OT: Felix

[dkahn400]

I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness. He was a
family member, a neighbourhood character, a music lover, a darling of
small chidren, a fierce hunter, and a wanton destroyer of furniture.

He would often rush to greet me when I arrived home, usually
threatening to get under my front wheel. Opening the front door once, I
overheard strangers on the other side of the road say, "So that's where
Felix lives."

Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.

:-(

--
Dave...

 

[elyob]

"dkahn400" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
> cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness. He was a
> family member, a neighbourhood character, a music lover, a darling of
> small chidren, a fierce hunter, and a wanton destroyer of furniture.
>
> He would often rush to greet me when I arrived home, usually
> threatening to get under my front wheel. Opening the front door once, I
> overheard strangers on the other side of the road say, "So that's where
> Felix lives."
>
> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>
> :-(

Not a cat lover, but send my condolences.

It wasn't bird flu was it?

 

[Brian G]

dkahn400 wrote:
> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
> cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness. He was a
> family member, a neighbourhood character, a music lover, a darling of
> small chidren, a fierce hunter, and a wanton destroyer of furniture.
>
> He would often rush to greet me when I arrived home, usually
> threatening to get under my front wheel. Opening the front door once, I
> overheard strangers on the other side of the road say, "So that's where
> Felix lives."
>
> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>
> :-(
>

Much sympathy. I don't look forward to losing my dogs, even knowing
it's inevitable.

--
Brian G

 

[dkahn400]

elyob wrote:

> Not a cat lover, but send my condolences.

Thank you.

> It wasn't bird flu was it?

No, I think you'd have heard about it on the news first if it had
been. Blood clot.

--
Dave...

 

[Pyromancer]

dkahn400 wrote:

> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>
> :-(

Not sure if we've "spoken" here before or not, but condolances. I've
had cats my whole life, loosing one is never easy, especially so young.

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>,
dkahn400 ('[email protected]') wrote:

> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
> cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness. He was a
> family member, a neighbourhood character, a music lover, a darling of
> small chidren, a fierce hunter, and a wanton destroyer of furniture.

Much sympathy. My own cat, who is nineteen and has put up with living
with me for longer than any other being ever, has bladder cancer and is
dying. She's not yet in distress, so I haven't yet had to make the hard
decision, but I have to give her injections every day to keep secondary
infections at bay.

It can't be very long now.

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[John Hearns]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:27:20 -0800, dkahn400 wrote:

> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white cat
> was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness.
Awww, that's sad.
I'm not a cat person, however sympathy heads your way, and I hope Felix is
happily chasing equally happy mice on a cloud somewhere.

 

[Richard]

Pyromancer wrote:
> dkahn400 wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>>
>>:-(
>
>
> Not sure if we've "spoken" here before or not, but condolances. I've
> had cats my whole life, loosing one is never easy, especially so young.

Indeed. Condolences. :-(

R.

 

[wafflycat]

"dkahn400" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
> cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness. He was a
> family member, a neighbourhood character, a music lover, a darling of
> small chidren, a fierce hunter, and a wanton destroyer of furniture.
>
> He would often rush to greet me when I arrived home, usually
> threatening to get under my front wheel. Opening the front door once, I
> overheard strangers on the other side of the road say, "So that's where
> Felix lives."
>
> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>
> :-(
>

Sorry to hear that, Dave. FWIW, I'll light a candle to Felix in my window
tonight. Our furred feline masters are family, much-loved family.

gentle *hugs* helen s

 

[MartinM]

dkahn400 wrote:

> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.

that's very sad; 6, our first one was run over when he was 5 1/2, that
hurt a lot. Hardly seems like yesterday he was a kitten; I know how you
feel.
Sincere condolences.

 

[Don Whybrow]

dkahn400 wrote:
>
> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>

You have my sympathy.

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driven press! It's nightmarish!" (Gibson-Sterling, "The
Difference Engine")

 

[Don Whybrow]

Simon Brooke wrote:
>
> It can't be very long now.

Simon, how will you keep your keyboard warm?

I hope that Shah doesn't suffer too much, I will have to prepare the
girls for the news.

--
Don Whybrow

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there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than
that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson

 

[dkahn400]

Simon Brooke wrote:

> Much sympathy. My own cat, who is nineteen and has put up with living
> with me for longer than any other being ever, has bladder cancer and is
> dying. She's not yet in distress, so I haven't yet had to make the hard
> decision, but I have to give her injections every day to keep secondary
> infections at bay.
>
> It can't be very long now.

Thanks, Simon, and sympathy back to you. It's not fair to keep her
hanging on when she begins to suffer, so you will need to take your
courage in both hands and make that hard decision on her behalf.

:-(

--
Dave...

 

[dkahn400]

Many thanks to everyone who expressed their sympathy. I'm just in from
burying him as close as possible to his favourite spot. The children
had already said goodbye to him on their own, and I did it while they
were out. They're fine. I was too a moment ago, but I'm having trouble
seeing the keyboard at the moment.

--
Dave...

 

[Paul]

On 11 Mar 2006 04:01:54 -0800, "dkahn400" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Many thanks to everyone who expressed their sympathy. I'm just in from
>burying him as close as possible to his favourite spot. The children
>had already said goodbye to him on their own, and I did it while they
>were out. They're fine. I was too a moment ago, but I'm having trouble
>seeing the keyboard at the moment.

Feck.

That brought back memories, and now I can't see the keyboard. Must be the
remains of my cold.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Don Whybrow
('[email protected]') wrote:

> Simon Brooke wrote:
>>
>> It can't be very long now.
>
> Simon, how will you keep your keyboard warm?

That's one of the things I'm going to miss, having to push her out of the
way whenever I want to type!

> I hope that Shah doesn't suffer too much, I will have to prepare the
> girls for the news.

She seems remarkably OK a lot of the time. She's sleeping a lot and
losing condition a bit, but I don't _think_ she's suffering. When she is
I'll call the vet in - he's already forewarned.

But who will Phoebe chase around the house then?

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[Simon D]

It happens that dkahn400 formulated :
> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
> cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness.
>

I'm really sorry to hear that, Dave. Best wishes.

--
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[Don Whybrow]

Simon Brooke wrote:
>
> But who will Phoebe chase around the house then?

How fast can you run?

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[wafflycat]

"Simon Brooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Much sympathy. My own cat, who is nineteen and has put up with living
> with me for longer than any other being ever, has bladder cancer and is
> dying. She's not yet in distress, so I haven't yet had to make the hard
> decision, but I have to give her injections every day to keep secondary
> infections at bay.
>
> It can't be very long now.
>

Poor thing. You'll know when the time is right - doesn't make it any less
hard though.

helen s

 

[Zog The Undeniable]

dkahn400 wrote:

> I'm very sad today as Felix, our beautiful 6 year old black and white
> cat was put down yesterday after a sudden acute illness. He was a
> family member, a neighbourhood character, a music lover, a darling of
> small chidren, a fierce hunter, and a wanton destroyer of furniture.
>
> He would often rush to greet me when I arrived home, usually
> threatening to get under my front wheel. Opening the front door once, I
> overheard strangers on the other side of the road say, "So that's where
> Felix lives."
>
> Sorry about the OT posting but I wanted to share with my friends.
>
> :-(
>
Commiserations - they're all characters, aren't they?

I took our two (8 going on 9) to the vet today for their annual MoT and
boosters. The (new) vet goes through the feeling and prodding routine
(big tabby cat looking very p***ed off) and says, "you should be able to
feel a cat's ribs and it should have some sort of waist..."

I was instructed to feed them only the amount of food a 4kg cat would
need, so they would lose weight. Went home, read the instructions on
the Felix tin and the Go-Cat packet, got the scales out and it
transpires I'm already feeding them the diet of a 3kg cat. Must be all
those mice and voles, or (more likely) the neighbours are a soft touch...