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I wanted to post this here to remember my happy times with my oldest cat who lived to be just a tad under 11 years old, since I adopted her im not sure of her birthday but it was close to 4/16/2012.
Stickers Story:
We adopted her as a small kitten, we almost picked another one but so glad that we didnt. First day I just remember her under the computer table and crying for mom. After a day or two she seemed to get over missing her mom and me and my ex were her knew parents. I remember playing with sticker a lot when she was younger, I would make Little forts on my bed out of pillows and a blanket and she would sleep in there sometimes... Even as she got older think this habit stuck because she seemed to love sleeping under the blanket.. even I would put one on the sofa outside she would find a way to get underneath it. Even as she aged I remember playing with her, I would skeakily poke just my eye out around the corner and spy on her, and she would get excited and try to hide as well... Although this is something she hasnt really done for the last year or so as she has gotten older.
Sticker has always been a solo cat, her entire life she was never once friendly with any other cats. After a few years we had strays outside and long story short but over the years we had took a few in and found homes for them, she never seemed to like the fact we were taking in other cats. At my highest I had 11 cats at one point and during that time Sticker spent quite a long time in our bedroom without venturing out (I posted about this before). Luckily she wasnt alone because I work from home and spend 90% of my time in the bedroom with her... Being with a cat that often brings happiness but just hurts that much more when you lose them. In the long run though I got the total cats down to 3 including her and she became queen of the castle again and was able to freely roam the house... I am glad I was able to do this for the last 3 years of her life... she did seem happier to roam as she pleased.
I will remember when she was younger how she used to live climbing on my curtains and sleep on top of the curtain rod lol... And remember the times where she would love to sleep under the covers in between my legs and suddenly felt a bite on my inner thigh like a snake bit me lol. She also used to love sitting on top of my computer desk when I would be playing games or working.
Sticker always seemed to be a "scaredy cat" and when new people visit the house she would scurry for shelter... but at the end years when we had covid I had a lot of friends over often and think that kind of helped with her fears. Everyone who visited always seemed to love sticker and even had some people taking pictures because she was cute. I remember the time she would want to lay out on my chest and stomach even though she was 6.5kg, although I feel bad now because at times I would not let her as she always shed a lot of hair. It was also cute how she would ask for food she was never really vocal about it but would come and rub my leg, that was her way of telling me shes hungry. She is easily lovable because she is such easy going and laid back, on the other hand my other 2 cats are quite vocal and can be quite annoying at times as they just love walking in front of my feet almost daily lol. Sticker on the other hand doesnt crave attention but I always gave it to in one form or another everyday. Despite that I am still grateful to have two more cats that show their love to me, I will always cherish the time that I had with sticker.
Related topics to her:
Uneasy about leaving cat at vet for a week Advice needed
"Sticker" My 7 year old Cat
My "Sticker" close to the end?... failing Kidneys
During the last few months it is kind of weird though, because I was not at the house as often the last 3 months and being away more I felt was missing home and my cats as I was away about 12 hours every day... For this reason, when I would be home I started to show more love for sticker, holding her and nudging my nose to her... Maybe in the back of my mind, I knew she didnt have much time left but to my surprise she had an illness that was unknown to me at the time. Now I can just have her memories of the times I felt happiness having just her all these years, sleeping on my bed... even to this day sometimes when im at the computer I look over on the bed and expect to see sticker laying down. It will feel quite weird in this house not having her, after all it was only 5 months or so after moving here that we adopted her.. I have had a lot of people in my life (exs) come and go but sticker was the one who was always there with me. She will always have a place in my heart and right now there is a feeling of emptiness and numbness with her being gone. It just came as a shock when all of this happened so suddenly. In the end I guess its good that she was no longer suffering.. she fought strong at the end and it lasted about 5 days. See you in heaven my love.
In the end she succumbed to kidney failure that came on pretty rapidly, I do kind of blame myself for not taking better care of her with more routine checkups.
Here are some pictures that I have accumulated during my time with her
Stickers Story:
We adopted her as a small kitten, we almost picked another one but so glad that we didnt. First day I just remember her under the computer table and crying for mom. After a day or two she seemed to get over missing her mom and me and my ex were her knew parents. I remember playing with sticker a lot when she was younger, I would make Little forts on my bed out of pillows and a blanket and she would sleep in there sometimes... Even as she got older think this habit stuck because she seemed to love sleeping under the blanket.. even I would put one on the sofa outside she would find a way to get underneath it. Even as she aged I remember playing with her, I would skeakily poke just my eye out around the corner and spy on her, and she would get excited and try to hide as well... Although this is something she hasnt really done for the last year or so as she has gotten older.
Sticker has always been a solo cat, her entire life she was never once friendly with any other cats. After a few years we had strays outside and long story short but over the years we had took a few in and found homes for them, she never seemed to like the fact we were taking in other cats. At my highest I had 11 cats at one point and during that time Sticker spent quite a long time in our bedroom without venturing out (I posted about this before). Luckily she wasnt alone because I work from home and spend 90% of my time in the bedroom with her... Being with a cat that often brings happiness but just hurts that much more when you lose them. In the long run though I got the total cats down to 3 including her and she became queen of the castle again and was able to freely roam the house... I am glad I was able to do this for the last 3 years of her life... she did seem happier to roam as she pleased.
I will remember when she was younger how she used to live climbing on my curtains and sleep on top of the curtain rod lol... And remember the times where she would love to sleep under the covers in between my legs and suddenly felt a bite on my inner thigh like a snake bit me lol. She also used to love sitting on top of my computer desk when I would be playing games or working.
Sticker always seemed to be a "scaredy cat" and when new people visit the house she would scurry for shelter... but at the end years when we had covid I had a lot of friends over often and think that kind of helped with her fears. Everyone who visited always seemed to love sticker and even had some people taking pictures because she was cute. I remember the time she would want to lay out on my chest and stomach even though she was 6.5kg, although I feel bad now because at times I would not let her as she always shed a lot of hair. It was also cute how she would ask for food she was never really vocal about it but would come and rub my leg, that was her way of telling me shes hungry. She is easily lovable because she is such easy going and laid back, on the other hand my other 2 cats are quite vocal and can be quite annoying at times as they just love walking in front of my feet almost daily lol. Sticker on the other hand doesnt crave attention but I always gave it to in one form or another everyday. Despite that I am still grateful to have two more cats that show their love to me, I will always cherish the time that I had with sticker.
Related topics to her:
Uneasy about leaving cat at vet for a week Advice needed
"Sticker" My 7 year old Cat
My "Sticker" close to the end?... failing Kidneys
During the last few months it is kind of weird though, because I was not at the house as often the last 3 months and being away more I felt was missing home and my cats as I was away about 12 hours every day... For this reason, when I would be home I started to show more love for sticker, holding her and nudging my nose to her... Maybe in the back of my mind, I knew she didnt have much time left but to my surprise she had an illness that was unknown to me at the time. Now I can just have her memories of the times I felt happiness having just her all these years, sleeping on my bed... even to this day sometimes when im at the computer I look over on the bed and expect to see sticker laying down. It will feel quite weird in this house not having her, after all it was only 5 months or so after moving here that we adopted her.. I have had a lot of people in my life (exs) come and go but sticker was the one who was always there with me. She will always have a place in my heart and right now there is a feeling of emptiness and numbness with her being gone. It just came as a shock when all of this happened so suddenly. In the end I guess its good that she was no longer suffering.. she fought strong at the end and it lasted about 5 days. See you in heaven my love.
In the end she succumbed to kidney failure that came on pretty rapidly, I do kind of blame myself for not taking better care of her with more routine checkups.
Here are some pictures that I have accumulated during my time with her
