I remember when you first gave Orson a home, temporarily at the time, you said that you wanted to replace hard and cold in his life with soft and warm. I think you certainly succeeded in that worthy aim, as portrayed here in that photo!
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Tis a problem Ian. I find myself in a similar boat.
I don’t think the legs would be upto a dog but give it a couple of months and we will have more chats with the local cat rescues.
They will often take a gamble on an elderly cat/human adoption and if you can manage for a couple or even more years then the animal and you have benefited. Should it go wrong they will take the beast back. Not good but believe me life abounds with greater tragedies.
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Thanks Nick, I have followed your travails with great hope and sadness
I have amended my post to explain that I don’t want to let any animal down
I am very fed up where I am living (but have kept reasons why off this forum) after 52 years , I am thinking of a flat , small snug and warm. Close to shops.
Any decision will be made in the fullness of time, so I can’t commit . This thread breaks my heart
Best wishes
Ian
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We had Freckles for just a short time. A rescue kitty (dark brown tortie Burmese); very young and “damaged” but we gave her three damn good years. She hated humans, but doted on Zebedee.
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I know people keep a lot of strange “pets” but I think not even I would consider having this guy in a glass jar at home.
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Straya…
Zhukov, and friends, after today’s constitutional from Bangor to Crawfordsburn and back.
Actually the dog inspecting Zhukov’s ear wasn’t part of the pack, just paused to say hello in passing.
Willy.
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Go for it Nick. You are letting time drift by that you can never get back. There will certainly be a lovely cat just waiting for someone to love him/her. And having a pet cat or dog, as appropriate, is a wonderful way to improve your own life as well as theirs.
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We just have a couple of old mans’ medical delights to overcome. The situation is obviously fluid😏.
I gained so much pleasure looking after and enjoying dear old Albert till his death it would splendid just having something to care for and fuss about.
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Yes ok I do understand. But animal companions don’t worry about such things at all, so you could enlist one to help you through the challenge rather than get through it on your own before seeking out a new companion.
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Rescues are always looking for adopters for older cats.
But if you don’t feel ready to take on adopting a cat yet, have you considered fostering? A friend does this after their last cat died and finds it satisfying, like you they don’t feel ready to take on a cat yet, though I think they might keep the current foster. So the main risk or benefit is that you might meet the perfect older cat for you and adopt them.
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You wouldn’t think to look at him but this innocent looking critter is really a stinking rat of a cat food thief.
Willy.
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We do not have a cat, but Coco has us! Her owners seem quite content that she has adopted us after they kept three of her kittens and Coco moved out. Here she is trying to attack me as I walk past the stairs.
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That’s what cats do best. Boss everything!
People, each other, inanimate objects… they just boss everything and anything🤣
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Those eyes have innocence written across them
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Hendon cats waiting for their bedtime feed (the timing is to try to make sure we know they are all in and ok before we go off to bed).
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