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  #1  
Old July 31st 11, 12:20 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Art Shapiro
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Default Calico: RB

It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed
by an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've
not had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was
delighted with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art
  #2  
Old July 31st 11, 12:43 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
J J Levin
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Posts: 147
Default Calico: RB

"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
...
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is
the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night.
The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an
ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney
failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at
her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a
couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it
was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative
yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper
7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6
ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but
was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be
done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper,
the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that.
Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas
she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually
running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a
magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and
was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7
years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as
five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last
five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a
kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her
life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her
after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't
expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's
very sad.

Art



I'm truly sorry, Art.

Jay








  #3  
Old July 31st 11, 12:50 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Joy
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Default Calico: RB

"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
...
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico is
the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at night.
The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by an
ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden kidney
failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months ago at
her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known for a
couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt that it
was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back negative
yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the upper
7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds 6
ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed, but
was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to be
done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My housekeeper,
the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been able to do that.
Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's attention, whereas
she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all those years, usually
running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was a
magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly, and
was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat about 7
years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as long as
five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well. The last
five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not had a
kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted with her
life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch her
after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure didn't
expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so old. It's
very sad.

Art


It always hurts to lose one, and it hurts doubly when it's a special one.
I'm so sorry!

Joy


  #4  
Old July 31st 11, 12:51 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
CatNipped[_4_]
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Default Calico: RB

On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by
an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not
had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted
with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art


I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a
candle will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/

Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net

  #5  
Old July 31st 11, 01:02 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
J J Levin
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Posts: 147
Default Calico: RB

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by
an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not
had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted
with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art


I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle
will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped





Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or
"RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean,
or what is the source?

Thanks,

Jay



  #6  
Old July 31st 11, 01:06 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
CatNipped[_4_]
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Posts: 1,823
Default Calico: RB

On 7/30/2011 7:02 PM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
...
On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by
an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not
had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted
with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art


I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle
will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped





Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or
"RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean,
or what is the source?

Thanks,

Jay


It's a story meant to give comfort to all people who lose a pet (not
just a cat, but any pet). Here's one page that has it, almost every pet
grief site has it.

Most religions don't have a place in their heaven to allow animals to
share in paradise with their companions. Most people here feel like it
wouldn't really be heaven if our cats weren't there with us.

http://rainbowbridge.com/



--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/

Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net

  #7  
Old July 31st 11, 01:09 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
CatNipped[_4_]
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Posts: 1,823
Default Calico: RB

On 7/30/2011 7:02 PM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
...
On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by
an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not
had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted
with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art


I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a candle
will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped





Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge" or
"RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this mean,
or what is the source?

Thanks,

Jay


Sorry, I don't think that site had the actual story, try this one instead:

http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm



--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/

Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net

  #8  
Old July 31st 11, 01:09 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
J J Levin
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Posts: 147
Default Calico: RB

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
On 7/30/2011 7:02 PM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
...
On 7/30/2011 6:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had
to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed
by
an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few
months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4
pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she
was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not
had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted
with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art

I'm so sorry to hear that Art. Purrs for your breaking heart and a
candle
will be lit tonight to help guide Calico on her path to the Bridge.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped





Not to intrude on someone's grief, but I have noticed that the "Bridge"
or
"RB" or Rainbow Bridge mentioned when a cat passes on. What does this
mean,
or what is the source?

Thanks,

Jay


It's a story meant to give comfort to all people who lose a pet (not just
a cat, but any pet). Here's one page that has it, almost every pet grief
site has it.

Most religions don't have a place in their heaven to allow animals to
share in paradise with their companions. Most people here feel like it
wouldn't really be heaven if our cats weren't there with us.

http://rainbowbridge.com/



--
Hugs,

CatNipped





Thanks!

Jay



  #9  
Old July 31st 11, 01:12 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MLB[_4_]
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Posts: 909
Default Calico: RB

On 07/30/2011 05:20 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:
It's pretty sad around here; my favorite cat Calico, only 14 1/2, had to
be put down last night. A couple weeks ago she got somewhat lethargic,
spending most of her time on one chair. She started drinking more and
more, and last weekend stopped eating. This didn't seem to be expected
given her thyroid condition. I give her Tapazole twice a day, or at
least hope she'll eat the food with the pill mashed into it, as Calico
is the cat that couldn't be picked up.

She spent the week in the hospital during the day and came home at
night. The vet found that one kidney was quite enlarged, as confirmed by
an ultrasound on Thursday. Sure enough, tests showed it was sudden
kidney failure, as the readings had been just slightly high a few months
ago at her yearly checkup. She had a heart murmur, which we had known
for a couple years, but had developed high blood pressure. The vet felt
that it was probably renal cancer, but the initial biopsy came back
negative yesterday.

She dropped weight quickly - the former 9 pound cat had been in the
upper 7s this year, and was 5 pounds 2 ounces on Wednesday, and 4 pounds
6 ounces, skin and bones, on Friday. She would only eat when force-fed,
but was as happy as ever, purring away. We agreed there was nothing to
be done and said goodbye last night just before they closed, My
housekeeper, the Eerz lady you may remember, held her; I've never been
able to do that. Interestingly, Calico seemed to be happy for my wife's
attention, whereas she had virtually never gotten near my wife in all
those years, usually running away.

Aside from the one huge problem of not letting herself be picked up -
until (to my surprise) about the last three months of her life - she was
a magnificent cat. She was always extremely happy, purred constantly,
and was my constant companion in the house. I made her an indoor cat
about 7 years ago, because I had to coax her inside at night (taking as
long as five hours) and it just got ridiculous. But it worked out well.
The last five years she loved to be under the covers at night. I've not
had a kitty for whom it was so blatantly obvious that she was delighted
with her life with us.

It had taken one entire year, almost to the day, before I could touch
her after she arrived. The remaining 13 1/2 years were a joy. I sure
didn't expect her to be the next to go, with Watermelon Man looking so
old. It's very sad.

Art




"....Rise up slowly, Angel...."
It's hard to let you go.

I wasn't expecting to be sending those words for Calico and you have my
sincere sympathy. And now Watermelon Man seems to be getting ready to
join the others. I hope he doesn't suffer in his decline. My TuTu is
(as far as we know) 14 1/2 but so far she seems well. She sleeps a lot
but seems to be OK otherwise.

How is Emma adjusting to life at your home? Don't be such a stranger.
As you no doubt know, RPCA needs more
friends". "I have a brand new computer, so have lost all my old
bookmarks and haven't got around to finding my old favorites again.
Best wishes. MLB
  #10  
Old July 31st 11, 01:49 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Art Shapiro
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Posts: 87
Default Calico: RB

On 7/30/2011 5:12 PM, MLB wrote:
I wasn't expecting to be sending those words for Calico and you have my
sincere sympathy. And now Watermelon Man seems to be getting ready to
join the others. I hope he doesn't suffer in his decline.


Actually, while he looks discouragingly old - I think he might be older
than the 16 we guess based on the vet's estimate of four when we got him
in 1999 - he is eating like a horse, is still up around 18 pounds, and
shows absolutely no significant ailments. He hasn't left the property
in years, unlike his earlier days, and other than hating Giovanni (just
like my wife and I do) is happy as could be.

Emma has turned into a quite pleasant member of the household. She's
perhaps a bit too much of an affection junkie, but otherwise is very
content living here and isn't the slightest problem. She was found to
have VERY high blood pressure and is on medicine twice a day. I have to
mix it with her food, as I've never had a more difficult cat to dose.
She still won't come in the bedroom, but anywhere else in the house
she's ready to get affection. I still think it was crummy of folks to
unload an eleven year old cat.

I've made inquiries today about a Craiglist Russian Blue about 20 miles
away. I've exchanged emails with the owner's roommate but not reached
him yet. Apparently it's an allergy issue. The cat is only one year old.

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