Sad day at our house

[ptirman]

Just got confirmation that fatso, aka fatty, is gone. She's in the background here. Been missing for 2 weeks. Bloody collar

These are all around Vancouver.

Gonna write a song about it.

 

[BigBeard]

Very sorry to hear about that.  A .22 with a good scope should take care of any no-no eating wolves!  :icon_scratch:

Sounds like you should dish out some Texas Justice  (Doug maybe you might want to back me up on this...... Texas Justice is when you shoot first, then sort it out after the bodies are piled up, right?)

No, seriously man just thought I'd try to get a little laugh for you, it totally sucks losing a pet, especially to murder! 

RIP Fatty

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Sorry for your loss.  Ironically, my cat resembling yours is named Little Fatty.

As far as TX justice, the cat was being a cat and the coyote was being a coyote, the circle of life.  Rather than try and tame nature, mine don't leave the house.  We've got coyotes all around too. 

 

[ptirman]

Thanks guys. BigBeard I took your words in the manner they were intended. STDC you're right. She brought in a rabbit or mouse each night since spring started (or at least brought them to the door). We figure she was crouched down ready to pounce on another when she became prey. Circle of life indeed. Her sister has been acting very strange lately but I'm not as worried about her, she's a real scaredy cat if there ever was one.

Well I've started a song about it to get my mind off of the reality. Feel free to contribute

First chorus: G5 //// --Cadd9 /  Gmaj (mute bottom E)/  -A7sus4 //// -D ////  (forward slash is number of beats)

Fatty is in a coyote's belly
We all know it's dark, rank and smelly  -  in there


All I have so far, I'm actually at work with an acoustic in my office.

 

[Kublai]

Gah sorry. The loss of a beloved pet is truely painful. It is almost absurd how attached we can get to our pets. Not meaning in any way to imply that you are absurd. I have been there. And cried for a couple of days.

 

[ptirman]

Thanks very much. I've been called much worse than absurd. It is eerily quiet around the house and you're right, it's difficult when you become attached to a pet. Oh well, at least she had a good life for the last 7 months after we picked her up from the pound.

 

[-CB-]

Very sorry for your loss.  

About to feel the same with little Benjamin-Tyree, cat, age 17+ who has maybe days or a week or so, before he'll take that last trip to the vet.

And, having lost five of my "kids" now, I still wonder how it is that we are, as we are, and why such little lives of joy are so short.  Over and again, I'm brought to believe that it is by the design of the Almighty.   And without meaning to sound too preachy, I shall expound a bit.....

I think the condition that we have, with animals that become a part of our family, are by design.  They serve to illustrate, in many ways, the aspects and principles of life for young people (and old alike) who form a relationship with their pets.  That is, they are allowed to see and experience creation, care, nurturing, love, hope, despair perhaps, and even loss and grief at the time of the pets passing - all serving to illustrate lessons of life, but even more so, serving to illustrate the relationship our Creator has with His creation.   When our pets pass, we may be reminded that we are we, but He is He.  The Almighty is the Almighty, and life is his to dictate and ordain.  If we should feel grief, remorse, maybe guilt, if as humans, we do the "humane" thing and end the suffering of our pets, think again of how we, as humans, are to the Almighty, who controls all life, when we, His most personal creation, pass at His will.

In a way, knowing how powerless I am to control anything really.... and how ordered the universe is..... is humbling.  I'm reminded of that all the time, but especially when someone dear to me, even a pet passes away.

Very very sorry for your loss, your feelings are not alone.....

 

[Nando Vallart]

:sad:

 

[Cagey]

I'm very sorry for your loss. Few things in life are as sacred as the bond of trust we form with our pets. To lose it is gut-wrenching. 

 

[stubhead]

Cats are just better than people - go ahead, ask one. I don't think it's disrespectful to go to the humane society again... they sure need you! And, you've got all that spare catfood. Just keep it indoors, it seems cruel at first but the cats are still happy enough, they've always got your toes to hunt.

 

[ptirman]

Thanks everyone for such kind and inspiring words. Fatty was Lilly's biological sister and it was interesting because Lilly was adopted first then we adopted fatty 7 months later. Fatty was fearless and also very loud, especially at night where we figured she was used to calling out at night when she was caged. She would venture out far from home and so when she went missing it wasn't a huge surprise. At least she had had some really good months. Here she was playing with her sister - fatty's on top. As soon as I get married, we are moving to Santa Barbara so I think we'll wait to adopt then.

 

[bpmorton777]

sorry to hear that dude.

I saw a cat fight once before I got my cat....kind of made up my mind about the indoor/outdoor thing with cats.

Brian

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

PT, apparently you are a cat person.  It seems that, IME, you don't adopt cats, they adopt you.  We currently have 4.  Only 1 of those was intentional.  I got her 12 years ago and she was indoor/outdoor.  Never bothered to get her fixed because I was in the country and there were no other cats around.  Low and behold, weeks later there was a litter in the house.  My wife (then GF) kept one, we found homes for the rest.  Years later, both now fixed and content with two, a stray starving kitten found it's way to our porch, when raining.  Force feeding it with a syringe, medicating it, weighing it everyday to make sure it was gaining weight, it became healthy and cat #3.  Flash forward 8 years later, the 3 are still healthy and living indoors, another one found us.  As it was getting cold, we would keep it in the garage with a space heater at night, letting it out during the day only to have it waiting on the porch when we got home.  Months went by, and as it turned warmer, we would still bring it in at night for worry of the coyotes.  The few nights it didn't come in, we worried but thought, "Hey, it's not our cat."  Not wanting a 4th, one day my wife saw her down the street as a neighborhood kid picked her up and was walking down the street with her.  She said to him, "Where are you going wiith that cat?  Because it lives here!"  That was it.  It's now a member of the family.  Long story made short, cats adopt you.   

And FWIW, 4 cats?  There's a cat door to the garage, and that's where the litter boxes are.  Regular vaccuming is a must, but seeing them is the only indication there's cats in the house.

 

[m4rk0]

Sorry to hear about fatty, PT... always sad to lose a pet...

 

[m4rk0]

Long story made short, cats adopt you.   

Why did nobody warn me about this?? I never really was a cat person, but now I have 2! and yes, they own the place, and I think they just kind of tolerate us..
I like them though

 

[ptirman]

STDC and Marko, not that I'm a conspiracy theorist but you guys are prime examples of evidence for the existence of CAPS (Cat Advanced Placement Society) propagated by telepathic communication amongst cats whose sole purpose is to pray on unsuspecting vulnerable humans (apparently guitar playing ones).  :help:

 

[stubhead]

Actually, it's well-known that both cats and dogs are spies for two different advanced alien societies who are keeping tabs on us to see if we are worthy of admission to the Inter-Galactic Tribal Council... jeez don't you guys know anything.  :icon_scratch: So far things aren't looking so hot for us. Maybe this will help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqpOFcBiMM

 

[smjenkins]

As far as TX justice, the cat was being a cat and the coyote was being a coyote, the circle of life.  Rather than try and tame nature, mine don't leave the house.  We've got coyotes all around too. 

Apologies for your loss.  Always tough to lose a furry friend.

We have some effective cat hunters in the Northwest too.  Our solution is to keep the cats in and the things that want to eat them out. 

 

[ptirman]

As far as TX justice, the cat was being a cat and the coyote was being a coyote, the circle of life.  Rather than try and tame nature, mine don't leave the house.  We've got coyotes all around too. 

Apologies for your loss.  Always tough to lose a furry friend.

We have some effective cat hunters in the Northwest too.  Our solution is to keep the cats in and the things that want to eat them out. 

I hear you. I blame myself for letting her out to roam. Like I said, she had some great months and gave us some great memories.
Cheers.

 

[TexxasJam]

Sorry for your loss.  Ironically, my cat resembling yours is named Little Fatty.

As far as TX justice, the cat was being a cat and the coyote was being a coyote, the circle of life.  Rather than try and tame nature, mine don't leave the house.  We've got coyotes all around too. 

They come in and out of our neighborhood (Plano) all the time too. I live just off Plano Pkwy and I saw one just the other night (about 2 am) running out of our neighborhood right into a open field / wooded area with his quarry in his mouth. A cottontail I think. Anyway he just ran along with his tail in the air and completely satisfied look on his face seemingly without a care in the world.