Styx

[Anton Phibes]

Terribly sorry for the loss of your beloved cat. Its hard when we lose these little furballs. They bring a lot of joy and even some frustrations. Peace.

[Chakor Channing]

How did I not see this before?  I too am sorry for your loss.   I know what it's like to lose a pet and a friend.  Around this time five years ago, one of my friends owned a dachshund who died of spinal failure, and the dog was practically my pet as well since I saw her at least three times a month.  This isn't the exact dog, but the picture below is pretty accurate.  R.I.P to all of our lost friends.

[Mord]

You guys realize this thread is 2 years old, right?

[Hepcat]

Post #134 is but hours old.

[Mord]

Post #134 is but hours old.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I thought that the Styx thread had just been discovered. It is horrible to lose a beloved pet (especially during the holidays). My girlfriend and I are big animal lovers and have 4 cats of our own. They are a very important part of our family. I'm really sorry about your loss. There have been many many painful passing this year (from Bowie to my dear dad). Hopefully, next year will be a better one. My condolences,  Hep.

[Chakor Channing]

You guys realize this thread is 2 years old, right?

Yes, and the problem here is......................?

[Mord]

Yes, and the problem here is......................?

Didn't I apologize for my mistake? And the problem here is.........?

[Chakor Channing]

Sorry.  Didn't see your apology.  Forget I ever said anything.

[Anton Phibes]

Coal for both a yas!

[Flower]

Sleep well Ace.

[Hepcat]

Thank you all for your kind words.

We were in no mood to put up the Xmas tree this year but I realized that if we didn't maintain the tradition by putting the tree up for an eleventh straight year then it might very well never go up again. I therefore fought through my sadness and resignation and finally put the tree up on the 24th. Usually we cap the tree off by draping the branches in icicles and then swathing the whole thing in angel hair to complete the silvery-white magical winter wonderland effect.  But I didn't have the wherewithal this year to even go out and buy the icicles or angel hair we needed so the tree was a bit more sparsely decorated this year than most.

But on Xmas morning we woke up to find that Scout our twenty month old female cat had already torn down and broken one of the silvery balls.





This of course left shards of broken glass on the floor and was a safety hazard. As a result The WOMAN strongly suggested that I replace any breakable decorations with non-breakable ones (we've acquired a surfeit of decorations over the last decade) and I had to agree. Once again though my enthusiasm level was really low and I had to fight through frustration as well as resignation to do the job of making the tree Scout proof.

It's a good thing I did though since Scout removed another four decorations the next night and a total of nine in all to this point. And the non-breakable ones are tougher to take off because they're hung from a string! I shudder to think how many of the delicate glass ones that all go on with fragile hooks Scout would have broken.

It's all been well worth the effort though. The tree is still a thing of beauty and always draws my eye. Like I say, it represents a magical wintry wonderland with the fibre optics and seven colour LED light strings shining through the silver and white decorations. Gazing upon it has had a calming therapeutic effect on both of us.

[Mord]

It was a smart move putting up the tree. First, it was a diversion from all the grief  (we put ours up, even though my dad had recently passed away...it helped). Second, it gave scout something to do. I hope this year is a better one for us all.

[Hepcat]

I think we've gotten off lucky with respect to Scout and the tree:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pjSLjMm7nk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvGlQdmMds8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8h6P6X-qw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVpLYxoiX-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvCx0FG9Ww

[Mord]

Wow, you're not kidding!

[geezer butler]

Hi, All

Unfortunately we had to put down our kitty today. We've lost pets before, but it never gets easier. We had our kitty for 15 yrs, so she was an important member of the family. We have our hounds to help us grieve, but the house is not the same without our feline family member. She was good little monster kitty and over that fifteen years, she spent countless hours on her dad's lap watching monster films. I'm going to miss her greatly.