end of an era

[woolymonkey]

Fruitcake was a lot weaker this morning. The boys said their goodbyes before they went to school because we could all see she might not make it till they came home.

She wobbled out to the patio and back for a sit on the doormat watching the feathersnax on their morning visit to the bait feeder.

Then she curled up in the spare room and really didn't want to respond to anything--food, company, pills--not even to shun it. So I brought out the blue box. She didn't even resist being put in.

She liked watching the vet's cat in the waiting room, but she was still in a terrible state. The vet was very clear that there was only one kind option, and he made it quick and easy for her.


While I was out, musique_monkey dug a hole in the back garden. She's buried where she liked to sit. It's exactly one month and one day since Zil died.

Can't think work today. I'm going to clean out her sick room, sort out the cat stuff, and then have a long hot bath...

Thanks for all the comments on the happy kittens post. Please keep them coming. Happy kitten thoughts are really helpful just now and will be something cheerful to show the boys when they get back from school.

I'll do a Fruitcake memorial post with photos later on, and wrap up her and Zil's blog. The kittens will be starting their own lj as soon as they get the hang of typing.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I am so very sorry. I'm around most of the day and all tomorrow if you want company.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I've emailed.

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

Oh honey, I'm sorry. For all of you. *hugs*

Kittens very, very good. Though I do worry about those names...

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you.
Well, we can't all be called ResidentEvil666, you know ;)

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

That was not my fault!

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

I'm so very sorry to hear this. I'm at least glad I got to meet Fruitcake, albeit briefly, the other weekend (I came round to visit T whilst she was cat-sitting).

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm glad you met her. In some ways she was friendlier once she got ill. I think it made her realise apes were useful for something after all.

[amenirdis.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. *hugs* So very sorry.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[lj_stowaway]

I am so sorry. It's heartbreaking when they leave us, and knowing you gave her a good life and a merciful passing is cold comfort at time like this. But she is no longer suffering, and you have the kittens to look forward to.

Your plan for today sounds just right. {{{hugs}}}

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Kittens are a v.good thing, looking forward to reading their LJ (don't let them play too much with the mouse!) (when you're ready for it, there's a cartoon of a man trying to use the computer mouse the cat has just eaten, here)

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Kittens are arriving sooner than planned so I've been good and busy getting ready for them.

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. She had a wonderful life with you. *hugs*

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[hippediva.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Oh I'm so sorry, luv. It's so hard, even when you know it's coming. *more hugs*

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It was harder with Zil, but it's always sad.

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry she's gone... please deliver hugs all round as required.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Will do. Thank you.

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

Hugs. You gave her the best life she could have. Our cats are never wholly gone while we live and remember them.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We'll all remember Fruitcake and Zil.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I've just left a happy kitten comment, but I am sorry to hear about Fruitcake. She was sweet.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

One cat is rough enough, but two cats in one month has to be horrible. I don't know what I'd do without my fighting, inconsiderate, rude, loud, destructive, lovable furballs, especially losing them both at once. I'm sorry for your loss.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

It's been a heck of a month. Luckily, kittens arriving soon. Thanks for your sympathy.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

So very sorry to hear this.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear it.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. You certainly gave her everything a kitty could want, good care and lots of love. Many hugs to you and your family. You'll have to tell the new kittens about Fruitcake and Zil.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've been turning my office into the kitten nursery. As it's the room with my cat photos in it they'll be growing up with Zil and Fruitcake watching them...

Cats

[grandpamonkey.livejournal.com]

Dear monkeys
so sorry to hear about Fruitcake - very moving that she and Zil died so close together in time. We're missing them even from this distance - what a sweet, eccentric pair they were. But lovely news about the kittens - longing to see them when we come after Easter
with all our love grandpa and grannymonkey

Re: Cats

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Sweet and eccentric is spot on. It's too early to know what the new cat regime will be like, but by Easter their personalities should be clearer.