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Kgryfon
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My cat died tonight
How is this Baja related? Well, I was wondering how my aged cat would do in Baja when I retire in three years, and now I guess that problem is
solved. I didn't want to post on Facebook because I don't want to upset my daughter who had really good news tonight - I want to let her have her
good day without bumming her out.
Felix was 18 years old and a real tough character in his day. Once he caught a rabbit, brought the body home and ate the whole thing. Another time he
got trapped in a new construction building a couple of blocks away for two weeks without food or water but finally made his way home, skinny and
dehydrated but he made it through. Another time, I had just moved into a new house and he crawled into an opening under the stairs and was stuck for
a week. I called and called for him but couldn't find him, then one night I had a dream that he was under the house, got up in the middle of the
night and pulled the trap door open and there he was! He never meowed or answered when I called but there he was!
He was mean and cantankerous and tough as nails, but he got old and gentle in his last years. He died tonight. We're burying him in the woods behind
my house tomorrow. RIP, Felix. You lived a good. long life and had many adventures. That's all any of us can ask. You would have loved Baja, I
think.
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David K
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Sorry for your loss... Cats are amazing, and for 18 years I bet he was very special to you!
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Kgryfon
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Thank you. Yes, he was. I am very verklempt right now.
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Whale-ista
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Condolences
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like you had a good friend for 18 years. Our pets give so much love and companionship, but never for as long as we'd like.
Perhaps there's a new cat waiting for you in Baja.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Bubba
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It's tough losing any pet....
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Mexitron
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Sounds like an awesome cat...sorry for your loss.
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rhintransit
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sorry Felix didn't make it to Baja, sounds like he would have been right at home.
most those of us who have shared our lives with cats know the pain of losing a companion. my sympathy to you.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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DocRey
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Sorry to hear about Felix. Memories never die. May you have a Merry Christmas full of Felix memories.
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DianaT
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I am so sorry for your loss --- our pets leave such a big hole in our hearts. Just fill that hole with all the loving memories and Felix will always
be with you.
Maybe Felix is having a stare down right now with my little Maggie Mae at the Rainbow Bridge. Or maybe they will meet and get along.
It has been five months and we still talk to her everyday.
Felix was a lucky cat to own someone who accepted him and loved him for who he was.
[Edited on 12-21-2013 by DianaT]
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greengoes
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Gypsy Jan
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So Sorry for the Loss of Your Beloved Cat
We had a cat named Felix, too.
A flame-point Siamese, she was eleven when we moved to Baja full time and she made it to eighteen; she enjoyed her life here and was completely
healthy up to her final days.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like you had a good friend for 18 years. Our pets give so much love and companionship, but never for as long as we'd like.
Perhaps there's a new cat waiting for you in Baja. |
Yep, one that enjoys feasting on rabbits.
Sorry for the loss and have a merry Christmas anyway.
Bob Durrell
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Lindalou
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RIP dear Felix. You crossed over the bridge to a good place I'm sure..
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sancho
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Lost our cat to a coyote a while back, for weeks after,
I would expect to see it at the door, took a piece
of me with him
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woody with a view
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we have 2 black gatos. one is a feral wench who is just now allowing us to scratch her. we love them both and fantasize about bringing them on our
trips south. the only issue is trying to catch the loca and put her in her travel cage! they do well at home when we're gone.....
Felix had a good, long life! we should all be so lucky!
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Gypsy Jan
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The Gift of Love
Call me crazy or just shrug it away (hubby does some version of both).
Every companion animal that has shared life with us comes back to say goodbye for a brief moment after they have passed.
I look out the window and see a shadow pass or I hear a familiar bark coming from another room and sometimes they talk to me in my dreams.
They take the time to say goodbye, but they do have to leave because they are looking forward to their next adventure.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Pompano
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My sincere sympathies for your loss, Kgryfon.
I've had more dogs than cats, but I've loved my cats just as much...they grow on you.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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durrelllrobert
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Cats rule
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
My sincere sympathies for your loss, Kgryfon.
I've had more dogs than cats, but I've loved my cats just as much...they grow on you.
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renebruz
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RIP Felix !!! I will say the trip down baja for a few weeks end of last month, I saw plenty of cats and kittens ( dogs and puppies) so you will have
zero issue having a new cat adopt you when you do move down !!!
As you said he rocked 18yrs and used many lives, so celebrate his life for sure !!!
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Call me crazy or just shrug it away (hubby does some version of both).
Every companion animal that has shared life with us comes back to say goodbye for a brief moment after they have passed.
I look out the window and see a shadow pass or I hear a familiar bark coming from another room and sometimes they talk to me in my dreams.
They take the time to say goodbye, but they do have to leave because they are looking forward to their next adventure. |
AWESOME post!
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