So, as some of you know, I had a 10 month old BSH named Simon who passed away six months ago from FIP. He's the kitty in my avatar. The breeder was incredibly kind, and offered me a 'replacement' (so said because, obviously, nothing can replace a lost kitty) despite the fact she wasn't in any way obligated to do so. We had a lot going on and I was torn up about losing my baby, so I decided to wait a while.
My wife and I finally decided the time was right to take her up on her offer. Just after we let her know, my wife's kitty Odin suddenly fell ill for the first time in his life with a urinary blockage. After the first blockage and during the day or two he seemed to be over it and improving, the breeder emailed me and let me know she had exactly what we had been looking for: a male BSH of a different color than Simon (he was lilac, and I didn't want to bring home a lookalike, as that would have been too hard). As a bonus, the new kitty was born on my mother's birthday, AND was a full brother to my Simon with the same mother and father. We coudn't turn him down in light of all that (nor did we want too, he's perfect!)
Then Odin crashed again. Long story short, after two weeks, repeated crashing and four urethra blockages the vets could find no adequate cause for, as well as developing heart and lung problems, yesterday we decided to let him go.
It's going to be at least another month before we can even think of bringing the new baby home, but both of us are feeling bittersweet at the moment. We're happy and excited about the new baby, and of course completely devastated at what happened with Odin.
Anyway, to share some of that joy, here are some pictures of the new little bub. He's been dubbed 'Bishop' already, as we already have a Ripley (points if you get the geek reference). I have pictures of Simon still from when he was that age, and other than color they look identical.
My wife and I finally decided the time was right to take her up on her offer. Just after we let her know, my wife's kitty Odin suddenly fell ill for the first time in his life with a urinary blockage. After the first blockage and during the day or two he seemed to be over it and improving, the breeder emailed me and let me know she had exactly what we had been looking for: a male BSH of a different color than Simon (he was lilac, and I didn't want to bring home a lookalike, as that would have been too hard). As a bonus, the new kitty was born on my mother's birthday, AND was a full brother to my Simon with the same mother and father. We coudn't turn him down in light of all that (nor did we want too, he's perfect!)
Then Odin crashed again. Long story short, after two weeks, repeated crashing and four urethra blockages the vets could find no adequate cause for, as well as developing heart and lung problems, yesterday we decided to let him go.
It's going to be at least another month before we can even think of bringing the new baby home, but both of us are feeling bittersweet at the moment. We're happy and excited about the new baby, and of course completely devastated at what happened with Odin.
Anyway, to share some of that joy, here are some pictures of the new little bub. He's been dubbed 'Bishop' already, as we already have a Ripley (points if you get the geek reference). I have pictures of Simon still from when he was that age, and other than color they look identical.
hno: I'm SO sorry to hear about Odin 
- especially so after all you went through with Simon 
So lovely that he's Simon's full brother too :9:
Sorry the first is a bit dark...
