hi everyone, i have just joined this forum in hope of some support after the loss our beloved cat " stig "
stig died unexpectedly on the morning of 17th july 2008 after he had an anyeurism on his main artery burst, we had absolutely no idea that he had anything wrong with him as he seemed a pretty active 12-13 (estimmate) year old cat.
i work nights and usually when i come home stig would run up to me as i got out of the car, except this morning i simply heard a cry. i found him lying at the side of our driveway, he was just lying there with his legs to one side.
at first i thought hed been ran over but as i touched him he did not seem to flinch and there was no sign of any blood, i ran in the house and told my wife then we rushed him to the vets, as we drove my wife commented how blue his nose looked and his hind legs were cold, the vets checked over and said that he had nt been run over and there was no breaks then after a while she said hed probably had an anyeurism which had burst and stopped blood flowing to his rear, his temperature would no even register and she said that even in the best circumstances of this type of case an operation would probably only give him a 30% chance and often it can happen again soon afterwards.
this is where unfortunatley where we had to say our good byes, he was a brave boy, we miss him immensely already and so will missy, our other cat and stig's best friend.
im / we're trying not to wallow in our grief but to be honest i feel im a wreck, totally distraught, i cant belive our baby went so suddenly, i honestly though he woul live till a grand old age and die peacefully in his sleep at the bottom of our bed.
anyway thats the horrible bit, but stig deserves better than just that so i will tell you a little about him.
we have been at this house for about 8 years, and more or less since we moved in we noticed a cat that used to sleep in our garden, bizarrely even in the snow!? he obviously had no home so over time my wife tried to tame him, leaving food etc (behind my back as back then i was not a cat lover)
eventually he bacame less timid and eventually he came into the house, liked what he saw and set up camp!
he was a tom when we found him and was extremely protective of his new home, other cats would tread very carefully round here, but he was also incredebly clingy to us (especially my wife) and extremely well mannered and loving, we had him as a tom for about 3 years but as he became more secure in his new hame he started to wonder off for days and would come back with abcesses on his face etc so we decided he'd be safer if he was neutered.
this was his first trip to the vets and the vet told us that he was about 7 years old and was in very good health especially as hed been stray.
after hed been neutered he eventually stopped fighting other cats and became more homely until one of the neighbours had two kittens, he became obsessed by them and would sit for hours watching them and calling to them, figuring that he had a bit of fartherly insict in him we wondered if hed like a companion, then to cut the story short we chanced across a kitten, we did nt intend on having one but whe she was introtuced to stig he was besotted with her so we kept her, stig agreed she should be called missy!
stig basically raised her as she was way too young to be away from her mother and he used to play, fight, groom and sleep with her, they were like chalk and cheese personality wise but got on incredibly well. Missy is now 4 and spent alll her life with stig, i wonder how she will miss him?
stig had many nick names including , stiggy, stig puss and most unusually but most used, fussama lol
Stig was most loving, beautifull, content, heart warming, friendly and was a huge charachter not only to us but friends and family and neighbours too, he will be missed by all who's heart was touched by his paws, especially me, my wife and missy. im feel so sad ,i know it will pass in time but id do anything to have him back for just a moment.
Stig, rest well, we all miss you but will see you again one day. love neil, davinia and missy x x x
stig (on left) with missy...
stig died unexpectedly on the morning of 17th july 2008 after he had an anyeurism on his main artery burst, we had absolutely no idea that he had anything wrong with him as he seemed a pretty active 12-13 (estimmate) year old cat.
i work nights and usually when i come home stig would run up to me as i got out of the car, except this morning i simply heard a cry. i found him lying at the side of our driveway, he was just lying there with his legs to one side.
at first i thought hed been ran over but as i touched him he did not seem to flinch and there was no sign of any blood, i ran in the house and told my wife then we rushed him to the vets, as we drove my wife commented how blue his nose looked and his hind legs were cold, the vets checked over and said that he had nt been run over and there was no breaks then after a while she said hed probably had an anyeurism which had burst and stopped blood flowing to his rear, his temperature would no even register and she said that even in the best circumstances of this type of case an operation would probably only give him a 30% chance and often it can happen again soon afterwards.
this is where unfortunatley where we had to say our good byes, he was a brave boy, we miss him immensely already and so will missy, our other cat and stig's best friend.
im / we're trying not to wallow in our grief but to be honest i feel im a wreck, totally distraught, i cant belive our baby went so suddenly, i honestly though he woul live till a grand old age and die peacefully in his sleep at the bottom of our bed.
anyway thats the horrible bit, but stig deserves better than just that so i will tell you a little about him.
we have been at this house for about 8 years, and more or less since we moved in we noticed a cat that used to sleep in our garden, bizarrely even in the snow!? he obviously had no home so over time my wife tried to tame him, leaving food etc (behind my back as back then i was not a cat lover)
eventually he bacame less timid and eventually he came into the house, liked what he saw and set up camp!
he was a tom when we found him and was extremely protective of his new home, other cats would tread very carefully round here, but he was also incredebly clingy to us (especially my wife) and extremely well mannered and loving, we had him as a tom for about 3 years but as he became more secure in his new hame he started to wonder off for days and would come back with abcesses on his face etc so we decided he'd be safer if he was neutered.
this was his first trip to the vets and the vet told us that he was about 7 years old and was in very good health especially as hed been stray.
after hed been neutered he eventually stopped fighting other cats and became more homely until one of the neighbours had two kittens, he became obsessed by them and would sit for hours watching them and calling to them, figuring that he had a bit of fartherly insict in him we wondered if hed like a companion, then to cut the story short we chanced across a kitten, we did nt intend on having one but whe she was introtuced to stig he was besotted with her so we kept her, stig agreed she should be called missy!
stig basically raised her as she was way too young to be away from her mother and he used to play, fight, groom and sleep with her, they were like chalk and cheese personality wise but got on incredibly well. Missy is now 4 and spent alll her life with stig, i wonder how she will miss him?
stig had many nick names including , stiggy, stig puss and most unusually but most used, fussama lol
Stig was most loving, beautifull, content, heart warming, friendly and was a huge charachter not only to us but friends and family and neighbours too, he will be missed by all who's heart was touched by his paws, especially me, my wife and missy. im feel so sad ,i know it will pass in time but id do anything to have him back for just a moment.
Stig, rest well, we all miss you but will see you again one day. love neil, davinia and missy x x x
stig (on left) with missy...