You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!

Spike ,'Smile Time'


Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?

Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Glamcookie - Feb 26, 2018 7:42:32 am PST #3453 of 8218
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

ION, the drive on my 9 y.o iPod is starting to make a clicking noise when I turn it on or connect it to my laptop. This is ominous, and I'm probably going to need to start looking for a backup, dammit. I don't want an iPod Touch! I just want an iPod that has a lot of storage space and only plays music, is that too much to ask?

PREACH! I really feel like Apple is missing a pretty good niche audience here. DW and I both have classic iPods with a ton of room and we will cry forever when they die.

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Oh, Nora, I'm so very sorry about Taz. You did everything right - sometimes health issues escalate quickly. I had a cat pass away from the same thing and it was very quick. Sending love, friend.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 26, 2018 8:29:54 am PST #3454 of 8218
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I just miss him. He's been a part of our lives for 10 years - we was our gateway kitty. (One quickly leads to two, and then perhaps a third.) But he was so ingrained in the fabric of mine and Tom's lives together.

I feel like we'd been focusing more on Sadie lately because she's a nutball and adorable and new. And I feel so guilty about that now.


Steph L. - Feb 26, 2018 8:43:36 am PST #3455 of 8218
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Nora, we got Mr. Murderbiscuit in June, and had Slinky euthanized in August, and I felt really guilty that we spent so much time with Murderbiscuit trying to acclimate him as the new kitty. (Tim, on the other hand, worried that we weren't giving him enough attention, because of Slinky's medical needs.) But I really don't think that we ignored either of them overmuch, and you didn't give Taz short shrift. He was SO loved. And I think our pets know how much they're loved.

It's just super hard right now. It sucks so much. You always did right by Taz.


Laura - Feb 26, 2018 9:00:50 am PST #3456 of 8218
Our wings are not tired.

how could I have missed how sick he was?

Echoing what has already been said. Cats like to hide their illness, probably based on being predators and not showing weakness. I'm sorry that your time with him was so quickly brought to an end.

It is really hard. Much love to you and Tom.


amych - Feb 26, 2018 9:21:32 am PST #3457 of 8218
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Please don't beat yourself up, Nora! You gave Taz a wonderful life for a good long run, and it's worth hanging on to that and not second-guessing yourself about the last few days. You did your best for him, and he knew he was loved.


beth b - Feb 26, 2018 9:45:06 am PST #3458 of 8218
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

To this day I wonder if we had seen something sooner with Nathaniel he would still be here. And I took him to the oncologist for two years... and yet...

so you did what you could with what you knew and I'm sorry this thought will linger


smonster - Feb 26, 2018 11:10:33 am PST #3459 of 8218
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Sometimes kidney failure is slow, sometimes it is fast. I don't know if it will help, but please recall that It took me WEEKS to realize that Xusha had gone blind. Boy, did I feel like an asshole.

You two are the best pet parents I know.


WindSparrow - Feb 26, 2018 1:58:54 pm PST #3460 of 8218
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Nora, as so many others have said, cats hide pain and discomfort. You are an excellent pet parent. Taz loved you, he was safe and happy in your Pride. Your doubts and wonderings, they hurt. They are a really sucky part of the grieving process.


Zenkitty - Feb 26, 2018 7:18:16 pm PST #3461 of 8218
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm sorry, Nora. It really is hard to tell sometimes when a cat is sick. They're so stoic. Please don't beat yourself up. You loved Taz and he was happy.


Katerina Bee - Feb 26, 2018 7:36:00 pm PST #3462 of 8218
Herding cats for fun

(((Nora))) it's always terrible to lose a fur friend.