Bella, Fury has sent her to me |
Bella, Fury has sent her to me |
Aug 21 2006, 02:25 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 99 Joined: 24-July 06 Member No.: 1,879 |
Here is a photo of Bella, whom we adopted last Friday from the Local Cats Protection Adoption Center. Saturday was the 1st day since Furry died on 23/7 that I haven't cried.
Bella is very loving & is sleeping on my tummy, just as Furry used to. But I think she is a lot older than the 12 years that they estimated her as. She had most of her teeth out in July, but still has a problem as she can only eat mashed up food. So we have to take her back to the center tomorrow to see the visiting vet, I do hope she won't think we are returning her to a cage there. I think she needs more teeth out, if she tries to eat solids she cries out in pain. She is so thin & it takes her ages to climb up the stairs to bed. I wanted her to be able to go into the garden today so I bought her a cat harness, but when I went inside to answer the phone she had nearly strangled herself trying to get back inside with me, so I must only use it when I am with her. I hope she will be able to enjoy life with us for a few years, or months. The first night she was with me I'm sure that I had a sign from Furry that it was O.K. - Bella was sleeping on my tummy, but I could hear another cat eating food from the bowl - with the same wheezy breathing that Furry had. Furry will always be my best beloved, but I am glad that we have given a home to such a lovely old lady.
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Aug 21 2006, 03:57 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 294 Joined: 29-July 06 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,899 |
Yes, Furry sent Bella to you and is looking in on you to see how you are doing. Even had a snack while checking in on you I know Furry is very proud of you for opening your home to a cat in need. Thanks to you Bella will have a good loving home now. She looks like such a sweetie
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Aug 24 2006, 01:55 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 776 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Massachusetts, USA Member No.: 245 |
God Bless You for taking in such a beautiful, darling "older" girl ....
Bella = Beautiful, and she is just that Let us know how she does with her dental issues...... I know just how scary that can be as our Ms. Lucy (our diabetic sweetie) & Mr. Yoster had dental surgery early this year, and Ms. Lucy needed a lot of extractions.... But, she is doing wonderfully eating, and I always make sure she has enough of the wet food Please give your Bella a kiss from me! Peace & Love, Denise -------------------- Our Beloved Girl, Ernestine (AKA) "Ernie-Bird"
April, 1984 - February 7, 2004 ***AFFA*** Forever, you will ALWAYS live on in our hearts! DEPARTED FROM EARTH, NEVER FORGOTTEN.... Love, Mom & Dad xoxoxoxoxo ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." Immanuel Kant "Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight" Albert Schweitzer |
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Aug 25 2006, 01:22 AM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 99 Joined: 24-July 06 Member No.: 1,879 |
Hi Denise & Simba's Daddy,
We took Bella back to the vet - she doesn't like vets! From being this frail old lady she turned into a hell cat, fighting & clawing at them. They had to wrap her up in a towel to get a look in her mouth. The few teeth looked O.K., but the gum around one was very red & sore so they gave her an anti-inflamatory injection - if it doesn't settle then it will be back to our local vet to have the tooth out. She is back to eating dried food as well as wet now, but she has to be encouraged to eat. I have to keep puttting the bowl under her nose, she'll take a bit, then give up until I coax her to have a bit more. She weighs 3 Kg, so I don't think that's too bad a weight, do you? I keep worrying about her breathing, as Furry's heart got worse her breathing was more & more laboured, so I think I'm imagining that Bella is starting to puff too. But a friend said it's that as she is thin you can see her breathing more obviously than in a fatter cat. She only had her heart X-rayed the week before she came to us, & it was fine, so I really must try not to worry! I would love to get a slightly younger cat to keep her company, but the staff at the shelter seem to think she'd be better on her own. Judith |
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Aug 25 2006, 11:35 AM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 90 Joined: 29-July 06 Member No.: 1,900 |
Oh how lucky Bella is?! Furry is looking on with pride. How wonderful of you to adopt an older cat that really needs a home...take each day as a gift.
I still feel a little guilty that I ended up with a young cat as I too intended to adopt an older one.... -------------------- |
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Sep 22 2006, 01:42 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 29 Joined: 3-February 06 Member No.: 1,398 |
How wonderful, that you've adopted an older girl!
I'm thinking of doing the same, something is calling me to adopt an old homeless cat or two, never to replace my Buddy, but something good coming from the death of my best friend. Congratulations, she is darling. |
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Sep 22 2006, 10:29 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 463 Joined: 19-May 05 Member No.: 892 |
[quote]I'm thinking of doing the same, something is calling me to adopt an old homeless cat or two, never to replace my Buddy, but something good coming from the death of my best friend. |
Sep 23 2006, 01:16 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 99 Joined: 24-July 06 Member No.: 1,879 |
Poor Bella has had to go back to our vets & have lots of tooth roots removed as she was in pain & not able to eat much. If that wasn't enough she's developed a nasty cough after the surgery so still isn't feeling very well.
I'm in shock because I took her to the vet on the 14th day from getting her from the adoption centre so the insurance won't cover the bill - £463.00 before today's visit & still going up! I just want her to be well, the trips to the vet remind me of all poor Furry went through. Today it is 2 months since Furry died. I couldn't bear to sit out in the garden, I don't want all the pain to hit me again. I know that tonight I will be missing her & crying for her. Judith
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Sep 23 2006, 01:40 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,208 Joined: 21-June 05 From: Canada Member No.: 961 |
That was a WONDERFUL auditory sign from Furry!! And I noticed the lovely little angel visible at Furry's rear in your pic......it seemed like another lovely sign to me, of someone celestial to watch over Furry.
I'm so sorry Bella is having to have so much surgery, and send thoughts of healing for a speedy and complete recovery for her. It was so good of you to take her in.....she picked the right mom for her needs! If you're interested, we used a triple-combination homeopathic for Nissa after her dental surgery, that the vet. dentist said had her gums healed-up faster and more perfectly than any other cat she'd ever worked on. She never had any further trouble from them after that. We gave them a few times/day for the first few days or so. I assume you're in England, so I'd think you could find homeopathics fairly easily over there. So if you'd like to try this for Bella, PM me and I'd be happy to give you details. -------------------- "I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you." [center]~Anonymous~ <div align="center">"Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone, But still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, You didn't grow under my heart - but in it"[/center] ~Fleur Conkling Heylinger~ >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< "For one species to mourn the death of another is a noble thing" ~Aldo Leopold~ <span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. ~Sri Aurobindo Spay now or pay later, the interest is killing us. </span></div> |
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