My sister's Clarence

[Barbara]

This is a very sad story.
My sister Elisabeth lives in Austria in a very nice area on a hill. She has Amber, my mom's dachshund, and Amber lives the life of Riley now and is in great shape for her 8 years.
End of last year, a stray cat showed up in the area. My sister began to feed him and with a little time he would spend the night in the basement - which he could access from the hill side easily. He became more friendly and let himself cuddle- but he never felt well in the house when doors were closed.
As you can see he was not the most handsome of cats- but my sister began to love him very much. She took him to the vet who confirmed he was about 2 years old had him neutered and she named him Clarence - for the squinting lion we all know from a TV series of old (no idea whether it existed in the US).
She was happy when he even became friends with Amber- they touched nosies.
This weekend my sister noted he ate less and just somehow was not ok. She took him to the vet right away.
The vet had to give him anesthesia and Xrayed. She found a big painful and really bad tumor in his mouth which had pushed on the teeth. There was no chance for surgery. With the saddest of hearts my sister agreed to let him not come back from anesthesia.
Now she is very worried that, as a loner and a stray, he may know nobody at Rainbow Bridge- but I promised that Tigris and all the Pet Talk kitties will welcome him with open paws.

[Killearn Kitties]

Well, I think Clarence is beautiful.

I am so sorry that Clarence didn't have longer, when he had found somebody to love and was obviously happy to be around. He looks a lovely big cuddly boy, and I am so glad that he found your sister to look after him.

My Daisy will welcome Clarence. She was always very sociable to other cats, especially nervous ones.

Rest in peace, handsome boy.

[Medusa]

I think Clarence was adorable. Your sister needn't worry about him not knowing anyone at the Bridge. My Pidge is there and she was such a sweetheart while on earth that you couldn't help but love her. So she'll see to it that Clarence is made to feel welcome and that he'll be at ease. RIP, cute Clarence. You deserve the good life at the Bridge.

[bowlkat]

Clarence won't need to worry- my Shadow is at RB- she saved my life, then she saved a half-dozen other stray, feral, timid, terrified cats, befriended them, got them out of their shells and helped them adjust- she was EXCELLENT as a hostess and greeter and special friend and she'll welcome Clarence with open paws. That little cat only lived a short 5 years, she had a massive lymphoma, but she pulled me through the toughest part of my life before she was called home- I'll never forget her- and she'll DEFINITELY be there to help Clarence adjust-

[Pinot's Mom]

Clarence was a big beautiful boy and I'm sorry for his passing, as well as your sister's grief. Don't worry, I'm sure there is another strong white tom-kitty named CK who has been at the bridge many years and will take Clarence under his wing. He'll be fine - I'm sure there is a whole club of them!

[jennielynn1970]

What a beautiful boy Clarence was. I'm so sorry he had to leave your sister so soon. I'm sure he's at the Bridge and is being welcomed by all the cats and dogs from Pet Talk. I'm sure there are many there who will help him learn his way around.

Play hard at the Bridge, dear Clarence, you will be missed.