Cats Cats The cats Meow Thread

[Second Hand Pat]

I see she likes to assist you in editing photos Al. She's a beauty.
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Added a cat to the clan here.. Shes 5 yrs old..spent her life at the shelter. Her name is Croatia . I thought our orange Tabby Leo was a ball of energy and a climber.This kitty has him beat hands down ..




She hates being picked up but is a love bug lap cat on her terms. So far our 3 fuzzballs are getting along ok. My big lug Dante really could care less about her and was like that from day 1.. Leo, well its been an adjustment. He stalks her everywhere. No major brawls.. just growls and hisses. At day 3 here and it settled down alot.. I figure they will be playing as normal in a few days. She wants to play.. Leo not having it yet.

[brewmaster15]

Chuck I didn't realize the Maryland was so progressive. Impressive! Probably the first state to institute mandatory Cat recycling, right?

[LizStreithorst]

lol. It took me a loog time searching but I finally spotted your nutty cat.

[Charlyc11]

Where in the world is Tory.

[Charlyc11]

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It's sad and we have them for a short period of our lives but they make us better and hope we gave them as much as they gave us. RIP Duncan..

[brewmaster15]

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Feel like I failed him a little, truthfully, but my wife and I were with him until the end last night

I have been there Jacob.. you did not fail him.. you loved him and he stayed with you as long as he could knowing it.

[brewmaster15]

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Jacob, I am so sorry for Duncan's passing

It sounds like he did have a good run.. but its still sad when they leave us.

al

[jwcarlson]

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He had a pretty good run. At least 16 years old, maybe closer to 17. Pretty sick towards the end. I'd had him to the vet on Friday because he had a growth on his neck (which tested as a non-cancerous growth called a mucocele, a cyst on the salivary glands). I wish I would have had him euthanized Friday, but he was still fairly spry even running up and stealing food from the dogs waiting for me to get their food down to the basement for them. I'm sure he had heart disease or kidney failure, but opted not to go for blood work as there's not really anything to do for a cat that old. Declined really rapidly Saturday into Sunday. Feel like I failed him a little, truthfully, but my wife and I were with him until the end last night.

Duncan was quite the recluse, staying away even when food was around. Many times opting to pull food to him from under the steps.
From earlier in the thread:

When we last moved Duncan delayed our moving by an entire day. He has ALWAYS been nervous of people, even "his people". We got him as a kitten, so I don't understand why, but any sudden movement or anything sends him flying and since our cats are still 4-wheel-drive he's torn me up several times when someone sneezes or knocks on the door. Anyway, when we moved the company I was going to work for paid to relocate us so we had packers in the house for a couple of days. And it was kind of an all day, really invasive thing so he really holed up. We hadn't seen him for two days and had packed the car, beds, etc because we had already spent our last night. There was literally nothing left in the house. Not a chair, not a TV, nothing. The day keeps ticking on and we can't find him, can't find him. Tried baiting him... nothing we spent hours trying to find him or trick him into at least meowing (he is VERY vocal). Finally, we pull the plug. I ran to Walmart to get a frozen pizza and an air mattress. We eat and get ready to go to bed I do one more pass in the basement and as I'm walking out of the laundry room where their litter boxes were and I felt like something was watching me. Duncan was up in the floor joists. I scratched the air like I was going to pet him, which usually made him come over and he went jumping through, jumped down into another room and than ran up and squeezed into a small space where the fireplace insert met the wall (on the back side) and then he could get onto the top of the false ceiling the covered 3/4 of the basement. So I could poke me head in and see him and he had an entirely different liar up there. Including some cat toys that had disappeared. It was a waiting game he eventually came out and I had to run in and cover that spot and we ended up catching him later that night and locking him in the room with us until morning.

Thanks for the kind words! It does suck losing pets.

[Second Hand Pat]

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So sorry Jacob, our fur babies are family, hugs!
Pat

[AquaticNerd]

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So sorry to hear that Jacob - it's always tough losing a pet.

[LizStreithorst]

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Oh, Jacob, I am so very sorry.

[jwcarlson]

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RIP Duncan, he passed away last night.

[brewmaster15]

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Cats and Dogs have some fundamental differences in their interactions with humans.

A major one is the body language. A dog rolls over and shows you its belly and its a sign of submission.Its a sign of utmost trust as thats its most vulnerable area.

A cat shows you its belly and its a cleverly designed trap! Touch the belly and if you are not careful you set off a series of traps.

[brewmaster15]

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I had two cats, but now I have three.

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ohhh thats just too cute! congratulations!

Do you have a name picked out?