Cats, cats, cats

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  • Togethertolearn
    Togethertolearn Member Posts: 224
    edited March 2020

    does anyone else talk to their dead pets? Our four cats died within an 18 month time frame five years ago but I still say hi to them every morning and sometimes sing their songs to them and talk to them(who doesn't have a special song for the pets lol). My kids think I'm nuts. Maybe I am?!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2020

    Absolutely I have done that. And I suffered the death of 4 beautiful cats in a short time frame many years ago in the late 80's early 90's (back in the days before there was a vaccine for Feline Lukemia Virus) so my sincerest sympathies for the big whammy and hole in your heart that doesn't go away. I used to say goodbye to them as I left home and hello to them when I came in. After sometime it fades I think. Whether that is because their spirits move on into the next life or my need to do that fades only God knows. You do right.

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited March 2020

    Yogatyme Oh No! Bad kitty!

    Togethertolearn I talk to my heart kitties Pixie and Lucy often. I hope they are near me.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,760
    edited March 2020

    I talk to my angel kitty Charcoal all the time

  • celiac
    celiac Member Posts: 1,260
    edited March 2020

    Yes, I have talked to my kitty "ghosters" - Muffy (my 1st, grey tiger, brought her home after visiting a nearby farm for apples & apple cider, little boy who lived on the farm asked if I wanted one if his cat's kittens & I smuggled her home in the car, unbeknownst to my Mom until she heard her mewing), Tom (one of Muffy's kittens, black and white), Smokey (sad story, he was a stray smoky gray kitten DH brought home, who had to be euthanized the same day due to being very ill), Ben (big boy, lovely blue gray, loved to be held on my shoulder like a baby, a real purr factory) and Ivy (Daughter's 1st kitten, all black with a small bit of white on her throat, sweet lap kitty).

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,760
    edited March 2020

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  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited March 2020

    Haha Mommyof2 that cat resume! Mine specialize in box inspection and oh yeah abstract art hahaha

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited March 2020

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  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited March 2020

    Togethertolearn: I still miss Leila, Linsey and Ben who we lost over a period of about less than two years. Leila was almost 22, Linsey and Ben were also almost 20. We decided that at our ages and given the fact our cats live long lives to we would not get another. That lasted about four months. A house is empty without a feline. Maybe we needed the aggravation of kitty litter being tossed three feet or stuff being knocked off counters and coffee tables for no reason.

    Aelfric always manages to climb into bed, put all his weight on my port before stomping over to sit on my DH's chest. This is when he is at his best, dragging out the towels from the shelf and leaving him one to sleep on. He is a bit of a handful being Bengal.


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  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,760
    edited March 2020

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  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited March 2020

    To all: I still swear I see Leila out of the corner of my eye, brushing past me. She was The Empress Of The House and I can't imagine her not being around still in some form, supervising.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,760
    edited March 2020

    I get the same feeling about my beloved Charcoal and his dog brother Jackson. There are times since they both crossed the Rainbow Bridge that I feel they are still here. I catch their sisters Princess and Grace looking up at the stairs for no reason.

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited March 2020

    I swear one of our cats still visits me. Chloe was 22 lbs (considered normal for his bone structure by his vet) and could cause one of the basement steps to creak. Every now and then the step creaks and no one has used them in weeks. I still say hi to him. This has been going on for 10 years. Just the other night after we were discussing this on the thread, my step creaked again. Queue the eerie music 🎶🎶

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited March 2020

    Elderberry I'm so intrigued by Bengals! I'm full up on cats right now but gosh, when they go, I think I'll check into a Bengal rescue.

    And I knew you would all enjoy my new picture. I smile every time I see it.


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  • celiac
    celiac Member Posts: 1,260
    edited March 2020

    edj3 - Glad you got that kitty pic - looks great!

  • Togethertolearn
    Togethertolearn Member Posts: 224
    edited March 2020

    imageKathindc this is my over 20 pound cat today Nothing wrong with pudgy, just more to cuddle :)

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited March 2020

    edj3, Read up on them. They are pretty demanding kitties. The shelter has a giant hamster wheel for cats. The Bengal was the first cat who ever used it and he would run and run and run. If that cat ran from you, you would never catch it.

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited March 2020

    Yup, know they are. I had one that wasn't Bengal but had a lot of the characteristics, far more of a dog than a cat. And yes, would totally spring for the big hamster wheel--they need that!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2020

    some great funnies today Spookie and M0mmy ! Nerdy

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2020

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    Not the Moon. Alannah is waiting for Disney Plus to load.

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    Elliott doing the ironing


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    Elliott

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    Alannah napping

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited March 2020

    Elliot's ears!!

  • micmel
    micmel Member Posts: 10,057
    edited March 2020

    my good friends Cat taking a time Out ! HIs name is Charles!image

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,293
    edited March 2020

    Micmel, Charles looks like a Big Boy.

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited March 2020

    He's a HUGE boy!

  • Yogatyme
    Yogatyme Member Posts: 1,793
    edited March 2020

    such great pics today!! This is Grady this AM letting me know that I could NOT make the bed. image

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited March 2020

    Oh yeah, tell Grady not making the bed a thing in my house too Nerdy

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,760
    edited March 2020

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  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited March 2020

    Aelfric likes to help make the bed by running around under the sheets and duvet as I pull them up and straighten them out. He runs around underneath while I poke at him.

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,293
    edited March 2020

    Louie loves to "help" with making the bed. He now has a new game. It is played similar to soccer, only he uses what he finds in his cat pot. He is a digger and will fling one out on occasion. Then it is game on and his is batting it all over the house. I have found one under the desk, under the bed, and in the bathroom. My husband thinks it should be called hide the turd. Either way, I don't find it particularly amusing.

  • Yogatyme
    Yogatyme Member Posts: 1,793
    edited March 2020

    petite, that is hilarious!