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

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 02-28-2006, 04:55 PM

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** · 02-28-2006, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom

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** · 03-01-2006, 10:28 AM

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

Hugs and more from Gini

**Cataholic** · 03-01-2006, 01:18 PM

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** · 03-02-2006, 01:46 PM

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:

Originally Posted by 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** · 03-02-2006, 02:46 PM

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** · 03-02-2006, 04:10 PM

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.