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catbyte

(39,306 posts) Tue Feb 20, 2024, 01:59 PM Feb 2024

A shelter cat's fairy tale ending (Hanky alert)

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A shelter cat's fairy tale ending (Hanky alert) (Original Post) catbyte Feb 2024 OP

I am convinced the older cats live they grow in cognition. gordianot Feb 2024 #1

Yup. Tears and sobs. fierywoman Feb 2024 #2

What a good boy Bayard Feb 2024 #3

Well..you warned us but thru my tears, I'm still happy the human parents made his life and theirs better for him 😿 Deuxcents Feb 2024 #4

-I had just been watching this soldierant Feb 2024 #5

I am crying also I write this, He held on because he was loved and in a loving environment, I am so happy he lived his debm55 Feb 2024 #6

"I will always be his mom" mysteryowl Feb 2024 #7

gordianot

(15,796 posts)

1. I am convinced the older cats live they grow in cognition.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 02:08 PM

Feb 2024

The longer they are with us the more we miss them. I would argue their genius is memory.

fierywoman

(8,630 posts)

2. Yup. Tears and sobs.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 02:10 PM

Feb 2024

Bayard

(30,271 posts)

3. What a good boy

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 02:16 PM

Feb 2024

I'm glad he got the life he deserved.

Deuxcents

(27,686 posts)

4. Well..you warned us but thru my tears, I'm still happy the human parents made his life and theirs better for him 😿

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 06:21 PM

Feb 2024

soldierant

(9,372 posts)

5. -I had just been watching this

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 10:00 PM

Feb 2024

(which I also tagged with a hanky alert) and the hood and ring camera one. Thank you for the second helpings.

debm55

(61,718 posts)

6. I am crying also I write this, He held on because he was loved and in a loving environment, I am so happy he lived his

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:03 PM

Feb 2024

final years that way.

mysteryowl

(9,350 posts)

7. "I will always be his mom"

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Feb 20, 2024, 11:09 PM

Feb 2024

I love that!

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