Our beautiful Sooty was put to sleep last night. A tumour growing inside her meant that she couldn't eat, although she was hungry all the time, and she was slowly dying of starvation.
I can't begin to describe what a rare and special cat she was. She was so tiny that, even at 13 years old, people meeting her for the first time thought she was a kitten. But there was a giant character crammed inside that skinny black body, a character who gave us seven years of laughter and affection after we found her and her sister in a forlorn state at the RSPCA rescue centre.
We fear now for Charlie, Sooty's sister, who is a timid and fragile girl, not in the best of health herself. She has never been separated from Sooty before, and must now learn to get by without her cheeky, confident, big little sister looking out for her.
Goodbye Sooty, and hang in there Charlie.
I can't begin to describe what a rare and special cat she was. She was so tiny that, even at 13 years old, people meeting her for the first time thought she was a kitten. But there was a giant character crammed inside that skinny black body, a character who gave us seven years of laughter and affection after we found her and her sister in a forlorn state at the RSPCA rescue centre.
We fear now for Charlie, Sooty's sister, who is a timid and fragile girl, not in the best of health herself. She has never been separated from Sooty before, and must now learn to get by without her cheeky, confident, big little sister looking out for her.
Goodbye Sooty, and hang in there Charlie.