On October 22nd, we lost our kitty Abner. He was 14.5 years old. Jason was home and said that Abner just went downstairs and never came back up.
As I looked back to see if we had missed anything, the only thing I had noticed was he had to be near me. Either sitting on my lap or sitting next to me on the arm of the sofa. I think it was his way of saying his time was near.
He was very small for being a Main Coon cat, and when I took his little body into the vet to be cremated the vet mentioned how skinny he was. He would eat and drink, unlike Cauchy did, but he just couldn't gain or maintain weight near the end.
His fur was starting to look pretty bad too, he was getting some bald spots and his fur just wasn't growing back.
While I am very sad that he passed so closely to Cauchy, I am glad too. Cauchy and Abner were best buds, and he had always watched out for her. I am also glad that his suffering was very short, or at least appeared to be short, if he was suffering we didn't know about it. So the original group of cats we had gathered while living in the condo: Fergus, Abner, Cauchy, and Bluebell are all back together again.
I do miss his beautiful green eyes, and his super soft purr. We had Abner for 14 years, and those are 14 years I will cherish! We love and miss you buddy!
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| When you are tiny, you get put into ice chests. |
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| Best Buds: Abner and Cauchy |
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| Abner and Cauchy |
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| Fergus and Abner |
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| Busy Watering Hole |
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| Laying in the extension cord is much more comfortable than the bed behind me |
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| Jason testing out the headlamps we got-Poor Abner so picked on. |
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| Abner and Cauchy |
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| Abner and Cauchy-the box was a safe space apparently |
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Abner snuggles
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