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Sad week - one of our friendly neighborhood cats is gone


Posted: Aug 26, 2015

We live in a neighborhood and a lot of cats come and go through our yard.  For the past 4 years or so a neighbors cat has been a constant visitor.  During the cold winter nights she would come over and sleep in the boxes with blankets and an outdoor pet heating pad.  She also would eat here too when she was not at her own place.  Actually all of our neighbors take care of all of the cats so that none ever go hungry or don't have a place to get out of the cold.  So for about the past 4 years she has been in our yard all the time.  Such a sweet little thing.  While she has been here there have been 3 other cats that also come over and hang out all the time.  About a couple weeks ago one of the cats passed on.  She was pretty old and heard she had some health problems.  One of our neighbors saw her fall over and my understanding is she wandered off and died (on our side of the property, in which the owner reached underneath and pulled her out).  That was such a sad day.  She would come and just lay around enjoying the sun, or haning out under the covered porch when it rained so she would stay dry.  Every time we did yard work she'd just laid there and watched us.  So was just very sad.  But since then the other cats that used to come over and hang out will not come in our back yard now.  Makes me wonder if they saw her dead, but it's like they are afraid to come into our back yard.  If we are out front they will walk up, but they don't stay long.  We do have other stray cats that come through that are hungry, but I just really miss that sweet little thing and the friends who used to hang out here.  Just wanted to write that down.  Don't know why I'm so sad.  The cats have homes, so they are not hungry and if they do come here they can get food, and all the strays have something to eat.  Guess I'm just missing that sweet little cat and the our visitors that used to hang out here.

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So sorry. - Please sm

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Of course you feel sad. You lost a fur-friend, whether she belonged to you or not. Sounds like she had a pretty good life, though: Food, shelter, friendly neighbors, fresh air, cat friends. I have no idea what is up with the other cats that decreased their visit time with you. Hopefully they start hanging around again.

I still think of my little stray boy Taffy - Will go on forever I guess

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I did not know him long but I sure loved him coming around. He was sick and nothing that I could help him with. If I could have I would have. Sweet animals do not have to belong to us per se but they sure catch our hearts, don't they? I understand.

I remember your little boy - Christine

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Your story really touched me, and I am sure so many others. You will never forget him, but try to focus on how you loved him, and how much he appreciated you. They truly do live on forever. There is simply no forgetting them.

When I was very very young, we had a cat named - Jinx

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for many years. My mom let her get pregnant. After the kittens were born, she told us we could keep Jinx or choose one of the kittens. She told me Jinx and her other kittens would be going to another home, so I decided to keep one of the new kittens. TO THIS DAY I hate my mother for not being true with me about what would happen to my dear old cat. They both are gone now, but if I had to choose to bring one of them back, it would be the cat.

p.s. This was 57 years ago, and I still - miss Jinx.

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