Giving Away The Scratching Post Tomorrow Options

[phoebekitty]

I have posted before,and I have written a tribute to my little cat Felix. Tomorrow I am going on a trip for about a week, and am taking the 5 ft tall scatching post that belonged to Felix. My other cat Phoebe has never been interested in it.

When I moved from a rural area to the city of San Diego, I had to keep my wandering cat inside- the apartment and the patio. My husband and I went to a large pet store and found this thing that is very large, but would fit on the large patio.

The effect it had on Felix was incredible! He went outside, kind of circled it, and knew it was for him. It was his "condo". When he went outside, that was HIS property and I was was not allowed to bother him unless he asked me to. So we had to respect the little guy when he was sleeping or guarding the patio.

Tomorrow I am taking the post to a close friend who rescues cats. Many are from horrible homes and end up with her. So she is excited to get it. I vacuumed most of the fur off, and saved some of it, for what purpose, I don't know, but it is still hard to part with it. My husband has not asked me to get rid of it. But I am very sad again, because it is one of the things that belonged to my favorite cat. I never in my life thought I would mourn for a cat for so long. After reading many of the posts, I don't think it is too unusual to feel this way. I had Felix put down on Dec. 5, 2008.

Does anyone else still have this difficulty so long after the death of a pet?

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