Tigris passed over to the Bridge today at 1.15 p.m.
He had not been eating during a week but he drank. Tigris became weaker all week but he seemed to want to see some things:
He spent the nights with his dad in bed. He was lying in the sun yesterday on the balcony and in the door.
He climbed up in the cat tree.
Yesterday in the evening we got the bad news which we had already anticipated -he had a fast growing cancer and it was found in the intestines and the liver. In the night Tigris started to moan- not all the time but from time to time.
But still: he went out through the cat door and spent part of the night on the balcony table- looking at the stars and listening to the sounds of the night. The rest of the night he spent with his dad in bed.
This morning we called his friend Trude the vet who said she would be here by 1.
Siegmar went outside to dig a grave- it is a wonderful sunny day here.
I stayed with Tigris who was lying on the upper landing, on my purple shoes. I was sitting by his side, reading, giving him water and petting him from time to time.
Before Trude came he retired in my bedroom.
He was there with all of us when she arrived. Filou had sneaked in- he knew something was going on.
Tigris got an injection that made him sleep first and then the final one. It was easy for him and he was so ready to leave us.
Trude said it would help Filou to know Tigris is gone. He was sitting in another corner of the room and then coming over very quiet and dignified, sitting in front of Tigris in his Abyssinian way as if he wanted to say good bye. We will wrap Tigris in an old sweater of Siegmar on which he used to sleep in the Beanie basket. His grave will lie under a big rosebush.
Tigris has been with us for wonderful 13 years. He was the happiest friendliest cat one could imagine. And the most handsome one too. He was especially the friend of all ladies whom he visited on the sofa for cuddles and you could hear his purr all over the room. Tigris was the heart kitty of Siegmar and we both are devastated.
Thank you at Pet Talk for being there for us.
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks