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Mei
Trad climber
Was one
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May 13, 2015 - 06:05pm PT
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The albatross, my cats tell me they are very envious of your cat!
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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May 13, 2015 - 06:13pm PT
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Thank you Mei. We are so blessed to be partners.
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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May 14, 2015 - 10:03am PT
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Albatross--Sly is one fabulous looking tuxedo. The perfect partner...especially for fishing trips.
Mei--I loved the kitty bomb! My two boys--Zenny and Buddha--weren't interested in lying around together like yours are doing. Even though they were brothers, the closest they ever got to each other once they were grown was when one of them got on top of the cat-tree, and the other climbed up to try to muscle him off.
Fritz--"Cat-son". That's the perfect word. Zenny was my cat-son. I knew you'd understand.
Thank you one and all for the heart-felt condolences. I've only cried twice today, so it's getting better.
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AKDOG
Mountain climber
Anchorage, AK
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May 14, 2015 - 12:13pm PT
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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May 14, 2015 - 12:20pm PT
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Here's a little stray kitten in our village. He's about three weeks old. His other three siblings have all died one way or another - his mother moved her family several times and each time one little one disappeared. Now there's just him and his mother.
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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May 14, 2015 - 02:18pm PT
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That's the plan.
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Mei
Trad climber
Was one
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May 14, 2015 - 03:15pm PT
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I think this will start a new page... (edit: took me too long to compose :p) More kitty bomb from me.
Shh... Please no yapping away. Someone is trying to sleep here.
Every single night like this. I'm used to waking up with a stiff shoulder.
Cats: Look, there is a bath robe on the bed!
Me: Now, where is the room for me?
We are happy to have each other.
I you!
Roxy is daddy's girl. She used to chase raccoons away when she lived on our deck.
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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May 15, 2015 - 12:22pm PT
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Time to capture the little minx & get him and his old lady fixed.
Kitties are awesome but the world doesn't need more feral cats.
Well that was the plan. I'm very sad and very angry tonight. As I'd already said that the mother had had to move her family several times and each time one little one disappeared. Well last night due to people arriving at their second home which is next door to where she'd chosen for her last remaining kitten she moved him yet again to another back yard not far away. We continued to feed the mother today but the kitten was stuck on the wrong side of the fence. She had two good feeds today and both times went back to feed him. But this was not very satisfactory as she had to leave him miaowing loudly, so we asked the owner of the back yard if we could come in to feed him. Mid afternoon she said yes but at 5:30 she phoned to say that he was dead - died of hunger - and that she'd chucked him away. We persuaded her to bring him to us so we could bury him. Does this look like a kitten that's just died of hunger?
(I've removed the photo. It showed him laying in my hand with blood covering his nose, mouth and paws. A ST member emailed me and suggested I remove it as it was just too sad.)
And a reminder of how he looked yesterday:
We've already saved three stray cats in the village, by giving them antibiotics to treat horrific infections that would surely have killed them. The mother was one of these which is why we felt the attachment to the pair of them.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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May 15, 2015 - 04:23pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 15, 2015 - 08:23pm PT
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Yowl! Albatross? Did Sylvester land that jump?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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May 15, 2015 - 08:26pm PT
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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May 15, 2015 - 08:30pm PT
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Wow! Some cool cats out in this world. It sure feels nice to worship and respect their being.
Fritz, Sly climbs 6' chain link and wooden fences.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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May 15, 2015 - 10:52pm PT
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My first katt, named Marmaduke after T.S. Eliot's books. Well before it became a more widely-used name. He was tough. One of his favourite tricks was to go out prowling at night, come back in my window, and jump on the bed - where the dog was usually also sleeping. Which sometimes led to conniptions as they wrested for territory. He was very affectionate with many of his servants, though.
Sylvester looks like he's in the same mold.
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Mei
Trad climber
Was one
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May 15, 2015 - 11:47pm PT
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jaaan, I just want to let you know that your heartbreak is felt here. I saw your update and pictures earlier, but didn't know what to say in response -- nothing could bring back that innocent life. I have been thinking about that kitty all day. I just hope, and I believe, she/he is now a little angel in some place where there is no hunger and no cruelty.
I tell my cats they are lucky compared to many others out there, but even more so, I feel lucky myself. Love needs to be cherished.
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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May 16, 2015 - 02:23am PT
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Mei and Tami.
Thanks, we're heartbroken and just baffled at our neighbour's callousness and lies. Yes, we're certainly going to get the mother spayed, but not right away. We'll let her recover a bit first. She lives rough in the village and needs strength to cope with an operation like that.
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