Friends Cat Passes Away :(

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Konnichi Wa to All:

I just got the following email from an old High School Grad Friend:

"Hello, bad news. Got home yesterday, found Merlin beside my bed, stiff, with sorta bloody foam on his mouth. Tracked it back to behind the toilet.
Took him to vet, he said it looks like heart attack/ stroke, due to
thickened heart wall, possible blood clot, so it was quick. Vet said it's not uncommon for male cats between ages of 5 and 8, Merlin was 6 1/2. He also said if he'd been in for a check up the day before, he probably would
have checked out fine, a thorough check up may have found it, but not for
sure.

Anyways, thought you'd all like to know, he was the party kitty after all,
and all of you bear scarsfrom him...

"Just4theHalibut-San"





My friend is having his Cat Cremated and the Ashes preserved into a Urn, and there will be a Wake happening shortly.


A candle is lit for Merlin the Cat:


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Yesterday Evening, I went by Just4theHalibut's place and had a few Beers with him. He is very Sad that his Cat has Passed Away.

I gave him a nice Kitty Carrier as a Gift for during last Years Yule Celebrations. He gave it back to me to use until he gets a New Cat.

I will be using the Kitty Carrier this afternoon so that Twowhitesocks and I can go out to a local Japanese Restaurant and have Sushi and Beer.

Halibut has decided to Invite over all his Beer Drinkin Buddies this Saturday in order to have a Kitty Wake for his Cat Merlin (who was also know as "Psycho Kitty").

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[Sophia Zoe]

For Merlin and sympathy for your friend. It's hard to lose your kitty.

Peace,
SZ

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Konnichi Wa to All:

I am going over to my Friend Just4theHalibut's place tonight for his Cat's Wake. The Ashes will have been picked up by now and so they should be front and center on his Altar.

I will be taking my Tarot Cards. Halibut has a lot of Questions in Life that is perfectly suited for the Tarot Card to Devine out. A lot of his Questions will be most likely sorted out by Option Spreads, which is basically putting Two Options into a pair of Scales, so a lot of Justice will be Devined out tonight, so it was sort of a coincidence that my Morning Tarot Card that I drew was the Justice Card.

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There is a bit of a story about my Friends Cat Passing Away.

About a year ago, I found my Familiar Twowhitesocks. As I state in my essay "Finding My Familiar" Thread, I had over a Tenancy Customer who is a Veteranarian Nurse to Examine the Cat.

While she was Examining Twowhitesocks, I asked her about what kind of Cat Food to feed to Twowhitesocks. She stated that the best Food to feed to a Cat is either Iams or Science Diet, but that other Cat Foods are basically Artheosclerosis-In-A-Can for Cats. She specifically mentioned a brand of Cat Food that is really bad for that, and that was "Friskies" Cat Food. She stated that if you feed a Cat Friskies all its Life, that the Cat will only Live to about 6ish or 7ish.

All the whole time Just4theHalibut had his Familiar Merlin, he fed the Cat nothing but Friskies, so that means the Veteranarian Nurse I talked to made a Great Call.

Since then, I have fed Twowhitesocks nothing but Iams Dry Crunchy Cat Food. But since I am on a slightly limited Budget and Iams Canned Cat Food is fairly expensive, I fed Twowhitesocks an alternate of Iams Canned Cat Food and Friskies.

Twowhitesocks does not like Science Diet at all. Science Diet is the most expensive Cat Food so I bought her a can after she caught a Mouse to reward her, and she would not touch it.

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[quote="Sophia Zoe"]:candle:

For Merlin and sympathy for your friend. It's hard to lose your kitty.

Peace,
SZ[/quote]

I know that one.

When I was about 6 years old or so, I had a Tabby Cat that I called Smokey. She had Kittens when I was in Grade 1, and the Kittens were very Cute!

The thing is, about 2 or so weeks after Smokey had given Birth to her Litter of Kittens, she was Hit by a Car and Killed.

I remember Crying my Head Off the Whole Day!!!

I also remember spending the next couple of weeks or so Feeding the Kittens with Milk from Eyedroppers until they had worked it out themselves how to Lap Milk and Eat Food themselves. We basically became Foster Parents to the Litter of Smokey's Kittens.

One Kitten was adopted by a Friend of the Family and he took the Kitten and sent it off to his Family's Farm just out of Town, so that Cat got to live a nice wholesome Life on the Farm.

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Last Night, I went to my Friends Place to Drink Beer and Play Pocker (Nickle Anti Only).

I got my Six Pack and a Tall Can of Sapporo Dry and went over to his Place. He then suprised me and all of his Friends by revealing his Two New Kittens. They are 6 Weeks Old Male and Female and from the same Litter and have been named Neeps and Bear. They have both been fixed already.

I really enjoyed playing with Neeps as Her Colouring is almost identicle to my Twowhitesocks. I spent the evening playing with Neeps as we all Played Pocker. She would walk around on my Shoulders as we played. The only Major Difference between my Friends Kitten Neeps and my Twowhitesocks is that Neeps has Four White Paws instead of just Two. Seeing that, I have decided to Nickname Neeps as "Fourwhitesocks".

My Friend's other Kitten Bear has the similar colouring as Neeps, but has Thicker Fluffier Fur than Neeps and my Twowhitesocks. He is cute too.

My Friend said that since he goes out to work all day all the time, he decided to get Two New Kittens instead of the one that he had before so that they can keep each other company while he is out.

As I observed the Two Kittens, they seemed very well At Ease and Relaxed. I think they are sensing the good Karma left behind by his previous Cat Merlin (aka: Psychokitty), and have come to realize that they now have a good home.

I am glad that my Friend now has Two New Kittens.

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