Comments on: Saying Goodbye http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html Blogging about feral cats and life in general Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-60090 Administrator Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:28:29 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html#comment-60090 Don't ever give up. I found one of my cats after two years being gone from our home! He had been adopted by someone on the back road and I saw him sitting in the window one day! I was walking his buddy Kenai (German Shepherd dog ) who was also a nursemaid for Scatter when he was younger. Scat just about went ballistic when he saw us and so did I. I ran up and pounded on the door and demanded my cat back! I got him back too, because he ran out of the door and jumped up on Kenai hugging her by her neck. It was pretty evident he was "our" cat. So never give up! Don’t ever give up. I found one of my cats after two years being gone from our home! He had been adopted by someone on the back road and I saw him sitting in the window one day! I was walking his buddy Kenai (German Shepherd dog ) who was also a nursemaid for Scatter when he was younger. Scat just about went ballistic when he saw us and so did I. I ran up and pounded on the door and demanded my cat back! I got him back too, because he ran out of the door and jumped up on Kenai hugging her by her neck. It was pretty evident he was “our” cat. So never give up!

]]> By: Kim http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-60089 Kim Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:17:15 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html#comment-60089 Thanks for the information. I feel so sorry for you. I am comforted that you gave him such a wonderful life-he must have known he was loved. That is important, I believe. My Zachary is still gone, I am losing hope of his return. I would probably feel a little better if I thought he wanted to go as opposed to just being lost and not being able to find his way back to us. I will never give up looking for him or praying for his safety. Thanks for the information. I feel so sorry for you. I am comforted that you gave him such a wonderful life-he must have known he was loved. That is important, I believe. My Zachary is still gone, I am losing hope of his return. I would probably feel a little better if I thought he wanted to go as opposed to just being lost and not being able to find his way back to us. I will never give up looking for him or praying for his safety.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-60087 Administrator Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:21:11 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html#comment-60087 kim, they leave. They go to ground. They find a dark, quiet spot where they can curl up and take the forever sleep. They don't want heroic measures, to be kept in a room and forcefed food and fluids. They just know what the vets do not, something is terribly going wrong inside and they just want to get away and sleep. Sometimes, the sleep opens up regeneration powers on the cats. This time, though, I fear that will not be the case. As I blogged earlier, I have seen this look before. kim, they leave. They go to ground. They find a dark, quiet spot where they can curl up and take the forever sleep. They don’t want heroic measures, to be kept in a room and forcefed food and fluids. They just know what the vets do not, something is terribly going wrong inside and they just want to get away and sleep.

Sometimes, the sleep opens up regeneration powers on the cats. This time, though, I fear that will not be the case. As I blogged earlier, I have seen this look before.

]]> By: Kim http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-60086 Kim Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:26:46 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/619/saying-goodbye-3.html#comment-60086 I am sitting here crying for you and for McKinley. How do they know and why do they go away? There is such great reward in rescueing, but also much heartache. I am sitting here crying for you and for McKinley. How do they know and why do they go away? There is such great reward in rescueing, but also much heartache.

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