Can anyone offer Bobby a home?

Aperchristmas said:
Really sorry to hear that ycbm. I hope having an answer about what ailed him gives you comfort though, and explains his discomfort since you moved.
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It wasn't illness the first year. He hated this estate and I will always feel guilty for moving him here from an isolated farm. We should have found him a farm home then. Physically, apart from weight loss that was easily explained by loss of roaming round a farm, there was no sign he was ill until close to the end. He was eating really well and in theory he should have been throwing up, but he didn't. He fooled us all, but he's at peace now.
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I'm so sorry, it's the absolute worst thing about owning animals but the ultimate kindness we can do for them. If I had one wish it would be that our animals lived as long as we did.

You've had such a tough time recently, I hope things are kinder to you soon and that you're looking after yourself.
 
So sorry YCBM, he is happy now and you did all you could for him. Hope this is now the end of your run of losing animals, you’ve had a lot to deal with recently, hope the rest of 2024 is kinder to you and your OH x
 
Oh I’m sorry to hear that. You absolutely did the right thing, and at least you know that it wasn’t just the stress of the move. Pets break our hearts, don’t they! Huge hugs to you.
 
So very sorry to hear this😢. I have lost several to kidney disease and in at least one case we had no idea until the final 24 hours and she died the day after the tests were taken and before we had the results. I would love a cuddly lap cat again but my dogs are not cat friendly sadly.
 
Our Bob was the same, lost a bit of weight but was behaving normally, until the last 24hrs where he was clearly very poorly and was PTS. Cats seem to mask illness very well.

So sorry, youve had a terrible time with losing pets recently. But you did the kindest thing and let him go peacefully.
 
sorry to hear this. Cats are so bloody good at masking their ilness until the very end. I think I will get yearly bloods done for mine when they reach a certain age, as its so hard to catch them at the early stages of illness.
 
I'm sorry about that you've had such a run of bad luck with your animals, its so unfair, it really is.
I don't know how you are still functioning.
I've been in your position as you know and it sucks.
 
Ah what a shame, but it sounds like it was his time
ycbm said:
He fooled us all, but he's at peace now.
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That’s what you need to hang on to. It was his time and nothing you did or didn’t do could change that. Sorry he couldn’t have his happy ever after, but who’s to say he’d have had that anyway.
 
So sorry, ycbm.

I also have a cat that prefers life as an only cat. So after losing his "sister" it made me feel just a wee bit better that at least he could enjoy life a little bit more.
 
I'm so sorry to read this @ycbm, you (and your OH) have had such a sh!tty year (I feel an expletive is absolutely deserved). You really have been through the wringer, and I hope so much that you have a much calmer and happier 2024.

It is nice that Bobby was with you until the end, and that he didn't have a long and miserable period of being very ill. I'm sure that doesn't make the loss any easier for you to bear though.
 
I’m truly sorry, it hurts so much. Even when you know you did the right thing for them.

I feel you’ve had a rough time of it lately and I hope that 2024 is a peaceful, easier year for you and that your beautiful Noo continues to blossom and bring you joy.
 
So sorry to read this - what a tough time you’ve had. Hope that 2024 is kinder to you.
Our male cat did similar when he was 18. Went downhill in less than a day. Felt awful as he must have masked how he was. His sister blossomed as an only cat and lived till she was 20.
 
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I doubt my words will change your guilty feelings, but of course it's easy in hindsight to say that I should've done this instead, it would've been better for him... And sure, maybe it would've been so, but maybe not. Maybe it would've taken him time to get used to living with other persons, on another isolated farm. Maybe he would've settled in in no time. Maybe a fox would've gotten him. Maybe, maybe, maybe.

But have you thought about this maybe, since he was allowed to go out, maybe Bobby could've chosen to try to find a new home further away from your new estate all on his own, he could've even chosen to try to get back to your old home again, but maybe he actually chose to stay with you?

The only thing we can do, is the best we can then and there, you loved him, and I'm sure he enjoyed all his cuddles with you. Bobby both looked, and sounded like a very sweet cat, and his sister is very pretty.
At least you don't need to worry about her getting sick from missing her brother. She seems to like that all the limelight is now on her.

{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}
 
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