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We are down from three cats and three dogs to one feral cat aka Sheldon.
Not sure I have it in me to endure losing any more pets.
I know just what you mean Charlie. Losing "Charlie the Gato" was really tough, and he wasn't even our cat!
We are also down to one cat now, a feral that was living through the toughest, deepest snow winter in a long time here, under our wood trailer and in our woodshed. He was truly wild for such a seemingly young cat, and it took us until mid-summer to get him to come inside our door. We left food out for him that winter, but he wouldn't approach the food with us anywhere in sight, so what his early history was remains a mystery, but someone must have mistreated him &/or betrayed him while quite young. He had been fixed, but other than that showed no signs of having been domesticated at all.
In honor of how he came to be with us, we named him "Stray", and though definitely a part of the family now, he remains quite independent and aloof!
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Scary thing is, he may actually be young enough to outlive us!?!?
That too, would be quite sad!!!
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We are down from three cats and three dogs to one feral cat aka Sheldon.
Not sure I have it in me to endure losing any more pets.
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Oh, the heartbreaking part of being a pet lover.
My heart cries.
Sincerely,
Wayne
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Enjoy the heck out of them while you've got them!
I'm currently sitting a "Death Watch" on a neighbor's cat, that rather adopted us early on, so came to live here about half the time, and now has come over here to die! The actual owners were over yesterday for a visit, and may likely come back today, just to say goodbye some more. Tried taking him back home three days ago, but somehow, he got out again and we found him by our back door about ten O'clock that night just as we were closing up getting ready for bed. How he made it that distance is beyond me, but it must have taken him a few hours to do it. We are all agreed that this is where he wants to be, so now it is just time to be letting him go.
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Charlie, "El Gato", the neighbor's cat and our "Half-Cat", in better days
Sorry to have turned this wonderful thread on its head, but just a reminder of how important it is to appreciate these little friends, every day that you can!!!
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Aww...sweet girls keeping close to Pappa :) darling photo.
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The girls keeping me company -
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