Posted on 08/07/2012 8:19:10 PM PDT by george76
Cast aside all fantasies of your house cat frolicking through flower-filled fields in the afternoon sun. When kitty scratches at the door begging to go outside, it's the killing hour.
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cats ate about 30 percent of their kills, brought home another 25 percent and left 49 percent of their prey to simply decay.
So what are cats killing?
Lizards, snakes and frogs (41 percent); chipmunks and vols (25 percent); insects and worms (20 percent) and, of course, birds (12 percent).
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Thanks for the ping Slings and Arrows, and to address xrmusn this is indeed a sad day for you. We know the heartbreak of having no alternative but to euthanize a loved pet such as “Cat”. It’s never possible to actually accept that is what must be done, but it always is.
We always talk between ourselves about the great times we had with the particular critter that we currently had no choice but to put down. It helps us to get through the moment, and onto the next day. We get our tears over with by remembering the joy they were. Works for us.
We’ve been married almost 35 years now, and have had more than 35 cats, and more than 35 dogs as well as horses, donkeys, ducks, and on, and on the list goes. We’ve seen a lot of these days. They’re never good. Only necessary for the comfort of our pets that are either critically ill, or terminal.
Prayers for you, and for Cat, and it would be a good idea to replace “Cat” with a new friend ASAP. Preferably a young’un that you can draw close to you as was “Cat”. The older they are the more difficult it is to draw them to you we have learned. Some do without a problem, but there’s less guarantee of that special bond with an older cat that you had with “Cat”.
You’re welcome, and thanks.
Have had two of those. Won’t get another. Breaks too often.
Thank you, dear lady. Fortunately, he went really fast in the end. He was
his usual self one day, and he stopped eating and drinking the next, and
died overnight the next night, even though we tried to keep him hydrated.
I believe that he is in the hands of God, for he was a good boy.
Love it! It’s as if they think, “Could be food, don’t risk not knowing!”
I sincerely want to thank all for their condolences etc.
The best thing I will remember about ‘Cat’ (well one of the things) is that EVERYTIME BO came on the screen or opened his lyin’ mouth SHE RAN out of the room
I guess she ‘picked up’ my distaste for the poseur pResident because when I spot or hear him, I reach for the remote amidst ‘screams’ of STFU FU etc etc etc.... <:
I think I have already found a ‘new friend’ I don’t think, deep down, that we ever replace them etc etc...
The Vet I had sent me a Condolence Card signed by the staff...Nice gesture since it is the first time I stepped in the door....but naturally, if at all possible, it won’t be the last - that is if absolutely necessary.
They also include a ‘Prayer Card’ with the Poem ‘The Rainbow Bridge’, which really (helps) handles the loss etc...
If wanted, I will put a copy up.
Thanks again.
You’re more than welcome.
Ping to #107, y’all.
Thanks for the second ping. Next one going out to xrmusn.
Please feel better.
De nada, FRiend.
Poor baby. Yes, that was a mercy. I know you’re missing him.
I’ve read more than one Bible scholar who believes God may have our beloved pets waiting for us in Heaven. I choose to believe that.
What a caring vet staff.
And holy cow, about Obama on the TV-—ANIMALS KNOW!
I choose to believe that as well. Nothing else makes sense.
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