My big ol gal

Beautiful girl. Makes me miss my Tigger. I lost him a few months shy of his 24th birthday. It's rare for them to live so long. That just shows how good of care you take of her.

Gale

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Originally Posted by angllady2

Beautiful girl. Makes me miss my Tigger. I lost him a few months shy of his 24th birthday. It's rare for them to live so long. That just shows how good of care you take of her.

Gale

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I'm really dreading the day she passes. After her, I don't think I'll be getting another cat for a long time. :(

I've had her my entire life. She's my everything

Believe me I know. I didn't know how I was going to handle loosing Tigger. My goodness, 23 years he was with me? he was my world. He was there when I met my future husband, there when I was married, there for the birth of my kids, he was so much more than a pet.

But, little did I know what was in store for me. The winter before we lost him, we found a tiny scrap of a starving kitten in the bottom of our empty trashcan one night. Being the softhearted pushover I am for anything tiny and in trouble, he got adopted. Much to my surprise, grumpy old man Tigger actually took a shine to this ragtag little ball of fur. Sassy, as we called him, became Tigger's shadow. When Tigger ate, Sassy ate. When Tigger got a drink, Sassy got a drink. When Tigger went to the litterbox, so did Sassy. When Tigger slept, Sassy slept in his arms. I'd never seen anything like it. Especially considering Sassy was a boy as well.

Sassy was right by Tigger's side when he started to fade. And the day Tigger went to the vet and didn't come home, Sassy looked for him for hours. He stopped eating, he just moped around the house like a lost soul. I actually became so wrapped up in easing Sassy's grief, my own was easier to manage. We got through it together, but it was hard on us both. But having Sassy around kept the door open to the cat part of my heart, and now I share my life with 7 new cats.

Fortunately, Tigger isn't here, because he was a one cat ruler, and these trespassers would never have been tolerated.

Gale

Oooh crazy cat lady gale! :p

I'm going to dig in my old photos for pictures of me and her when we were younger. It's crazy because she still looks so young!

When I took her to the vet awhile ago, they were shocked at her age!!

Found these pictures of my girl with my little boy cousin. He's 9 years old now.

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http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/03/any9y8a3.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/03/daqegupa.jpg

Cute kitty!

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Originally Posted by doolil

Cute kitty!

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Thanks. She's older than you !!