Pjevs, Randi & Fister's Yard Kitty, has been Called to the Rainbow Bridge ...

[Randi]

Pjevs just coming out of his house


I have to check it all out around my house


Yawn - I had a good sleep


Time to lay in the sun for a bit


I must go and see if Randi is in the kitchen


Uhm, it was good with a bite to eat


I think I'll just sit here for a bit and watch what's happening in my yard

[Van10]

Awwww. . . LES over here. . .

I'm sorry to hear about Pjevs' passing. He was such a nice tuxedo boy. . .

{{hugs}}

[Kirsten]

Randi, I'm very sorry to learn these news about Pjevs.

I know you cared for him a lot; and I remember you took him in last New Years, when he was so scared of the fire works. Now you helped him to the Bridge where he is painfree and whole again.

I'm so sorry that he's gone!

R.I.P. Pjevs!

Kirsten

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Thanks for the pics, Randi. In the first one he looks like such a big healthy boy. But I know all too well how they grow smaller and their body changes as they age.

You provided him with a good home and you can tell he really liked living there. He knew he was loved......

[lizbud]

You provided him with a good home and you can tell he really liked living there. He knew he was loved......

I believe this is all anyone of us would hope to have when we pass on.
It makes it all worthwhile.

R I P Pjevs.

[gini]

Randi, I am not up to posting my thoughts properly here.........I will email you.

Hugs and more from Gini

[Cataholic]

Oh, Randi and Fister,
I am just stunned to read about Pjevs. He was one of "my" tuxie kitties in my heart. I often thought he looked so much like my RB Tex. I am so sorry to know he is gone. What a wonderful, loving, humane thing you and Sus did for him at his final time, and how wonderfully the community family was for him during the last 12 years. May he rest peacefully at the RB. I hope my boy Tex was there to greet him, and show him around. I know they will be fast friends.

Please give my best to Fister, and take care of yourselves.
Love,
Johanna

[Sus]

to include me when you post your support for Randi! I know that you mean well - but it is really not necessary, since I wasn't much involved in the caretaking of Pjevs. All I ever did was to feed him 6 times when Randi visited California last year.

I meant to stay out of this thread because I strongly disagree with Randi on the way this whole "Pjevs affair" has been handled.

However, when I read the sweet and supportive words from Cataholic:

What a wonderful, loving, humane thing you and Sus did for him at his final time

I just couldn't take it anymore, and I felt that I had to break my silence. It was indeed a humane decision that Pjevs was put down this last sunday, and I was most certainly in favour of that decision.

However, in my view this decision was WAY overdue, and that is why I felt bad about the "loving, humane thing". The humane thing would have been to take him to the vet or have him put down six months ago when I pointed out to the yard group that there was something wrong with his paws and teeth.

In my view the yard group failed their responsibility towards Pjevs, because none of his caretakers wanted to adress the tiresome issues of how to get him to the vet and who should pay.

I think I owe it to Pjevs - who was indeed a right "trooper" that the truth be told in order for us to learn something from his sad demise. In my view taking care of a yard kitty - or any other "wildlife" for that matter - is not just down to feeding them once a day. You have a responsibility to see that they are healthy - and to intervene when they are not, and you have a doggone responsibility to make that awful last decision without too much hesitation when they are too old, too weak or too sick to fend for themselves. And claws grow, you know, on old yard kitties too. This should never be forgotten.

I'm sorry, but those are my views.

Lots of love,
Sus and Bella

[Cataholic]

I cannot imagine adding to the grief Randi must be under right now. February is probably a horrid month for her to venture through. However, I must address Sus' comments. I can only hope it is the language translation that makes me read your post harshly towards Randi.

All of us struggle with the ultimate decision to end the suffering of one of our loved ones. Knowing/loving a pet for as long of a time as Randi, and perhaps the other yard people did can make the 'hard face of reality' difficult to address. Often, we wish/hope/pray that what we 'see' isn't what is real. And, who can truly know when the time is most right?

I will continue to believe that Pjevs went to the RB when his time was right. Whether that was a month or two shy of what was 'perfect' is behind him now.

We have long maintained a silent agreement that memorial posts are off limits for any sort of bashing. I am quite saddened to see the unspoken rule broken here.

Johanna

[Vermontcat]

Randi,

I'm so sorry I didn't see this thread until now.
Pjevs was one of my favorite Pet Talk tuxedo boys.
I'm so sorry that he has now gone to the Rainbow Bridge.
May he Rest in Peace.
Sending hugs your way.

I always have trouble posting in memorial threads, so I thought I would end my post with a happy memory of him on the Feline Princess Cruise having a fling with Miss Ritzy.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Oh no, just found this post..

Dear Randi, I am all in tears here. I know how much you loved this guy and how good you and John took care of him. I still remember how hard you tried to save him few years ago, when some other tenants wanted Pjevs to go, because they said that he peed in the sand-box of their kids... . I was so happy when you were allowed to keep him there and feed him!
I am so sorry to hear he is gone now . I have no doubt you did exactly what you had to do!!

Godspeed to the RB, dear Pjevs!! Your pawpie John will be most happy to see you back!! Don't forget to say hi to my Sydney; please tell him how much I miss him... .

Randi, I noticed in this pic that Pjevs looked almost exactly like my Zazou!, except for the long hair!

and this is my Zazou! Look at his right front paw: only 3 white toes too!

[anna_66]

I don't often get to the cat side but happened to see this and just wanted to add my condolences to you Randi and the rest who took care of this sweet & beautiful boy.
It sounds like you did what was needed and I'm sure he's no longer in any pain.

RIP Pjevs

[Catty1]

I wasn't on PT when Pjevs first appeared, so don't know his history - how ill he had become or what.

It sounds like his nails had grown into his paw pads...and he was old. I didn't have the whole picture of what was wrong with him, as you close to him did.

This is a very emotional time for all his caregivers. He was a beautiful boy, and loved by many seen and unseen.

My prayers to all.

hugs
Catty1

[catfamily]

Rest in Peace dear Pjevs

[kimlovescats]

I'm so sorry to hear of the passing of your Pjevs. May he rest in sweet slumber!