"joy" wrote in message ...

On 11/8/2018 6:10 PM, Bill Nak wrote:


"Tina" wrote in message ...

I will too, now my new computer has given me accesss to Usenet again.

I think I told you all about losing Boyfriend to cancer. I wept for
weeks. I swore I'd never have another cat to break my heart like that.
But..the house was so empty. So I got two exotic shorthair girls,
litter sisters, ex-show cats, 6 years old. Their first home from the
breeder broke down due their child developing an allergy to them, they
do shed a lot. So then I got them.
They are indoor cats, which I've never had before. I thought I might be
able to let them out, but soon realised it would be a bad idea, because
the best way I can describe them is a heroine in a 50's Miss Marple
mystery, not quite of this world.
Nelli is a red lynx point, Garfie is described as red on her pedigree,
I call her a ginger tabby. They squabble quite a lot over who gets to
sit on mummy's knee.

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Totally understand, Tina.

It was unbearable when I lost my Big Mooch in May 2017. His sister,
Smoochie Mew died in Sept of 2012. To this day not a day passes I don't
think about/mourn them. They were my world.

But I thought my purpose was to help cats, and within a month I found my
two boys, then 8 year old Pirate and 7 yo Eddy. Less than 6 months later
came two kittens EJ and Bebe.

It's hard with 4 cats. Costs are high. Vet bills are higher. And a lot of
work. And I remember Mooch and Smoochie every day, but I wouldn't give up
my current kitties and am so glad I happened upon them and the kittens
found me.

They obviously need you, and I think maybe you need them too. They
aren't replacing your previous cats, but they can help fill the hole
left by their absence.

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Thanks, Joy.

Yes, they do need me too. My oldest, Pirate, or Pi as we call him does have
special needs and needs lifetime medication and also EJ, one of the kittens
seems to be afflicted with some kind of colitis and a GI specialist says the
meds he's on will probably be for life.

If they'd been adopted by someone who isn't willing to give them the
attention they need they would certainly suffer.

I love them all! They give me reason to live.
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bill_n