Hi Sarah, thanks for the words of encouragement , It is appreciated,
I am sorry to hear about Mack, but it souonds like he found you with the help of your other cat, and the short, ( realative to some cats esp indoor cats these days who can live upwards of 15 years +)[ my freind has a cat Simon who is just turning 19 and was an indoor outdoor cat for the first 16 years of his life, till his owners just dumped him..
, and Crewella has just recently lost two of her cats who were both senior citizens, and my oldest Aiffa a Tortie was born in either 93 or 94, and I recently ran into a woman in the grocery store here in town who had two cats, and one had just recently died, being 24 years old!( her husband accidently ran over him and he was in perfect health she said
) Anyway despite Mack's age, he had a good life while he was with you and I feel it is not so much the length of the life allways, but the quality of the life. There are some animals who live long lives and are in miserable living conditions all their lives with no affection, lack of food or vet care and would be better off not even living , their lives are full of misery and they are not spayed or neutererd and bring poor unwanted babies into the world that is overrun with unwanted animals...too much sadness to talk about but you know what I am saying. Kudos for you to bring Mack home or for giving him a home and most importantly making sure he was neutered to help keep the pet population explosion under control. The fact he came home to die, shows he knew where he would be cared for in his last hours....He knew he was loved and he loved you in return.
I saw Daisy last night and her ear as bad as it is, looked slightly better, only because I think what is or was a abcess full of pus under the tumor or whatever is on her ear, was done draining and it looked cleaner and less smelly. Cats have a way of dealing with abcesses themselves, lancing them and trying to heal them with their own saliva which has beneficial bacteria and pain fighting chemicals in it. I am not saying she is "ok", cause she is still in desparate need of help and it may be easier to catch her now that this infection is not what it was, or looked like last night anyway, who knows what it will be today........... The hardest part I am having is placing the trap in an area where there are anywhere from one to three other cats and one or two others are feral or semi feral and I do not want to catch them so I have to sit there the whole time I am trying to catch her to keep them out of the trap and going after the bait. ( they are all hungry and enticed by the tuna or whatever I decide to use..)I live in a busy area with lots of traffic, both cars and foot traffic and do not want everyone knowing I am trying to catch a cat, I borrowed this trap and two years ago, I had a trap I borrowed from a friend to trap a pregnant cat, and it was hidden in bushes where she stayed, ( the yard that is) and somebody must have seen me put it there, cause the next day it was gone, someone stole it, and it cost me $60.00 to replace it and longer to eventually catch the cat and her three kittens, who were all placed in a home,( all three kittens went to a nice well to do home and the mom to a farm with others from the colony.)
Anyway, today is another day and I will be out there again, Thaonks for the nice message. I will keep you updated, RWM
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