Pets Corner

[Jan4a]

PF - yes, she is beautiful. She doesn't look 5, looks quite puppyish to me.

 

Mazbck - must have been upsetting, but like you say, we sometimes have to do things for their good, not ours.

[mazbck]

Jan4a - I will admit I broke my heart for a couple of days, it was a very stressful time, we were moving house, our EX LL was a total git and illegally tried to evict us to the point the police were involved and he got a breach of the peace charge, it was the 1st anniversary of my Dad's death, so lots of tears and tantrums.

 

Luckily our new LL is a gem, and and refers to the 2 young cats as HER BOYS, she has even looked after them if we have been away for a day, and we have looked after her dog.

[pompeyfaith]

Jan yes she was only 6 mths old in the photo above she is 5 yrs now

 

PF

[Jan4a]

Mazbck - God, you did get it all at once didn't you! total nightmare.

 

Your LL sounds great! I'm lucky as I live near parents so they feed my cats when I'm away, I just wouldnt' go if I couldn't get someone to come in and feed and do lit trays, I couldn't put them in a cattery as I would worry too much.

 

And I reciprocate by looking after their cat and dog - which is a lot harder as I have to have time off work for the dog as she's never normally left alone at all so i have to be with her virtually all the time! She's a border collie cross, built like a tank though. Her friends on the field are a rottie and a dobie that she plays rough & tumble with!

[Jan4a]

Jan yes she was only 6 mths old in the photo above she is 5 yrs now

 

PF

 

How thick am I? I thought she'd changed from your other photos but decided it must have been the angle the photo was taken!

[sunflower99]

This is a pic of our baby! LOl He acts just like a cat sits on my OHs lap all the time when he can! We got him from a rescue home a few years ago!

[sunflower99]

I am so sorry to hear about your loss too Spam,Pets become just as much a part of the family as people I know how you feel as well as we have lost some much loved pets in past

best wishes and hugs Sunflowerx

[Spamalot]

I am so sorry to hear about your loss too Spam,Pets become just as much a part of the family as people I know how you feel as well as we have lost some much loved pets in past

best wishes and hugs Sunflowerx

 

Thanks Sunflower.. Each day that passes it gets slightly easier, but our other cat Penny just seems to be bemused and frightened.. I think it's going to take a while for her to adjust and she looks so lonely without her sidekick to chase around and snuggle up to..

 

Anyway, it's lovely to see some new additions to the thread as well as new pics of some of our old favourites... they're all absolutely gorgeous..

 

[babybear39]

So sorry for your loss Spam *hugs*

 

Here's my 2 new kits, we've had them for 2 weeks now.

 

[Jan4a]

Gorgeous kitts! nice colours.

[Rooster-UK]

That's a lovely pair of kits that you have there.

I'll have to try and scan some of the photographs of some of the crowd that we've loved and lost. There are some right characters among them.

[hilaryfrances]

oh kits I thought for one moment....

[woody1066]

"That's a lovely pair of kits that you have there."

 

Are they natural or have you had them chipped?

[sunflower99]

lovely pics of peoples pets on here

[sunflower99]

Thanks Sunflower.. Each day that passes it gets slightly easier, but our other cat Penny just seems to be bemused and frightened.. I think it's going to take a while for her to adjust and she looks so lonely without her sidekick to chase around and snuggle up to..

 

Anyway, it's lovely to see some new additions to the thread as well as new pics of some of our old favourites... they're all absolutely gorgeous..

 

Hi Spam

Thanks for nice message and this is a lovely thread ,My most recent loss was a lovely bunny i had called Bruce, who passed away about 3 years ago. Sadly he only lived to be about three years .He develpoped these awful face absesses and the Vet was unable to cure them ,I do miss him and even now get sad thinking about him but am worried about getting any more bunnies as they seem to get a lot of health problems and it is heart breaking when you see them get ill and you can not save them,So just sticking to having a dog and some cocatiels and some fish now though i do love bunnies and wish i could give another one a home.

[Jan4a]

Hi Sunflower

 

I used to have rabbits too. I lost one through absesses, another one through a colicy type thing. Like you say, they do tend to get a lot of illnesses, plus I was always really worried that the foxes might get them - their hutch was in a shed in winter so they didn't have to be locked in hutch but the foxes tried to chew through the corner of the wooden shed to get at them. So when the last one died I gave up on them - too stressful!

 

Am sticking to cats now.

[sunflower99]

Hi Sunflower

 

I used to have rabbits too. I lost one through absesses, another one through a colicy type thing. Like you say, they do tend to get a lot of illnesses, plus I was always really worried that the foxes might get them - their hutch was in a shed in winter so they didn't have to be locked in hutch but the foxes tried to chew through the corner of the wooden shed to get at them. So when the last one died I gave up on them - too stressful!

 

Am sticking to cats now.

Hi Jan

Sorry to hear you had horrific problems with your bunnies too,As you say i in the end it was so hearbreaking seeing them get sick and suffer all the time and vets unable to do much to help,I had to give up trying to keep bunnies eventually as they do seem very prone to tooth mouth and digestive problems and another one had an awful condition called head tilt which was horrific to see as she had her head permenantly tilted to one side and seemed to be very unhappy,Vet again could not help ,So now we decided sadly we can not cope with the heartbreak of keeping rabbits:(

[Bookworm]

Hello, folks!

 

You'll be glad to hear that you can now discuss all your creatures great and small's issues here:

 

Pets and Vets - The Consumer Forums

 

[citizenB]

Some rather touching pet memorials.. all of them written anonymously .

 

 

Old Dogs Do Not Die

 

We have a secret, you and I,

That no-one else shall know.

For who but I shall see you lie,

Each night in fireglow?

 

And who but I can reach my hand

Before we go to bed,

And feel the living warmth of you

And touch your silken head?

 

And only I walk woodland paths,

And see, ahead of me,

Your small form racing with the wind,

So young again, and free.

 

And only I can see you swim

In every brook I pass.

And when I call, no-one but I

Can see the bending grass.

 

*********************************

 

Rainbow Bridge

 

By the edge of a wood at the foot of a hill

Is a lush green meadow, where time stands still

Where the friends of man and woman do run

When their time on earth is over and done

 

For here between this world and the next

Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest

On this golden land they wait and play

Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day

 

No more do they suffer in pain or in sadness

For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness

Their limbs are restored, their health renewed

Their bodies have healed with strength imbued

 

They romp through the grass without even a care

Until one day they stop and sniff the air

All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back

Then all of a sudden one breaks from the pack

 

For just at that instant their eyes have met

Together again, both person and pet

So they run to each other, these friends from long past

The time of their parting is over at last

 

The sadness they felt while they were apart

Has turned into joy once more in each heart

They embrace with a love that will last forever

And then side by side they cross over together

 

********************************************

 

Just this side of Heaven, is a place called Rainbow Bridge

 

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.

The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they miss someone very special to them; who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent; the eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to break away from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

 

 

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

[Undercover-Elsa]

Awww they're lovely CitizenB

Here's one I've always loved, by Rudyard Kipling, a real tear jerker:

 

The Power of the Dog

There is sorrow enough in the natural way

From men and women to fill our day;

And when we are certain of sorrow in store,

Why do we always arrange for more?

Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware

Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

Buy a pup and your money will buy

Love unflinching that cannot lie--

Perfect passion and worship fed

By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.

Nevertheless it is hardly fair

To risk your heart to a dog to tear.

When the fourteen years which Nature permits

Are closing in asthma, or tumour or fits,

And the vet's unspoken prescription runs

To lethal chambers or loaded guns,

Then you will find--it's your own affair--

But...you've given your heart to a dog to tear.

When the body that lived at your single will,

With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!)

When the spirit that answered your every mood

Is gone--wherever it goes--for good,

You will discover how much you care,

And will give your heart to a dog to tear.

We've sorrow enough in the natural way,

When it comes to burying Christian clay.

Our loves are not given, but only lent,

At compound interest of cent per cent.

Though it is not always the case, I believe,

That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve:

For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,

A short-term loan is as bad as a long--

So why in Heaven (before we are there)

Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

 

Elsa x

[babybear39]

*BB cries*

[Undercover-Elsa]

I know! It's just made me cry reading it again!

[cassie2006]

Elsa

That is just............................so true.

Says it all really.

 

Cassiexx

[Bookworm]

Oh bloody hell. I might as well go and kill myself now.

 

My beastie needed a few stitiches a while back and they put him to sleep and just watching him lolling around when the drugs kicked in was both the funniest thing and heartbreaking as it unavoidably made me realise that one day it would be for good... He's only 4 and I am already dreading it.

 

I made it nearly 25 years without a pet and was absolutely fine, and now we are completely enslaved to this one.

[Undercover-Elsa]

Yep, we just keep doing it, regardless, because the rewards are so great, despite the unbearable loss at the end.

Rainbow Bridge is more cheerful!