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Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Happymom, how are you doing today? (I was going to post in your folder, but saw you did not have one)

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
((((((HappyMom))))))))

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Bandit and Saxy, thank you. Thank you too Slinky. I just haven't kept up with a folder well in the past. Thanks for asking, it's hard. I'm ok though, just really sad.

Slinkydog
Member

11-30-2005

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
What species was your Cashmere?

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Slinky, she wasn't purebred. When I look at books, she looked most like a Norwegian Forest Cat, very much like that, but some of them get super thick coats. She looked just like them in the face.

Someday I may try to post a pic.

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Happy, I wasn't sure if she was a dog, cat or other. That's what I was really trying to find out. Had she been sick, or did she just die rather suddenly?

I've had a number of cats that I've loved very much, but I've never had terribly good luck with them. I don't have one now. I do much better with dogs.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Friday, February 17, 2006 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Slinky, thank you for asking. Cashmere turned 19 last Sept. I wrote a lot about her within the past couple weeks in the cat thread. She had been having seizures off and on for a few mos but would bounce back sometimes within mins. She was in kidney failure for about 3 years but the only sign was thirst. Her actual passing was sudden, but I knew she hadn't eaten or had much to drink for the past few days... so in a way, not sudden, but sudden.

I am glad you asked actually (even though I answered the wrong question, my mind isn't as sharp the past couple days, it will get better) because I googled images of Norwegian Forest Cat and there are so many that look just like her except for the coloring on her back.

We have her sister, Oreo, a littermate, so she is very old too. We have a dog Cassidy who is almost 11. She is 75 lb, getting old for a big dog.

I am sorry you didn't have much luck with your cats, but glad you have better luck with your dogs.

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
I haven't kept up with the cat thread, so I did not know about Cashmere. 19 is really old for any dog or cat. I lost my Alex (Dacshund) in October, and she had just turned 19. Of course I still miss her, probably always will, but for some reason I was comforted that she lived to such a ripe old age without having to endure too much pain.

Three of my five yard dogs are getting pretty old. They weigh about 50 pounds each, and are close to 13 and 14. The other two are a few years younger.

Anyway, I hope every day gets a little better for you until you really are Happymom again.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Happymom, I am so sorry you've lost your wonderful Cashmere. That is a good long life, but oh, it hurts so much to lose their sweet company! Glad you still have Oreo; she must really miss her sister.

If you get around to it I'd love to see a picture. Angelina was labelled a Norwegian Forest Cat at the rescue and I guess she does look like one but she doesn't really care what she's labelled anyway ..

Anyway, I'm very sorry..

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Sea, thanks. She looked just like your Angelina. I am still so so sad. Oreo, her black and white sister (littermate) is ok, I think. I worry though about her, they were never apart. I am going to try to figure out how to post a picture.

Slinky, I'm sorry about Alex. Thanks for your warm words.

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Happy, I'm sorry that I've overlooked your pain in losing Cashmere. I truly know what you must be feeling right now. We have another kitty, Bernice, and a dog Sophie and they are both acting sad and very different. They intuitively know that something isn't right. I hope that Oreo is ok, and you can comfort each other... My heart is with you today

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Oh RG, please don't be sorry. Hugs again to you and your family including Bernice and Sophie. My heart is with you too, I wish I could say something to make you feel better, there isn't anything though...just hold Smudge. I'm so sorry for what you are going through.

Seamonkey
Moderator

09-07-2000

Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Happymom.. I'll give Angelina some extra loving in Cashmere's honor..

Ah my dogs.. when I came home without Jani, the other two.. well I went outside and sat on the back step and just cried and the other two came up and sat with me. She'd been around for all of their years. and then when Grace was gone, Kizzy missed her.

So I feel for Oreo and for Bernice and Sophie too.

RG, I've been thinking about you quite a bit today, just feeling for you and Smudge.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Sea, thank you. It's nice that your dogs were comforting you. I'm sorry for you about losing your dogs. So sad. Animals really grieve as do we. Oreo has mostly stopped purring for now, she purrs less and less every day since Tues., but the vet gave her a check up today and she hasn't lost weight and her health is ok. She said to give Oreo about a month to get over the depression (she feels this is why she isn't purring) and to weigh her once a week to make sure she doesn't stop eating/lose too much due to depression.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I would like to say a word for the female duck that has lived in our lagoon for the past month. She was found this morning ... somehow she'd been caught in one of the drains/skimmers and drowned. Her partner, the male duck, has been circling around and loudly squawking all morning. It's sad.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Yankee, so sad for the duck and hard to see and hear.. .

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That is hard to see. Nature can be very tough at times. Often this is hidden to us. We may see an idyllic looking meadow on a peaceful lovely spring morning, but it often hides an ongoing life and death struggle for survival that isn't always evident to us.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, that's very similar to what my neighbor, who pulled her out of the lagoon this morning, said. But it is so sad. The male is definitely grieving/upset/agitated. They were so tame and had been here for so long, that we had been wondering just yesterday if we'd see chicks early this year... Ducks don't mate for life, do they? :-(

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
aahh Yankee that breaks my heart

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I just found something about geese that they mate for life but if one dies, they usually find another mate. Maybe he'll find a windowed female, someday.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
so sad about the ducks. I hope the male can find peace soon.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I'm sure God in His mercy has a super sexy hen just waiting for him with which to begin this year's family. Go, Drake!

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
That breaks my heart about the ducks.

R.I.P Little Duckie

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
It reminds me of the underlying theme in the movie "The Notebook" re: The swans...

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yankee, tell Mr. Duckie to head on south to San Diego. Tell him to go directly to the San Diego Zoo. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Tell him at the Zoo he'll have all sorts of potential new girlfriends, as well as lovely new ponds, and all sorts of free food! (It's well known here that you check a bird's leg... if it's tagged it belongs at the zoo. If it's not, then it's a "freeloader." And we have a LOT of ducks that are freeloaders! When I get home I'll post a picture of one -- up close and personal! It's a hoot!)