How to fatten up a cat

Shirley · Post: # 28726Post **Shirley** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:43 am

Fingers crossed here M3 and a big hug to you.

Millymollymandy · Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:51 am

Thanks Shirlz.

Millymollymandy · Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:52 am

She died.

It was Feline Infectious Peritonitus so the vets could do no more so sent her home Weds pm. By Thurs pm we decided to have her put down the following day so called the vets at 9am. Thankfully the vet came to the house (although we waited all bloody day - we were expecting them in the morning, then lunchtime, then 2pm....... what a godawful wait that was

And although she was 90% out of it she kept on purring - broke my heart that did).

But it was all over very quickly and she looked so lovely and peaceful. Hubby dug a big hole and we buried her in the garden and I will plant something pretty there in the spring.

The nicest thing is that this is the first time I've been able to see one of my cats who has died, afterwards, and to have the opportunity to bury her in our own garden.

It makes a huge difference.

Shirley · Post: # 29261Post **Shirley** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:04 am

Sorry to hear that M3

It will be nice to have her close by and to spend time choosing a special plant so that you remember her fondly every time you see the plant.

Thinking of you.

xxxx

Millymollymandy · Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:18 am

Thanks again Shirlz. I think you are the only person reading this thread but I really didn't feel like posting a new thread about it.

Will be getting kittens soon, of course. It's the best therapy I find. Also another good thing is that our other cat never got on with her and vice versa so he doesn't appear to be missing her or looking for her at all, which is another huge relief.

Chickpea · Post: # 29273Post **Chickpea** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:39 am

Sorry about your cat M3. My sister planted a rose bush on the spot where she buried her guinea pig. I think it's a nice idea.

Tigerhair · Post: # 29382Post **Tigerhair** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:18 pm

MMM {hugs} So sorry, darling. xxxxx

I see this at the vets a lot, but I am always saddened and heartened by the emotions people express when a dear pet finally goes. If it happens calmly and people get a chance to say goodbye afterwards it often helps. I say heartened because 99% of people care right to the end and beyond and I know of many cats who purr til the last and that can only mean they are happy even then. I know my dog Bosley went peacefully at home and it was wonderful that we had time to properly say goodbye before the vet arrived, although we didn't have to wait.

Plant something beautiful. And remember the happiness.

chadspad · Post: # 29384Post **chadspad** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:29 pm

Hi M3, have just read this thread and Im really sorry to hear about your cat

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I have had 2 dogs buried in the garden with beautiful rose bushes planted in rememberance and it does help a little to see something lovely there.

Wendy

ina · Post: # 29386Post **ina** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:03 pm

Hi Mandy, I've also only just caught up with this. So sorry to hear about your cat - I know how I would feel if mine died. When my old cat had to be put down because of inoperable cancer (years ago, before I moved to Scotland), I couldn't bury her; it was winter and frozen solid quite far down. That was hard, to just leave her at the vet's.

Millymollymandy · Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:12 am

Thank you all for your kind words, now I am boohooing again.

Her name was Daisy so I will be looking for a daisylike plant to put there.

Camile · Post: # 29440Post **Camile** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:47 am

HI M3,

So sorry to hear about Daisy ....

We lost one of our cat a few months ago ... he had been operated twice because of a hernia over a 2 years period ....

and one day he just disappeared .. and we've never heard of him anymore .. we don't know if he's alive or dead .. wich I believe is easier but harder at the same time ... because I would love to know ...

but on the bright side ... .last thursday we found a kitten (roughly 5-6 weeks) .. badly injured with teeth marks on the head, a bleeding eye and a badly injured nose .. sitting right in the middle of the door of the cottage, someone must have dropped him there knowing we like animals .

and she's now doing great ... her nose is fine and eye seems to come back (to early to know if she can see) .....

In France, cats are known as "Sorrow animals" .. but they bring in some much happiness too !

Camile

chadspad · Post: # 29441Post **chadspad** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:20 am

One of my 'inherited from next door' cats has been missing for a week now which is completely out of character and that is hard to not worry about - its was always one of the reasons I never got cats cos of the worry of them leaving for better food elsewhere (thats what I like to think has happened!).
The other cat is soooooo skinny, hence having read the thread in the first place, he is a proper farm cat and used for ratting.

M3 thats would be lovely to find something daisylike to plant there - my parents have bought these annual plants with huge daisy flowers that are almost fluorescent in colours - will ask the name later. U probably want something like a bush tho eh?

Millymollymandy · Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:40 am

Camile and Wendy - we have had two cats that went 'walkabout' never to return. It is really horrible that not knowing. On the bright side there are cats that have returned after a long time, so you never know.

Now we have lost two cats to FIP (or PIF in France!) which just sucks because it's not supposed to be a very common disease.

And we lost one who died from anaesthesia.

So sometimes I think we are just unlucky and I can understand why cats are called sorrow animals!

But I will keep on having more because they are so much fun and pleasure whilst they are with us.

And yes Wendy, I do want a perennial - I will have a look at the perennial Marguerites but I don't know much about them. I did want to bury her in a wild patch with the Ox-eye Daisies but we hit bedrock 6 inches down.