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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2008Rest in peace Molly
Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that there`s a cat lying on the road side. It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street is around. Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I'm very sorry to hear about Molly. Cheryl > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina {{{{{{{{{{{{ Bettina }}}}}}}}}}}} I'm so sorry, purrs for your broken heart. http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Molly  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Bettina >Adrian wrote: > {{{{{{{{{{{{ Bettina }}}}}}}}}}}} I'm so sorry, purrs for your broken heart. > http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Molly A candle is lit. Hugs, Polonca and Soncek > >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Hugs, > Polonca and Soncek Thank you so much, Polonca. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Oh my. How terrible. Purrs for you and poor Molly. SignatureTheresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I am so very sorry, Bettina. We are sending purrs your way, both for your heart to heal and for you to be able to find a cat-safe location. Dan To say I am sorry seems so useless. But, lacking other words, I am sorry. Prayers for you heart to heal. >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dan > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I am so very sorry Bettina. We'll light a candle for her sfae journey. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{BETTINA}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Helen M >Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >there`s a cat lying on the road side. >It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. This is just too sad for words...going off to have a cry. We're losing too many furry masters of all ages at the moment Purrs for you Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs (and thankfully owner of a VERY large box of tissues) > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. > I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street > is around. So sad.... for so many reasons. :( Signature·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ~Abraham Lincoln > Bettina >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. >> It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. >> I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street >> is around. >So sad.... for so many reasons. :( That is why my furbabies will always be indoor cats only. I value their lives to much to have them wander outdoor and possibly loosing them. >>> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >>> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > their lives to much to have them wander outdoor and possibly loosing > them. Uh, yeah. But probably best mentioned in a new thread rather than like a small slap in the face of someone who just lost their cat. > >>> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > >>> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Uh, yeah. But probably best mentioned in a new thread rather than like a > small slap in the face of someone who just lost their cat. You are so very nice. Thank you. love Bettina On 27 Feb., 16:30, kraut <NewsGroupsPle...@NewsGroupsPlease.org> wrote: > >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > their lives to much to have them wander outdoor and possibly loosing > them. Thank you for your compassion. I value the qualitiy of my cats lives, so I let them out if they want to. love Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. > I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street > is around. I'm so sorry. Traffic is one of the reasons we have the enclosure. The owners can get to the out without the out getting them. We've lost a few to traffic too. Pam S. >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Pam S. I can't build a permanent enclosure since I live in an apartment. Persia has a KittyWalk enclosure on the patio. It's portable, not that I've (so far) needed to take it anywhere. Jill > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Many purrs for your loss. Jill We will light a candle for Molly's safe journey to the RB. Condolences to you. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I am so sorry > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. > I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street > is around. I am so sorry, Bettina. This is one of my worst fears. (hugs) Tweed > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. I'm so very sorry for your loss. Victor, who has been there once before. I'm so very, very sorry. Peace to your heart. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. > I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street > is around. Oh, that's terrible! Only 7 months old, that's so sad. I'm very sorry this has happened. Purrs, Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. > I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street > is around. i'm so sorry, bettina. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. > It was my Molly. She had been hit by a car. She was about 7 month old. > I am gonna sell this house and search for another one where no street > is around. I remember when one of mine was hit by a car, years and years ago. It was rather a gruesome shock to come home and find his corpse in a paper grocery bag on my front steps, but at least thanks to the well-meaning neighbor who put him there, I KNEW what had happened to him! Too often, when an indoor-outdoor cat disappears, you never know whether it ran off, got lost, was cat-napped or hit by a car. I am one of those who believes cats are happier when they can come and go at will, despite the dangers. (Clearly, if one lives on or near a very busy street, or the cat has no direct access to outside, one has little option but to make them indoor cats, but otherwise.....) > I remember when one of mine was hit by a car, years and years ago. It > was rather a gruesome shock to come home and find his corpse in a paper > grocery bag on my front steps, but at least thanks to the well-meaning > neighbor who put him there, I KNEW what had happened to him! I can certainly understand that you were glad to know what had happened, so you could grieve and heal, rather than be always wondering. You hear stories about cats showing up years after they disappeared, so it would be hard to let it go if you don't know. But I sure hope the neighbor put a note on the bag or something, to warn you of what was inside! I mean, you're coming up the steps, you see a paper bag - why would it occur to you that your dead cat would be inside it?? As you said, a gruesome shock. > I am one of those who believes cats are happier when they can come and > go at will, despite the dangers. (Clearly, if one lives on or near a > very busy street, or the cat has no direct access to outside, one has > little option but to make them indoor cats, but otherwise.....) I agree, although I also think it depends on the cat. I honestly think that Licky has no interest whatsoever in going outside. When I open the front door, he runs away! It's all he can do to cope with the stressors of the inside of my apartment. Whereas Smudge would probably feel like she had no reason to live if I didn't let her go out. And Roxy is curious about what lies beyond the door, when it's open - but once I close it, she seems to forget about it and go about her business. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > very busy street, or the cat has no direct access to outside, one has > little option but to make them indoor cats, but otherwise.....) I just have to move away here as every morning I dread opening the door, fearing that one of cats might be lying dead in front of it, as it happened that neighbours took them of the street and put them on the little green spot of grass at the back door.<sigh> It is a shame - it is a nature reserve park here around, but that doesn`t help. Cars still go fast. Thank you for your love and thank you for your courage of letting your cats out. love Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina (((((((Bettina)))))))) Joy >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Bettina I'm SO sorry Bettina .:( (((HUG))) Kyla PS, you might want to keep your next kitty indoors. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina {{{Bettina}}} I'm so sorry, both for you and for Molly. Melissa >Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Bettina Condolences from our family to yours :( Signatureannoyed@net.spammers Craig, Kathi & "Cat Five" the tabby girl "One way that you can tell that 'Mythbusters' has been in the area is to look for shrapnel in the trees." - Jamie Hyneman I am so sorry for your loss. S. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Lighting a candle for Molly and sending purrs of comfort to you. Sam, supervised by Mistletoe > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Sending purrs and gentle headbutts for you Bettina and I have lit a candle to help guide Molly on her journey. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus >Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Bettina That is a terrible way to find out your beloved Molly is gone :-( I have lit a candle in my special candle holder in the shape of a sleeping cat for Molly. Purrs on the way for Molly and for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I'm so sorry to hear about Molly. {{{{{{{Bettina}}}}}}} You have our condolences. Kate. > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Dear All, I am so grateful for your love and hugs. They help me a lot. There is lots and lots of space to the left and to the right and behind the house. Meadows, a little brook and the huge garden of my neighbour who has also some cats. But one of the most beloved places of all cats here around is along the slope of the little brook under the little bridge across the street where there are mousies and rats and moles to be dug for. And all of them approach that slope not from this side of the street but cross the street and have fun on the other side of it. <sigh> Who knows what cats think? It was a mistake to move here, but this is such a little street in nowhereland, 30 km east of Berlin, 50 km near to Poland. I thought there would be little to no traffic at all. But times change and through the last years the traffic seem to have grown significantly. It is still a little street in a tiny 250-soul village. I will move, I will find a little house away from all streets, but there will be other dangers. It is with what one has to live letting cats live a free life. And - I am one who believes that, yes, there are a few cats which don`t want the great outside. But most of the cats I know and knew are just HAPPY to run free and experience the joys of running over green grass, chasing bugs and duck-feathers in the wind. To climb trees to their highest point and to rest in the sun, feeling the breeze going through their fur. As a freedom loving aquarius myself I never could keep my cats indoors as I couldn`t stand it myself to be imprisoned. I love to work in the garden, always surrounded by some of my cats who hope I might find a new mouse-hole. <g> Supervising my work, slightly wondering which sort of gigantic mouse I might be after by digging such huge holes in the earth.<g> It is Molly`s (and others) death and my grief I pay with allowing free running here. I know. But I couldn`t do it differently. Heck - I moved here to give my cats and me meadows and a garden to play in. The cats I came here with grew up in an apartement, living there their first year. I was wondering how they would adapt to the great outside. When I decided to let the back door open they immediately went out, covering the space behind the house to find shelter in the little shed behind the house. From there they explored the garden and other surroundings. It took them 3! days to become outdoor cats, chasing everything that moved, climbing trees and running like a stampede over the property. They ARE happy. Still. The blood tribute I pay every other year is dreadful. But apart from my pain I do believe that freedom is worth every danger to be met outside. Some may say: "Well, you made your choice, don`t complain." But that would hurt my heart and would show a great amount of inhuman judging. Sure, I have to live with the outcome of my decisions as everyone has to. But I am not willing to keep the cats who DO want to go outside in a prison. Anyway - thank you all for your warm hugs ( I needed them desperately) and for your loving words (needed them too). I think Molly`s death happened to make the final decision to ultimately look for another house in a safer area. It is not easy to find an affordable one and to sell the one we live in now. It is almost 10 years now that we are here. The surroundings are fantastic for me and my cats (except for the street). They are so happy here and used to the area. But I believe they will be happy at another place too. As long as they can go out and climb some trees. love and thanks again to you all Bettina >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 74 lines] > > love and thanks again to you all I don't think you have to defend yourself, Bettina. I live in a quiet place and I choose to let my cats outside too. It is not impossible that they might wander on to the road and get hit by one of the 10 cars that go past here each hour. I let them out because I have a huge garden and fields beyond that for 2 miles. American culture is different. It is OK to keep a cat confined to the house there. I understand why. So much traffic and apartments. On 28 Feb., 21:33, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > >> there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 85 lines] > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen - Thank you Tweed, I didn`t defend myself. I am always willing to explain why I do things the way I do them. Explanations yes, defendings no. love Bettina > It is Molly`s (and others) death and my grief I pay with allowing free > running here. I know. > But I couldn`t do it differently. Heck - I moved here to give my cats > and me meadows and a garden to play in. The cats I came here with grew [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > trees and running like a stampede over the property. They ARE happy. > Still. > The blood tribute I pay every other year is dreadful. But apart from > my pain I do believe that freedom is worth every danger to be met > outside. Bettina, I agree with you. Some cats really need to be outdoors, despite the dangers. And I think it's cruel to keep them trapped inside in that case. I even live in the US, in an urban area (but in a residential neighborhood that doesn't have a lot of traffic). But I still believe that my indoor/outdoor cat needs to be able to do it. I'm lucky that my other two don't seem to need to go out. I wouldn't allow Roxy out because (1) she has feline herpes, so therefore she's immune-compromised, and I prefer to keep her vaccinations to a minimum, and (2) she has a lot of white fur, including a pink nose, so a lot of sun exposure wouldn't be good for her. Licky has zero interest in the outdoors. I sincerely believe he's afraid of it. :) So I don't necessarily believe that "all cats want to go outdoors and should be allowed to." Some do, and some don't. Some can be let outside with less risk than others. In Smudge's case, I've decided that her intense desire to go out makes it worth the risk. She's healthy, smart, and has a lot of dark fur on the top of her body and head. That doesn't mean she won't get killed, or seriously hurt. It's very likely that if I kept her indoors, she would live longer. Or, at least to her, it would *seem* that way. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On 28 Feb., 22:05, bastXXXe...@sonic.net wrote: > > It is Molly`s (and others) death and my grief I pay with allowing free > > running here. I know. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > -- > To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. Thank you Joyce, as an Aqarius I just love freedom and am not willing to deprive beings from theirs. love Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina Oh no! I'm so very sorry :( ((((((hugs)))))) > > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Oh no! I'm so very sorry :( ((((((hugs)))))) Thank you Karen. love Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I'm so, so sorry. Hugs and purrs, Polonca and Soncek I am so, so sorry...such a young baby. I'm so sorry little Molly left you, and that you had to learn this way. She's in no pain now, God bless her. The Boss will look out for her over the Bridge, until you meet again. Blessed be, Baha >Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that >there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Bettina > Yesterday around 2 pm a neighbour rang at my doorbell and told me that > there`s a cat lying on the road side. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bettina I'm so sorry. Susan M Otis and Chester |
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