I'm so very sorry Barbara. :(:(
RIP little Filou. You fought a hard battle but now you can take your rest and play at the RB.
{{{hugs}}} :love::love::love:
I'm so very sorry Barbara. :(:(
RIP little Filou. You fought a hard battle but now you can take your rest and play at the RB.
{{{hugs}}} :love::love::love:
Oh, Barbara, I am so deeply sorry!!! :love:
I know how much you love your babies. I know they know that even better than I do. They wrapped that love around them and took it to the Bridge with them. :love:
Be at peace sweet, Filou!!! You are loved so very very much. :love:
I'm so very sorry to read this.
Barbara, I am so sorry to learn this news. Please accept my sympathy.
((((HUGS))))) --
Elyse
http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/y...eowies3283.jpg
I have placed this Cat Mas Card of Filou and Tigris into My Awesome Angels Army Album on Photo Bucket where they so richly belong.
Filou and Tigris are in My Found Cats and Porch Cats Angels Photo Album, and they will always have an invitation to join us anytime at all.
On Catada Day My Friend Christine and I may splurge and go to King.s Buffet on Catada Day, and we pray that Filou and Tigris will be there foor the Lobster, Crab Legs and all the Special Dishes.There's also a great cheesecake bar to die for and ice cream too!
They will of course recieve the first dish on their
One Fine Day:love:
My heart is so heavy!
Barbara and Siegmar, I know that this is unbearable for you, poor little Filou is not hurting anymore. As Russian Blue said their pain is over and ours only starts when they leave us.
Juni saw me crying and she came to mourn with me :(
I will call tomorrow.
Tears are running freely here, as I have read your post, and all the others.
I hope that you know that you are in all of our thoughts and prayers at this time. I'm so sorry that you lost Filou so close to you also losing Tigris.
Play hard at the Bridge, Filou, go and find Tigris and be happy again.:love:
When I first saw this posting yesterday I could not bear to respond. You Filou had given me hope that when Emily was diagnosed with renal failure she could live as long and as fully as he did (unfortunately she did not :().
I can only imagine what you are going through right now, but he is now at the RB, happy and healthy once again, just waiting for the time when he will see you once more.
Goodbye Filou, you will be sorely missed! :(
Barbara, I'm so sorry to hear that your sweet Filou has gone to the Rainbow Bridge.:(
I know you fought long and hard to give him a long wonderful life with you and Siegmar.
I know how much it hurts to lose a beloved heart kitty.
I'm sure that Filou is with his big brother Tigris again at the Rainbow Bridge.
Sending hugs your way.
Barbara, I am so very sorry that Filou's time had come. You did an absolutely amazing job in keeping him as happy and as healthy as possible for all those years. Not that that makes it any easier to bear.
Sending many hugs to you and Siegmar.
It’s difficult to write about Filou.
We met him with his human mom who is a pet photographer who has published quite some books about cats and his kitty mom. He was an only child, 8 weeks old, and started our acquaintance by chewing on our fingers and sitting on our back. He lost the first habit and followed the latter one until the day of his passing.
When Filou came to live with us he was 16 weeks old. His 13 weeks old adopted brother Tigris was already there- just for one day. While Tigris had spent the first afternoon in the transport box, just not wanting to get out, Filou jumped out of his box and within five minutes had been to every corner of the house and back again.
Filou and Tigris became friends (and were called “the Mongole hordes” or “the stampede”) and while, after the coming of age, their relation was not without tension they stayed friends until Tigris’ left much too early:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2606
Filou was a prince- he just couldn’t move without grace. All his pictures show him so quiet but that is just because I couldn’t take pictures when he moved, fast as lightning.
Talk about light…ning: He loved the sun:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2599
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2600
He loved his balcony garden and the flowers:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2601
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2604
Being a prince, he made sure his subjects loved him- and how could they not:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2607
He groomed his dad:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2602
and followed us everywhere, especially in the kitchen where he ate Thai curry chicken, salmon, corn, olives, cooked potatoes, coconut milk, corn, avocados and milk chocolate if he could get it. I have never seen a kitty with such an appetite.
When he was 9, back in 2005, I began to notice that he drank. Before I had never caught him in that act. We got him to the vet and had to hear that his kidney began to fail. He got fluids and diet food and he loved even the diet food. For some years all went well. He had his weekly appointment with his friend Trude, the vet and with all the nice vet assistants who were just as charmed as we were. Then, 1,5 years ago he had a first crisis which scared us very much. He overcame it with flying colors but he strated to seriously lose weight. He had been 7 lbs when healthy but he lost half a pound after the other and was thin- but continued his life as a shoulder sitter. He began to prefer being carried on the shoulder to walking himself and climbed our trousers (or naked legs- ouch) to get to his outlook place.
His diet became very special: kitten food, treats, fresh chicken- sometimes I offered him 3 fresh puches before he decided he will have a bite.
This spring he became thinner and weaker. Beginning of May there was the first time when he didn’t eat for 3 days. We thought that would be the end of his life but he came back J He spent 10 days here at home with my sister, her husband and doxie Amber while we went on vacation. And he was eating happily when we came back.
But his eating became less predictable. He might go a day or a night without food. His last pictures show how thin he became, how rough his fur was and how his eyes changed their expression:
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2608
http://petoftheday.com/talk/picture....pictureid=2609
He spent a lot of time in the position of the last picture and only short times in his favorite tortellini positions.
Dearest Filou, to let you go was the hardest decision of my life. You have been my little prince and now you are a memory only – a memory on my shoulder, on my duvet on top of my legs, in your favorite places in the sun.
I miss you so.
The Abyssinian Cat
His amber eyes, his tiger face,
They speak of jungles, sight-unseen,
Or Abyssinian desert place,
Where my small cat has never been.
His throaty purr, his paw embrace,
The way he always follows me,
Define the central heart-home place
Where my small cat will always be.
a poem by Jean Gorton
Lay down,
your sweet and weary head.
Night is falling.
You have come to journey’s end.
Sleep now, and dream
of the ones who came before.
They are calling,
from across a distant shore.
Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see.
All of your fears will pass away.
Safe in my arms,
you’re only sleeping.
What can you see,
on the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea,
a pale moon rises.
The ships have come,
to carry you home.
(Annie Lennox, Into the West)
This is such a beautiful tribute to him, the photos you posted capture his purrsonality so well, a testimony of the wonderful life he had with you.
The last picture broke my heart. Yes, I would say, he was ready to go... (((HUGS)))
Barbara,
Your tribute to Filou is beautiful as is he - a wonderful cat with a beautiful soul. Always remembered, always loved, rest in peace dear little Filou:love:
You and Siegmar are in my thoughts and I wish you peace. Love, Betty
The picture of Filou and Tigris sleeping together is really cute! I love the ones of Filou on the balcony. I'm pretty sure Siegmar took the first one... Filou is keeping an eye on what you're doing inside, Barbara - and in the next one, I'm sure Filou has spotted a bird.
Filou took his job as a groomer very serious but of course that was because he loved you so.
In the last picture I can see he was ready to go. :(
Rest in peace, dear Filou! Tigris will be happy to see you. :)
Barbara, hugs to you and Siegmar. :love: :love:
I showed My Friends at Poco Loco the Photo of Filou and Tigris in their Santa Hats and we had a moment of silent prayer for them.:cool:
We hope that they were able to come and enjoy the Tacos, Salsa Chips Water and Tiger Stripe Ice Cream.:love:
Filou and Tigris are together for eternity and will have a great time exploring the World , until you are all reunited in a Special Place.
One Fine Day:love:
I'm so very sorry for your lose. I know the huge hole in your heart. Just know that he is happy and whole again. I'm sure Hobbes is showing him around. :love:
Claudia & Calvin
Barbara, I am so sorry for your loss.The way he passed symbolises how he lived - surrounded by love and kindness.
What a wonderful tribute.:) I enjoyed seeing the pictures and hearing more about him. Filou knew that he was loved very much and from the last 2 pictures it did look like he was ready to go.:( You'll both be together again one fine day. Please take care.(((HUGS)))
We are sorry for your loss. Filou was a beautiful cat. This is a very difficult decision for cat lovers, but always the right one. We know when it's time.
Oh Barbara and Siegmar, I just now found this thread and I literally burst into tears for you both.
I remember so well sitting with you both and looking at all of the wonderful pictures you have of your babies.
I am so very sorry - there never are just the right words that would help heal your hearts. But know that I care and wish I could remove this pain
from you both.
Sleep well Filou and Tigres - you are so well loved.
I am crying all over again. That was a lovely tribute, and I must agree, the last photo, his eyes said that he was ready to leave this earth, for the wonderful everafter. He is with Tigris, and waits patiently for the day you will be reunited.
I am just so sorry for your pain, and the loss.
Johanna
I'm so sorry for your loss. What a wonderful tribute to a handsome fellow. RIP Filou. :love:
Amy
Oh Barbara, thank you for the pictures and the story! I know how hard it is. But what a wonderful life he had with Tigris, and what wonderful time he gave to his humans! :love:
Hugs Barbara and Siegmar.
{{{hugs}}}
What a stunning prince Filou was! In the last two pics, he looked ready to join the royalty at the Rainbow Bridge. :(:love:
Wishing you and Tigris many tortellini naps and happy playtimes, Filou.:love::love:
Thinking of you Barbara & Siegmar. (((Hugs)))
Barbara and Siegmar, I'm am shocked and saddened by the news of Filou's passing. :(
You had many good years and many great memories and pics. I remember those pics of him on your shoulder, Barbara, and grooming Siegmar. It seems everytime you spoke of him you mentioned the rides on your shoulders. What a precious boy he was.
The way he looks in the last pic is exactly how Tubby looked at the end - the rough fur, the extreme thinness and the look in his eyes. I know he appreciates your seeing the signs that the end was near and making his passing easy on him, even though it wasn't easy on you.
He was quite the personality and I can only imagine how quiet your home has been these past few days. {{{hugs}}} to you and Siegmar at this sad, sad time. :(
Oh gosh.. NO..................
This is so sad .........:(:(:(
This must be so hard on you both........,the house must be so quiet now.........
Thank yoy for the great pics! Filou is happy now, he doesn't have any more pain! On the Bridge he plays healthy and freely, together with all our beloved PT-kitties...:love: ; I am sure that my own Sydney will welcome Filou with open paws!!
Oh Barbra! I am just making it over here in the memorial section... I hate coming here. I am crying for your loss.. I have so enjoyed your pictures and stories of them over the years.. ((((HUGS)))))
Dearest friend Barbara, I am just now seeing this news. :( I am so sad, especially because I could not comfort you at that hardest moment.
Filou is a kitty that will NEVER be forgotten. He lives on in the hearts of many.
{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}
I'm so sorry for your loss.
((hugs))
I'm sorry to learn that Filou has gone to the Bridge. I am just reading this,
I didn't have internet for over 2 months.