more.

caerau · « **Reply #254 on:** 17 November, 2015, 07:36:25 am »

Indeed, thanks for all the support, much appreciated.

That is certainly my assessment Feline, if only he'd chosen summer to injure himself, the continuous blood storms at the moment can't have helped at all

We had to bury him in pissing rain and haven't really yet managed to go out and pay proper respect at his grave as it's horrible out there. I managed to slip and go ass over tit when burying him in the mud which didn't improve my mood, don't fancy that again since our garden is a 10% slope the grass is treacherous in itself.

Still finding fresh spray patches around and about the house, don't like cleaning it up now as it feels like wiping him away.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #255 on:** 17 November, 2015, 11:27:18 am »

Sorry to read this, Caerau.

caerau · « **Reply #256 on:** 22 November, 2015, 02:06:19 pm »

Well as time has moved on our other kitty, Missie seems to have got over it a bit - I think she's enjoying the extra attention and is now number 1 cat. We may rethink the idea of getting another kitten since she seems quite happy without the company now. She moped around for a few days but is now more playful than she has been since she was a kitten.

Not that losing Jack was a good thing of course, but at least the other one is surviving on her own.

jamesld8 · « **Reply #257 on:** 22 November, 2015, 05:21:11 pm »

Really sorry hear about your lovely cat , Dave. I also get very worried when our ginger, (strangely a female), cat goes off for days and then suddenly reappears so understand how traumatic it must have been when he returned so injured,
Perhaps give it a while with Missie on her own before getting another kitten as company, although she might become very `protective` and not get on with a new companion at all.

Good to see though that your cats occupied the best seats in the house

Both of ours, despite being farm cat breeding, have now taken to occupying a soft chair, each, whilst our elderly spaniel resides on the sofa whenever she can (that`s when not seeking food

). All best wishes

caerau · « **Reply #258 on:** 22 November, 2015, 05:45:26 pm »

Too much bother to stop them sitting on comfy stuff - anyway, it's their house too, and why would they not do that.

We have told them on multiple occasions that we're going to get them little cat-drawn trolleys so they can pay their way with a paper round or something.

So far they have been resistant on that one.

Yeah, my wife just said she agreed with me on the new kitten plan (as in, not getting one anymore). I think that was just a reaction to his death and my worry that she'd be lonely now. Quite to the contrary she has come out of her shell rather a lot. Sorry Missie, Jack was the more interesting cat but you have now got much more interesting now. Strange how it works sometimes.

caerau · « **Reply #259 on:** 22 November, 2015, 05:53:57 pm »

And anyway, those aren't the best seats in the house.

*This* is my chair.

my chair by djm10001, on Flickr

jamesld8 · « **Reply #260 on:** 22 November, 2015, 08:49:01 pm »

This is his chair

IMG_0621 by jamesld8, on Flickr

caerau · « **Reply #261 on:** 23 November, 2015, 08:15:04 am »

Lovely

SteveC · « **Reply #262 on:** 16 December, 2015, 02:15:06 pm »

Wes by Steve Cunio, on Flickr

We lost Wes this morning. He didn't seem too bad yesterday but in the evening we noticed his breathing was laboured. We'd decided that we would take him to the vet today to get it seen to. At about half-three this morning, MrsC went downstairs to the bathroom. Wes was in the hall, one of his 'favourite places' recently. She stroked him and got a chirrup and a purr. When I went down at seven to get coffee he was lying in the kitchen. I don't think he'd been dead long.
Sixteen years isn't bad for a Maine Coon, but there is going to be a big space in this house for sometime to come.

barakta · « **Reply #263 on:** 16 December, 2015, 02:26:59 pm »

Sorry for your loss, he looks like a lovely cat.

Pingu · « **Reply #264 on:** 16 December, 2015, 04:02:52 pm »

Aw - shame.

caerau · « **Reply #265 on:** 16 December, 2015, 04:09:11 pm »

RIP

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #266 on:** 16 December, 2015, 07:07:02 pm »

Aw, sorry to hear that SteveC, he does look like a nice lad.

Seems like the 'forum cats' are getting to that age now.

Feline · « **Reply #267 on:** 25 January, 2016, 10:06:06 am »

Kiri, our 8 year old Siamese was hit by a car last night. She's still alive and in the universities ICU but in a very critical state. They are struggling to get her stable enough for X-rays currently. I fear we are going to lose her

Riggers · « **Reply #268 on:** 25 January, 2016, 11:02:11 am »

So sorry to hear this Feline. All the best.

barakta · « **Reply #269 on:** 25 January, 2016, 11:11:11 am »

Ohno, thinking of Kiri. Hope they are able to help her. Thinking of you all.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #270 on:** 25 January, 2016, 11:33:50 am »

Oh poo

Fingers, toes and paws crossed for Kiri.

caerau · « **Reply #271 on:** 25 January, 2016, 12:44:45 pm »

Hope Kiri pulls through, sorry to read this.

T42 · « **Reply #272 on:** 25 January, 2016, 01:27:10 pm »

Aw hell, that's horrible. I hope she recovers.

peliroja · « **Reply #273 on:** 25 January, 2016, 01:30:25 pm »

Really hope she makes it. You must be going through the mill. So sorry.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #274 on:** 25 January, 2016, 02:11:52 pm »

Sorry to hear that, Lara.

We have it on two fronts atm. Daughter's cat Bexley may have to make a one-way trip soon. He has a nasty growth on his face and is in quite a bit of pain. Has been to the vet but blood tests didn't show cancer. However, he is pissing blood and is in too mch pain to eat, or to clean himself. Strong painkllers helped, but they are prohibitively expensive.

Then had a call from yonger son this morning. His dog is at the vets, having been attacked by an off-the-lead Jack Russell last night, receiving a nasty bite on the leg. Whilst trying to separate them, son fell and landed on his dog. Dog had dislocated hip, it seems. Don't know the prognosis yet. JRT owner apologetic.

Bugger, blast, hell and damnation to it all.