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Post by Meadow on Nov 5, 2008 0:17:23 GMT
And Rusty. I am sad. Unfortunately, Rusty died today. Ah! Saw that on your facebook. Didn't make the connection. So sorry. I watch my 15+ year old cat at times, as she potters around arthritically, and wonder how much longer she's got. She's been with me such a long time and it's going to be hard when she goes.
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Post by coops on Nov 5, 2008 10:13:51 GMT
RIP Rusty.
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Nov 5, 2008 16:19:23 GMT
Thanks guys! He was 17 years old so he had a good innings!
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Post by robotsmfc on Nov 5, 2008 20:25:10 GMT
I had a cat who managed 15 years until last summer. I think their grand old age must be something about gingers perhaps?
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 7, 2008 14:07:52 GMT
Lucy was 17 when she died last year, too. She developed cancer in one of her leg bones and went down really fast- she was gone within a month. She wasn't ginger. I don't have a picture on my PC, but she looked a bit like this
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Post by robotsmfc on Nov 7, 2008 16:53:53 GMT
That's really sad, I hope it wasn't painful for her If I were to found a religion, it would be one in which cats were immortal but never reproduced. Perhaps I should move to Egypt beforehand?
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 7, 2008 17:30:19 GMT
It was really painful, yeah. We had to have her put to sleep in the end, because she was on so many painkillers that she hardly ever woke up and it was just getting worse. Before she was on the medication she was just crying all day long.
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