Our kitty Smoky lay down and went to sleep today then passed away in her sleep. Smoky was born here July 5, 2006. We took in her mother and her mother's half grown kitten we named Fluffy Boots six months before. We named mama cat Stormy because she was not very friendly and growled at other cats including Fluffy. She got pg in the spring and had five little female kittens. Stormy went to the vet and didn't have any more kittens. We lost Stormy two years ago...she went out and never came home.
My granddaughter Megan was here and both she and Hailey wanted to keep a kitten. So we kept two. One was black and white and the cutest of the kittens. We named her Tuxie. Smoky was the runt and the one I spent the most time with. Her eyes needed cleaning twice a day until they were well. We named her Smoky because her fur was a dark brown.
Smoky is the kitten at the top.
When the time came both Tuxie and Smoky went to the vet. No more kittens! At the vet Smoky almost died. They didn't know if she would wake up and were very worried about her. They told me that she had a heart murmur. She seemed to be fine when we got her home and she lived an ordinary kitty life usually staying close to home. Tuxie was the wanderer and we worried about her a lot. Once she was gone for two weeks and we were sure we would never see her again. I know that some people think that we need to keep our cats locked up in our houses but they really hate that. So I know we take a big chance letting them roam, but I haven't the heart to jail them.
Pictures of Smoky
After my heart attack and my cancer op, Smoky began to visit the neighbors and not come home for days. More worry. When she came home she would sleep near my feet and seemed to want lots of attention. But soon she was gone again.
Smoky was gone almost two weeks this last time and then one morning she was back. She was very thin but tucked into the food and began to put on weight. And she stayed home. Then this morning she seemed to fail. Our cats and other pets are like some people. Some are just not destined to live to old age. We put Smoky at the edge of my flower garden. It is a pretty place with all the flowers blooming.
Good Bye Smoky. You were loved.
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3 comments:
I'm sorry to hear of Smoky the Cat's passing. Our cat, Patches, is an indoor cat. We do take her outside, though, several times a day. She sits in our lap on the front porch and watches the world go by. She seems content most of the time. Lately we have been taking her into our back yard, to the picnic pavilion. We put her in a pet carrier and keep her in the carrier while on the pavilion. Again she seems content to stay in the carrier and watch us, the birds, the rabbits and anything else that goes by her field of vision.
Thank you Linda. We have a large lot in an area where all the neighbors have lots of space. It is usually pretty safe for cats here. Our real danger is coyotes. We close our gate at night and that pretty much keeps them out. I think some cats are fine as indoor cats. Ours like to hunt gophers and they get very frustrated kept indoors.
Someone, a few years, ago, in the California government wanted to pass a law making it illegal for anyone without a license to let their cat have kittens...Our world would be over run with rats, mice, gophers etc. without cats. What was he thinking?
Of course once in awhile one of our cats brings a live catch into the house...URF!
R.I.P. Beautiful Kitty.
Bet you have lots of good memories. They are family.
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