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As some of you may know, I lost my special needs cat, Avatar, a few weeks ago. I was barely making a dent in accepting his death when my elderly kitty, Vale, wondered outside and was never seen again. She was nineteen, frail, senile, and I also believe she had kidney failure. I did not euthanize her because she still had a great appetite and loved her water. She would also still try to catch the occasional spider at times.
I put out fliers, contacted vets and animal control , knocked on doors and even purchased a high beam flashlight to look for her at night. She was deaf as a post and had pretty much lost her meow so that ruled out any hope of hearing one another.
I know she could not have made it.
Then something weird but nice happened. The other day when I was getting out of my car I felt warmth on my face and a sense of peace as Vale's image flashed before my eyes. It only lasted a brief second but I know it was her way of telling me that she was okay.
Its funny, but I was never close to Vale as she was an awful biter, ( for no reason!) so I was surprised that she, of all my cats, would take the time out to comfort me and say good-bye.
I always knew she was pretty, being pure white with dimples, but I underestimated her empathy.
Now comes my next crisis with these problem causing little tigers.
Two of my unfixed young male cats got out. I had caught them over at Hoods parking-lot and they were destined to be neutered and then off to a nice home. The littler one had formed a bond with me so I decided to keep him.
I couldn't figure out how either got out of my house until I discovered a very lose glass pane in one of my downstairs' windows.
Unfortunately one of my neighbors saw the cats and complained that they had gotten into a fight and woke her up at twelve. Now this person has always gripped about my cats, saying I had too many and she knew that because she caught them looking out the window at her. The nerve of some cats. This person has a husband, a baby, a job and yet she still doesn't have a life. This is the same neighbor who yelled at my other neighbors for trying to climb a tree earlier this year to rescue my kitty. And it wasn't even her yard, her tree, or her cat!
Those two cats have now been gone for five days and have pretty much dropped off the face of the planet. I can't find them anywhere, not even a distant sighting. No vet or the guy at animal control has seen these cats. I knocked on doors, like I did with Vale and everybody is pretty much on the same page: 'NO, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE CATS'.
My ad in the paper comes out on Thursday, with a reward offered.
I can't help but suspect the one neighbor.
Otherwise, I am at a loss at what to do. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Please don't jump me about the benefits of neutering and how I was an idiot for not doing it. All my cats have been neutered and spayed, except for the two who found and exploited a lose window pane.
As some of you may know, I lost my special needs cat, Avatar, a few weeks ago. I was barely making a dent in accepting his death when my elderly kitty, Vale, wondered outside and was never seen again. She was nineteen, frail, senile, and I also believe she had kidney failure. I did not euthanize her because she still had a great appetite and loved her water. She would also still try to catch the occasional spider at times.
I put out fliers, contacted vets and animal control , knocked on doors and even purchased a high beam flashlight to look for her at night. She was deaf as a post and had pretty much lost her meow so that ruled out any hope of hearing one another.
I know she could not have made it.
Then something weird but nice happened. The other day when I was getting out of my car I felt warmth on my face and a sense of peace as Vale's image flashed before my eyes. It only lasted a brief second but I know it was her way of telling me that she was okay.
Its funny, but I was never close to Vale as she was an awful biter, ( for no reason!) so I was surprised that she, of all my cats, would take the time out to comfort me and say good-bye.
I always knew she was pretty, being pure white with dimples, but I underestimated her empathy.
Now comes my next crisis with these problem causing little tigers.
Two of my unfixed young male cats got out. I had caught them over at Hoods parking-lot and they were destined to be neutered and then off to a nice home. The littler one had formed a bond with me so I decided to keep him.
I couldn't figure out how either got out of my house until I discovered a very lose glass pane in one of my downstairs' windows.
Unfortunately one of my neighbors saw the cats and complained that they had gotten into a fight and woke her up at twelve. Now this person has always gripped about my cats, saying I had too many and she knew that because she caught them looking out the window at her. The nerve of some cats. This person has a husband, a baby, a job and yet she still doesn't have a life. This is the same neighbor who yelled at my other neighbors for trying to climb a tree earlier this year to rescue my kitty. And it wasn't even her yard, her tree, or her cat!
Those two cats have now been gone for five days and have pretty much dropped off the face of the planet. I can't find them anywhere, not even a distant sighting. No vet or the guy at animal control has seen these cats. I knocked on doors, like I did with Vale and everybody is pretty much on the same page: 'NO, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE CATS'.
My ad in the paper comes out on Thursday, with a reward offered.
I can't help but suspect the one neighbor.
Otherwise, I am at a loss at what to do. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Please don't jump me about the benefits of neutering and how I was an idiot for not doing it. All my cats have been neutered and spayed, except for the two who found and exploited a lose window pane.