Strange Phenomenom !!!

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That is so sad. I am very upset reading that. I hate losing my pets. I hope you and your family have heaps of pics, and have lots of good memories that you can think about over time.

I remember when I lost my first pet, a cat called Bindi. She was 11, and I came home from school and she wasnt where she always was, waiting for me. I went looking for her and ended up finding her in our neighbours car port. She had been run over in their carpart, presumably as they reversed out to go to work in the morning. I got a shovel, scraped her up and buried her up the back before my parents and brother got home. My Mum and brother have mental disabilities and they wouldnt have dealt well with seeing her like that. I was heartbroken. Especially when our neighbour came over that evening to ask about the blood in the carport, and when he laughed when he found out that he ran over our cat.

We got two kittens a few months later, and they lived to 10. The big healthy one ended up with stomach cancer and was in a lot of pain and I had to take him to get put down on my 28th birthday, as my parents couldnt face it. His smaller brother pined very badly and died a week later, pretty much out of exhaustion from trying to find his brother.

We now have a gorgous cat, Evan. He is so good and he even lets the baby pull his tail etc, and just sits there. Im not looking forward to when he goes.

Anyone who loses a pet, its like a family member dying.

Speaking of animals, and a bit off topic, our workplace each year does a pet food drive for the Animal Welfare League at Christmas time, to help them cope with the masses of abandoned cats and dogs who were given as gifts over this time, and who are not wanted. The man from the AWL came to get the food on 22nd December. He collected 300kg of petfood that had been donated, our biggest ever collection.

However, he said thank you so much, etc, but that the 300kg would probably last only a few days, since there were so many. They said they are in desperate need of puppy and kitten food in particular! He said they put down so many little ones.

It is so sad. So if you lose a pet, perhaps think about adopting a new family member from somewhere like that or the RSPCA. A potential family member who is in desperate need of a home, so that they can avoid being put down. These animals are usually wormed, vaccinated and often desexed and dont cost much at all.

It is just a thought, and it may be a way of honouring the memory of our pets who have passed on, by allowing another to live. Our cat Evan was an abandonded kitten. He is gorgeous and we love him.

Jac