Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
I've been emotional about it because I'm not ready. She seems ok - not in pain, not distressed. She's changing so much, though.
Welp. Now she gets her favorite food all the time. She'll be happy about that. 😼
I cried so much when my cat died. She was my baby.
Your kitty has enjoyed a wonderful life with you.
I'm so very, very sad about it. I'm far sadder to be losing her than I was about Divo's decline. I get it now, how absolutely attached you can be with a pet. I love this little girl so much and everything weird and wacky about her.
I don't know how fast or how slow she'll go on her path out of this life, but she's definitely on it. Every day I notice something new, none of it good. She's sprawling out by her food dish and not moving at all tonight. I picked her up and put her in bed with me for a while, then she got up, went back by the dish, laid down, and hasn't moved.
My baby is dying. I want to keep her forever. She is and has been the perfect kitty for me. 😿
The purring sound is soothing to me. My mom would say it was their motor running. I always thought that was a cute description of purring.
Golden,
Your cat watches videos? Too funny!
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Will let you know what happens.
He looked like he was eating something in the grass the other day, maybe a lizard or something.
My cats would chase after lizards and birds. They were well fed by me but I think it’s their natural instinct to hunt. My mom told me that her cat as a child would catch wild bunnies! They are amazing hunters!
I am fascinated by big cats. Tigers are my favorite! They are all beautiful though, lions, leopards, cheetahs and so on.
I love watching nature shows on National Geographic or PBS.
I am not terribly fond of zoos. Ours is a nice zoo but I hate seeing animals not living in their natural habitats. We had an incident at our zoo a few years back. The jaguar escaped from his area and ended up killing some of the other animals in the zoo.
I understand rehabilitation after an injury or conservation efforts. I hate that the circus abused animals.
Of course, when our parents took us to the circus as small children, they didn’t know about any of the ‘behind the scenes’ abuses.
Barnum and Bailey had to close their circus because people became aware and no longer wanted to support them.
Rocky was essentially feral and very wary. We gave her space in one room in the house and visited her regularly. Dd was very good. She simply sat on the floor and played on her ipad, Slowly Rocky got curious and came closer to her It took weeks, even months but eventually Rocky became a very nice pet. She and I are still building our relationship.
ff - I want to say thanks to you for mentioning your cat blankets. I have put old hand towels down in a couple of places for Rocky and she likes to sleep on them so I ordered her a few velour hand towels. Towels keep the fur off the bed. She has very thick medium long hair and sheds! ☹
He’s really cute. He runs away if I approach him though.
As for trying pet a stray cat, I usually get down to their level and put out my hand for them to sniff. I would do that numerous times before attempting to pet one.
One of my cat I have now, a Shelter cat, he will scratch me if I try to pet him with my hand coming down toward his head. But he is a love bug if he comes to me on his terms. He will cuddle with me at night until he hears something outside then he is running full speed out the bedroom door to get to the patio door :)
He’s adorable, solid black with white paws. If he were mine I would name him, ‘Socks’ because he looks like he is wearing socks.
He looks a little thin but I don’t know if he is a stray cat or belongs to one of my neighbors and is just wandering around the neighborhood.
I am tempted to feed him but not sure if I should.
He will not let me get close to him. He runs away when I try to get close enough to pet him.
Have any of you ever been able to tame a stray where they learned to trust you? Or have you been scratched by them if you tried to pet them?
I have owned many cats during my lifetime. They were all very sweet. I’ve never had one of my cats scratch me. I have been scratched by a stray cat when I tried to pet them.
Many years ago, before I was married. I had a neighborhood cat visit my apartment and he was super friendly. He was so funny. He came by all the time after I got off work.
When I opened up my door he would run inside and hang out with me. Then around a certain time he would go to my back door for me to let him out. I guess that he was going back home. I could see that he was well cared for and someone’s pet. I think he enjoyed being a community cat in the neighborhood.
I hate that the shelters are full of cats and dogs. When they can’t find homes for them they put them down unless it’s a ‘no kill’ shelter.
We only had one kitty who lived to be 18. Sweet little Patches died of kidney problems in my Mum’s arms. I had her since I was the seventh grade. All our other babies died at various ages. We now have a boy and girl cat both 5 yo and another girl cat 10. My hubby gave me Sockie ten years ago. Our other cats are Chickapooh and Daisy.
i totally empathize with the pain you feel losing a beloved cat. Every cat we’ve had( last count 8) has held a special place in my heart. We have 3 at the moment. But if I ever had any favourites, they would have to be my Seamus and Tricky. Both boys, both died tragically. Seamus (7yo)was shot by a mongrel neighbor with an air gun and the pellet lodged in his kidneys.
Tricky was our little 5 month old Kitten who was hit by a car and killed instantly when some moron left our front door open and he got out. After that, it was a while before I got another kitten. Now we have our beautiful babies in huge safe back yard enclosures during the day but bring them in at night.
That was a perfect explanation Golden!
It did not occur to me that yes, I knew they were brothers. That means littermates. My mind did not work to put 2 and 2 together that they have the same birthday.
Making the birthday bittersweet when one has passed.
Sorry Gershun.
This may apply to Rocky and Pumpkin when they have a birthday.
Sorry Golden.
And to others who will be missing their cat on a littermates birthday.
Grief can be confusing.
Sig-other had an indoor-outdoor cat when he was growing up that lived to be 22 years old. Never ate cat food, learned to live on Italian food and left over fish on Fridays :)
Can anyone share how old their cat has lived?
I have seen aged cats up to 18, and 20 years old.
They are precious, even at that age.
yes, both dogs were/are female. I take it in good humor and tease hubby about it. The last female bonding with hubby is a good thing for him. With all that he has lost due to stroke I can imagine the female affection towards him makes him feel that he still has something. When the female was still a puppy she would get so agitated/worked up out shopping I would fashion a sling/pouch out of a large scarf around hubby and put her in it and two seconds later she out cold sleeping. ❤️
The male has bonded to me. I belong to him. 💕
I remember one female cat disliked me she wouldn't even let me pet her. But she was all over sig-other purring up a storm. I should have known when at the Shelter she hissed at me. My male cats were "mama's boys".
caregiver topic: I bought a dog to be my companion and stress reliever while I care for my husband. This the second time I have gotten a dog for me and the dog ends up stealing my husband! My husband a dog’s best friend. Lol
So loving and exasperating to read of our kitties being part of the care of our frail, dying loved ones.
I truly believe our cat was trying to help, in a cat-like way.