Emmy Lou had just had her spay surgery at two months. She was a bad girl and kept licking her incision, so she had to wear this collar for a week. She was so cute, but she hated it!
She has the most beautiful and unique blue eyes. And her cone collar really makes them stand out! Bless her heart she, that thing must drive her crazy.
Space Cadet kitty!! After my Bear got part of his tail chopped off he had to wear a “space collar” too…..i felt so bad for him, but he looked so funny!
My vet will spay kittens at eight weeks but only if they weigh 3 pounds. My Juliette took months to get to 3 pounds and the Humane Society kept threatening to take her back because I didn’t immediately have her spayed. My vet had to call and write them letters several times. Emmy Lou is beautiful and the collar does bring out the blue in her eyes. Bet she could care less about that though. My Annie had to wear one too because she pulled her spay stitches loose.
Dee-Juliet was blessed to have someone who loved her enough to take such good care of her. I have a Romeo too. He and Juliette can’t stand each other. Juliette would love to see him take poison!
Thanks, Kittypaw! She was just a few weeks old when a co-worker saw a woman drive into the day care parking lot (that my co-worker was just coming out of), open up her car door and throw out a tiny ball of black fluff as she sped off! My co-worker brought the kitten into work that morning and I said I would keep the kitten overnight and bring her to the shelter the next morning. Well, she was my constant companion for 19 years. Friends and family gave her birthday cards and gifts! Even though we all adore our animals, I’d bet that (perhaps even secretly) we all have (or have had) that one that completely fills up your heart. That was Juliet.
I know you must miss her so, Dee. Sometimes we have a very special bond with a particular pet. My Freud who lived to be almost 22, still visits me from time to time. I can feel his loving presence as her weaves around my ankles. Juliet, I know, is watching over you for she loved you just as passionately and a love like that never dies…it just changes form…
That is so true. I adopted my oldest cat (MacKenzie)just a couple of months after I lost the dog (Max) I had growing up. I swear I can still see Max in MacKenzie’s expressions.
Thanks so much, you guys. And CatRancher–I’d love to think what you said is true–I hope so.
Pamela–did you see that story I posted earlier this week? It was about a “dog” woman who got a cat–kind of “metaphysical”–kind of similar to your story.
Wow, you are both lucky to have had your kitties till 19 and 22! Mine passed away just shy of her 17th birthday. That is also amazing that you feel her presence at times. I would have loved to have felt mine. It has been two years this Sunday and I still miss her from time to time. Especially when Sylvester is being a brat. He of course tries to make it up later by coming and sitting on my lap.
I also meant to say I am sorry for your losses, Dee and CatRancher. When you find that really special cat, it makes their passing even harder to take. The consolation is that we will see them again. I too also think I see something in Sylvester’s eyes when I think of my Whiskers.
Dee that is so weird. I have always said if an animal could be a person’s soul mate, Juliette is mine. I’m sorry she couldn’t be with you longer. I had another very special cat named Lil Hunney. We were very bonded and I loved her beyond reason. She was almost 5 when I lost her to heart disease last spring. I never know when I am going to suddenly start crying for my Lil Hunney. Here’s her story. I hope it is not too long:
3-22-2006
LIL HUNNEY’S STORY
LIL HUNNEY CAME TO ME THROUGH SOME FRIENDS DURING A ROUND UP OF
FERAL CATS FOR TNR (TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN). SHE CAME IN WITH SEVERAL
KITTENS (NOT HERS) AND WAS LISTED AS EIGHT WEEKS OLD. AT ABOUT SEVEN
POUNDS I KNEW THERE HAD BEEN AN ERROR BUT WAS CAPTIVATED BY HER
SWEET EXPRESSION AND VOWED TO SOCIALIZE HER. I HOUSED HER IN ONE
OF MY BATHROOMS (JUST A NORMAL SIZE BATHROOM) FOR THREE MONTHS.
I SPENT MORE HOURS IN THAT BATHROOM THAN ANYWHERE INCLUDING
MY FULL TIME JOB. I SAT IN THERE FOR HOURS TALKING TO HUNNEY, READING
TO HUNNEY AND DEVISING GAMES TRYING TO GET HER TO TOUCH ME SINCE
I SURE COULDN’T TOUCH HER! I SLEPT ON A MAT IN THE BATHROOM EVERY
NIGHT HOPING THIS NON-THREATENING POSITION WOULD EASE HER FEARS.
FOR THE FIRST WEEKS I SLEPT WITH MY NOSE TO THE WALL. SHE WAS THAT
WILD AND THAT FRIGHTENED. EVERY NIGHT, I WOULD PRAY FOR HER, OUT LOUD,
USING HER NAME. I HAD A LITANY OF POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS I WOULD SAY OVER
AND OVER (YOU’RE A GOOOOOD GIRL, YOU ARE SPECIAL AND DESERVE ONLY THE
BEST…….) IN A LOW SING SONG VOICE. WHEN I WAS OUT SHE HAD A SMALL TV
FOR COMPANY. AFTER THREE MONTHS, I LET HER OUR OF THE BATHROOM
NO LONGER WORRIED ABOUT A SURPRISE ATTACK BUT NOT YET HAVING TOUCHED
HER. THAT WOULD HAPPEN WEEKS LATER WHEN A FRIEND SUGGESTED I
“ACCIDENTALLY” BRUSH MY HAND AGAINST HER WHEN SITTING DOWN HER FOOD
DISH. THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY STROKED HER IT WAS A GIFT. IT’S BEEN
THREE YEARS AND SHE WILL NOW LET ME TOUCH HER WHEN SHE IS
LYING DOWN, BRUSH HER (AS SHE WALKS AROUND AND AROUND ME) AND WHEN
SHE IS FRIGHTENED I JUST START GOING THROUGH THE POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS
AND IT WORKS ALMOST LIKE HYPNOSIS. SHE COMES WHEN I CALL AND
OCCASIONALLY COMES OUT WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS. SHE WILL ONLY ALLOW 3
PEOPLE TO TOUCH HER, MYSELF, MY DAUGHTER AND MY DAUGHTER’S FRIEND.
SHE STILL LIKES TELEVISION AND WILL LAY ON THE SOFA AND WATCH IT AFTER
WE RETIRE. I THINK PART OF THE REASON FOR THE SUCCESS OF HER BEING
(MOSTLY) SOCIALIZED IS SHE SEEMS TO BE MENTALLY CHALLENGED IN SOME WAYS.
SHE DOES NOT READ THE OTHER CATS SIGNALS. WHEN WHITEY STALKED
HER, SHE JUST GAZED AT HIM UNTIL HE GAVE UP IN DISGUST. WHEN SOCKS GROWLED,
SHE TOOK IT AS AN INVITATION TO PLAY. AT 4 1/2 YEARS OLD SHE STILL
BEHAVES LIKE A (13 POUND) 12 WEEK OLD KITTEN. ALSO HER SHORT TERM
MEMORY IS SOMEWHAT FAULTY. FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST WEEK AFTER WE PUT
UP OUR CHRISTMAS TREE, EVERY TIME SHE LEFT THE ROOM AND CAME BACK
SHE WOULD DO A DOUBLE TAKE AND RE-DISCOVER THE TREE. HOWEVER, SHE
NO LONGER FORGETS HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO BE PETTED AND INSISTS THAT I
PET HER AND “SING SONG” HER POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS UNTIL MY HAND IS NUMB
AND MY VOICE IS HOARSE. I NEVER FORGET THE PROMISES I MADE TO HER DURING
THOSE LONG HOURS IN THE BATHROOM. I HAVE A REAL AFFINITY FOR FRIGHTENED
ANIMALS AND LIL HUNNEY IS MY SHINING STAR. EVEN AFTER THREE YEARS, EVERY
TIME I TOUCH HER OR SHE COMES TO ME WHEN I CALL, IT IS A RENEWAL OF THE
GIFT OF LOVE AND TRUST SHE HAS BESTOWED UPON ME.
ROBYN SMALLEY
PS LIL HUNNEY HAD HEART DISEASE AND WENT OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE A FEW
WEEKS AFTER I SUBMITTED THIS TO CAT FANCY MAGAZINE. MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU WILL
SEE HER STORY THERE.
Kitty Paw, I am shedding tears. What a beautiful story and an amazingly heroic effort to socialize Lil Hunney. Very few would have made such an effort. I am glad that you had her a for the time that you did. She will reside in your heart forever.
Eyes filling up with tears, now streaming down my face…funny looks from coworkers. Had to explain. What a beautiful story. You are truly an amazing person to be so loving and patient with this somewhat mentally challenged kitty. The angels are smiling at you.
Thank you Ppearson. I was glad to see some other people felt visited by their deceased cats. Every night I feel a cat jumping up and landing on the foot of my bed. That was Lil Hunney’s spot. I look and there’s no-one there. I thought maybe I was crazy with grief. Another weird thing is I “hide” treats for the cats every night before I go to bed. Lil Hunney’s favorite hiding place was the bottom of the cat tree. After she passed away the other cats would not eat the treats I put there. After a few days I stopped hiding treats there in case it made the others sad or un comfortable.
Ok tears coming down the face. How many times we have all been in this situation. Kittypaws, a lovely story told very well. I felt it as we all did. You did fine with your baby. She is waiting for you over the bridge. Never forget the ones we leave to go to a better place, but know that they haven’t forgotten you either. They are with you always. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
Beautiful story, Kittypaws, told by a beautiful soul — yours. Sometimes even the “damaged” will respond to unconditional and unrelenting love. Bless you and all the “little” souls that walk among us…
So did my boy. I felt so sorry for him and so I took it off. Then he pulled open his stitches. Not a good thing. He then wore it day and night for a week.
Hubby is home and nursing a very sore tummy with pain meds. His pathology report came back with stage 2 but not spreading to the lymphatic system. We won’t see the oncologist until Feb 8th but everyone we have talked to knows/has known someone with colon cancer and did chemotherapy, even at stage 1. Stop the world, I want to get off… (taking my 4 fuzz-butts with me.)
Tiger I don’t know if you will see this. But I want to reassure you the most important thing is that it has not spread to lymphatic system. That is FANTASTIC news.
Chemotherapy is not as bad for everyone. Some people tolerate it real well. Basically if you want to insure that cancer does not return chemo is the answer.
You guys will be in my prayers. Please tell your hubby to stay positive. Very, very important
I am happy to hear that your husband is home with you…and even if we can’t stop the world, it’s ok to be very still inside and just watch it go by until we’re ready to move… My mother told me that once when I was a young woman and faced with so many decisions and so many problems that I was “frantic” to know what is was I was SUPPOSED to do and SUPPOSED to feel… she said, “just for a while, be still inside, step back and let the world go by” It seems a simple thing to say, but no one (including myself) had ever given me “permission” to do nothing. I was then able to wait without guilt until the “noise” of the SHOULDs and HAVE TOs left my head and I could think and feel again and soon I was able to move and take action… “being still inside” is where hope and inspiration comes from and is lost in our hectic lives…but we can find it…and then the strength to go on. I’m running on here, but those words said to me by my Mother have helped me to survive and eventually thrive when I have been overwhelmed… I hope they help you, too, KittyPaw, Be good to yourself, sending my love and prayers to you and your husband and family!
Tiger, I am glad to hear that it hasn’t advanced to the lympatic system. My second cousin (in Canada) had stage 2 breast cancer and with chemo, she is cancer free. She gets checkups regularly now to remain cancer free. I will say a prayer that you husband heals quickly and is able to beat the cancer.
Tiger, I’m sorry y’all are going through this. My pastor had colon/rectal cancer and it was a difficult few months but he has been cancer free for 4 years now. I will keep y’all in my prayers.
A gorgeous kitten and wearing a collar seems appropriate cause I have info from Brittany that I am unable to post.TKD wasn’t letting Brittany post last night and now I having the same problem.
A message from BO:Hey there everybody, first of all, I want to say thank you everybody for praying for Bo. It seems that Bo has become quite the superstar on TDK! There are not words big enough to describe how truly thankful I am. And, how blessed I was to Find Evangeline from Montreal on Catster, she has been an absolute angel in helping me advertise for Bo, and I don’t know what I would have done without her.
Bo is doing well, the vet said that his surgery went very well. The vet closed the wound on his leg and he will stay at the vets office until Saturday, and then he will either come back to me, or, go to Mrs.Ginger (the woman in charge of the rescue Bo is under.) I think Bo is finally on his road to recovery, he finally got over his nasty cold, and hopefully he will be in a new home soon.
Eva has told me that some of you had wanted to donate, that’s incredible!! I have been talking to a woman in Pennsylvania and she really wants him, and any money that you can send over for transportation or to help with vet bills wuold be wonderful. Even if ya’ll just give a couple dollars, that a few more dollars that Mrs.Ginger can use to pay for Bo’s surgery, medicine, transportation, and vet stay. Every cent counts, big time.
Mrs.Ginger is going to put Bo’s story and picture up on her website when she get’s home. They have a paypal account that everybody can send donations to, if you’re not comfortable with doing it over the internet, e-mail me at bmtiz92 AT aim DOT com and we can make other arrangements. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TN238.html
Again, thank you Soooooo much. I can’t believe how kind everyone on here has been.
I will try my best to keep everybody updated on Bo, again, THANK YOU!
Take care,
Brittany Tisdale
YES! Bo is even up there now. I specified that I wanted the money to go for BO. THere are other kits at the shelter, right now one kit at a time, for me anyway
Hip Hip Hurrah! I am so happy for Bo. I still wish I could have adopted him, but trying to be a sensible adult I know it was just naive day dreaming. And unfortunately there are help needing strays everywhere. Anyways it is wonderful that this story has a happy ending.
I have to ask Brittany about paying arrangements. Those credit cards are not quite as common here as they are in the USA.
PS. May I suggest that Bo should be awarded the title of Honorary Cat of TDK?
Hey there everybody, first of all, I want to say thank you everybody for praying for Bo. It seems that Bo has become quite the superstar on TDK! There are not words big enough to describe how truly thankful I am. And, how blessed I was to Find Evangeline from Montreal on Catster, she has been an absolute angel in helping me advertise for Bo, and I don’t know what I would have done without her.
Sorry everybody, for some reason I was having a very difficult time with posting today. So the good news is we can help Bo.
Since I started all this I want to say a big thank you to you. You have great big hearts, no wonder I love hanging out here
Sorry about that Evangeline - the software than runs the site assumes your message is spam if it’s got more than one link in it. The comment is now shown here.
Evangeline and Brittany: That is wonderful news! Bo has a home! You two are angels for helping him. (Evangeline: I told you Bo would find a home–he’s a “ho-bo” no more! (awful joke, eh?)
Hi Evangeline, I am not sure how to make a donation using the paypal account. Can you send me a link and instructions to lioness036 at yahoo dot com Thank you.
This baby has the bluest eyes I have seen on a tabby. Usually the deep blue eyes are on Siamese-Seal Pts. Love the painted eyebrows. Love the tabbies but then again love all kitties. I tell my husband I am going to be the little old lady with 10 cats. LOL! Happy Friday to all.
Karin, I am running late now but you have to have a paypal account. Go to paypal.com and register, you give a credit card you want used. Once you have an account it is very simple and totally safe, I have been using them online for years.(E-bay addict)
I will write you this evening.
Thanks ya all! I could just hug you!
Well, I have only one cat right now and my husband says that is enough. I go to the local Petco or Petsmart for my cat’s food and supplies and when I see the kitties up for adoption, I want to take them all home. I only live in a two bedroom 2 bathroom apt and do not think the cats would like it. It is a great idea though Kate.
$50 just sent to the Bo Fund. So shines a good deed in a weary world. Thank you to Mrs. Ginger, for caring for Bo. Thank you to Evangeline from Montreal and Brittany Tisdale, for putting the word out that Bo needed help. Thank you to Bo’s future family in Pennsylvania. Thank you to
Emmy Lou had just had her spay surgery at two months. She was a bad girl and kept licking her incision, so she had to wear this collar for a week. She was so cute, but she hated it!
Ah bless, I want one.
Emmy Lou with eyes of blue!
I’ve never seen a cat with such sky blue eyes. How pretty.
what a curious,sweet face……..these ones are dickens, as Erwin is……tickle his tummy he bites my hand and then licks my face
She will thank you later. The blue brings out her eyes
She has the most beautiful and unique blue eyes. And her cone collar really makes them stand out! Bless her heart she, that thing must drive her crazy.
Space Exploration Fuzz!!!!!
And who is the cute baby behind her?
Space Cadet kitty!! After my Bear got part of his tail chopped off he had to wear a “space collar” too…..i felt so bad for him, but he looked so funny!
Uh-oh. Another Kelly. This could get confusing…
Queen Elizabeth I FUZZ
Queen Emmy Lou! How funny! I wonder how the Anglophiles feel about that?
ohh - the sweet little girl - how cute!!! - Love her eyes!!!
2 months? Holy cow, I didn’t know they did spays that early. Loverly blue eyes though!
They only have to be old enough to metabilize the anistesia (sp?) for a spay, neutering requires…dropping to occure first.
My vet will spay kittens at eight weeks but only if they weigh 3 pounds. My Juliette took months to get to 3 pounds and the Humane Society kept threatening to take her back because I didn’t immediately have her spayed. My vet had to call and write them letters several times. Emmy Lou is beautiful and the collar does bring out the blue in her eyes. Bet she could care less about that though. My Annie had to wear one too because she pulled her spay stitches loose.
Awww, I also had a Juliet. She passed away a couple weeks after her nineteenth birthday in August of 2005. I adored that girl.
Dee-Juliet was blessed to have someone who loved her enough to take such good care of her. I have a Romeo too. He and Juliette can’t stand each other. Juliette would love to see him take poison!
Thanks, Kittypaw! She was just a few weeks old when a co-worker saw a woman drive into the day care parking lot (that my co-worker was just coming out of), open up her car door and throw out a tiny ball of black fluff as she sped off! My co-worker brought the kitten into work that morning and I said I would keep the kitten overnight and bring her to the shelter the next morning. Well, she was my constant companion for 19 years. Friends and family gave her birthday cards and gifts! Even though we all adore our animals, I’d bet that (perhaps even secretly) we all have (or have had) that one that completely fills up your heart. That was Juliet.
Dee-You truely are a gem.
I know you must miss her so, Dee. Sometimes we have a very special bond with a particular pet. My Freud who lived to be almost 22, still visits me from time to time. I can feel his loving presence as her weaves around my ankles. Juliet, I know, is watching over you for she loved you just as passionately and a love like that never dies…it just changes form…
That is so true. I adopted my oldest cat (MacKenzie)just a couple of months after I lost the dog (Max) I had growing up. I swear I can still see Max in MacKenzie’s expressions.
Thanks so much, you guys. And CatRancher–I’d love to think what you said is true–I hope so.
Pamela–did you see that story I posted earlier this week? It was about a “dog” woman who got a cat–kind of “metaphysical”–kind of similar to your story.
Wow, you are both lucky to have had your kitties till 19 and 22! Mine passed away just shy of her 17th birthday. That is also amazing that you feel her presence at times. I would have loved to have felt mine. It has been two years this Sunday and I still miss her from time to time. Especially when Sylvester is being a brat. He of course tries to make it up later by coming and sitting on my lap.
I also meant to say I am sorry for your losses, Dee and CatRancher. When you find that really special cat, it makes their passing even harder to take. The consolation is that we will see them again. I too also think I see something in Sylvester’s eyes when I think of my Whiskers.
Dee, sorry for you loss. She is with you in spirit.
Dee that is so weird. I have always said if an animal could be a person’s soul mate, Juliette is mine. I’m sorry she couldn’t be with you longer. I had another very special cat named Lil Hunney. We were very bonded and I loved her beyond reason. She was almost 5 when I lost her to heart disease last spring. I never know when I am going to suddenly start crying for my Lil Hunney. Here’s her story. I hope it is not too long:
3-22-2006
LIL HUNNEY’S STORY
LIL HUNNEY CAME TO ME THROUGH SOME FRIENDS DURING A ROUND UP OF
FERAL CATS FOR TNR (TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN). SHE CAME IN WITH SEVERAL
KITTENS (NOT HERS) AND WAS LISTED AS EIGHT WEEKS OLD. AT ABOUT SEVEN
POUNDS I KNEW THERE HAD BEEN AN ERROR BUT WAS CAPTIVATED BY HER
SWEET EXPRESSION AND VOWED TO SOCIALIZE HER. I HOUSED HER IN ONE
OF MY BATHROOMS (JUST A NORMAL SIZE BATHROOM) FOR THREE MONTHS.
I SPENT MORE HOURS IN THAT BATHROOM THAN ANYWHERE INCLUDING
MY FULL TIME JOB. I SAT IN THERE FOR HOURS TALKING TO HUNNEY, READING
TO HUNNEY AND DEVISING GAMES TRYING TO GET HER TO TOUCH ME SINCE
I SURE COULDN’T TOUCH HER! I SLEPT ON A MAT IN THE BATHROOM EVERY
NIGHT HOPING THIS NON-THREATENING POSITION WOULD EASE HER FEARS.
FOR THE FIRST WEEKS I SLEPT WITH MY NOSE TO THE WALL. SHE WAS THAT
WILD AND THAT FRIGHTENED. EVERY NIGHT, I WOULD PRAY FOR HER, OUT LOUD,
USING HER NAME. I HAD A LITANY OF POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS I WOULD SAY OVER
AND OVER (YOU’RE A GOOOOOD GIRL, YOU ARE SPECIAL AND DESERVE ONLY THE
BEST…….) IN A LOW SING SONG VOICE. WHEN I WAS OUT SHE HAD A SMALL TV
FOR COMPANY. AFTER THREE MONTHS, I LET HER OUR OF THE BATHROOM
NO LONGER WORRIED ABOUT A SURPRISE ATTACK BUT NOT YET HAVING TOUCHED
HER. THAT WOULD HAPPEN WEEKS LATER WHEN A FRIEND SUGGESTED I
“ACCIDENTALLY” BRUSH MY HAND AGAINST HER WHEN SITTING DOWN HER FOOD
DISH. THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY STROKED HER IT WAS A GIFT. IT’S BEEN
THREE YEARS AND SHE WILL NOW LET ME TOUCH HER WHEN SHE IS
LYING DOWN, BRUSH HER (AS SHE WALKS AROUND AND AROUND ME) AND WHEN
SHE IS FRIGHTENED I JUST START GOING THROUGH THE POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS
AND IT WORKS ALMOST LIKE HYPNOSIS. SHE COMES WHEN I CALL AND
OCCASIONALLY COMES OUT WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS. SHE WILL ONLY ALLOW 3
PEOPLE TO TOUCH HER, MYSELF, MY DAUGHTER AND MY DAUGHTER’S FRIEND.
SHE STILL LIKES TELEVISION AND WILL LAY ON THE SOFA AND WATCH IT AFTER
WE RETIRE. I THINK PART OF THE REASON FOR THE SUCCESS OF HER BEING
(MOSTLY) SOCIALIZED IS SHE SEEMS TO BE MENTALLY CHALLENGED IN SOME WAYS.
SHE DOES NOT READ THE OTHER CATS SIGNALS. WHEN WHITEY STALKED
HER, SHE JUST GAZED AT HIM UNTIL HE GAVE UP IN DISGUST. WHEN SOCKS GROWLED,
SHE TOOK IT AS AN INVITATION TO PLAY. AT 4 1/2 YEARS OLD SHE STILL
BEHAVES LIKE A (13 POUND) 12 WEEK OLD KITTEN. ALSO HER SHORT TERM
MEMORY IS SOMEWHAT FAULTY. FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST WEEK AFTER WE PUT
UP OUR CHRISTMAS TREE, EVERY TIME SHE LEFT THE ROOM AND CAME BACK
SHE WOULD DO A DOUBLE TAKE AND RE-DISCOVER THE TREE. HOWEVER, SHE
NO LONGER FORGETS HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO BE PETTED AND INSISTS THAT I
PET HER AND “SING SONG” HER POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS UNTIL MY HAND IS NUMB
AND MY VOICE IS HOARSE. I NEVER FORGET THE PROMISES I MADE TO HER DURING
THOSE LONG HOURS IN THE BATHROOM. I HAVE A REAL AFFINITY FOR FRIGHTENED
ANIMALS AND LIL HUNNEY IS MY SHINING STAR. EVEN AFTER THREE YEARS, EVERY
TIME I TOUCH HER OR SHE COMES TO ME WHEN I CALL, IT IS A RENEWAL OF THE
GIFT OF LOVE AND TRUST SHE HAS BESTOWED UPON ME.
ROBYN SMALLEY
PS LIL HUNNEY HAD HEART DISEASE AND WENT OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE A FEW
WEEKS AFTER I SUBMITTED THIS TO CAT FANCY MAGAZINE. MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU WILL
SEE HER STORY THERE.
Kitty Paw, I am shedding tears. What a beautiful story and an amazingly heroic effort to socialize Lil Hunney. Very few would have made such an effort. I am glad that you had her a for the time that you did. She will reside in your heart forever.
Eyes filling up with tears, now streaming down my face…funny looks from coworkers. Had to explain. What a beautiful story. You are truly an amazing person to be so loving and patient with this somewhat mentally challenged kitty. The angels are smiling at you.
Thank you Ppearson. I was glad to see some other people felt visited by their deceased cats. Every night I feel a cat jumping up and landing on the foot of my bed. That was Lil Hunney’s spot. I look and there’s no-one there. I thought maybe I was crazy with grief. Another weird thing is I “hide” treats for the cats every night before I go to bed. Lil Hunney’s favorite hiding place was the bottom of the cat tree. After she passed away the other cats would not eat the treats I put there. After a few days I stopped hiding treats there in case it made the others sad or un comfortable.
Ok tears coming down the face. How many times we have all been in this situation. Kittypaws, a lovely story told very well. I felt it as we all did. You did fine with your baby. She is waiting for you over the bridge. Never forget the ones we leave to go to a better place, but know that they haven’t forgotten you either. They are with you always. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
Beautiful story, Kittypaws, told by a beautiful soul — yours. Sometimes even the “damaged” will respond to unconditional and unrelenting love. Bless you and all the “little” souls that walk among us…
what a beautiful little girl:)
Be a clown.. Be a clown.. All the world loves a clown…. Especially one as cute as this dollbaby!
I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU SHOULDN’T SPAY OR NEUTRAL UNTIL 6 MONTHS- THE EARLIEST. SHE’S A DOLL!!!
Mine says that 4 months is OK, as you want to catch girls before they go into their first heat. First heat can be as early as 6 months.
Awww! But how come she gets that cute little fabric collar? Mine had to wear one of those awful white plastic things!
(And it was hilarious watching him bump into things confusedly for two weeks…)
So did my boy. I felt so sorry for him and so I took it off. Then he pulled open his stitches. Not a good thing. He then wore it day and night for a week.
Tiger, how is your hubby feeling now? He is still in my prayers.
Hubby is home and nursing a very sore tummy with pain meds. His pathology report came back with stage 2 but not spreading to the lymphatic system. We won’t see the oncologist until Feb 8th but everyone we have talked to knows/has known someone with colon cancer and did chemotherapy, even at stage 1. Stop the world, I want to get off… (taking my 4 fuzz-butts with me.)
Tiger I don’t know if you will see this. But I want to reassure you the most important thing is that it has not spread to lymphatic system. That is FANTASTIC news.
Chemotherapy is not as bad for everyone. Some people tolerate it real well. Basically if you want to insure that cancer does not return chemo is the answer.
You guys will be in my prayers. Please tell your hubby to stay positive. Very, very important
Tiger, my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Hang in there. Stay positive and well. Glad hubby is doing ok. One day at a time.
I am happy to hear that your husband is home with you…and even if we can’t stop the world, it’s ok to be very still inside and just watch it go by until we’re ready to move… My mother told me that once when I was a young woman and faced with so many decisions and so many problems that I was “frantic” to know what is was I was SUPPOSED to do and SUPPOSED to feel… she said, “just for a while, be still inside, step back and let the world go by” It seems a simple thing to say, but no one (including myself) had ever given me “permission” to do nothing. I was then able to wait without guilt until the “noise” of the SHOULDs and HAVE TOs left my head and I could think and feel again and soon I was able to move and take action… “being still inside” is where hope and inspiration comes from and is lost in our hectic lives…but we can find it…and then the strength to go on. I’m running on here, but those words said to me by my Mother have helped me to survive and eventually thrive when I have been overwhelmed… I hope they help you, too, KittyPaw, Be good to yourself, sending my love and prayers to you and your husband and family!
Sorry, Tiger, I wrote Kittypaws, but I meant you!
Tiger, I am glad to hear that it hasn’t advanced to the lympatic system. My second cousin (in Canada) had stage 2 breast cancer and with chemo, she is cancer free. She gets checkups regularly now to remain cancer free. I will say a prayer that you husband heals quickly and is able to beat the cancer.
Tiger, I’m sorry y’all are going through this. My pastor had colon/rectal cancer and it was a difficult few months but he has been cancer free for 4 years now. I will keep y’all in my prayers.
Tiger, Thanks for the update. Keeping all of you in my prayers
What a beauty…. and oh those eyes! The collar surely looks softer than what was used on my dog when she was spayed !
Megaphone FUZZ !
Who is just behind her on couch
A gorgeous kitten and wearing a collar seems appropriate cause I have info from Brittany that I am unable to post.TKD wasn’t letting Brittany post last night and now I having the same problem.
Beautiful M on her sweet tabby face. Love the Kilroy Fuzz behind her.
A message from BO:Hey there everybody, first of all, I want to say thank you everybody for praying for Bo. It seems that Bo has become quite the superstar on TDK! There are not words big enough to describe how truly thankful I am. And, how blessed I was to Find Evangeline from Montreal on Catster, she has been an absolute angel in helping me advertise for Bo, and I don’t know what I would have done without her.
Bo is doing well, the vet said that his surgery went very well. The vet closed the wound on his leg and he will stay at the vets office until Saturday, and then he will either come back to me, or, go to Mrs.Ginger (the woman in charge of the rescue Bo is under.) I think Bo is finally on his road to recovery, he finally got over his nasty cold, and hopefully he will be in a new home soon.
Eva has told me that some of you had wanted to donate, that’s incredible!! I have been talking to a woman in Pennsylvania and she really wants him, and any money that you can send over for transportation or to help with vet bills wuold be wonderful. Even if ya’ll just give a couple dollars, that a few more dollars that Mrs.Ginger can use to pay for Bo’s surgery, medicine, transportation, and vet stay. Every cent counts, big time.
Mrs.Ginger is going to put Bo’s story and picture up on her website when she get’s home. They have a paypal account that everybody can send donations to, if you’re not comfortable with doing it over the internet, e-mail me at bmtiz92 AT aim DOT com and we can make other arrangements.
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TN238.html
Again, thank you Soooooo much. I can’t believe how kind everyone on here has been.
I will try my best to keep everybody updated on Bo, again, THANK YOU!
Take care,
Brittany Tisdale
Paypal sent.
Me, too. Hope Bo goes to his forever home soon!
Is the petfinder link the one to use to donate for Bo? My kitties would like to help hin.
YES! Bo is even up there now. I specified that I wanted the money to go for BO. THere are other kits at the shelter, right now one kit at a time, for me anyway
Hi,
I sent my donation to Kitties for Keep. I hope this is the correct people to send it to.
Hip Hip Hurrah! I am so happy for Bo. I still wish I could have adopted him, but trying to be a sensible adult I know it was just naive day dreaming. And unfortunately there are help needing strays everywhere. Anyways it is wonderful that this story has a happy ending.
I have to ask Brittany about paying arrangements. Those credit cards are not quite as common here as they are in the USA.
PS. May I suggest that Bo should be awarded the title of Honorary Cat of TDK?
I second the motion.
All in favor say “aye”
AYE!
AYE from me also!
Aye aye!
Aye, of course, Aye, Aye, Aye!!!!!!!!!
Aye,from me too.
Hey there everybody, first of all, I want to say thank you everybody for praying for Bo. It seems that Bo has become quite the superstar on TDK! There are not words big enough to describe how truly thankful I am. And, how blessed I was to Find Evangeline from Montreal on Catster, she has been an absolute angel in helping me advertise for Bo, and I don’t know what I would have done without her.
Sorry everybody, for some reason I was having a very difficult time with posting today. So the good news is we can help Bo.
Since I started all this I want to say a big thank you to you. You have great big hearts, no wonder I love hanging out here
Sorry about that Evangeline - the software than runs the site assumes your message is spam if it’s got more than one link in it. The comment is now shown here.
Evangeline and Brittany: That is wonderful news! Bo has a home! You two are angels for helping him. (Evangeline: I told you Bo would find a home–he’s a “ho-bo” no more! (awful joke, eh?)
No ‘ho-bo’. He’ll be a ‘home-bo’. Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Was raised in the ‘hood.
Thanks Kittenmaster, I am sorry I forgot to thank you earlier.
Hi Evangeline, I am not sure how to make a donation using the paypal account. Can you send me a link and instructions to lioness036 at yahoo dot com Thank you.
This baby has the bluest eyes I have seen on a tabby. Usually the deep blue eyes are on Siamese-Seal Pts. Love the painted eyebrows. Love the tabbies but then again love all kitties. I tell my husband I am going to be the little old lady with 10 cats. LOL! Happy Friday to all.
Karin, I am running late now but you have to have a paypal account. Go to paypal.com and register, you give a credit card you want used. Once you have an account it is very simple and totally safe, I have been using them online for years.(E-bay addict)
I will write you this evening.
Thanks ya all! I could just hug you!
YAY for TDK AND YAY for BO
Hi, I made a donation via Kitties for Keep using the link provided. Hope this is correct.
Why wait until you’r an old lady? I say be a “crazy cat lady” now, while you have the energy and non-fixed income!
Well, I have only one cat right now and my husband says that is enough. I go to the local Petco or Petsmart for my cat’s food and supplies and when I see the kitties up for adoption, I want to take them all home. I only live in a two bedroom 2 bathroom apt and do not think the cats would like it. It is a great idea though Kate.
$50 just sent to the Bo Fund. So shines a good deed in a weary world. Thank you to Mrs. Ginger, for caring for Bo. Thank you to Evangeline from Montreal and Brittany Tisdale, for putting the word out that Bo needed help. Thank you to Bo’s future family in Pennsylvania. Thank you to