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I agree SC - they are beautiful but I would always be wary that they might lash out at any second and we ALL know how sharp our little domestic little kitties claws are don't we!!!

Meanwhile, Charlie is loving his new found freedom in the lounge but now wants MORE! He sits at the french windows yowling his lungs out in the vain hope that we will get totally fed up with it all and let him out. Hah! So...it's back to the earplugs all night again.

Tasha bought a bird in yesterday. Completely unharmed. I was upstairs on my puter when I heard the kerfuffle (I love that word).

There was much flapping and tweeting and when I looked down the stairs there it was flying about. It landed safely at the bottom of the stairs and, having shooed Tasha away, I gently picked it up and walked slowly out into the garden (in my nightie!) I stroked the top of it's head very gently, which it seemed to quite like, and held my hand open.

After about 30 seconds it just flew away. No probs. I was well chuffed and hope it survived ok.

Aww...

Poor Charlie!! I can appreciate what he's going through -- 6 years ago I was house-bound with a severely broken ankle (and no cast, until the wound was closed!) and couldn't leave the house without a heroic effort. I would have clawed my way out if it had taken just a couple of days longer...

SC

Update: October 17th

Charlie now has the run of the house but as yet we are not letting him outside.

Last night was the first night outside the lounge, which meant that he could wander around miaowing at the world instead of being locked away quietly. No sleep. Got very frustrated and had bad thoughts about my baby boy

Eventually (5am) B went downstairs and sat with him. I slept for an hour or so.

Hopefully we will be able to let him outside after we get an all clear from Yves this week. Blessed relief.

Of course we now have to have the catflap closed and poor Tasha doesn't like this. Especially when she takes a run up to it in her mad half hour and smacks headfirst into a solid sheet of plastic that ain't going to flap no matter how hard she tries!

I can't believe the time has gone so fast. 5th September seems like only yesterday.

November 16 . . . what's the update? How's Charlie? How are you?



az

az

Charlie seems to be fine - although I think he has come to realise that he is no spring chicken anymore! He much prefers to sleep on the chair in the lounge most of the day (and night) rather than coming all the way upstairs to the bedroom! I think he may have become accustomed to the ambience in the lounge having been incarcerated there for so long.

I am fine now - thanks! I have just read back through this thread and mentally relived the agony and frustration we all went through! It seemed never ending at the time.

I have a few new pics of the two of mine animals - I'll post them on to you when I take them off the camera (when I find my card reader and/or my USB cable!)

take care
love to Noggin, Azar and Sunny.

Deb

My friend at work's cat is "off his food" (though otherwise seemingly fine). She is so upset and I tried to comfort her but I don't know her all THAT well and I don't know if she WANTED me to hug her. Apparently, her beloved old cat died last year just this time and she is very stressed out because she is worried "Little Guy" (his name) is sick.

She took him in for tests today. I am sure he is fine (Benjamin has been of his food a little in the last few days, too), but she is all stressed out and that can't be helping the cat any, making for a vicious cycle. Apprently, her sister sort of put her down instead of comforting her. That can't help either. It seems to me that she needs some grief counselling, though I certainly don't know her well enough to know or to feel comfortable suggesting it.

Certainly, she is much more upset than I would think is usual after a year (I mean that she is as grief-stricken as though it happened yesterday). I know we all handle our pain in different ways and certainly, would Benjamin go, I would still be feeling pain a year later but to be bursting into tears at every turn and finding it hard to work concerns me.

I tried to be as supportive as I could but I could see that her grief is not allowing her to see straight about Little Guy's health. I feel so badly for her especially since she doesn't have the family support she needs.

Well... I just emailed her and told her that I could see that she was in a lot of pain. I looked up the name of a pet loss support group her in town and gave ther the link for their website.

I told her that I understood how hard it was to have people understand about a loss like that. I never did find support when I had my miscarriages and only recently have had some healing over them. I didn't want to see her go that long without finding some healing. Hopefully, she looks into it.....

I hope your friend is OK.

It sounds bad to be grieving like that for so long - it could be hiding so much more. We find it so much easier to show our emotions when it comes to pets - almost like it is socially acceptable.

I hope that Benjamin is fine too.