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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / December 2006See you later, Pooka!
In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so says my Purina cat book. I fell in love with Pooka the moment I first saw him, and he seemed to feel the same about me. We were exactly right for each other. Pooka grew up to be a very handsome fellow, with subtle markings in brown and black and remarkably soft fur. He had more than a little Maine Coon in him and that wonderfully gentle spirit they have. He was my best friend, my constant companion, my kid in a fur coat. We had many happy years together. This morning, I took Pooka to the vet for that last time. Cancer had taken its toll on my beloved pal and it was clear that he was no longer enjoying life. He passed away quietly and gently, just as he had lived. He was the best. I know I'll see him again. I'm sorry for your loss. I think you will see him again. Gail > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. "...Rise up slowly, Angel. It's hard to let you go..." Sincere condolences. MLB > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. He sounds wonderful, and like he could not have found a better friend than you. I am sorry for your loss. > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. Sorry to hear but he had some good years I'm sure. My condolences. I'm sorry for your loss. I hope the good memories help you through this tough time. S. > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. So sorry to hear. Maine Coon's gentleness is something else, isn't it? Almost like they are human. > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. Thank you all! > Thank you all! Let us know when your heart is ready to take in another cat. So many need a good owner like you.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Let us know when your heart is ready to take in another cat. So many need > a good owner like you. Yesterday I visited a no-kill shelter. Their cat capacity is 100. Right now, they have nearly 300 - some in-house, the rest in foster homes. It's like that at all of the shelters around here. Low-cost spay/neuter programs for low-income people ought to be no-cost and low-cost for all others. My former vet is continually finding cats dumped on her doorstep. She takes them all in, makes them hospital residents: they're not available for adoption. Good heart, bad idea. Last January, there were fifteen, many free to wander around the hospital. Not a safe place for my cats to visit. I don't go there anymore. Eventually, a new arrival will bring in panleuk and there will be a disaster. I didn't visit to adopt. I have three more at home. When they're gone, no more ... I worry about what would become of them after I'm gone (lotsa birthdays here): friends who love cats already have as many as they can care for. I went to ask about volunteering. Of course I looked at all the candidates; yes, rules can be bent. A volunteer asked if I wanted to adopt a cat. I automatically told her "I have four" ... and then corrected it to three and one I just lost to cancer. She told me that the stress of several cats living together causes cancer. That's rubbish. But it ruined my visit. Roby > I didn't visit to adopt. I have three more at home. When they're > gone, no more ... I worry about what would become of them after > I'm gone (lotsa birthdays here): friends who love cats already have > as many as they can care for. I just wish everyone had a heart like yours, when it comes to cats. I went to ask about volunteering. > Of course I looked at all the candidates; yes, rules can be bent. > A volunteer asked if I wanted to adopt a cat. I automatically told > her "I have four" ... and then corrected it to three and one I just > lost to cancer. She told me that the stress of several cats living > together causes cancer. That's rubbish. But it ruined my visit. What an idiot she is! I'm sorry she said that. I wish I were strong enough to volunteer at a shelter--as it is, just going to one to adopt my Gracie five years ago still haunts me--all those sweet little faces, all looking at me like, "pick me!" and I could only take one. It's too hard. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> I didn't visit to adopt. I have three more at home. When they're >> gone, no more ... I worry about what would become of them after [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > all looking at me like, "pick me!" and I could only take one. It's > too hard. That certainly *is* rubbish. Cats love having feline companionship. I have two who are particularly in love. They are little soulmates. The little female, Pandora, comes up to the big male, Mickey, and nuzzles him until he starts grooming her face and ears. She grooms his neck while he's doing this. Then she snuggles in closer, he loops an "arm" around her, and they sleep soundly together. It's the cutest thing. It gives me a total heart squeeze. :3 Eva >>> I didn't visit to adopt. I have three more at home. When they're >>> gone, no more ... I worry about what would become of them after [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > around her, and they sleep soundly together. It's the cutest thing. It > gives me a total heart squeeze. :3 My two boys are the same way :-) Just got home from a visit to a very small shelter across town. They had about a dozen cats and ten dogs. Today was bring-yer-pet-to-get-a-picture-with-Santa day. Fun to watch the owners try to get their furkids to pose! Found a brown cat that reminded me of Pooka ... enough to start the water-works. Kitty was a little damp after our cuddling. Next door were two gray longhair kittens that were toooooooo cute!! But I was strong. Enjoyed the visit though. Stopped at the shelter where I met Pooka twelve years ago. Would you believe they're CLOSED on Sunday? Wow. Well, another day. My newly-appointed senior cat Clawde is occupying my lap as I type. Clawde weighs 18 pounds, has no sideways. He plans to open a chain of feline discount stores (Clawde-Mart). Cats are wonderful. Roby >> Let us know when your heart is ready to take in another cat. So many need >> a good owner like you. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I'm gone (lotsa birthdays here): friends who love cats already have > as many as they can care for. Yeah, that's how I feel. All my family seem to be "dog people" and I wouldn't entrust my cats to their care at my demise. As hard as it is to outlive a cat, the opposite is much harder to envision - nobody would spoil my fur-babies the way I do. Sammy is now two and a half years old and I won't adopt another kitten. However, I am not adverse to adopting an older cat - say 9 or 10 - and there's the added benefit of giving a home to a cat that would probably be PTS otherwise since it seems only kittens and young cats have a chance of being adopted from a shelter. I don't think I could live without a cat in my life! Hugs, CatNipped > I went to ask about volunteering. > Of course I looked at all the candidates; yes, rules can be bent. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Roby > However, I am not adverse to adopting an older cat - say 9 or 10 - and > there's the added benefit of giving a home to a cat that would probably be > PTS otherwise since it seems only kittens and young cats have a chance of > being adopted from a shelter. I don't think I could live without a cat in > my life! Shelters around here don't put cats over about 6-7 up for adoption. One is an "open-door" shelter (i.e., all animals brought in are accepted), so I guess the senior cats are just euthanized upon arrival. Another no-kill shelter won't accept cats over age 8. Ah, the rewards of the twilight years! I think we need to start up a gated community restricted to responsible cat owners. If you don't have a cat, we'll get you one (or several). When your cat dies, we'll get you another. When you die, we'll put your cat(s) back into the pool for the next available resident. Roby Count me into that gated community!!! When our last kitty died a couple of years ago, I wasn't going to get another. Afraid I might not live long enough and wouldn't trust anyone to take care of my kitty. After a few months of being catless, I adopted a 3 year old. I am praying that he and I go together!!! I having seen cats for adoption at Petsmart who are 8 years old. I have always commented about how awful that is to give up your 8 year old cat! > > However, I am not adverse to adopting an older cat - say 9 or 10 - and > > there's the added benefit of giving a home to a cat that would probably be [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Roby >> However, I am not adverse to adopting an older cat - say 9 or 10 - and >> there's the added benefit of giving a home to a cat that would probably [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > shelter won't accept cats over age 8. Ah, the rewards of the twilight > years! Oh gawd, that's so sad! We adopted a 10-year-old from a no-kill shelter a few years ago. We only had him for about 6 months before he had to be euthanized (for acute kidney failure), but we at least made sure his last months were good ones. His grave, with a small headstone, is under the oak tree in our back yard, and we still miss him. It's a shame that more people can't know the joy of rescuing an older cat. > I think we need to start up a gated community restricted to responsible > cat [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Roby That *would* be wonderful! Hugs, CatNipped Pooka and you were lucky to have each other and you gave him a gentle end. Some day, again... -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. Rest easy in knowing you did right by him to the very end. It sounds like he was a wonderful kitty, and I believe you will see him again. You can hold him close in your heart. I'm sorry you had to lose him, but take heart and joy from having him with you all those years. Remember the good times. Rest in peace, dear Pooka! Eva > I'm sorry you had to lose him, but take heart and joy from having him with you all those years. Remember the good times. Thanks, Eva! He was the same age as your Chick. They're both waiting for us over at the RB. So far, I've sent six on ahead ... and have three more to watch over until it's their time. Then I'll be done and ready to go too. Roby >> I'm sorry you had to lose him, but take heart and joy from having him with > you all those years. Remember the good times. > > Thanks, Eva! He was the same age as your Chick. They're both waiting for > us over at the RB. Maybe they're keeping each other company while they wait for us. > So far, I've sent six on ahead ... and have three more to watch over until > it's their time. Then I'll be done and ready to go too. > > Roby Oh gosh, I've sent so many furbabies ahead to wait for me. I have three here now, too. The oldest of those is 10. The other two are 7. I hope to have many more years with them. I'll never be done with kitties, tho, till they lay me down. It's hard to lose them. They leave such a big hole in our lives. But we have to keep the memories of how they filled our hearts while they were with us. I have a little video of Chick, and I play it to hear her tiny little meow. Eva I am sorry for your loss Roby > In 1994, I adopted a 4-month old brown tabby kitten. I named > him Pooka, taken from "Puccha" - the Sanskrit word for cat, so [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I know I'll see him again. > I know I'll see him again. that's a nice thought Roby things change, but they do take time i can say.. I would do it again.. that is.. take a cat in, love them, lose them.. then miss them I think you come to where you see.. it was you, who got the better end of the stick at least that's what we say to ourselves maybe you will bury him out in the yard make sure you dig deep.. wouldn't want some dog bringing your buddy to your front porch (a week later)
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