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My baby kitty's dying!!
Posted by Cobra 427 on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:37 PM

My baby kitten's dying slowly. I believe this is from dehydration, and malnourishment. She's been really going down hill for the last four days. My mother and I don't expect her to live to see the end of the day. She stopped growing for some reason as the other kittens continued to get bigger.  Two of them died during birth.  Six born altogether. Four survived - so far. This one was the fristborn, but she was a breach birth. She was born first. We thought she was dead at first, but I kep rubbing her until she started moving. She's the size of a one month old kitten, and hasn't gotten any bigger. If she survives until tomorrow she'll be four months old. Her mother for some reason kept dropping off the kittens in different palces around the house - where I was. One time she even dropped off the smallest one (now) onto my chest. This was while they were  still nestlings. Just as soon as they could they all ran out of the Kansas city steak box that I got from Aldis' groery store that I intended to use to ship guitar parts in. However, I didn't but the small one which I call "Weepy", or "Weepy baby" as she would call for her mother all the time. This box is what I used so that the mother could feed them, and they could be safe, and we would know where they were.

The mother was practically worthless since she wouldn't feed them all the time when they needed it.Weepy would sleep in this until my mother bought a tiny little pink "Kitty Cottage" for her. Also when Weepy (named for crying for her mother all the time) would come to nurse the other kittens would push her out.This led us to have to buy kitten formula wich is the only thing she would eat, and it still is to this day. She would come up to me and put her tiny paw up, and move it up and down when she wanted fed. She would stand between my legs and bite my sock when I didn't mix her formula fast enough. She also did this when she wanted me to put her on the couch with me and pet her. She came up to me the other night to be petted when I was sitting in my "Duck Dynasty" chair which is covered with "Real Tree" brand fabric. I turned the game off that I was playing on the computer and sat with her for a while until she went to sleep sunday night. I petted her for hours afterwards since I didn't know how long this would last (her living).

She's sleeping in her tiny pink kitten house at the moment, but she's determined not to eat even when we forced her to drink some formula with a syringe.  The vet told us that "she might not live" since she had these problems. We didn't know it at the time that she was born "Special" with neurological "brain damage", and deformed hips. This means that she wouldn't develop the same way the other kittens did. She could walk, and she could jump down from the couch, and when she really needed it she could run. She just couldn't crawl up the furniture. She would watch the other kittens play, and run, and she would imitate what they did. She was just so supercute, and she still is (for the moment). I don't understand why she just decided to give up eating now after all the time. Four months old tomorrow IF she lives throughout the rest of the day let alone the night. This may be my swan song if she doesn't. I've been crying all day, and I feel like hell with very little sleep. I'm going to sign off now. PLEASE PRAY FOR HER EVEN IF SHE DOESN"T RECOVER - PRAY FOR ME. I'll NEED IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'LL BE COMING BACK IF SHE DOESN'T!I DON'T THINK I CAN LIVE WITHOUT HER!!! Sad If she DOES die I pray it'll be while she sleeps. Thank you for reading. This may be my last time posting ever again.

 

~ Cobra Chris

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Posted by goldhammer on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:51 PM

Chris-  We get attached to our animals....I know.  One of ours just brought out her 4 kittens here a couple of weeks ago.  I went out out to the porch as she was bringing them out one by one so I could get hold of them and start to try and get them used to people.  The last one of the four she brought straight to me, set it down, looked up at me and went mowwwwww?  I picked it up and about 3 minutes later it died in my hands.  I let her smell and told her "Sorry Sweatheart, nothing I can do for your baby"  Another plantive Mowwwwww, and she went over to take care of the other three.

 

The mother pushing it out is nature's way.  She knew it had issues and was not a continuation of the line.  Sometimes they make it and sometimes they don't, no matter what we do.  The kitten's attention to you is saying thank you and maybe even goodbye.

 

Hang in there, if this one passes, concentrate on the others.  You will be OK in time.

 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 4:59 PM

I am so sorry. Losing a beloved pet is like losing a child. I will be praying for you. You will make it thru my friend. I know, we have had to put down 2 cats since 2009. One was 19, the other 22.

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:02 PM

Sad to hear this. We have three cats currently, and lost two others within a year of each other. The oldest had just passed his 19th birthday. Whole family still misses them.

Had a Jack Russell terrier for eight years. Then he developed pancreatic cancer and passed during surgery. The same day, the vet offered us another JRT her vet assistant was fostering. We accepted and he's turned out to be the best dog I've ever had.

Point is: mourn for little Weepy and keep his memory, if he passes; but also be attentive to the surviving kittens. They are ones that will also need your love and attention.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by patrick206 on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:15 PM

Chris -

It's so hard to accept not being able to save the little ones we love so much, they are just sweet natured, gentle and loving beings. I offer my sympathy and condolences, still, I do hope she will pull through, an ideal way to resolve her illness.

If she does not, take heart in knowing that you did everything possible to help her. Then focus on the other kittens, they will need you also. If she passes, I too will hope it's when she is peacefully sleeping.

Take care, be well.

Patrick 

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Posted by jtilley on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:48 PM

I quit reading the first post in this thread after the first few lines, because I was tearing up.

Some people can't understand the way we pet lovers act. I admit there have been times when I've envied those people, because to me losing a cat is almost the same as losing a loved one.

I got my first kitten when I was in the fifth grade. He stayed with me through high school and eleven years of college, and he went with me when I left the family house in Ohio and moved to Virginia. The day I had to have him put to sleep, at age nineteen, literally was the most miserable day of my life up to that time. (I hadn't yet been through the experience of losing a parent.)

In the thirty-five years since then I've had to make those awful trips to the vets' offices several more times, and it's never gotten any easier. The most recent was an enormous, doofish beast named Yehudi, who came down with diabetes. I gave him insulin shots twice a day for about five months, before the vets told me it was hopeless. We made that trip to the vet's on Christmas Eve, 2014. Talk about a wretched Christmas.

We still have Yehudi's sister, Hepzibah, and she's a wonderful cat. But she's fourteen, so there's probably another of those awful drives in our future.

One thing I've learned: there's no cure for the grief that goes with losing a friend, but getting another cat (or better yet two) does help. When Hepzibah goes we'll get another pair of kittens. And since I'm sixty-five now, I fervently hope those two will outlive me.

I offer my deepest sympathy to any cat lover who loses such a good friend.

 

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:09 PM

I love cats, we've always had 2 or 3 in the house.  Over the years, we have had to say goodbye to them as time went on, but always got another one after a short time, who quickly became part of the family.  There are many homeless cats looking for a loving home at the Humane Society, which will never really replace the one you might lose, but give it a try.  Meanwhile, I will pray for you and your kitty.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:19 PM
Cobra,
I can completely sympathize with you. One of the hardest things I ever did was put our sweet little girl Sierra to sleep while she was in my arms. I wept for days remembering her eyes as she passed. She had cancer and kidney disease so it was for her best. I felt so guilty but at least I was with her holding her. She wasn’t alone and she knew I loved her.
We have since rescued another girl and have had her for several years. She can’t replace our Sierra but she has a personality all her own. It still hurts to remember and that will fade over time.
Nature has its way and I will remember you in my prayers whatever happens.
Steve

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Posted by fox on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:29 PM

Chris, I have been in your shoes several times in my 75 year lifetime. The latest was just this past November when we had to put down our 2 cats within a few weeks of each other. They had both been with us for 17 years. We have a great vet who came to our house and put them down in our back yard as I was sitting on the grass holding them. They loved to be out in the yard and run around eating grass so we thought it only fitting that they should go to their last sleep there. Both of us have had pets since we were little kids and we find it hard being without one. About a month ago, we visited a pet rescue "just to check it out and see what they had available". Well, we were looking for 1 or 2 cats but we came home with a 2 year old Beagle/Jack Russel mix.  She is the calmest, quietest and smartest dog we have ever had.  She can't replace the spot in our hearts that belongs to our cats but she has opened up her own spot.

Hang in there Chris. The pain you feel now will fade. We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.  

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Posted by Cobra 427 on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:19 AM

Thank you all for reading, and for your wonderful posts. Weepy Baby died. She died while fighting for her last breath as she looked at me as if I should do something, but I couldn't! I could not save my baby!! Crying She was the light of my life, and the center of attention any time someone came over to my house. Now she's gone forever, and so is the light of my heart, not just my life. My heart hurts as if someone is beathing it with a sledgehammer. It hurts to breathe! I woke from a horrible nightmare this morning to a horribble nightmare that now won't ever end! I can't stop thinking about her, and she is all I think about. She wasn't just a kitten, or an animal she was an extension of my soul. We didn't teach her to raise her paw up and down real fast; she did that on her own. She was a once in eternity type personality that you won't ever see in any person, or animal!

Weepy came along in a time that was, and is now once again desolate. Don't get me wrong, but I do love the other kittens and their parents, but it's not the same as Weepy was. She was so tiny fragile, and dependent on us for everything as she could do nothing for herself. She had such a wonderful, and sweet disposition - just so patient, and forgiving. She would get big eyes when she was eating. She would move her head around the small saucer that we fed her from lapping up the tiny unmixed clumps of formula that would lay at the bottom. It was wonderful watching her. She would watch the other kittens play, and would pat them when she wanted their attention. Sadly enough they would ignore her at first, but later warmed up to her. Last night the other kittens, and the mommy were looking for Weepy. They knew that she wasn't around. This morning it's the same thing - they all keep looking for her.  What's sad is that yesterday my mother took an eyebrow brush and some baby shampoo trying to get rid of the fleas that were crawling all over her! We tried Frontline plus before the mommy got pregnant, but that was useless. Now we're going to use the apple cider vinegar, and soap solution to get rid of the rest of the fleas. The only insult other than her fighting for her last breath is that she had these goddamned fleas the entire time she lived! She didn't deserve that! She was just too small to put anything on her without making her sick. She was so patient, except for the times when I fed her if I wasn't fast enough, or I didn't get up fast enough to put her on the couch with me. She was quite the character despite her physical deficiencies. She was so loving, so gentle, and when I would pet her she would stretch out her legs, and arms and put her head up and puuurrr. She was so happy, and when I grabbed her paw monday thinking she would die then, she squeezed my thumb as to say "It's OK, I know that you love me - I'm still here". How sweet and wonderful is that? I don't if I can take much more of this life. I've lived for 42 years, and I've never known a love like this before - and I never will again. 

Weepy wasn't just special physically since her hips were deformed so she couldn't really crawl up the furniture, but she got around, but she was her own little person. Sometimes she would crawl up my arm to me when she was on the couch as she did saturday morning to lay on my arm which was up at an angle. She actually clawed the furniture for the first time ever to do it. Then she crawled up futher to lay on my shoulder. Don't think that she didn't remember doing this when she was a baby, as she did when I first fell in love with her. Just as soon as she could walk (backwards) I would pick her up, and cradle her in my arms. I would sing to her, and tell her how wonderfully cute she was. She would lay on my chest and sleep, or sometimes she would even lay between the chair back, and my neck. I would cover her with my beard to keep her warm whenever she would lay on my arm, or my chest. Everyone doted on her, especially me. I treated her like a queen. Every morning when I got up I would check to see if she was hungry - I would ask her that, and she would come up to me nonchalantly after coming out of her Kitty Cottage, and stretch out one of her tiny legs, and put her paw up as to say "Yes, I'm hungry". She would stretch out her leg right before she would go back into her Kitty Cottage for the night. She could understand what I was saying even though I couldn't actually talk to her like you normally would another person. We communicated with small gestures, and sounds. This too was part of her personality. You can't clone it, teach it, or fake it!

She would stand with her legs behind her at an angle since she was so delicate, and didn't have a lot of strength. She was so sweet even when she was going poop! She would arch herself up on her front paws as she was pushing so hard to go sometimes that I felt sorry for her. Once we had to take her to the vet to get rid of a blockage in her intestines. This was from making the formula too thick (per the directions) so we watered it down. This would be the beginning of her troubles since we didn't use TWO tablespoons of formula to four tablespoons of water which as supposed to be for a kitten of her size (6 Oz.)! We didn't know it at the time, but the formula we were giving her was only for temporary use - she need a much higher protien content than it could afford. She was starved for nutrition. However, she wouldn't eat very much at one time. It would be the beginning of the end. She would stand on the rug in between the kitchen and the hallway, and close her eyes. She did this when she had the obstruction, and had been doing it for the last month even though she wasn't suffering from the same condition.I knew that something was wrong, but I just didn't know what. I figured that she wouldn't live very long - I just didn't know how much longer, nor was I prepared for the end! I wish we had taken her to the vet then, but she was always so thin. It was hard to tell that she was dehydrating, so I would give her more to drink throughout the day, but it was only in small amounts. This was just recently when it started to get hotter outside, so I made the formula room tempreature instead of warm. I figured that she was just thirsty! When she started to sleep a lot we should've known then that she wasn't feeling well. It's impossible to tell exactly what truly killed her, but her brain didn't develop as the other kittens did, so she didn't eat anything with meat in it = NO PROTIEN! What this means is that she wouldn't gain weight. The formula that we gave her was only meant to sustain life until weaned. Nonetheless she wouldn't eat anything else!

All in all though I never got mad at her even when she would run between my feet to get my attention when I didn't notice her on the floor in front of me resulting in her being accidentally scooted along as I could't pick up my feet for the shuffling I was forced to do because of this. That way I wouldn't truly hurt her. I stepped on her once from not looking down before I moved my feet, but I soon learned afterwards to do so ALL THE TIME, and to shuffle them rather than pick them up as I walked! I never got angry with her when she would go pee in different spots next to one another all along the kitchen wall in front of the heat register, the microwave, or the rug along the door. Hell, she even pooped in one of my moms' Nike thongs that are made from rubber! I thought that it was funny, but my mom didn't. Weepy would come down the hall when she heard me get out of bed in the morning. The other kitties would come down the hall at first, and she eventually follow. One time I was playing my guitar, and she came right in meowing for me to feed her. I did right afterwards as I asked, "Is it time to eat again?" So I put it down, and went into the kitchen where she would stand between my legs, and wait paitiently while raising her paw up and down in anticipation of being fed. She even bit my sock and pulled on it one time when I wasn't going fast enough. That too was something that she just did. I couldn't teach that to a four month old kitten! That was just how Weepy was, just so adorable, so sweet. She would gravitate to her older brother - Smoky, as he was her protector, and showed Weepy the most attention.  He doted on her too, and when the other kittens would play with her hard he would stop them. When Weepy didn't come down the hall, or wasn't waiting outside the bathroom door as she usually does for me as I came out monday morning I knew then that something was wrong. This is when I pulled her out of her little pink house, as I woke my mother to come out to help.

Weepy was truly very special. Once when she went potty in the corner as she was too small to use the litterbox she had a piece of poop stuck in her, and she was laying on the couch I saw this, I wouldn't normally have,but I reached down with my bare hand and pulled it out very gently so as not to hurt her. I of course threw it away, and washed my hands. I had to do this fast (leaving, and re-entering the room) because if I didn't she would become impatient, and jump down to see where I went. This was also something that only she did, and it was a part of her personality. She was truly one of a kind in everything that she did as a person would be. It's inexplicable, or rather unexplainable how she figured out the things that she did, but she did them, and it made her all that more appealing, and so much more adorable, and far more special than a regular kitten! Once when I was back in my room playing my guitar she came back to see what that sound was coming from it. She looked, and listened for about a minute, then I put it down, and she walked away. I followed her out, and we played together for a while. One time I laid a towel on the bedroom floor, and I didn't pick it up right away so who should come back and lay on it? that's right - Weepy! Then the other kitties came back to play with her, but I scolded them, and I told them to "Go away - this is Mine, and Weepys time together as I sat on the edge of my bed playing my guitar.

I made a ten minute video of her laying as I talked to her, and petted her. She looked so happy. She would purr when she would lay on the rug on the floor in my moms room. We never really understood, but I think it's because it was so fluffy, and soft reminding her of her mother. Truly unique! Everything about her was special despite her having neurological problems with her brain, and not understanding the things of nature that a cat normally does. She wouldn't eat meat, but she would smell of it then walk away.  This was part of the neurological problems that would eventually be her downfall as she couldn't get the proper nutrition from kitten formula alone. This ulitmately led to her demise, and as the vet said "I don't think she'll live" meaning that he didn't that she would survive much longer, especially since most kittens like her died with a week or two of being born. This was when she was only a month old. Weepy did survive - three months longer than she should have. All the care, and love we provided just wasn't enough to keep her alive as she would clench her jaws shut when we tried to force feed her with a baby bottle, and a syringe. This worked somewhat, but it took a lot of force! I didn't know if we kept doing it if it would've made her get better, or if this would only prolong her agony. She even growled at my mother as she tried to force water into Weepys mouth. I told my mother to stop as she was using a baby bottle for small animals, but too much as Weepy didn't have enough time in between drinks to catch her breath fully! This was about twenty minutes before Weepy started to gasp for her last breath.

When Weepy died my mother sat in the chair with her, and said "She's not dead - she's just sleeping!" This is because she did look like she was sleeping when my mother closed Weepys eyes for the last time ever. It took me twenty minutes to convince her that Weepy was dead. My mother kept talking to her saying, "Who's a pretty girl? That's right, you are!" then she would start crying when I said in between sobs, "Mom - you're talking to a corpse!" she said "No she's not! she's just sleeping -my little angel is just tired!" She couldn't come to grips with the fact that our little angel, our little little sweetheart, our little miracle baby was dead after having her all this time. It hurt then and it hurts every bit as much now. Fighting back the tears as I write this, and break up every now and then. It's taken over two hours now for me to post this. I'm going to call around for a place that will rent a bandsaw to me. I have a beautiful quilt maple top that I bought with the intention of using it for an Eddie Van Halen Ernie Ball Musicman style guitar that I was going to make, but now it will serve a higher purpose: to enclose Weepy forever. I'm going to stain it a similar colour to Weepys little house, and glue it toether, then seal it inside, and out to seal out odors, and whatnot, and to keep bugs, or anything from getting in. I need to find some beautiful fabric to cover her in, and something to lay her on so that nothing inside will rattle around, and Weepy can rest here with us, and we'll have her close by. I've had a lot of animals over the years, but none ever touched my heart as Weepy did, and no one ever will. Not even people have ever touched my heart so strongly, and they never will either. You can't put a price on love, nor can you put a price on doing something for the ones that you love! Most people have their friend, family, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife, but I had no one but Weepy. She was my everything. And every time I came home from work, school, the store, a friend, or family members' house Weepy Baby was the first thing that I saw, or looked for. I would call out "Where's Weepy? Where's my little baby angel?" She was truly my angel, my love, my life, everything that I lived for, and now I have nothing!

I don't know if this will be my last post forever, or just for a while. If it IS indeed my last post; know that I enjoyed what time I had here, and I apologise to everyone who followed my X-wing thread for not finishing it. I'll give myself a few days to a week to decide for sure. If I do decide not to come back I'll make an offer to anyone that wants to finish this with all the parts that I have made for the kit so far. Thank you all again for your kindest words, and for reading. I know that there's more that I wish to say, but I'm not going to mince words. I'm in grieving, and mourning not for myself, but for tiny little Weepy Baby. She was my special angel. Now she's gone to Heaven. Good day, and God bless you all!

 

~ Cobra Chris

 

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Posted by jtilley on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:29 AM

Please accept my deepest condolences. It sounds like she was a very special cat.

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Posted by goldhammer on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 2:55 PM

Your baby gave you all her love and you have truly been touched  by the creator to have been given that.

So sorry she did not make it....both of you are better for having been togethr.

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 4:55 PM

I am so sorry. She is in a better place now, and she knows she was loved. Besides God, animals are our only source of unconditional love.

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Posted by fox on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 8:07 PM

So sorry for your loss Chris. 

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Posted by Buckeye on Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:21 AM

I'm very sorry for your loss. Sad  I've been in your shoes many times over the years with my German Shepherds and know just how you feel.  When I lost my special girl last October this was sent to me.

 

Follow the light back home

 

I left the porch light on to guide you back home

I'm waiting at the window and feeling so alone

 

The clock on the mantel is ticking so very loud

I feel it with each heart beat as I begin to fill with doubt

 

I'm sure that you can see it, this light that fills the night

I'm waiting here with open arms to hold you oh so tight

 

Let your old, sick body go and fly above it free

Then follow this old light back home and back again to me

 

We'll live on together, just like it was before

But now the pain that slowed you down will be with you no more

 

Come on old girl you can do it follow that light back home

I'm here for you and always will, you'll never be alone

 

Don't be scared I promise, it will always be alright

Just follow on as far as you can until you see the light

 

Than come on in just as you've done your entire life before

Come to me my angel I'm waiting at the door

 

My arms and heart are open and ready to grab hold

I'll hold on tight with all my might and together we'll behold...

 

This next part of life we'll be alright as long as we're together

You'll live on within this realm as free and light as a feather

 

I left the old porch light on to guide you back to me

Hurry on old girl, it's ok, let yourself be free.

 

(C) Amy Raymond

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:34 AM

Chris, it's not just your bad luck; when I was young, we had a beagle named Ginger whose milk was actually toxic to her pups for some reason. We lost two complete litters of 6-7 pups each, dying, one by one, before we found the cause. Talk about devastating. If you've ever seen a beagle puppy, you would know how hard it is to see those little eyes close for the last time.

This is just life. No prayers can save them, and you have to buck up and realize that this is not the last time this will happen. The death of a pet is a horrible affair; I cannot even imagine life without my "son", Gerhardt. But the pain is worth the love and the good that they bring to us. You did the best you could for this kitten; focus now on giving the other ones a great life. It's the best way to honor him.

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Posted by Bakster on Thursday, June 16, 2016 8:42 PM

Yes, as like the others my heart felt condolences. My cat is about 18 years old and I see her slipping. She has been with me through thick and thin. I dread the day that she gives up the ghost. It's a part of life I know but it is a difficult part.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, June 17, 2016 9:00 AM

Been there, done that. Sorry for your loss.

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Friday, June 17, 2016 10:02 AM

Chris ;

    My heart goes out to you friend . I had a very bad time with my Miniature daschund .They are prone to seizures as they age . Her last one went on for an hour and I could see it was destroying her .

  The vet said she wouldn't come out of this one .It broke my heart as she looked at me for a moment and finally relaxed .Even the vet cried with me .My prayers are going to the big guy even as I write this .I love cats too !

  Weiner Dogs and Kitties that's me . Of course what came to fill in Lily's paws  , is a Brown and Tan Chihuahua ! Kitties are amply covered by my very bossy Black Saimese mix .  Tanker - Builder

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Friday, June 17, 2016 10:08 AM

Chris ;

   I am sorry I didn't read your touching post in time . I know how special these little four legged ones can be . I say little because even full grown , a Greyhound for instance , will always be a puppy to her owners . My heart weeps , but there is this .

    I don't know because I haven't been there yet . I was told that all God's creations , no matter their corporeal form have a good life with him . She's not suffering now ! R.I.P. Weepy ! Chris , My eyes ar misted up thinking about you and how deeply you feel .I take that as a sign that Weepy had the best , most tender care you could've given . Don't stop modeling because of this though .

     You can get through this . I did With Lily .Now you need to build something special that maybe he / she would've played with in your model space .I think Weepy would appreciate that . I have a hanging bell that Lily loved hanging in a miniature steeple I built for her . It's about 6" tall and I ring it before I sit and work .

  T.B.

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Posted by echolmberg on Friday, June 17, 2016 10:12 AM

Chris, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.  I'm a 45 year old man and I've only ever bawled uncontrollably twice that I can think of in my life.  One of those times was about 12 years ago when my 17 year old cat died.

Pets are the absolute embodiment of pure love and companionship.  No matter what kind of person you are or what kind of day you've had, they always love you unconditionally.  They give so much and then they're gone so quickly.  It isn't fair but it's the way it is.  I now have a dog.  He's five now and he was the runt of the litter but he is my family's loving companion.  He treats my girls with such gentleness.  He is my wife's protector when I'm not around.  He gets to rough-house with me because he knows he can.  At night, he crawls under my and my wife's bed, lets out a fart, then scampers away.  My wife and I are too busy laughing to be mad at him.  When it's his turn to depart this life, I don't even know how we're going to get by without him.

Don't mourn their passing.  Instead, realize just how wonderful it was to have Weepy in your life and be thankful for that.  Think about how lucky she was to have YOU by her side through it all.  I don't know if it's true or not but I HAVE to believe that, when it's all said and done, we'll be seeing them again.

Best wishes,

Eric

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, June 17, 2016 2:29 PM

I don't really know what to say, I'm so sad to hear about Weepy. My thoughts and prayers with you Chris. 

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Posted by goldhammer on Friday, June 17, 2016 2:41 PM

Buckeye-   Thanks for putting that up, it really hits home for me, and not only for the pets we have lost.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, June 17, 2016 2:43 PM

Here's the thing.. I re-read your post about Weepy and the one thing that stuck out (and another has noticed too) is why you didn't take the kitten to the veterinarian? They would have been more qualified to save her than you would. Just saying...

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Posted by goldhammer on Friday, June 17, 2016 4:14 PM

Mentions the Vet in 3rd para in the original and the one on her passing is mentioned again in the 6th.

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Posted by midnightprowler on Friday, June 17, 2016 4:26 PM

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Here's the thing.. I re-read your post about Weepy and the one thing that stuck out (and another has noticed too) is why you didn't take the kitten to the veterinarian? They would have been more qualified to save her than you would. Just saying...

 

Man you are about as sensitive as a freaking rock dude. Just keep quiet for once.

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Posted by the doog on Friday, June 17, 2016 4:37 PM

Tanker - Builder

Chris ;

    My heart goes out to you friend . I had a very bad time with my Miniature daschund

  Weiner Dogs and Kitties that's me

 

Glad to hear that you know the magic of Dachshunds! My lil boy turns 2 in a few weeks!

 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, June 17, 2016 7:01 PM

They were so long I didn't catch it. 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, June 17, 2016 7:03 PM

midnightprowler

 

 
BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Here's the thing.. I re-read your post about Weepy and the one thing that stuck out (and another has noticed too) is why you didn't take the kitten to the veterinarian? They would have been more qualified to save her than you would. Just saying...

 

 

 

Man you are about as sensitive as a freaking rock dude. Just keep quiet for once.

 

 

ConfusedConfusedWow

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Posted by midnightprowler on Saturday, June 18, 2016 6:45 AM

Well, look at your response to him. Sheesh.

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