Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => Our cats stories => Topic started by: MarleyMoo on March 01, 2011, 20:19:44 PM
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My first 'oldie' I named Pumpkin. :Luv2: A little of his story...
I was working as a nurse in my old practice, and he was brought in as a stray. Of all the horrible sights vets/nurses get to see, he was the most sorrowful old boy. Around 20 years, weighting 1.7kg, renal probs, emaciated, matted, terrible teeth, wobbly...I was shocked. Lots of colleagues said 'he's manky, nobody'll have him, he's best put to sleep'. But somebody did have him, and loved him to absolute bits for the 7 months we had him. He used to sleep between my partner Vic and I on a night, sprawled between us, and to this day, the middle of the bed is still known as the 'pumpkin patch'! :Luv:
I've put on the 'before' photo, when I brought him home, and the 'after' photos, of him looking fab and with his buddy on our bed.
I was gutted when I had to make the decision to let him go... but everything suddenly gave up on him and he collapsed.
His last healthy day was spent with me in the garden as he basked in the hot sunshine all happy with his mum...
And I'll never forget the day when this rickety old boy found it in him to chase the injured, non-flying pigeon I'd rescued... in the garden, I caught sight of a ginger flash out of the corner of my eye, and the pigeon running for dear life away from him!! Talk about funny!!
He always gets a little garden flower with his ashes.
That's why I'll always save/help all the old ones I can... they're fabness!!!
Liz
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omg what a sweet little soul he looked :Luv2:. Thank you for sharing
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lovely! love the photo of the 2
What causes the flecks in his eyes?
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Just age related - his eyesight was purfect! Never missed a trick!
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Pumpkin was lovely!
:Luv2:
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That's brought a lump to my throat, not in a bad way but that this gorgeous orange cat had such a lovely 7 months with you :hug:
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww thats so fabulous :Luv2: :Luv2:
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how lovely that he found you - what stories he could tell
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What a special old boy. Wonderful that he had 7 months love and pampering with you.
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What a lovely story and thanks to you he got 7 months of love and care, he sounds as though he was quite a character as well :hug:
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wow! what a tranformation in the before and after pics! brought a few tears to my eyes reading this-so glad he found you in the end and had a taste of what life was sopposed to be like, the flecks in his eyes looked beautifull, gives him a magical look! :Luv2:xx
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Oh bless his heart, his story has made Me cry :'(
Thank goodness he found you .... :hug:
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What a special boy -so pleased he had a home like yours where he was loved . :hug: :hug:
He was very handsome too :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2:
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Aw, that brought tears to my eyes :Luv2: :Luv2:
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:Luv: What a gorgeous boy. I'm so amazed at how like my late little Bonnie he is (pic in my avatar)
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what a lovely boy he was x
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I love his eye`s.
Bless you for not given up on him, and for given him a wonderful 7 months.
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What a handsome boy! And an amazing transformation. You might not have had him for long but he obviously had a very happy time with you and enjoyed the last few months of his life :hug:
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He looks adorable - hom kind of you to take him in :hug:
RIP Pumpkin