Lost someone special

[phatdaddy]

"Cats and women are going to do as they damn well please, men and dogs had better get used to it"

Robert Heinlien

[Blue_Runner]

Monkey that did cheer me up. I appreciate that. Destroyer that is some good info and a good read. While we are telling stories, I've got one to share about Stinker and his sis (and a few others).

Like I said we got them in 1997. Probably about a year later we dicided we wanted more (WTH were we thinking??). So we picked up 3 more - 2 boys and a girl. We didn't get the girl fixed in time and she had a litter. Out of the litter we kept 2. Over the course of the next 5 years something happened to every single one of them. One ran off - probably got his @ss kicked and died in the woods. Another - this was amazing - I had a lawnmower parked in the garage. It had a bagger on it. We hadn't seen this cat in a week or two. I noticed the bagger looked heavy. Looked inside and the cat is curled up dead. Dont' know how he got in there but I assume he was injured and crawled in there to die. The girl that had the litter - she developed a tumor on her face. Took her to the vet, he gave her a shot and the tumor shrunk to almost gone for 1 month then came back. Took her back to the vet, another shot and shrunk for 1 month before it came back bigger. Took her back to the vet and he said she needed to be put down. The tumor between her eyes was so big she looked like the elephant man but she still maintained her same happy demeanor. She was purring loudly and loving having her head rubbed when he put the needle in her. It tore me up and I wasn't even all that attached to this cat. I had to walk out. About 5 minutes passed and I decided I would peak in the door. She was curled up on one of those metal tables in the vets office. When the door opened her ears perked up. That TORE ME UP even more. I waited 5 more minutes and the doc came back. We both went in, he checked her pulse and says, "she is still with us." Then he injects another dose directly into her heart. Peace and calm spread from the tips of her ears to to the tips of her toes and she was gone. I took her home and buried her in the pet cemetary.

A couple years after that we had a little gray female stray come up. We got pretty tight. One weekend I was at the beach. I had a part of the carport that needed to be gone through and organized. My parents thought they would take the opportunity to help me out and surprise me when I got home. Well there was a door propped up against the wall and dad accidently knocked it over. When he raised it up, there was my little gray cat - dead from the impact. So instead of surprising me with the work they did they had to give me the bad news about the cat.

Last story....

About 5 years ago my wife decided to bring home a new kitten - it was a little gray female like the one we lost. Stinker hated her from the minute she walked in the door. He would hiss at the site of her. After no time Stinker decided he had enough and moved out. He started living at my mom and dad's house about 300 yds away. For 3 years he lived there and the gray cat lived with us and Stinker's sis. One day we came home and couldn't find the gray cat. Looked high and low but no sign. So my wife and kids and I decided to spread out and walk through the woods beside the house. Not to far into it I spotted her laying there dead. She was very territorial and would chase away any cat that came around, so based on the evidence at the scene, this is what I think happened: Stinker came by and sat in the woods. The gray cat saw him and confronted him. Well there is no "confronting" a big bad @ss tomcat like Stinker without a problem. One good bite around the neck put her out. The evidence was all over the scene and under her rear claws (where she tried to kick free) - Stinker's long gray and white fur. The next day my mom called - she said something is wrong with Stinker. He was holed up underneath my dad's storage building and wouldn't come out. We took him to the vet and for 2 solid weeks he was on the verge of death - jaundiced extremely bad, on IV's, being fed and watered with an eye dropper. He pulled through it and made a full recovery. From then on he lived with us.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

About 5 years ago my wife decided to bring home a new kitten - it was a little gray female like the one we lost. Stinker hated her from the minute she walked in the door. He would hiss at the site of her. After no time Stinker decided he had enough and moved out. He started living at my mom and dad's house about 300 yds away. For 3 years he lived there and the gray cat lived with us and Stinker's sis. One day we came home and couldn't find the gray cat. Looked high and low but no sign. So my wife and kids and I decided to spread out and walk through the woods beside the house. Not to far into it I spotted her laying there dead. She was very territorial and would chase away any cat that came around, so based on the evidence at the scene, this is what I think happened: Stinker came by and sat in the woods. The gray cat saw him and confronted him. Well there is no "confronting" a big bad @ss tomcat like Stinker without a problem. One good bite around the neck put her out. The evidence was all over the scene and under her rear claws (where she tried to kick free) - Stinker's long gray and white fur. The next day my mom called - she said something is wrong with Stinker. He was holed up underneath my dad's storage building and wouldn't come out. We took him to the vet and for 2 solid weeks he was on the verge of death - jaundiced extremely bad, on IV's, being fed and watered with an eye dropper. He pulled through it and made a full recovery. From then on he lived with us.

Next to a humans mouth, the mouth of a cat is the dirtiest in the animal kingdom. (bacteria wise) It's not unusual for both cats in a cat fight to die. One in the fight or shortly thereafter, the other several weeks later from infection received in the fight. Sounds like Stinker was a lucky cat to have you guys around to help him. All in all, sounds like you guys gave him a great home. I'm sure he knew how much he was loved.

[Blue_Runner]

Thanks brother for the kind words.

....later when we found out Stink had feline AIDS the vet said he probably got around or before the time he got really sick.

[RWilson2526]

Damn bro' dont cats in NC know they are supposed to have nine lives? Tough being a cat in your neck of woods. Good stories though....I got a few good ones I'll share with you in Charleston next month.

[Blue_Runner]

10-4 RW....I need to get a room. Where are you staying?

[RWilson2526]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

10-4 RW....I need to get a room. Where are you staying?

Willy and I are staying in my friend from Jax's RV in Mount Pleasant KOA campsite....Ridgerunner and Capt Pete have booked rooms at Best Western - Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant .